Best Albums of 2023

Where is My Beloved?

Ekaterina Siurina’s recording of Where is my Beloved? with Constantine Orbelian leading the Kaunas City Symphony was named a Best of 2023 recording by All About the Arts and MusicWeb International!

Where Is My Beloved? - Ekaterina Siurina

“In a world where really great voices are in short supply, it is a privilege indeed to listen to Ekaterina Siurina, now in her late forties, her voice in mint condition, with perfectly controlled vibrato and a glowing delivery.”

—Göran Forsling, MusicWeb International

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“a world-class artist with a plethora of colors in her vocal paint box and a faultless instinct for characterization in soprano arias by Dvořák, Puccini, Cilea, Boito, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Charpentier, Gounod, and Bizet. Siurina is the possessor of one of the most beautiful voices this writer has heard in over sixty years of listening to singers.”

—Rafael de Acha, All About the Arts

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ARIAS OF LOVE & SORROW

Gevorg Hakobyan’s Delos debut recording, Arias of Love & Sorrow with Constantine Orbelian leading the Kaunas City Symphony was selected as a Best of 2023 recording by All About the Arts!

Arias of Love & Sorrow - Gevorg Hakobyan

“In one of the finest calling-card débuts we have heard in quite some time – the DELOS recording ARIAS OF LOVE & SORROW – Armenian Baritone Gevorg Hakobyan brings keen interpretive intelligence and a gift for coloring his glorious sound to suit everything from the snarling utterances of Iago’s Credo to the noble cantilena of Nabucco’s prayer Dio di Giuda, the latter sung with seamless legato.”

—Rafael de Acha, All About the Arts

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