Great Operatic Arias, Vol. 16 - Sir Thomas Allen Vocal & Song Opera in English Opera In English

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As always, Allen was a supremely intelligent recitalist, matching sound with sense, probing the meaning of a text without fracturing the vocal line.

The Guardian

Allen had the perfect measure of expressive pace and scale…a most artful balance between the intimate and the rhetorical.

The Times

Put the question ‘what would you choose to describe operatic singing?’ and you would get no doubt a fine list of adjectives, some of them what is called ‘choice’, but it is doubtful whether ‘natural’ would be among them. Play a couple of items from this recital and there is a fair chance that that would be exactly the word which the same people would use if asked to describe the singing there. Natural and sincere: no posing, no rhetoric, and certainly no playing to the gallery.

Gramophone

This anthology of some of Allen’s greatest roles, from Mozart to Richard Rodgers, is real fan-club fodder – and more. The disc, with its accompanying booklet generously packed with photos and enhanced by Rodney Milnes’s elegant and illuminating commentary, bears all the marks of a lovingly engineered ad produced artefact, with commitment and affection ringing out of every track.

Opera

How good to have this anthology of Thomas Allen’s versatility in a wide range of his operatic roles…anyone who cherishes good singing will rejoice in this great baritone’s smooth legato, perfect diction, subtle characterisation and, of course, beautiful and unmistakable voice.

The Sunday telegraph

The Allen baritone is in full, eloquent form, with a ring of mature authority and faultless diction.

Financial Times

The years might be catching up with Allen’s tonal lustre, but his ability to communicate in a wide range of roles remains undimmed. Stylish accompaniments and excellent sound.

BBC Music Magazine

The Baritone is just past 60, but his voice is healthy as ever. He still has the agility for Rossini’s Fgaro, and he sings the Count’s aria (from Mozart’s ‘Figaro’) in a seldom-heard ersion that raises the tessitura almost to the tenor range… Fine sound and accompaniements, and the usual deluxe Chandos package

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