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Gramophone, 22nd August 2016 |
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Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2016 – winners revealed!
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It’s the biggest task our critics have to face. Confronted with hundreds of
superb recordings reviewed over the past year, their job is to narrow them
down to a single winner in each of 12 categories. But now their listening is
complete, their votes have been cast – and the results are in! From Early
Music to Contemporary, from Concerto to Opera, we can finally unveil the 12
best recordings of 2016.....
opera: Verdi Aida
Anja Harteros sop Aida Jonas
Kaufmann ten Radamès Ekaterina Semenchuk mez Amneris Ludovic Tézier bar
Amonasro Erwin Schrott bass-bar Ramfis Marco Spotti bass King of Egypt
Eleonora Buratto sop Priestess Paolo Fanale ten Messenger Chorus and
Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Sir Antonio Pappano
(Warner Classics) 'The singing of the doomed lovers has
tenderness and beauty, and the preternaturally quiet Santa Cecilia
string-playing is exquisitely managed as the drama makes its longed-for
tryst with silence...'
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