The UK’s Opera Magazine’s February 2022 issue features a new review for Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn, and Constantine Orbelian’s I Puritani recording: “Coburn…combines technical accomplishment with sensitive bel canto singing… accurate and affecting. Lawrence Brownlee’s free emission and tonal vitality are prime assets among his credentials for an eager, dynamic Arturo also notable for keen…
“This Delos release of Bellini’s Puritani is another example of the excellent work of Kaunas City Symphony of Lithuania under the direction of its principal conductor Constantine Orbelian. He elicits a clean, warm sound from the orchestra, with especially fine playing in the horn and woodwind sections. Tempos are well chosen and the dramatic pacing leads…
Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas State Symphony’s I Puritani gets a 4.5-star rating and Recording of the Month distinction in Limelight Magazine! “This latest offering, featuring Bellini’s mellifluous swansong I Puritani, may just be their finest to date, conducted as usual by Constantine Orbelian, with Brownlee joined by the excellent American coloratura…
A second Fanfare critic has added our new recording of Bellini’s I Puritani to their “Not to be missed” list: “From Delos comes an impressive new studio release of Bellini’s final opera, I puritani, recorded at the Kaunas Philharmonic. …Lawrence Brownlee is one of the finest bel canto tenors of his generation. And, among tenors who have participated…
AllMusic reviews Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn, and Constantine Orbelian‘s recording of Bellini’s I Puritani: “it’s a fine reading of the opera with many attractions bel canto buffs should check out. One for American listeners is that it offers a preview of conductor Constantine Orbelian, who, despite his U.S. birth, has worked mostly in the former Soviet…
Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn, and Constantine Orbelian’s Bellini: I Puritani recording gets a 4 and 5 star review in the new issue of BBC Music Magazine! “The young American tenor Lawrence Brownlee is an impressive Arturo, light of tone and with an easy ascent into the upper register. The pace of his ‘A te o…
Fanfare Magazine critic Henry Fogel offers an absolute RAVE review for Sarah Coburn, Lawrence Brownlee, and Constantine Orbelian’s new recording of Bellini’s I Puritani: “This release is something we don’t see too often any more: a studio recording of a complete opera… This set takes its place comfortably alongside the finest available recordings of Bellini’s…
Göran Forsling offers a fourth MusicWeb International review of Oksana Volkova’s Poison d’Amour release with Constantine Orbelian and the Kaunas City Symphony: “It was also as Maddalena I first met her in the Delos recording of Rigoletto with Dmitri Hvorostovsky in the title role… Maddalena is hardly a role that catapults a singer to stardom, but even…
Oksana Volkova, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s Poison d’Amour album is named an Opera News Critic’s Choice! “an audacious compilation of mezzo-soprano (and soprano-adjacent) arias… Poison d’Amour announces Volkova as the real deal: a full-bodied, lyric mezzo-soprano with intelligence, passion, nuance and a healthy dose of chutzpah… And Constantine Orbelian’s decadent and limpid conducting…
Francis Muzzu gives a 4.5 Star Review to Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn, and Constantine Orbelian’s new recording of Bellini’s I Puritani in OperaNow: “an excellent outing… The only point in reviving the opera is for outstanding vocalists, which we have here. Sarah Coburn leads the cast as Elvira, and her voice suits the role perfectly.…
The Arts Fuse has a new review for Isabel Bayrakdarian, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s The Other Cleopatra: Queen of Armenia recording: “A delightful recording — and the first ever! — of arias from Hasse’s and Gluck’s operas about Tigranes and Cleopatra of Pontus. Plus four arias by Vivaldi for that same Cleopatra.…
Rafael de Acha reviews the new Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn, Constantine Orbelian, and Kaunas City Symphony recording of Bellini’s I Puritani: “Not since the 1953 studio recordings of Bellini’s Bel Canto tour de force with deluxe casts: the vintage Cetra with Callas, Di Stefano, Panerai, and Rossi-Lemeni, and the various 1960’s releases with Dame Joan Sutherland leading…
Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony and Kaunas State Choir’s new complete opera recording of I Puritani gets its first review from the Art Music Lounge: “this performance of Bellini’s old warhorse bids fair to overtake all previous commercial recordings of it, In part this is due to the perfectly-balanced…
Gramophone Magazine critic Laurence Vittes reviews Oksana Volkova, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s Poison d’Amour recording in the August issue’s Sounds of America section: “Mezzo-soprano Oksana Volkova’s recital of a dozen famous dramatic arias and one bloody obscurity gives full range to the Belarusian’s powerful voice and sultry temperament. … With a superb…
American Record Guide reviews Oksana Volkova, Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony’s Poison d’Amour recording: “Oksana Volkova has a gorgeous, seductive voice that could be likened to warm butter dripping off a fresh, hot biscuit. From top to bottom there are no holes in her beautiful mezzo-soprano. …Her choice of repertoire is intelligent. She seduces…
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