Verdi - Surta è la notte...Ernani! Ernani, involami (from Ernani)
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A glorious rarity from Cerquetti, a great Italian dramatic soprano who left the stage too early. Has Bellini’s ‘Casta diva’ ever been spun so effortlessly or the ‘Pace’ from Forza sung with... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Collectionneur
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Pilar Lorengar
RecommendedBerlin, 1959 - 1962
Pilar Lorengar, Richard Klemm (viola da gamba), Siegfried Behrend (guitar), Hertha Klust (piano)
RIAS-Kammerchor, RIAS-Orchester RSO Berlin & Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
[an] abundance of delights … if you want to revel in the beauty and freshness of one of the postwar era’s most lovable soprano voices in its youthful prime, this is a set to head for. — More…
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Opera, September 2014, Recording of the Month
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Building a Library, July 2019, Also Recommended
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Grammy Awards, 25th Awards (1982), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Aleksandra Kurzak - Desire
Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano), Morphing Chamber Orchestra, Frédéric Chaslin
It is hard to miss Kurzak’s impressive vocal strength and projection. Her nuanced use of dynamics is well beyond the norm…every fluctuation is present in Cio-Cio San’s ‘One fine day’…The rapport... — More…
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Here the size of voice is on the small side for some of the bigger roles: Amelia in Ballo and Leonora in Trovatore among them…There are decent accounts of tricky arias…but equally there are... — More…
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Great Singers - Rosa Ponselle
American Recordings 1923-1929, Volume 4
Rosa Ponselle, Lennartz (cello), Giovanni Martinelli (tenor), Ezio Pinza (bass) & Marion Telva (contralto)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Giulio Setti & Rosario Bourdon
Captured here at her peak, the American soprano possessed the ideal instrument to interpret the great Verdian heroines and here reveals her impeccable tone. — More…
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Great Verdi Voices
Leontyne Price (soprano), Neil Shicoff (tenor), Julia Varady (soprano), Jose Carreras (tenor), Piero Cappuccilli (baritone), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Franco Bonisolli (tenor), Anneliese Rothenberger (soprano), Renato Bruson (baritone), Arleen Auger (soprano), Sena Jurinac (soprano),...
The first track immediately announces that this compilation means business. At the height of her powers, Leontyne Price launches into 'Ernani, involami' with energy, commanding authority, slightly... — More…
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Singers of the Century: Joan Sutherland – The Art of Coloratura (Remastered 2016)
Joan Sutherland (soprano), Nadine Sautereau (soprano)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Chorus, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Nello Santi
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Verdi Celebration
Dennis O'Neill (tenor), Sharon Sweet (soprano), Helen Field (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo), Arthur Davies (tenor), John Rawnsley (bass), Valerie Masterson (soprano), John Brecknock (tenor), Bruce Ford (tenor), Susan Patterson, Helen Williams (sopranos), Alastair Miles (bass), Alan Opie (baritone),...
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