More By Artist: Cecilia
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Complete Opera with libretto) Joan Sutherland, Renato Cioni, Robert Merrill / Santa Cecilia, Roma / John Pritchard [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/1989 ] "There remains something special about this early Lucia" Gramophone |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jonas Kaufmann - Verismo Arias Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 2/Oct/2010 ] "Kaufmann has entered this world most completely. His Italian is good, as are his desire and ability to project clearly differentiated characters. He is never afraid to sing softly...and there is plenty of power when needed." Gramophone Award WINNER... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI / AMILCARE PONCHIELLI / GIUSEPPE VERDI
Insieme - Opera Duets Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Ludovic Tezier (baritone) / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano, with Kristine Opolais [ Sony / CD/Book - released 7/Oct/2022 ] "Their voices fit like a glove here in the Don Carlos duet...Like Milnes and Domingo, they're quite close in timbre, so the bond of friendship seems especially strong." (Gramophone) |
GIACOMO PUCCINI / AMILCARE PONCHIELLI / GIUSEPPE VERDI
Insieme - Opera Duets (LP) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Sony Classical Vinyl / 2 LP - released 28/Oct/2022 ] On stage they're usually rivals, but in real life Jonas Kaufmann and Ludovic Tézier share a close friendship. After many live performances together these two extraordinary artists have recorded their first duet album: "Insieme".. |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Colbran, the Muse Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) / Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Edoardo Muller [ Erato / Virgin Classical / CD - released 14/Dec/2009 ] "DiDonato is proving herself one of the most delightful artists of our time. She sings with a rare purity of tone, ease on the high Bs, an impressive degree of technical skill and lively powers of characterisation." Gramophone Awards 2010 WINNER -... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony / Carnival of the Animals Martha Argerich (piano) Antonio Pappano (piano) Daniele Rossi (organ) / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia [ Warner Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2017 ] Martha Argerich and Antonio Pappano (as pianist rather than conductor) lead the fun in Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals with Members of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Complete Opera) Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Enkelejda Shkosa / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accadmia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Jan/2013 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Opera - "Gheorghiu somehow conveys not only the depth of Butterfly's love but also her inner knowledge that, in fact, her belief in Pinkerton's devotion is hopeless. This is a mature interpretation" |
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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater / Nel chiuso centro - chamber cantata / etc [standard edition] Anna Netrebko (soprano) & Marianna Pizzolato (contralto) / Orchestra dell' Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] ".the singers blend perfectly, and time and again the attention is caught by the quality of the playing. It is a most distinguished issue." (Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2011) |
BOITO / CATALANI / CILEA / GIORDANO / LEONCAVLLO / PUCCINI
Anna Netrebko: Verismo Anna Netrebko (soprano) / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano, with Yusif Eyvazov (tenor) [ Deutche Grammophon / CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] "all sung with plenty of voice and abandon...when she settles into a long extract from Puccini's Manon Lescaut, with tenor husband Yusif Eyvazov and Antonio Pappano conducting, the recital hits an impressively impassioned peak" Financial Times |
BIZET / DELIBES / VIARDOT / BERLIOZ / RAVEL
Chant D'amour: Melodies Francaises Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) Myung-Whun Chung (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "This is one of the most satisfying recitals by one of the great singers of our time. First-rate recording and sensitive accompaniment throughout." (Gramophone) |
VINCENZO BELLINI / GAETANO DONIZETTI / GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - An Italian Songbook Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), James Levine (piano) [ Decca / CD ] Recorded August 1996, Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Prokofiev / Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Beatrice Rana (piano) / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2016 ] "[there is] no doubt that this is a young pianist to be watched" BBC Music Magazine Newcomer Award 2017 |
Cecilia
The Voice of Violet 19 [ Tolemac International / CD - released 27/Oct/1996 ] In this inspirational album we hear Cecilia in a new maturity. Backed by haunting orchestrations and a forty-strong choir, she effortlessly carries us through a panorama of heavenly proportions. One moment she is angelically reaching for the light,... |
Cecilia
Voices Of The Feminine Spirit [ Medial Music / CD - released 27/Oct/2003 ] Voice of the feminine Spirit is an album of outstanding beauty. The songs inspire and give courage to the gentle heart - embracing it - calling lyrically, often passionately, to the softness and beauty that dwells within us all. |
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gluck: Italian Arias Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin [ Decca / CD - released 10/Aug/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2002 - Recital |
AGOSTINO STEFFANI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Steffani: Mission Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis, with Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) [ Decca / CD - released 4/Oct/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Vocal |
AGOSTINO STEFFANI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Steffani: Mission (Blu-ray) Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis, with Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) [ Decca Classics Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Dec/2012 ] "Bartoli's programming instincts are immaculate in terms of musical and emotional variety; she is compelling in pearly arioso and slow numbers, less so in bravura ones." Sunday Times, 14th October 2012 |
AGOSTINO STEFFANI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Steffani: Mission (Deluxe Hardcover Edition) Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis, with Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) [ Decca Classics / CD/Book - released 4/Oct/2012 ] "Bartoli leaps around the vocal ladder with customary gusto and a rather too vigorous vibrato. The pleasures are subtler when the music is simpler and the voice quieter" (The Times) |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (complete opera recorded in 1988) Cecilia Bartoli, David Kuebler, Gino Quilico, Carlos Feller / Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gabriele Ferro [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 2/Nov/2018 ] "All the singers benefit from Michael Hampe's imaginative yet uneccentric direction and from Gabriele Ferro's well-calibrated (if not exactly warm-hearted) conducting." Opera |
BELLINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bellini: La Sonnambula (complete opera in hard cover with full libretto) Cecilia Bartoli, Juan-Diego Florez, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo / Orchestra La Scintilla / Alessandro De Marchi [ Decca Music Group / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2008 ] "In this recording, thanks to the soloists and conductor, it manages to come over as I suspect Bellini and Romani intended, as a mini-drama with a happy ending. I have enjoyed the performance immensely and will return to it. (MusicWeb) |
