Four last songs
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MusicWeb international
2023 June
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Mike Parr (musikanmelder)
2023 June
"Following on his previous forays into the music of Verdi and Mantovani, Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja returns with a new album from Decca devoted to sacred arias. There is a wide variety of repertoire on this disc; most of it shows off the chiaroscuro colours of his beautiful Mediterranean voice to advantage ... The real treasure of this recital is the prayer from Wagner's Rienzi. Calleja is venturing into Wagner territory this summer as he assumes the title role in Parsifal at the Bayreuth Festival. It seems that a carefully planned acquaintance with some of the lighter Wagner heroes is the right direction for Calleja to be moving towards ... It seems that German music really suits Calleja at this point in his career ... His manner is clearly more spiritual than Pavarotti's and overall it seems to suit the music more comfortably".
Diapason
2023 juin
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Julia Le Brun
2023 juin
Klassisk
2023, nr. 70
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Henrik Engelbrecht
2023, nr. 70
"Et visitkort som Joseph Callejas nyeste pladeudspil er blevet den måde, langt de fleste når cd- og streaming-publikummet på ... med uddrag af operaer blandet med populære sange, og her også med flere arrangementer af klassiske hits ... Der er flere positive overraskelser på albummet - ikke mindst to skæringer med Richard Wagner som ophavsmand ... og det tegner ualmindeligt godt for hans planlagte Bayreuth-debut som Parsifal til august ... Calleja har helt styr på det tyske sprog og masser af overskud til at imødekomme de vokale krav til ridder RIenzi ... Og netop stemmen har udviklet sig ... Jeg har aldrig hørt Calleja i bedre vokal form end på dette album. Og det siger ikke så lidt".
BBC music magazine
2023 July
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George Hall (musikanmelder)
2023 July
"The Maltese tenor is on top form, his voice rich and fluid, with lovely, pure Latin colours and keen textual enunciation, the result achieving those hard-to-define qualities of conviction and sincerity ... Calleja feels right inside the music ... He remains throughout a stylish artist, his widely varied tone and dynamics shot through with considerable delicacy of expressive feeling".