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This disc is so bad that I’m reviewing it twice, […]
This Italian-language, Neapolitan “cantata a tre” from 1708 bears no
This arguably is the best Handel aria recording ever made
French soprano Sandrine Piau is a singer with formidable technique
Now in her late 50s, mezzo Anne Sofie von Otter has, perhaps, given up stressful roles (Octavian, Carmen) and is concentrating on more chamber-like material.
Handel’s opera arias have been very well treated on disc; the duets not so generously. This collection should adjust the balance for a couple of
Purists likely will complain that the material presented here is not only “unknown” Britten, but more exactly “uncompleted” and/or “unused” Britten. But if they ignore
Soprano Sandrine Piau seems to go from strength to strength with each new recording. Her first solo disc of Mozart arias was widely praised (type
Paul McCreesh, like Christopher Hogwood, uses the original forces that Haydn expected in this work: that is, triple winds, double trumpets and timpani, and a
This is a beautiful recital–a complete, well-thought-out, gorgeously sung program that combines compatible, complementary works with a singer who knowingly, sensitively interprets them. Although the
