CD, Moniuszko (composer)
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the rare beauty of Orliński’s countertenor makes the whole recital an unusually introspective experience – and by any standards of Polish song recitals, this is an extraordinarily wide programme,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th May 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Male Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Vocal
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Moniuszko: Halka (4 Act Italian Version)
Tina Gorina, Monika Ledzion-Porczynska, Matheus Pompeu, Robert Gierlach, Rafal Siwek, Karol Kozlowski
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
New textures are revealed in the playing of Europa Galante, full of lightness and colour, and Biondi finds authentic snap in the rhythms, not least in the invigorating mazurka that closes Act... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2019
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Complete Opera Recording
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Moniuszko the Pariah
Marta Torbidoni, David Astorga, German Olvera, Aleksey Bogdanov, Matheus Pompeu, Paulina Boreczko, Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
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Magda Molendowska’s Halka is wonderful. Her voice is vibrant, capable of lovely soft singing that never loses tonal body, and equally capable of expressing pain and anger without the sound turning... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Opera
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Music of Polish Soul | Songs By Moniuszko and Karlowicz
Piotr Beczala (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano)
Beczała is one of today’s most important operatic tenors, and it is gratifying to see that he can scale his style down to a more intimate level so as not to overwhelm these songs. This release... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, April 2020, Nouveauté
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This is a full-length piece with substantial amounts of dialogue, largely couched in an attractive lighter vein that recalls the French opéra-comique tradition and may even be seen as prefiguring... — More…
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Opera, January 2022, Disc of the Month
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Stanislaw Moniuszko: Flis - the Raftsman
Ewa Tracz (Zosia), Matheus Pompeu (Franek), Mariusz Godlewski (Jakub), Aleksander Teliga (Antoni), Wojtek Gierlach (Szóstak), Paweł Cichoński (Feliks), Chór Opery i Filharmonii Podlaskiej, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
Flis may hardly rank beside [Moniuszko’s great operas Halk and Straszny Dwór] but, as this delightful first ever period-instrument recording shows, deserves far wider hearing…The choral writing... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2020
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Jontek’s aria from Stanisław Moniuszko’s Halka is a lovely nod to the heritage of Alagna’s wife, soprano Aleksandra Kurzak, and Lensky’s ‘Kuda, kuda’ (from Eugene Onegin) is genuinely touching,... — More…
