Now on Netherlands Radio4 Concertuis (neither new, but both noteworthy):
Elina Garanca with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in 2008
singing Mozart, Bizet, and more. (I usually try to be very
positive, but this version of Parto,
ma tu ben mio seems strangely detached. I mean, I know it's a concert
but...)
And Joyce DiDonato's Drama Queens program with Complesso Barocco as heard last year in the Gran Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona.
Both concerts are enjoyable, but I think these two photos pretty well depict the contrast I hear: the cool-ish tone of one program and the rather more fiery nature of the other. (To be fair, Ms. Garanca was a guest on an orchestra concert, while Ms. DiDonato was the concert!)
