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FRANCOIS COUPERIN / ANTONIO VIVALDI
Couperin & Vivaldi: Or (Light) Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello) [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 27/Feb/2026 ] For her new recording, entitled 'Or' (light), cellist Sonia Wieder Atherton has devised a two-part narrative, 'a series of freeze frames, like incursions into time': first, Couperin's Les leçons de ténèbres or the Lamentations of the Prophet... |
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VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: Norma (the complete opera, recorded in 2006) The Bavarian State Opera / Edita Gruberova / Zoran Todorovich / Roberto Scandiuzzi / Sonia Ganassi / Markus Herzog / Friedrich Haider [ Deutsche Grammophone DVD / 2 DVD - released 29/Jan/2007 ] "Gruberova delivers her own wholly individual interpretation ... she translates Bellini's interplay of pain, love and desire into physically palpable inner and outer drama. Immensely moving." - Die Welt |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Aci, Galathea Polifemo [three part serenade] Daniela Uccello (Aci), Sonia Turchetta (Galatea), Giancarlo Tosi (Polifemo) / Camerata del Titano, Augusto Ciavatta [ Dynamic / 2 CD - released 5/Mar/2001 ] Recorded at the Teatro Titano, San Mariono, November 1999 |
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JOHANN ADOLF HASSE
Artaserse (complete opera recorded in 2012) Palazzo Ducale, Martina Franca, Italy / Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani, Maria Grazia Schiavo, Sonia Prina, Franco Fagioli / Corrado Rovaris [ Dynamic DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] Set: Alessandro Camera Costume Designer: Andrea Viotti Lighting Designer: Antonio Macchitella A classic work of its genre and historical period, Artaserse was premièred in Venice in 1730 by the most famous singers of the day: Farinelli in... |
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Sonia
Everybody Knows [ Chrysalis / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Rinaldo (complete opera recorded in 2011) Glyndebourne Opera / Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Brenda Rae, Luca Pisaroni / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ottavio Dantone [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Feb/2013 ] "What is here is some exhilarating music-making, both vocal and instrumental. Ottavio Dantone leads an orchestral with a spring in its step and some fine playing" (BBC) |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Rinaldo (Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes August 2011) Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Brenda Rae, Luca Pisaroni / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ottavio Dantone, Robert Carsen (Stage director) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "Directing from his tinkling harpsichord, Ottavio Dantone encourages the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment to be light, bright and Italian. Listen wholeheartedly; watch with caution." (The Times) |
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Sonia Santos / João Donato
Poema Ritmico Do Malandro (Balanço Do Crioulo) / Cala Boca Menino 7" [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 24/Jan/2025 ] Back in stock due to popular demand, the 23rd release in our signature Brazil 45's series served up a double header of classics from Sonia Santos and João Donato. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Messa di Requiem [Requiem Mass] Anja Harteros, Sonia Ganassim, Rolando Villazon, Rene Pape / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 30/Sep/2009 ] "This Requiem is firmly founded on the altogether excellent singing of Pappano's Italian chorus" BBC Music Magazine Awards 2010 - Choral WINNER |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: La Resurrezione, HWV47 (Complete oratorio) Camilla Tilling, Kate Royal, Toby Spence, Sonia Prina & Luca Pisaroni / Le Concert d'Astrae / Emmanuelle Haim [ Virgin Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2010 ] "Toby Spence is elegant in St John the Evangelist's music, and Kate Royal find sumptuous beauty and emotional depth in the part of Mary Magdalene." Gramophone Magazine, February 2010 |
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CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Ezio (complete opera) Sonia Prina, Ann Hallenberg, Max Emanuel Cencic / Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis [ Erato Classics / 2 CD - released 5/Sep/2011 ] Alan Curtis, described by the New York Times' as "one of the great scholar-musicians of recent times", conducts a brilliant cast including Sonia Prina, Ann Hallenberg, Max-Emanuel Cencic and Topi Lehtipuu in the original, 1750 version of Gluck's... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno (Complete oratorio) Natalie Dessay (soprano) Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano) Sonia Prina (alto) Pavol Breslik (tenor) / Concert d'Astree / Emmanuelle Haim [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 29/Jan/2021 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Winner 2008: Opera - 'Technically superb, reassuringly stylish, this is an outstanding performance of Handel at the height of his powers.' (BBC) |
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HANDEL
Ezio, HWV29 (complete) Sonia Prina, Ann Hallenberg, Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani, Karina Gauvin / Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Jun/2009 ] "Overall, this is an excellent and much-needed first complete recording, and confirms that Ezio is a fascinating serious drama." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, June 2009 |
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HASSE / GLUCK / BONONCINI / VINCI / VIVALDI / PORTA
Baroque Divas Vivica Genaux, Sonia Prina, Mary-Ellen Nesi and Romina Basso / Armonia Atenea, George Petrou [ Decca / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] Present-day prima donnas Vivica Genaux, Sonia Prina, Marry-Ellen Nesi and Romina Basso now follow in the footsteps of their fervid predecessors, presenting on disc a tongue-in-cheek survey of standout arias for mezzo soprano and contralto. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Marvellous Mezzo-Soprano and Contralto: Best Loved Opera Arias Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Sonia Ganassi (mezzo-soprano), Marjana Lipovšek (mezzo-soprano), Ewa PodleÅ› (contralto) [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Apr/2021 ] Portraying characters such as Rossini's lovestruck heroines, Verdi's dramatic roles and the seductive Carmen, the mezzo voice is valued for a tone that embodies richness and sensuality in all its operatic variety. |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Enrico di Borgogna (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Bergamo, Teatro Sociale / Anna Bonitatibus, Sonia Ganassi, Francesco Castoro / Alexandro de Marchi (conductor) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jan/2020 ] "This early Donizetti work shows the composer's potential. It is delightfully realised via costume and staging, along with excellent solo and choral contributions." MusicWeb April 2020 |
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DUSAPIN / FOCCROULLE / HOSOKAWA / JOLAS / LACOTE
30 Years of New Organ Works (1991-2021) Bernard Foccroulle; Sonia Wieder-Atherton; Yoann Tardivel [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] During the years in which Bernard Foccroulle was successively director of the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels and the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, he never ceased to devote himself to his instrument, the organ, regularly making recordings, giving... |
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CRISTIAN CARRARA
Carrara: The Devil's Bridge Erica Piccotti, Sonia Prina (contralto), Massimo Mercelli FVG Orchestra, Nir Kabaretti [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] Cristian Carrara, born and educated in the Friuli region of north-east Italy, has earned critical admiration as one of the most creative composers of his generation. Clarity and directness inform much of his music, as does a sense of mystery,... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel - Silla (complete opera) Sonia Prina, Martina Belli, Sunhae Im, Vivica Genaux / Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi [ Glossa / 2 CD - released 14/Oct/2017 ] "Wow, what music! Fabio Biondi's experienced cast...now has this idiom totally sorted, and with the glassy, dancing playing of Europa Galante the whole thing shoots along. Maybe it will never see the stage, but it suits the CD player." The Observer * |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (Highlights} Roberto Servile, Sonia Ganassi, Ramon Vargas / Hungarian Radio Chorus / Failoni Chamber orchestra / Will Humburg [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] "There are ways in which this brand-new super-budget recording of Il barbiere di Siviglia puts to shame just about every other version of the opera there has yet been." Gramophone |