Juan Diego Florez

Juan Diego Florez – Great Tenor Arias (2004) MCH SACD ISO

SACD / DSD By admin · April 21, 2023 · Comments off

On his third aria collection for Decca, Juan Diego Flórez continues to stretch his repertory beyond the Rossini roles that established his solo career. But he never strays far, wisely sticking to roles that suit his light, gracious sound, and which make the most of his exhilarating top notes without requiring dramatic heft. Flórez is a truly special singer, one of the best put together young tenors around, and Great Tenor Arias shows him off to great effect.
Despite the album’s title, very few of the selections included are from the usual Tenors hit parade; only Verdi’s “La donna è mobile” from Rigoletto will be familiar to the casual listener. Coincidentally, that aria is the only real misfire on the album — which is not to say Flórez sings it badly; rather, his tone is just too likable, too boyishly friendly, to capture the spirit of one of opera’s most notorious bad guys. But almost every other selection on the album is spot on vocally, musically, and in character. Hearing Flórez tear into the florid coloratura of Rossini’s Semiramide can’t help but bring a smile to your face. His “J’ai perdu mon Euridice” from the less-often heard French version of Gluck’s Orphée et Euridice shows him tackling a difficult “haute-contre” tessitura with no trouble. And his “Firenze è come un albero fiorito” from Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi (probably the only Puccini role Flórez is likely to sing) has the perfect blend of youthful enthusiasm and vocal thrust. In general, this collection shows that Flórez has a more colorful palette at his disposal than many light tenors. His high notes have ring and a visceral “tug,” and he can sing softly without sacrificing energy or intensity. Carlo Rizzi and the Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano Giuseppe Verdi are deluxe partners for Flórez. Great Tenor Arias is a highly enjoyable listen, and an impressive step in this young singer’s career. ~allmusicguide

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Juan Diego Flórez – The Ultimate Collection (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · April 21, 2023 · Comments off

Decca’s “dashing tenor, the king of the bel canto repertory” (New York Times) Juan Diego Flórez has over 15 years become the lyric tenor of choice among cognoscenti, colouring his notes like an artist does a canvas.
On this affordable, handsomely-packaged album, Florez celebrates 15 years with a collection of his finest arias, featuring some of the music to be heard on 2016’s ‘Last Night of the Proms’. Moreover, three tracks appear on CD for the first time: ‘Puisqu’on ne peut flêchir’, ‘Ave Maria’ and ‘Amapola’.
“…when Flórez performs, audiences know they are in the presence of a true virtuoso.”
Awarded Peru’s highest honour, the Gran Cruz de la Orden del Sol del Perú, Flórez’s philanthropic projects now include a Foundation in Peru encouraging the development of national youth and children’s choirs and orchestras.

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Juan Diego Flórez – Mozart (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · April 21, 2023 · Comments off

Acclaimed across the globe for the beauty of his voice, the emotional power of his performances, and his extraordinarily dazzling high notes, the Peruvian superstar tenor Juan Diego Flórez has so far in his career focused almost exclusively on the masterpieces of the bel canto repertoire by Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini, and others. Now, in his eagerly awaited debut recording for Sony Classical, he turns his attention to a composer with whose works his talents also have an ideal relationship. “I’ve always wanted to do it, but now is the time. I finally feel I’m ready to convey the expressiveness, the simplicity, the universality – in short, the magic – of Mozart. Mozart’s music is universal, transcendental. Everybody loves his music. You don’t have to understand why you love it, but you just do. That’s his magic.”

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Juan Diego Flórez, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Roberto Abbado – L’Amour (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Marking a departure for the Peruvian bel canto superstar, this new recording offers a personal survey of the French operatic repertoire from Donizetti to the romantic outpourings of Gounod and Massenet, including Massenet’s ‘Pourquoi me Reveiller’ from Werther.

This is a disc that not only plays to Flórez’s strengths – virtuosic and high-lying – but also shows a new side to the popular singer, featuring repertoire which he has rarely sung on stage

The first solo album in four years by one of the classical world’s biggest stars reveals a voice which has become richer, rounder and more mellow; the choice of repertoire draws further new colours from this ever-stylish tenor.

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Juan Diego Flórez – Bésame Mucho (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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“Pop meets opera”: “Latin American songs go straight to the heart, because they deal with the things that matter most to us – homeland, tradition, love, heartbreak, and so on – and do so with enormous charm, but also incredible passion. The mysterious Ecuadorian pasillo Sombras, the gentle Cuban bolero Contigo en la distancia, the nostalgic Si vas para Chile, the tango Volver, an Argentinian work of art by Carlos Gardel, and other songs like these make you understand that love for one’s homeland is as powerful as any first love.” )Juan Diego Flórez)

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Gioacchino Rossini – Il Barbiere di Siviglia – Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (2015) Blu-ray 1080p AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1

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Сomposer: Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868)
Title: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Release Date: 2015
Genre: Classical, Opera
Stage Director: Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Artist: Juan Diego Florez (Count Almaviva), Joyce DiDonato (Rosina), Pietro Spagnoli (Figaro), Alessandro Corbelli (Doctor Bartolo), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Don Basilio), Jennifer Rhys-Davies (Berta), Changhan Lim (Fiorello), Bryan Secombe (Ambrogio), Christoper Lackner (Officer), Andrew Macnair (Notary); Orchestra & Chorus of The Royal Opera House

Production/Label: Erato/Warner Classics
Duration: 02:57:17
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video:MPEG-4 AVC Video / 20996 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: Italian DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 6000 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: Italian LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Size: 45.49 GB

The 23-year-old Gioachino Rossini completed his masterpiece Il barbiere di Siviglia with incredible speed – legend has it in just 13 days – which Rossini attributed to ‘facility and lots of instinct’. He adapted Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais’ play Le Barbier de Séville, part of a dramatic trilogy that also inspired Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. Within a few decades of its 1816 premiere, Il barbiere di Siviglia had been seen around the world, reaching opera houses in New York, Buenos Aires, Trinidad and Ecuador. The opera is characterized by youthful energy and bold wit: these qualities are brought to the fore in Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s colourful and inventive production, a popular favourite at the Royal Opera House since its premiere in 2005.

Il barbiere di Siviglia has all the right ingredients for comic chaos: an imprisoned young woman, her lecherous guardian and a young noble suitor. Skilfully plotting behind the scenes is Figaro – an irrepressible and inventive character in whom many have seen a resemblance to the young Rossini himself. The score fizzes with musical brilliance, from Figaro’s famous entrance aria ‘Largo al factotum’ to the frenzy of the Act I finale, when the five principal voices all pile on top of each other.

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Juan Diego Florez – Italia (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · November 27, 2015 · Comments off

Juan Diego Flórez, Decca’s “dashing tenor, the king of the bel canto repertory” now joins the illustrious list of tenors to record an album of ever-popular Neapolitan and Italian songs, including some in arrangements made for his idol and mentor Luciano Pavarotti. o complete the full Italian flavour these recordings were made in the Italian seaside resort of Fano, just south of Pesaro where Juan Diego makes his summer home – as Pavarotti did before him. For the orchestral tracks the Pesaro-based Filarmonica Giacchino Rossini is conducted by the gifted young Italian Carlo Tenan. (more…)