COMPANY: DG Archiv
ARTIST: Magdalena Kozena
CATEGORY: CD
COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi

Product: 028947945956

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Magdalena Kozená is back with another early music adventure on Archiv Production after her highly acclaimed ‘Vivaldi’ and ‘Lettere Amorose’ albums. In this recording, Kozena explores the early Italian Baroque Music of Claudio Monteverdi. She duets with Anna Prohaska on tracks ‘Pur ti miro’ and ‘Zefiro torna’, plus there are guest performances from David Feldman, Jakob Pilgram, Michael Feyfar and Luca Tittoto. Kozena sings with La Cetra Barockorchester Basel and Andrea Marcon.

“Kozená uses violent accents, straight tones and extreme dynamics to great effect yet retains plangent vulnerability...The disc’s highlight is Kozená’s aggressive and virtuosic rendition of the great scena Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda...Here the mezzo realizes her instincts for color and expression with dramatic force.” Opera News