With 2017 coming to a close, the year-end lists have begun to roll out, and Delos albums are well-represented! Verdi: Rigoletto – Dmitri Hvorostovsky New York Times Best Classical Music Recordings of 2017 Rafael’s Music Notes Ten Outstanding 2017 CDs UK Classical Chart #17 Sviridov: Russia Cast Adrift – Dmitri Hvorostovsky Naxos Music Library Favorite…
https://vp.nyt.com/video/2017/05/08/72398_1_09dmitri-clip_wg_720p.mp4 above video from The New York Times Pre-Order Dmitri Hvorostovsky made a surprise appearance and performance at The Metropolitan Opera’s gala celebrating 50 years at Lincoln Center! Watch the above video and get the background story as well at NYTimes.com! “It was a return to the stage that some feared would never happen again.…
The Metropolitan Opera has awarded Delos artist Jamie Barton the 2017 Beverly Sills Award! Beverly Sills, a soprano and Met chairwoman who died in 2007, established the honor for singers aged 25 to 40. Past winners include Nathan Gunn, Joyce DiDonato and Matthew Polenzani. The annual prize for a young singer includes a $50,000 award.…
Order now Pianist Kun Wook Paik (featured on our January 2016 release The French Influence) made his New York Philharmonic subscription-series debut this month, and New York Times critic Anthony Tommasini was on hand for the performance: “On Thursday at David Geffen Hall, the distinguished Korean pianist Kun Woo Paik, 70, made an overdue New…
A #FridayFlashback look at The New York Times‘ 2010 review of Gleb Ivanov at Alice Tully Hall: “It was not so long ago that when the Russian piano style was mentioned, what came to mind was a huge, steely, aggressive sound with a dynamic range that ran from fortissimo to quadruple fortissimo. Things are different…
New York Times critic Anthony Tommasini has Adrianne Pieczonka and Brian Zeger’s Strauss • Wagner in his Classical Playlist this week: “Sopranos who specialize in Wagner and Strauss have to scale back their sizable voices when they sing lieder, even songs by those composers. Adrianne Pieczonka accomplishes this impressively in this rewarding recital program, accompanied…
This past weekend was a big one for Delos artists in NYC! Here’s a look back at some highlights: Dmitri Hvorostovsky Returns! A look at the curtain call: New York Times reviews: Sondra Radvanovsky “Ms. Radvanovsky’s technical command in this daunting Donizetti role was flawless. She is a true inheritor to the Callas approach to…
Here’s a #ThrowbackThursday review of Barbara Fritolli and Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s performance of Simon Boccanegra at The Met. We’d bet some of the same things can be said about their performances on our new recording coming out next week! Dmitri Hvorostovsky “Mr. Hvorostovsky sang with dusky, melting beauty and shaped Verdi’s long, arching phrases, especially at…
The first opera in the Delos at the Met run has opened and upcoming release, Simon Boccanegra stars Barbara Frittoli and Dmitri Hvorostovsky and receiving high praise for their Don Carlo performances: Barbara Frittoli: “The soprano Barbara Frittoli, as Elisabeth, comes by the Italian style through heritage and training. Her singing was consistently admirable, with…
“The Three Tenors are back. While their names — Brownlee, Camarena and Flórez — may be unfamiliar outside the opera world, they represent a new golden age in high male voices and in the singular thrill of their top notes. All three happen to be specialists in bel canto (“beautiful singing”), a subgenre of opera…
In the latest New York Times ArtsBeat “Classical Playlist,” contributor Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim reveals why she’s so into Tracy Silverman’s new Between the Kiss and the Chaos CD: “This recording by the composer and six-string electric violin virtuoso Tracy Silverman features two works that reveal his delight in the sonic riches of his instrument as…
Ildar Adbrazakov draws praise from the New York Times for his performance of title role in Prince Igor at the Met: “The impressive cast, with many Russian singers, is headed by the compelling bass Ildar Abdrazakov in the title role… Solid and ruggedly handsome, Mr. Abdrazakov is a confident actor…his voice is firm and robust…He…
The New York Times “ArtsBeat” section has a new review for Ildar Abdrazakov’s Power Players recording: “ Starring in Borodin’s “Prince Igor” at the Met this week, the Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov is, at 37, turning his attention to Russian works. That production and this album, which moves gracefully from comic to sobering and back…
Joseph Bertolozzi is in Paris making his recordings of the Eiffel Tower for his upcoming Tower Music recording, and it’s starting to get some major attention – including The New York Times: “His mission is to ‘play the Eiffel Tower’ by striking its surfaces, collecting sounds through a microphone and using them as samples for…
Yesterday, the New York Times proved that we aren’t the only ones excited about Sondra Radvanovsky and Dmitri Hvorostovsky in Il Trovatore performances at the Metropolitan Opera, which begin tonight (4/20/11). In case you missed Vivien Schweitzer’s candid and revealing feature on Sondra Radvanovsky, we’ll excerpt it here and share the link to the full article:…
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