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Charpentier: La couronne de fleurs & La descente d'Orphée aux enfers
RecommendedAaron Sheehan (tenor), Teresa Wakim (soprano), Amanda Forsythe (soprano), Douglas Williams (bass-baritone), Jesse Blumberg (baritone), Dorothee Mields (soprano), Mireille Lebel (mezzo-soprano), Jason McStoots (tenor), Zachary Wilder (tenor)
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Boston Early...
Sheehan, who sings the role of Orpheus, [delivers] a finely nuanced interpretation...Amanda Forsythe is a charming Euridice and Roselie, Teresa Wakim a beautifully styled Flore, and Dorothee... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Grammy Awards, 57th Awards (2014), Best Opera Recording
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Opera, August 2014, Recording of the Month
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: La Serva Padrona and Livietta e Tracollo
Amanda Forsythe (soprano), Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Carlotta Colombo (soprano), Jesse Blumberg (baritone), Boston Early Music Festival, Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs, Robert Mealy
Soprano Amanda Forsythe and baritone Christian Immler make a lovely pairing...Under the joint direction of Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, these productions possess all the fizz they must have... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2024, Opera Choice
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Domenico Cimarosa: Le Astuzie Femminili Eleonora Bellocci, Rocco Cavalluzzi, Matteo Loi, Valentino Buzza, Martina Licari, Angela Schisano, Theresia Orchestra, Alessandro de Marchi
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Every operetta buff will want this, and I suspect everyone else will simply be swept along by the joie de vivre and sheer melodic flair of this underrated – but unarguable – classic of its genre. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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MA Charpentier: Les Plaisirs de Versailles & Les Arts Florissants
RecommendedBoston Early Music Festival Vocal & Chamber Ensembles, Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs
Throughout the charming performances of both divertissements, captivating interplay between superb instrumentalists, articulate solo voices and choruses of refined intimacy are de rigueur. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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Goldmark: Die Königen von Saba
Jin Seok Lee (bass), Irma Mihelič (soprano), Nuttaporn Thammathi (tenor), Kevin Moreno (baritone), Károly Szemerédy (baritone), Katerina Hebelková (mezzo-soprano), Kim-Lillian Strebel (soprano), Andrei Yvan (bass)
Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg, Extrachor des Theater Freiburg, Vokalensemble...
It’s a heady, enthralling experience, and I can’t recommend it highly enough — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Opera
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017, Editor's Choice
3 CDs
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Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini
Christina Vasileva, Martin Muhle, Juan Orozco, Adriano Graziani, Kim-Lillian Strebel, Benedicte Tauran, Sally Wilson & Marija Jokovic
Freiburger Kammerchor, Opern- und Extrachor des Theater Freiburg, Vokalensemble der Hochschule fur Musik, Freiburg & Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg,...
This new CPO set, the first, as far as I’m aware, to present the score uncut, fills an important gap, giving us a well-engineered modern account of the work...But it’s also an excellent achievement... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Opera
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Ben-Haim, Bloch & Korngold: Cello Concertos
Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Lukasz Borowicz
Whether these works qualify as concertos or not, and/or whether they were originally conceived for cello or some other instrument, they are all highly engaging music of expressive largesse and... — More…
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Fall, L: Madame Pompadour
Boris Pfeifer (tenor), Mirko Roschkowski (tenor), Karin Gisser (vocals), Christiane Costisella (alto), Heike Dörfler (vocals), Lidia Peski (soprano), Annette Dasch (soprano), Beate Ritter (soprano), Gerhard Ernst (baritone), Wolfgang Gratschmaier (tenor), Georg Wacks (tenor), Joachim Moser (vocals),...
an immensely enjoyable version of what is often described as the composer’s best work...The only name familiar to me was that of Heinz Zednik...All the rest, including the two main characters,... — More…
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