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 |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Heroines Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) / Orchestra e coro del Teatro della Fenice, Ion Marin [ Decca / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "This sparkling disc brings together a collection of arias Rossini composed for one of the great prima donnas of the 19th century, his wife, Isabella Colbran. For Rossini and Bartoli fans, this disc is a must" Gramophone |
ANTONIO SALIERI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Salieri Album Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Adam Fischer [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] "A superb collection of arias from a composer known, if at all, as the villain of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus" - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine November 2003 |
CALDARA / PORPORA / HANDEL / ALBINONI
Cecilia & Sol: Dolce Duello Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Sol Gabetta (cello) / Cappella Gabetta, Andres Gabetta [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 20/Dec/2017 ] "Gabetta's light touch is the ideal foil for Bartoli's expressive agility, whether the two of them are sparring in separate displays of virtuosity, weaving melancholy webs around each other, or hurtling along in parallel." Guardian |
ARAIA / CALDARA / GRAUN / PORPORA / etc.
Cecilia Bartoli: Farinelli Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] Renowned for portraying the music of the baroque like no one else, Cecilia Bartoli presents her new recording of arias famously performed by legendary castrato, Farinelli. |
ARAIA / CALDARA / GRAUN / PORPORA / etc.
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE - Cecilia Bartoli - Sacrificium [special deluxe 2 CD limited edition] Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 14/Dec/2009 ] "Porpora's opening aria reveals just what has made Bartoli unique in this field - a stupefying range, fearless vocal leaps and the sort of relentless passagework that makes you suspect the singer might be on a heart-lung machine." (William Dart NZ... |
GABRIEL FAURE / MAURICE DURUFLE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure/Durufle: Requiems Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) / Bryn Terfel (baritone) / Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia, Myung-Whun Chung [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Jun/2000 ] "Cecilia Bartoli and Bryn Terfel sing with fervour, bringing out the word-meaning dramatically to defy any idea that these are just sweetly reflective pieces." Gramophone |
VIVALDI / CAVALI / PROVENZALE / COUPERIN / RAMEAU / etc
Lea Desandre - Amazone Lea Desandre (mezzo) / Jupiter, Thomas Dunford, with Cecilia Bartoli & Véronique Gens [ Erato / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] "This is a stonkingly good album. It makes me wonder: what exactly are these enviously intelligent, inventive and generous musicians drinking?" Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Vocal & Ensemble |
NICOLA PORPORA
Porpora: Farinelli Arias Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) / Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon, with Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 26/Aug/2014 ] "Jaroussky's rapid passagework in quick heroic arias is precise...but the outstanding moments are slow arias that could have been tailor-made for Jaroussky's sweetly graceful melodic singing." Gramophone Awards 2014 Shortlisted - Recital |
ROSSINI / GLUCK / GOUNOD / SAINT-SAENS / MEYERBEER / BRAHMS
Varduhi Abrahamyan - Rhapsody Varduhi Abrahamyan (mezzo-soprano) / Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco Gianluca Capuano, with Araik Bartikian (duduk) & Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) [ Decca / CD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] Varduhi is a Franco-Armenian mezzo-soprano. She appeared with Cecilia Bartoli in Alcina. Her upcoming house debut at the Met Opera as the title role in Carmen. The album features a duet with Cecilia Bartoli. |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART / SCHUBERT / HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - Italian Songs Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Andreas Schiff (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "Haydn's dramatic scena, Arianna a Naxos, lively with Bartoli's quick response to every fleeting emotion, makes a formidable finale to this finely conceived and enthusiastically realised recital." ClassicalMusic |
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
Mission Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis, with Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 6/Dec/2012 ] G: - "Bartoli's plummy mezzo soars, smoulders and seduces, milking the music's vocal and expressive scope to dramatic effect. It's hard to resist her sparkling personality and infectious passion for this repertoire" (Five Stars BBC Music) |
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) |
ROSSINI / SCHUBERT / MOZART & OTHERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - A Portrait Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 19/Apr/2014 ] The original documentary film on the early life of Cecilia Bartoli as well as a concert recording at the Savoy Hotel. Other performers featured include Lesley Schatzberger (basset clarinet), András Schiff (piano), and, Charles Spencer (piano) |
HANDEL / VIVALDI / CALDARA / MOZART / BELLINI / FAURE
Sospiri Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) with with Juan Diego Flórez, Bryn Terfel & Cinzia Maurizio [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 4/Oct/2010 ] Cecilia Bartoli is loved the world over for vocal fireworks and spectacular coloratura, but she is also adored for her spine-tingling pianissimi and her ability to shape endless, velvety phrases. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Antonio Vivaldi Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) / Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi [ Decca / CD - released 12/Dec/2018 ] Almost 20 years after her landmark Vivaldi album, Bartoli turns to the composer once again for her brand new solo recording. It is a glorious collection of Vivaldi arias, performed with French baroque orchestra Ensemble Matheus under Jean-Christophe... |