José van Dam
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Wagner: Parsifal
RecommendedPeter Hofmann (Parsifal), Dunja Vejzovic (Kundry), Kurt Moll (Gurnemanz), José van Dam (Amfortas), Siegmund Nimsgern (Klingsor), Victor von Halem (Titurel), Hanna Schwarz (Alto Stimme)
Berlin German Opera Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
In most respects this is the most perfect, atmospheric Parsifal yet committed to disc or cassette. Admitting the vocal imperfections, few as they are, the set attempts an artistic, or at least... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1981, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1981, Winner - Opera
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Massenet: Manon
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (Manon), Roberto Alagna (Des Grieux), Earle Patriarco (Lescaut), José van Dam (Comte des Grieux)
Orchestre Symphonique et Chœurs de la Monnaie, Antonio Pappano
In Act 1 Gheorghiu instantly establishes the heroine as a vivacious, wilful character with a great sense of fun and her singing is both imaginative and technically flawless...while Alagna, always... —
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Building a Library, December 2000, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Opera
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Building a Library, March 2018, First Choice
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
RecommendedPiero Cappuccilli (Boccanegra), Mirella Freni (Amelia/Maria), José van Dam (Paolo), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Jacopo Fiesco), José Carreras (Gabriele)
La Scala Chorus & Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
This famous recording has become a classic, a studio performance following a series of performances at La Scala in the Strehler staging. The close, slightly claustrophobic recording exactly... —
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Building a Library, April 2000, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
RecommendedJosé van Dam (Hans Sachs), Ben Heppner (Walther von Stolzing), Karita Mattila (Eva), Alan Opie (Beckmesser), Iris Vermillion (Magdalena), Herbert Lippert (David), René Pape (Pogner), Albert Dohmen (Kothner), Kelly Anderson (Nachtwächter)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
[Van Dam] fulfils expectations with a reading that is finely moulded from start to finish...Heppner seems to have benefited from his longer experience of his role...Throughout this is a portrayal... —
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Grammy Awards, 40th Awards (1997), Best Opera Recording
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Massenet: Manon
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (Manon), Roberto Alagna (Le Chevalier Des Grieux), Earle Patriarco (Lescaut), José van Dam (Le Compte des Grieux), Sophie Koch (Javotte), Anne Maria Panzarella (Poussette), Susanne Schimmack (Rosette), Nicolas Rivenq (De Brétigny), Nicolas Cavallier (L'Hôtelier), Gilles Ragon (Guillot...
In Act 1 Gheorghiu instantly establishes the heroine as a vivacious, wilful character with a great sense of fun and her singing is both imaginative and technically flawless...while Alagna, always... —
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Building a Library, December 2000, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Opera
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Special offer. Delibes: Lakmé
Natalie Dessay (Lakmé), Gregory Kunde (Gérald), José van Dam (Nilakantha), Delphine Haida (Mallika), Franck Leguérinel (Frederic), Patricia Petibon (Ellen), Xenia Konsek (Rose), Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Michel Plasson
Opera audiences in 19th-century Paris may never have visited India, but they loved to dream about it. After the successes enjoyed by Lespêcheurs de perles and Le roi de Lahore Delibes knew what... —
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Beethoven: Cantatas
RecommendedJudith Howarth, Janice Watson, Jean Rigby, John Mark Ainsley, José Van Dam
Corydon Singers & Orchestra, Matthew Best
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Roberto Alagna (Hoffmann), José Van Dam (Lindorf/Coppélius/Dapertutto/Dr Miracle), Natalie Dessay (Olympia), Sumi Jo (Giulietta), Leontina Vaduva (Antonia), Catherine Dubosc (Nicklausse / La Muse)
Choeur et Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Kent Nagano
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Amadeus
RecommendedAldo Baldin (artist), Agnes Baltsa (artist), Iona Brown (chorus conductor), John Constable (artist), Catherine Denly (artist), Barbara Hendricks (artist), Neil Jenkins (artist), Donald Maxwell (artist), John McCarthy (chorus conductor), Original Cast (artist), Felicity Palmer (artist), Cathryn Pope...
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Grammy Awards, 27th Awards (1984), Classical Album of the Year
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Puccini: Il Trittico
RecommendedIl Tabarro:
Carlo Guelfi (Michele), Maria Guleghina (Giorgetta), Neil Shicoff (Luigi), Ricardo Cassinelli (Il Tinca), Enrico Fissore (Il Talpa), Elena Zilio (La Frugola), Barry Banks (Venditore di canzonette), Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna (Due Amanti)
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Building a Library, October 2017, First Choice
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