Hi Res Download, Bellini (composer)
-
this is another fine, fascinating album from an unusually interesting and intelligent artist, handsomely recorded. — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 1st March 2024
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Vocal Recording of the Year
CD
$17.25Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
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…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 25th August 2014
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2015, Vocal Award Winner
-
BBC Music Magazine, December 2014, Opera Choice
-
Gramophone Magazine, November 2014, Editor's Choice
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
-
Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Recital
-
Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2014, Récital lyrique
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Winner - Vocal Recital
CD
$15.25Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Offer,
Bellini: Norma RecommendedCecilia Bartoli (Norma), Sumi Jo (Adalgisa), John Osborn (Pollione) & Michele Pertusi (Oroveso), Liliana Nikiteanu (Clotilde), Reinaldo Macias (Flavio)
Orchestra La Scintilla & International Chamber Vocalists, Giovanni Antonini
The result [of a mezzo Norma] is creditable and often expressive, but artistically compromised...while from a purely vocal point of view it sometimes sounds a struggle. Sumi Jo has greater success... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 20th May 2013
-
Building a Library, November 2015, Stereo Recommendation
-
Opera, August 2013, Recording of the Month
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Offer,
Bellini: I Puritani RecommendedJoan Sutherland (Elvira), Luciano Pavarotti (Arturo Talbot), Piero Cappuccilli (Riccardo Forth), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Giorgio Walton), Anita Caminada (Enrichetta de France), Gian Carlo Luccardi (Gualtiero Walton), Renato Cazzaniga (Bruno Robertson)
Chorus of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London...
Sutherland's singing here is brighter and fresher than her earlier recording, with the lovely aria 'Qui la voce' no longer a wordless melisma...The recording is vivid and atmospheric and one... — More…
Awards:
-
Building a Library, First Choice
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
A Journey: Pretty Yende
Pretty Yende (soprano)
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Marco Armiliato
On this basis of this disc, I can imagine Pretty Yende will soon be in demand all over the world. — More…
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, Opera Choice
-
ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
-
International Opera Awards, 2017, Winner - Solo Recital
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
A Tribute To Pauline Viardot
RecommendedMarina Viotti (mezzo-soprano), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Imperceptibly Viotti makes them her own, tender but tough in Rosina’s ‘Una voce poco fa’ and producing a cascade of diamondbright coloratura in ‘Bel raggio lusinghier’, as well as an astonishing... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year & Solo Vocal
-
International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Solo Recital)
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
An attractive programme [which] shows off the high quality of the Filarmonica della Scala…the brightness of the strings is offset by the warmth of the horns…and a neatness of attack as well... — More…
Awards:
-
The Times Records of the Year, 2017
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
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…
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, Recording of the Month
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
CD
$16.75Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
A Te, o Cara
RecommendedStephen Costello sings bel canto
Stephen Costello (tenor)
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian
Costello is not quite 40 and is already going far in the operatic world. This recital should certainly give him even more of a boost. One hopes that more emphasis is given to characterization,... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Editor's Choice, December 2018
-
Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
CD
$21.50Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
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…
Awards:
-
Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
-
Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
3 CDs
$20.75Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
