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Simone Kermes

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Renowned soprano Simone Kermes returns with her first new recording in years!Depicting light and darkness from the Baroque era to the presentSoprano Simone Kermes, who had been away from recording for about six years, makes her comeback with an album that is deeply personal yet spans a wide range of musical styles. Blending the musical worlds of Baroque opera, Classical concert arias, and even 20th-century film music, this album presents a meticulously crafted musical panorama centered on light and shadow.With her exceptional technique, Kermes brings to life a diverse range of expressive worldsfrom the rhetorical emotional expression of the Baroque to the introspective depictions of the Classical period, and on to the modern poetic soundscapes found in film music. The accompaniment by the Warsaw Chamber Opera Orchestra, conducted by Julian Zarenkur, is both delicate and powerful; w