More By Artist: Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo)
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BEETHOVEN / MOZART / HAYDN
Cecilia Bartoli - Unreleased Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Kammerorchester Basel, Muhai Tang [ Decca / CD - released 17/Dec/2021 ] "..much of her more delicate singing combines beauty of tone with expressiveness...the orchestral accompaniments are beautifully managed under Muhai Tang." BBC Music |
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 |
ARAIA / CIMAROSA / MANFREDINI / RAUPACH
Cecilia Bartoli: St Petersburg Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis [ Decca Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] "Bartoli hurls herself into these lost artefacts of the Russian baroque with every drop of her usual flair and a little more vibrato than before." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Recital) |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
ROSSINI / SCHUBERT / MOZART & OTHERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - A Portrait Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) / various orchestras & pianists [ Decca / - released 19/Apr/1995 ] Other performers featured include Lesley Schatzberger (basset clarinet), András Schiff (piano), and, Charles Spencer (piano) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Cecilia Bartoli: Viva Vivaldi Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ EMI Classics / EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 13/Sep/2000 ] Cecilia Bartoli performs a collection of arias from Vivaldi's operas at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris in 2001, accompanied by Baroque ensemble Il Giardino Armonico. |
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 |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart Portraits: Operatic Arias Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Gyorgy Fischer [ Decca Originals / CD - released 11/Apr/1994 ] "... Bartoli's very Italian characteristics are immediately identifiable: brilliance of execution, vitality of words, sharpness ... Fischer accompanies his soloist with energy and tact." Gramophone |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - Rossini: Arias Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Konzertvereinigung Wiener, Giuseppe Patane [ Decca / CD - released 25/Jun/2018 ] Hard to believe, but Cecilia Bartoli was only 22 when she made this debut recording--and it is simply astonishing to hear such an assured technique, such a rich and rounded voice, and even more than that, such ease and confidence in someone so young. |
GARCIA / ROSSINI / ZINGARELLI
Contrabandista Javier Camarena (tenor) Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Les Musiciens du Prince, Gianluca Capuano [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 25/Jan/2020 ] "Ramiro's aria from Cenerentola demonstrates Camarena's extraordinary facility and easily accessed top register. The Count's 'Cessa di più resistere' reiterates his absolute command." Opera |
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 |
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 (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) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
The Vivaldi Album Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ Decca / CD - released 25/Oct/1999 ] "Bartoli tackles her discoveries with infectious glee, enjoying too the beguiling instrumental palette of Il Giardino Armonico, whose pair of flageolets, duetting over muted violins and pizzicato violas and cellos, calm the torments of love" Gramopho |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL / ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI / ANTONIO CALDARA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - Opera Proibita Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski [ Decca Records / CD - released 20/Sep/2005 ] "A touch of the Fellinis as a scorching Bartoli meets the banned" RECORDING OF THE MONTH GRAMOPHONE Nov 2005 |
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. |
