Handel - Pensieri, voi mi tormentate! (from Agrippina)
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Opera » Opera Arias
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In War & Peace
RecommendedHarmony Through Music
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo)
Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Though the top of her voice is wiry under pressure, her coloratura is tightly sprung, her diction is flawless, and her phrasing of the often underrated poetry is sympathetic and sophisticated…Il... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Recital
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Opera, January 2017, Recording of the Month
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Hallenberg is on scintillating form, fluent alike in bravura, of which Graun's 'Mi paventi' with horns provides a dazzling example, and cantilena. The instrumental support provided by Il Pomo... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Vocal Finalist
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Opera, July 2015, Recording of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2016, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Handel: Sonya Yoncheva
Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Karine Deshayes (mezzo)
Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro de Marchi
Yoncheva is a force of nature. Her top notes merit a gale warning, her words drip with passion, and the bloom of her lowest register equals that of her top. — More…
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…Magdalena Kožená beguiles and enchants throughout this captivating collection. The Czech mezzo's mature voice combines radiant purity with burnished intensity and…she negotiates Handel's quick-fire... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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Tempesta: Opera arias by Handel & Vivaldi
Blandine Staskiewicz (mezzo-soprano)
Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko
I do not always sense tangible engagement with dramatic characterisations, but the nuanced vibrancy from Staskiewicz and Les Ambassadeurs in the tempestuous 'Siam navi all'onde algenti' from... — More…
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Renée Fleming - Handel Arias - Deluxe digital version
Renée Fleming (soprano)
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket
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Special offer. Handel: Arias for Durastanti
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
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Julia Lezhneva - Handel
Digital version with bonus track
Julia Lezhneva (soprano)
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Lezhneva’s bell-like soprano is one of the most exciting emerging voices around, and she doesn’t disappoint in this recital of early Handel. Surely no instrumentalist’s fingers can move faster... — More…
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The voice itself is a staggeringly lovely instrument, possessing as it does a youthful purity that at the same time admits to an intoxicating creaminess hinting at something altogether less... — More…
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In War & Peace - Harmony Through Music
Live from Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, June 2017
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)
Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
DiDonato sings with poise and elegance, a few pitchy notes above the stave notwithstanding; her sorrow and passion are clear to see and appreciate – it is an incredibly giving performance. Conductor... — More…
