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Special offer. Lise Davidsen: Beethoven - Wagner - Verdi
RecommendedLise Davidsen (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder
Her voice reminds me now of Birgit Nilsson’s at the same stage, an Elsa and Sieglinde who is a Brünnhilde in waiting, with the same thrilling edge to her top register, though she isn’t lacking... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd April 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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The French items suit her slightly cool voice better. There’s a classy, moving grandeur to Didon’s ‘Adieu, fière cité’, and a lovely wistfulness to her Mignon…in short, here’s a beautifully... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th November 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
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Anita Rachvelishvili
Anita Rachvelishvili (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Giacomo Sagripanti
The voice itself has plenty of potential…It’s all there in the last track, Eboli’s ‘O don fatale’…Rachvelishvili tears into this great aria and has a proper dramatic instinct for where to change... —
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Schallplattenkritik Awards, 2018, Winner - Jahrespreis
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International Opera Awards, 2019, Nominated - Recital Album
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‘Poison d’amour’ is that rarity, a recital disc where interest is nicely balanced between the singer and the song…She opens with ‘O ma lyre immortelle’ from Gounod’s Sapho, where the awakening... —
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Opera, July 2021, Disc of the Month
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Her voice was a rich lyric soprano with a dash of spice to enliven things, and deployed with style and assurance. Her Verdian phrasing is spacious and supple…what surprised me is that she is... —
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Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden
Anja Harteros (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo)
Badische Staatskapelle, Marco Armiliato
The playing of the Badische Staatskapelle is decent – with excellent contributions from a busy principal cellist – and Marco Armiliato keeps everything ticking along well…there’s enough quality... —
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Leonie Rysanek
Leonie Rysanek (soprano), George London, Lotte Rysanek, Christa Ludwig (Octavian) & Hilda de Groote (Sophie)
Josef Krips & Karl Böhm
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Victoria de los Angeles: The Modest Prima Donna
Victoria de los Angeles, Giannella Borelli & Giuseppe di Stefano
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Leontyne Price: Great Soprano Arias from Mozart to Menotti
Prima Donna Vol. 4
Leontyne Price (soprano), Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Daniele Barioni (tenor)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Nello Santi
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Special offer. Lívia Budai-Batky: Mezzo-soprano
Lívia Budai-Batky (mezzo-soprano), Giorgio Lamberti (tenor)
Hungarian State Orchestra, Tamás Pál
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