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Ewa Podles, Constantine Orbelian, Moscow Chamber Orchestra - Handel Arias from Rinaldo & Orlando (2000)

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Ewa Podles, Constantine Orbelian, Moscow Chamber Orchestra - Handel Arias from Rinaldo & Orlando (2000)

Ewa Podleś, Constantine Orbelian, Moscow Chamber Orchestra - Handel Arias from Rinaldo & Orlando (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 280 Mb | Total time: 60:45 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Delos | # DE 3253 | Recorded: 2000

…impressive three-octave range…hugely resonant and heroic low tones, smoky middle, brilliant top…astonishing flexibility… this recital reveals her dazzling outrageous and personalized approach to Handel, and it is stunning. The first two tracks alone demonstrate mastery of every vocal, theatrical and musical technique demanded by this repertoire…. This is the stuff eighteenth-century writers used to rave about… Such artistic integrity and completeness set Podles apart… Seat belts suggested.

Ekaterina Siurina, Constantine Orbelian & Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra - Where Is My Beloved? (2023)

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Ekaterina Siurina, Constantine Orbelian & Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra - Where Is My Beloved? (2023)

Ekaterina Siurina, Constantine Orbelian & Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra - Where Is My Beloved? (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 201 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 123 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:52:49
Classical, Vocal, Opera | Label: Delos Productions

One of the leading sopranos of her generation, Ekaterina Siurina enjoys an international career that takes her to the top opera houses in Europe and America. She made her professional debut as Gilda in Rigoletto, singing opposite the world-renowned baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Commenting on her recent performance as Violetta in La bohème, Parterre Box called her singing “deeply touching, with arching beams of tone.”

Constantine Orbelian, Moscow Chamber Orchestra - Soviet Trumpet Concertos: Arutiunian, Pakhmutova, Weinberg (2000)

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Constantine Orbelian, Moscow Chamber Orchestra - Soviet Trumpet Concertos: Arutiunian, Pakhmutova, Weinberg (2000)

Constantine Orbelian, Moscow Chamber Orchestra - Soviet Trumpet Concertos: Arutiunian, Pakhmutova, Weinberg (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 252 Mb | Total time: 72:05 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 09668 | Recorded: 1999

Here are four works for trumpet and orchestra all from the pre-Perestroika USSR.
The Arutyunian is a singularly attractive work dating from 1950. It is brilliant (as you would expect), languorously suggestive of warm summer nights in the Caucasus and, in places, a hair's breadth from Gershwin's blues. Those of you who may have heard the violin concerto this is a much more attractive work given a strapping performance and vivid recording. The big theme struts like a toreador.

Constantine Orbelian, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (2017)

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Constantine Orbelian, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (2017)

Constantine Orbelian, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (2017)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 486 Mb | Total time: 59:28+67:36 | Digital booklet
Classical | Label: Delos | # DE 3522 | Recorded: 2016

Giuseppe Verdi may have written his most glamorous and heroic roles for tenors, but he often assigned his more psychologically complex and conflicted character portrayals to baritones- and Rigoletto is just such a role: perhaps the greatest baritone role ever written. It demands not only a magnificent voice, but also a supremely gifted actor who is able to convey a broad range of emotions, human qualities, and inner subtleties. Enter universally beloved Dmitri Hvorostovsky: a prolific Delos artist and supreme Verdi baritone. The resplendent beauty and incomparable versatility of his voice is matched only by the depth of his interpretive soul. In this- Dmitri’s first ever (and long-awaited) complete recording of Rigoletto- he performs the title role magnificently, along with an all-star supporting cast. Choral-orchestral splendor comes courtesy of renowned maestro Constantine Orbelian, his Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, and the men of the Kaunas State Choir.

Isabel Bayrakdarian - The Other Cleopatra: Queen of Armenia (2020)

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Isabel Bayrakdarian - The Other Cleopatra: Queen of Armenia (2020)

Isabel Bayrakdarian, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian & Jory Vinikour - The Other Cleopatra: Queen of Armenia (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 293 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 154 Mb | Artwork included | 01:04:04
Classical, Opera | Label: Delos Music

Yes, there was another Cleopatra! She was married to Tigranes the Great, King of Armenia, and together they created an Armenia that reached from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean. The resplendent and regal voice of soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian is perfectly suited to the role of Cleopatra. Bayrakdarian shines in arias from three rarely heard operas about King Tigranes and his queen. Bayrakdarians multi-hued voice relates the passion, drama, and fervor of the love story of Tigranes and Cleopatra. Bayrakdarian sparkles in five arias from Il Tigrane by Baroque master Johann Adolph Hasse, famous in his day as one of the foremost composers of opera. Arias by Vivaldi and Gluck add further excitement to the album.Bayrakdarian is supported by the Grammy-nominated team of Constantine Orbelian the singers dream collaborator (Opera News) and his marvellous Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra.

Golda Vainberg-Tatz, Moscow Chamber Orchestra & Constantine Orbelian - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 17 (2022)

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Golda Vainberg-Tatz, Moscow Chamber Orchestra & Constantine Orbelian - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 17 (2022)

Golda Vainberg-Tatz, Moscow Chamber Orchestra & Constantine Orbelian - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 17 (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 221 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 148 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:04:07
Classical | Label: Delos Music

Mozart's Piano Concerto in D Minor, K. 466, is one of only two written in the minor. The key of D minor is highly significant and underlines the tragic character of the concerto. Written in great haste and completed just a day before its premiere, Mozart played the concerto on February 11, 1785, at a subscription concert in Vienna. Mozart’s father, Leopold, wrote to his daughter Anna Maria (Nannerl) after the concert: “Then we had a new and very fine concerto by Wolfgang, that the copyist was still working on when we arrived, and the rondo of which your brother didn’t even have the time to play through, as he had to supervise the copying.”

Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian, Oksana Dyka - In questa reggia (2022)

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Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian, Oksana Dyka - In questa reggia (2022)

Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian, Oksana Dyka - In questa reggia (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks, booklet) - 245 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 161 MB
1:08:00 | Classical | Label: Delos

Oksana Dyka’s dramatic and dazzling voice sparkles in this collection of favorites from treasured operas by Puccini and Verdi, led by “the singer’s dream collaborator” Constantine Orbelian.
Born in Ukraine, Oksana Dyka graduated at Kiev Conservatory in 2004, and from 2003 to 2007 she was the main soloist at Ukraine National Opera of Kiev. In 2003 she won third prize of the Marseilles International Opera competition, which landed her the part of Tosca at National Opera of Montpellier in March 2005. Also in 2005, Oksana was highly acclaimed as Tosca at Estonian National Opera in Tallinn and at Dalhalla Opera Festival in Sweden (same production), and she made her debut as Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello at Estonian National Opera. © Delos

Constantine Orbelian, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Giuseppi Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (2015)

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Constantine Orbelian, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Giuseppi Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (2015)

Constantine Orbelian, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Giuseppi Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (2015)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 519 Mb | Total time: 65:50+64:05 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Delos | # DE 3457 | Recorded: 2013

Our first-ever full-length Italian opera recording, Delos’s star-studded current release of Giuseppi Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra promises to make quite a splash among today’s opera fans. As Verdi was entering his glorious “late period” (Otello and Falstaff) he wrote and re-worked much of Simon Boccanegra, a work that he had first tackled in 1857. The opera emerged in 1881 as a powerful masterpiece, although one that has been unfairly neglected, in comparison with Verdi’s other works on that level. So it’s high time for an authoritative new release of an opera that gives glamorous title star Dmitri Hvorostovsky – considered by many to be the world’s greatest Verdi baritone – the chance to record what he calls “…one of the most complex, deepest characters in the whole baritone repertoire.”

Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Kaunas State Choir & Constantine Orbelian - Bellini: I puritani (2021)

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Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Kaunas State Choir & Constantine Orbelian - Bellini: I puritani (2021)

Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn, Azamat Zheltyrguzov, Tadas Girininkas, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Kaunas State Choir & Constantine Orbelian - Bellini: I puritani (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 647 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 374 Mb | Digital booklet | 02:42:01
Classical | Label: Deloc Music

This stellar production features a pair of operatic superstars, namely GRAMMY®-nominated tenor Lawrence Brownlee and soprano supreme Sarah Coburn, who continually appear in the lead roles in top houses worldwide. The remaining characters are beautifully portrayed by distinguished singers from Lithuania and Kazakhstan. Providing brilliant and sensitive choral-orchestral support is the GRAMMY®-nominated Maestro Constantine Orbelian (“the singer’s dream collaborator”) leading the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra and the Kaunas State Choir. In June 2021, Orbelian was named Music Director and Principal Conductor of New York City Opera. Bellini’s I Puritani is considered by many to offer the most beautiful music among some of his best-known operas, several of which are sublime masterpieces of the spectacular bel canto style of singing.

Oksana Volkova, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra & Constantine Orbelian - Poison d'amour (2021)

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Oksana Volkova, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra & Constantine Orbelian - Poison d'amour (2021)

Oksana Volkova, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra & Constantine Orbelian - Poison d'amour (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 252 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 149 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:04:08
Classical | Label: Delos

This richly rewarding album is Oksana Volkova’s first solo album on Delos, though she appeared alongside the late, great Dmitri Hvorostovsky in Delos’s GRAMMY®-nominated 2017 release of Verdi’s complete Rigoletto. Here she delivers powerful, passionate and ravishing performances of (mostly) well-known French, Italian, Russian and Belarusian arias for mezzo-soprano. The composers include Bizet, Thomas, Saint-Sae¨ns, Gounod, Cilea, Massenet and Mascagni; Russian masters heard here are Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky, alongside a rare treat: an arresting aria by Belarusian composer Dmitri Smolsky, whose music is almost completely unknown in the West. Glowing instrumental collaboration, as usual, comes courtesy of Maestro Constantine Orbelian, leading his trusty Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra.

Stephen Costello, Constantine Orbelian, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra - A Te, O Cara: Stephen Costello sings bel canto (2018)

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Stephen Costello, Constantine Orbelian, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra - A Te, O Cara: Stephen Costello sings bel canto (2018)

Stephen Costello, Constantine Orbelian, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra - A Te, O Cara: Stephen Costello sings bel canto (2018)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 211 Mb | Total time: 49:57 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Delos | DE 3541 | Recorded: 2017

American tenor Stephen Costello's meteoric career has taken him to the stages of the world's top opera houses. In this, his first recording for Delos, he performs a glittering assortment of arias that will appeal strongly to any opera lover, but that will be a particular treat for fans of the bel canto repertoire. While it mainly showcases classic arias by Gaetano Donizetti, we also hear single selections by Vicenzo Bellini and Giuseppe Verdi. Polished and sensitive orchestral collaboration comes courtesy of Maestro Constantine Orbelian and his vaunted Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra. The Associated Press has called Stephen Costello ''… a prodigiously gifted singer whose voice makes an immediate impact.''

Isabel Bayrakdarian, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra & Constantine Orbelian - The Other Cleopatra: Queen of Armenia (2020)

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Isabel Bayrakdarian, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra & Constantine Orbelian - The Other Cleopatra: Queen of Armenia (2020)

Isabel Bayrakdarian, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra & Constantine Orbelian - The Other Cleopatra: Queen of Armenia (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks+booklet) - 319 MB | Tracks: 16 | 64:04 min
Style: Classical | Label: Delos

Yes, there was another Cleopatra! She was married to Tigranes the Great, King of Armenia, and together they created an Armenia that reached from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean. The resplendent and regal voice of soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian is perfectly suited to the role of Cleopatra. Bayrakdarian shines in arias from three rarely heard operas about King Tigranes and his queen. Bayrakdarians multi-hued voice relates the passion, drama, and fervor of the love story of Tigranes and Cleopatra. Bayrakdarian sparkles in five arias from Il Tigrane by Baroque master Johann Adolph Hasse, famous in his day as one of the foremost composers of opera.