American soprano Sondra Radvanovsky's star has been steadily rising since she won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 1995, but her representation on disc has been meager, so it's a pleasure to have this 2010 release of Verdi arias. Radvanovsky has sung a variety of music from Beethoven to Glass, but it is with Verdi that she has become most closely associated, and rightly so; her voice is ideal for the composer's vocally and dramatically demanding soprano roles. In the program notes she comments that it's ...
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American soprano Sondra Radvanovsky's star has been steadily rising since she won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 1995, but her representation on disc has been meager, so it's a pleasure to have this 2010 release of Verdi arias. Radvanovsky has sung a variety of music from Beethoven to Glass, but it is with Verdi that she has become most closely associated, and rightly so; her voice is ideal for the composer's vocally and dramatically demanding soprano roles. In the program notes she comments that it's the Verdi heroines who evolve emotionally who interest her the most, and her commitment to the dramatic values of the scores are evident in the focused intensity of her charged portrayals. Radvanovsky has a sumptuous, multi-hued voice that's ideal for conveying the diversity of these solos. Her agility makes the most virtuosic passages sound effortless, and she has the technique to spin out shapely, velvety legato lines. She is strong on every track, but the two arias for Leonora...
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