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Freddie De Tommaso - Passione RecommendedFreddie De Tommaso (tenor), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Renato Balsadonna
Listen to Freddie De Tommaso at full throttle and you’ll need to lie down in a darkened room. Passione is singing in the tradition of De Tommaso’s hero Franco Corelli: stylish and heartfelt,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd April 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Winner - Newcomer
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Cecilia & Sol: Dolce Duello RecommendedDeluxe Hardcover 1CD (Limited Edition)
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Sol Gabetta (cello)
Cappella Gabetta, Andres Gabetta
Bartoli and cellist Sol Gabetta make for valiant duelling partners who converse, parry and riposte in spirited combat. Bartoli is velvet-toned, vivacious and voluptuous as ever. Her diction... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th November 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, Opera Choice
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Offer, Beethoven: Triple Concerto RecommendedNicola Benedetti (violin), Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Gerald Finley (baritone), Philharmonia Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor)
The forces assembled here don’t aim to pump the music full of steroids; rather they make the most of its qualities, especially the graceful elegance inspired by Beethoven’s interest in French... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st May 2024
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Lise Davidsen: Beethoven - Wagner - Verdi RecommendedLise Davidsen (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder
Her voice reminds me now of Birgit Nilsson’s at the same stage, an Elsa and Sieglinde who is a Brünnhilde in waiting, with the same thrilling edge to her top register, though she isn’t lacking... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd April 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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I attended some of these sessions and can still recall the forensic care and commitment the Takács brought to these works. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2017, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 45th Awards (2002), Best Chamber Music Recording
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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…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th May 2013
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Building a Library, November 2015, Stereo Recommendation
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Opera, August 2013, Recording of the Month
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The two best pieces on this disc are the first and the last, so if the procession of mediocre funeral marches starts to get you down jumpy to track 15 – it’s yet another funeral march, but is... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th February 2020
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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The Agnus Dei by Tarik O’Regan, an ethereal and exquisitely worked setting, is worthy to stand alongside O taste and see, the communion anthem composed by Vaughan Williams for the 1953 coronation. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Technical Achievement
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023, Technical Achievement
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Contrabandista Javier Camarena (tenor), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo)
Les Musiciens du Prince, Gianluca Capuano
Things bode well when you shout ‘Bravo!’ at the hi-fi speakers at the end of the first track…The amiable Mexican throws himself into this repertoire with abandon, greedily lapping up the florid... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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International Opera Awards, 2019, Nominated - Recital Album
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While Mariño clearly possesses a good dynamic range, his highly individual, often ethereal voice registers as on the slender side. Generally he appears happiest at the top of his range, especially... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th May 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Young Talent & Solo Vocal
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