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Joyce DiDonato: Stella di Napoli
RecommendedBel Canto Arias
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Riccardo Minasi
everyone who cares about singing should promote it immediately to the top of their letters to Santa. Creamy, sumptuous, almost flawless - every adjective may be a cliché, but how else to describe... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th August 2014
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2015, Vocal Award Winner
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2014, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Recital
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2014, Récital lyrique
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Winner - Vocal Recital
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this is another fine, fascinating album from an unusually interesting and intelligent artist, handsomely recorded. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st March 2024
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Bellini: Norma
RecommendedMaria Callas (Norma), Christa Ludwig (Adalgisa), Franco Corelli (Pollione), Nicola Zaccaria (Oroveso), Edda Vincenzi (Clotilde), Piero De Palma (Flavio)
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin
Bellini's tragic Druid priestess was surely one of Maria Callas's greatest roles, and she's caught at her histrionic peak on this 1960 studio recording under Tullio Serafin, with Franco Corelli's... — More…
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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Casta Diva - Operatic arias transcribed for trumpet
RecommendedMatilda Lloyd (trumpet), Britten Sinfonia, Rumon Gamba
The flawless tone, purity of line and dynamic subtlety she coaxes from her instrument are shown off to particularly impressive effect in Arban's set of variations from Norma...Overall, this... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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listen to the astounding talent of the young Pavarotti and your jaw will drop. — More…
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The set’s high point is ‘Das war sehr gut, Mandryka’ from Arabella, in which the gradual expansion of her tone quality becomes a visceral dramatisation of how her character fearlessly opens... — More…
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Bellini: Il Pirata
Javier Camarena, Marina Rebeka, Franco Vassallo, Antonio Di Matteo, Gustavo de Gennaro, Sonia Fortunato, Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Massimo Bellini Di Catania & Fabrizio Maria Carminati
[Rebeka] displays a nimble coloratura from a voice that sits happily in the middle register but with a nice ripe top...A word of praise, too, for the villainous baritone Ernesto. Franco Vassallo... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Winner - Opera
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Record Review, 27th November 2021, Record of the Week
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Bellini: Norma
Montserrat Caballé (Norma), Fiorenza Cossotto (Adalgisa), Plácido Domingo (Pollione), Ruggero Raimondi (Oroveso), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Clotilde), Kenneth Collins (Flavio)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Carlo Felice Cillario
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Fiamma del Bel Canto: Diana Damrau
Diana Damrau (soprano), Nicole Brandolino (Anna), Piotr Beczała (Alfredo), Nicolas Testé (Wurm)
Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino, Gianandrea Noseda
Damrau is at her best, mellifluous and agile. — More…
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