The January issue of Gramophone Magazine features high praise for Lawrence Brownlee and his new Allegro io son recording:
“The selection of Bellini and Donizetti arias is luxurious. The sunny ‘Allegro io son’ from Donizetti’s Rita is an inviting start, while other selections feature secondary soloists such as the able soprano Viktorija Miskunaite, and the well-rehearsed Kaunas State Choir make good, dark-voiced soldiers in ‘Ah! Mes amis, quel jour de fête’ from La fille du régiment. … Brownlee makes a more personal claim on this music in ways best illustrated by the disc’s famous ‘Una furtiva lagrima’. He’s appropriately plaintive; but by the aria’s second strophe he significantly ornaments the vocal line in ways that deepen the emotional perspective. … And every so often, such as at the end of Donizetti’s ‘Pour me rapprocher de Marie’, there’s an arresting colouristic turn, reminding you that Brownlee has his own kind of vocal glamour.” —David Patrick Stearns, Gramophone
Read the full review in the January 2017 issue of Gramophone Magazine
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