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Massenet - Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther)
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Opera » Opera Arias
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The first thing to say is that Bernheim has an immaculate natural voice – rich, flexible, mellifluous and nuanced. He is at his very best in French items from the later 19th century…Moreover,... —
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2019
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Solo Recital Recording
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Opera, April 2020, Disc of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Newcomer of the Year
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Arias by Gounod and Massenet
RecommendedRolando Villazon (tenor), Natalie Dessay
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Evelino Pido
This is mostly well-planned and executed recital mixes favourites with extracts from operas that have remained rarities, even with the increased interest in late 19th-century repertory. It begins... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2005, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2005, Winner - Recital
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Jonas Kaufmann - Romantic Arias
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Marco Armiliato
This is an exciting disc, for it shows that at long last there is a German tenor whose voice is rich and warm enough to encompass the Romantic Italian reportoire, while being as much at home... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Recital
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2008, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2009
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Joseph Calleja - The Golden Voice
Joseph Calleja, with Anna Netrebko, with Tatiana Lisnic
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Carlo Rizzi
This is a discerning, often thrilling recital by a singer in his first full bloom. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2006, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Ramón Vargas: Opera Arias
Ramón Vargas (tenor)
Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Frizza
he sounds ripe for bigger Verdi here...The “standards” from Puccini and Cilea suggest that Vargas has the heroic heft so lacking among today’s leading tenorini. If not subtle, always exciting. —
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Opera, July 2013, Recording of the Month
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The voice has body, especially in the upper middle register, and an exciting ring on top. —
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Opera, August 2008, Recording of the Month
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Saimir Pirgu: Il Mio Canto
Saimir Pirgu (tenor)
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Speranza Scappucci
Pirgu's timbre isn't quite Italianate but he sounds rather like Giuseppe di Stefano in the area from A flat to B flat above the stave - slightly strained but exciting too...The heroic ring in... —
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