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Maria Laura Martorana, I Virtuosi Italiani, Alberto Martini - Porpora: Cantatas for Soprano (2012)

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Maria Laura Martorana, I Virtuosi Italiani, Alberto Martini - Porpora: Cantatas for Soprano (2012)

Maria Laura Martorana, I Virtuosi Italiani, Alberto Martini - Porpora: Cantatas for Soprano (2012)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 420 MB | 01:11:36
Genre: Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics

A dazzling display of vocal virtuosity, by the stunning coloratura soprano Maria Laura Martorana. Nicola Porpora was a celebrated vocal teacher, as well as a highly respected composer, of mainly vocal works (operas, cantatas). Among his pupils were Haydn, Alessandro Scarlatti and Pergolesi. His profound knowledge of the voice and its possibilities resulted in compositions of the highest challenge to the performer. The title 'Il Volcano', one of the Cantatas recorded on this disc, gives a clear indication as to the explosive content of the music - and Maria Laura Martorana possesses all the qualities required for an effective performance of this music: effortless and brilliant vocal technique, capable of the most daunting vocal acrobatics, and a passionate and dramatic temper, conveying the strong emotions expressed in these Baroque Cantatas.

Krassimira Stoyanova, Maria Prinz - Puccini: Complete Songs for Soprano and Piano (2017)

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Krassimira Stoyanova, Maria Prinz - Puccini: Complete Songs for Soprano and Piano (2017)

Krassimira Stoyanova, Maria Prinz - Puccini: Complete Songs for Soprano and Piano (2017)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 46:39 | 188 MB
Genre: Classical, Vocal | Label: Naxos | Catalog: 8.573501

Though Puccini represents the late-Romantic apex of the Italian operatic tradition, his songs are much less well known and, in their pared simplicity and emotional restraint, could hardly be more different from his stage works. The nineteen complete songs for soprano (two in duet with a mezzo) and piano cover themes typical of lyric poetry including life, death, personal resolution, love, nature, home and religious faith. There are also rare salon pieces and examples of Puccini’s secular and sacred juvenilia, written between 1875 and 1880.

Elly Ameling - The Artistry of Elly Ameling (2003)

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Elly Ameling - The Artistry of Elly Ameling (2003)

Elly Ameling - The Artistry of Elly Ameling (2003)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 1.7 Gb | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 1 Gb | 05:33:56
Genre: Classical | Label: Philips

Ameling, one of the world's most beloved recitalists is captured here in a 5 CD collection offering some of her most beautiful recordings of song. While we are used to her perfection in songs of Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Faure and Hahn, an added joy is her "pop" side, tackling - without a whiff of pretension, Porter, Kern, Gershwin, Ellington, et al. What an absolute joy it is listening to this amazing artist sing these songs with an almost uncanny natural ease. There is no resorting to a "pop" voice and yet most of these pop standards songs sound as though they could have been written for her. Clean attacks, sometimes a bit of the pop technique of hanging on to a consonant longer than a classical artist normally would shows an appreciation and understanding of the style. Still, there is never once a compromise of her vocal beauty.