One of 2005's genuine surprises in recorded opera was CPO's Ariadne, the first recording of a seventeenth century German opera by total unknown Johann Georg Conradi featuring the talents of Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin. That set ended up being nominated for a Grammy, and considerably raised Gauvin's operatic stock in the process. Most of the material on Gauvin's subsequent ATMA Classique release, Karina Gauvin: Purcell will be familiar to devotees of the ill-fated Henry; it is drawn from The Fairy Queen and King Arthur, ...
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One of 2005's genuine surprises in recorded opera was CPO's Ariadne, the first recording of a seventeenth century German opera by total unknown Johann Georg Conradi featuring the talents of Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin. That set ended up being nominated for a Grammy, and considerably raised Gauvin's operatic stock in the process. Most of the material on Gauvin's subsequent ATMA Classique release, Karina Gauvin: Purcell will be familiar to devotees of the ill-fated Henry; it is drawn from The Fairy Queen and King Arthur, in addition to the expected, nay, some would say inevitable inclusion of "When I am laid in earth" from Dido and Aeneas, which Gauvin sings to perfection. The program is sprinkled with instrumental numbers, nicely played by Les Boréades de Montréal, although in comparison to a similar program from the majors featuring, say, Cecilia Bartoli or Renée Fleming, it has a few too many. Gauvin's contributions move from one plateau to the next, set high from the beginning with the spirited...
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Add this copy of Karina Gauvin to cart. $19.36, good condition, Sold by Prime Goods Outlet rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Troy, OH, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by ATMA Classique.