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Verdi - Ella mi fu rapita! (from Rigoletto)
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Special offer. Benjamin Bernheim
Benjamin Bernheim (tenor)
PKF Prague Philharmonia, Emmanuel Villaume
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,... — More…
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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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Pene Pati
RecommendedPene Pati (tenor), Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Choeur de l'Opéra national de Bordeaux, Emmanuel Villaume
A generosity of spirit not always to be taken for granted with tenors is in constant evidence on Pene Pati’s debut album…His voice certainly has the colour for both the French and Italian repertoire... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th April 2022
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Opera, May 2022, Disc of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2022
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Young Artist of the Year
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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... — More…
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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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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... — More…
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Joseph Calleja - Tenor Arias
Operatic arias by Verdi, Donizetti, Cilea & Puccini
Joseph Calleja (tenor)
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly
Calleja is said to have an interest in the great tenors of the past and that must be what inspires the bel canto elegance of his singing... inflecting the music with light and shade, catching... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2004, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Verdi: Arias
Piotr Beczala (tenor), Ewa Podles (contralto), Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Borowicz
The Polish tenor's move into a heavier repertoire than hitherto associated with him is amply vindicated in this celebratory CD...he retains the golden quality of his voice as he sizes up. The... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2013, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Lifetime Achievement Award
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All those excerpts [Rigoletto, Macbeth, Don Carlo, La Traviata and I Lombardi], in a slightly resonant acoustic, show Villazon to be a master Verdian, able to realise the composer’s intentions... — More…
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Boiko Zvetanov: Opera Arias
Boiko Zvetanov (tenor), Elena Filipova (soprano)
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Emil Tabakov
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