Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off
We're delighted to offer a more affordable way to begin or continue your opera journey, with up to 40% off selected titles on CD, SACD, Vinyl, DVD and Blu-ray, until 14th August 2024.
Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off, Verdi (composer)
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Verdi: Aida RecommendedAnja Harteros (Aida), Jonas Kaufmann (Radamès), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Amneris), Ludovic Tezier (Amonasro), Erwin Schrott (Ramfis), Marco Spotti (Il Re d'Egitto), Paolo Fanale (Un Messaggero), Eleonora Buratto (Sacerdotessa), Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Anja Harteros can boast both the high-octane tone and the necessary level of dramatic expression to make Aida credibly three dimensional…[Ekaterina Semenchuk makes] many subtle observations... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd October 2015
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2015, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Winner (Opera) and Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, October 2015, Record of the Week
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Building a Library, April 2017, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2015, Winner - Opéra
2 CDs
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Verdi: Falstaff RecommendedMichele Pertusi (Falstaff), Carlos Alvarez (Ford), Bülent Bezdüz (Fenton), Ana Ibarra (Alice Ford), Maria Josè Moreno (Nannetta), Jane Henschel (Mistress Quickly), Marina Domashenko (Meg Page)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
By all accounts the performances at the Barbican were among the most enjoyable of their kind in London for a long time, and certainly the enjoyment comes across on disc. The 'how' of it isn't... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2016, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2004, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 48th Awards (2005), Best Opera Recording
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Verdi: Otello RecommendedSimon O’Neill (Otello), Gerald Finley (Iago), Anne Schwanewilms (Desdemona), Allan Clayton (Cassio), Ben Johnson (Roderigo), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Lodovico), Matthew Rose (Montano), Lukas Jakobski (Herald) & Eufemia Tufano (Emilia)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
everything contributes to accentuating extremes: Colin Davis gets the LSO, in shattering form, to play chords like cannon shots...The two male leads are superb: Simon O'Neill is the most complete... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st November 2010
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Opera
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2010, Editor's Choice
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Verdi: La Traviata Lisette Oropesa (Violetta), René Barbera (Alfredo Germont), Lester Lynch (Giorgio Germont), Dresdner Philharmonie, Daniel Oren
A lighter-voiced Violetta than many, leaning more towards the lyric than the dramatic, she sings with a consistent, shimmering beauty, effortless legato and an endearing sense of character...There... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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Verdi: La Traviata Marina Rebeka, Charles Castronovo, George Petean, Latvian Festival Orchestra, State Choir Latvija & Michael Balke
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (Rebeka)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year (Castronovo)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year (Petean)
2 CDs
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Offer, Verdi: Aida Elena Stikhina (Aida), Francesco Meli (Radamès), Agnieszka Rehlis (Amneris), Ludovic Tézier (Amonasro), Soloman Howard (Ramfis), Insung Sim (King), Francesca Chiejina (High Priestess), Andrés Presno (Messenger)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano,...
Elena Stikhina’s Aida packs considerable power behind her sweet-sounding soprano … it’s rock solid in the pit, Pappano and his players filling in all the colour that’s lacking on stage in this... — More…
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Verdi: Aida RecommendedMontserrat Caballé (Aida), Plácido Domingo (Radamès), Fiorenza Cossotto (Amneris), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ramfis), Piero Cappuccilli (Amonasro), Luigi Roni (The King of Egypt), Nicola Marinucci (Messenger) & Esther Casas (Priestess)
Royal Opera Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo...
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Building a Library, April 2017, First Choice
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Verdi: I Due Foscari Leo Nucci (Francesco Foscari), Guanqun Yu (Lucrezia), Bernadett Fodor (Pisana), Ivan Magrì (Jacopo Foscari), István Horváth (Barbarigo), Miklós Sebestyén (Loredano), Moon Yung Oh (Servant), Matthias Ettmayr (Servant)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Ivan Repušic
Nucci can still deliver in the title-role. He brings real dramatic authority and displays impressive residual heft in his baritone. There’s no hiding the signs of age, though…[Magrì] is an appealing... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year (Nucci)
2 CDs
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Verdi: La Traviata Maria Callas (Violetta), Giuseppe di Stefano (Alfredo), Ettore Bastianini (Giorgio), Silvana Zanolli (Flora), Luisa Mandelli (Annina), Giuseppe Zampieri (Gastone), Arturo La Porta (Baron Douphol), Antonio Zerbini (Marchese d'Obigny), Silvio Maionica (Dottore Grenvil)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro...
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Record Review, 19th October 2019, Also Recommended
2 CDs
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Verdi: Rigoletto RecommendedDmitri Hvorostovsky (Rigoletto), Nadine Sierra (Gilda), Francesco Demuro (Il Duca), Andrea Mastroni (Sparafucile), Oksana Volkova (Maddalena)
Kaunas Symphony Orchestra, Men of the Kaunas State Choir, Constantine Orbelian
This recording, made in July 2016, shows [Hvorostovsky] at the height of his powers in the title role, revealing the full range of Rigoletto’s qualities…with all the intensity Verdi required…The... — More…
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Opera Recording
2 CDs
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