LoginMonteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea / Hickox
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BBC Music Magazine
There's not much cruelty, corruption or ruthlessness in Arleen Auger's exquisitely sung portrayal of the manipulative Poppea, but this hardly detracts from her otherwise radiantly expressive performance. This welcome reissue is not just exhilaratingly played by the City of London Baroque Sinfonia with a spareness and verve that keeps the drama taut, but impressively cast. James Bowman is an elegantly spurned Ottone; Gregory Reinhart a noble Seneca; and the wonderful Della Jones a spirited, quite convincingly masculine Nero. The only snag is Linda Hirst's unlovely, rather hectoring Ottavia; it doesn't do, some
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Manufacturer: Virgin / Angel Records
Release date: 23 December 2002
EAN: 0724356178328 UPC: 724356178328
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Release date: 23 December 2002
EAN: 0724356178328 UPC: 724356178328
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