Ben Heppner
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Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114
RecommendedRenée Fleming (Rusalka), Ben Heppner (Prince), Dolora Zajick (Jezibaba), Eva Urbanová (Foreign Princess), Franz Hawalta (Water Goblin)
Kühn Mixed Choir, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
Renée Fleming's tender and heartwarming account of Rusalka's Invocation to the Moon reflects the fact that the role of the lovelorn water nymph, taken by her in a highly successful production... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Recording of the Year
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
RecommendedBen Heppner (Enée), Michelle DeYoung (Didon), Petra Lang (Cassandre), Sara Mingardo (Anna), Peter Mattei (Chorèbe), Stephen Milling (Narbal), Kenneth Tarver (Iopas), Toby Spence (Hylas), Alan Ewing (Priam), Guang Yang (Hécube), Isabelle Cals (Ascagne), Tigran Martirossian (Panthée), Bülent Bezdüz...
So what's so special about the performance? Try Canadian tenor Ben Heppner, outdoing his fellow countryman Jon Vickers on Sir Colin's first recording of Les Troyens. The other principals are... —
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Building a Library, November 2012, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2002, Winner - Opera
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2001, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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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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Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114 (highlights)
RecommendedRenée Fleming (Rusalka), Ben Heppner (Prince), Dolora Zajick (Jezibaba), Eva Urbanová (Foreign Princess), Franz Hawalta (Water Goblin)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Kühn Mixed Choir, Sir Charles Mackerras
in every way a satisfying musical experience. This offers not only ripely atmospheric sound but what is in almost every way is the ideal cast...Fleming gives a heart-felt, sharply detailed performance,... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Recording of the Year
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Special offer. Sir Colin Davis Anthology
Limited Edition of 5000
Ben Heppner (Enée), Michelle DeYoung (Didon), Petra Lang (Cassandre), Sara Mingardo (Anna), Peter Mattei (Chorèbe), Stephen Milling (Narbal), Kenneth Tarver (Iopas), Toby Spence (Hylas), Alan Ewing (Priam)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
despite the film’s scrappy construction music and man emerge loud and clear. A “reluctant king” is Sir David Attenborough’s description. His baton, Mitsuko Uchida, the pianist, crisply says,... —
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Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos
(complete opera)
Deborah Voigt, Natalie Dessay, Anne Sofie von Otter, Ben Heppner, Albert Dohmen
Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli
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Je n'aime pas le classique, mais ça j'aime bien!
Alicia de Larrocha (piano), Nelly Kokinos (piano), Vladimir Spivakov (violin), Sergei, Steven Isserlis (cello), Xavier De Maistre (piano), Julian Bream (guitar), Johns Williams (guitar), James Galway (flute), Lorenzo Ghielmi (organ), Samuel Lipman & Leo Litwin (pianos), Martin Hoherman (xylophone),...
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Wagner: Lohengrin (highlights)
Ben Heppner (Lohengrin), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Heinrich der Vogler), Sharon Sweet (Elsa von Brabant), Sergei Leiferkus (Friedrich von Telramund), Eva Marton (Ortrud), Bryn Terfel (The King's Herald)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
Petra Lang (mezzo-soprano), Peter Mattei (baritone), Aeneas, Alan Ewing, Tigran Martirossian, Ben Heppner (tenor), Bülent Bezdüz, Isabelle Cals, Guang Yang, Orlin Anastassov, Mark Stone (baritone), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Kenneth Tarver (tenor), Stephen Milling...
In this live account Colin Davis, as ever, proves a potent interpreter of Berlioz’s masterpiece. —
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Mahler: Complete Symphonies
Melanie Diener (soprano - No. 2), Barbara Bonney (soprano - No. 4), Petra Lang (mezzo - Nos. 2 & 3), Jane Eaglen, Anne Schwanewilms, Ruth Ziesak (sopranos - No. 8), Sara Fulgoni, Anna Larsson (contraltos - No. 8), Ben Heppner (No. 8), Peter Mattei (baritone - No. 8), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass...
Chailly's strong, satisfying approach to Mahler, without eccentricity, is supported by the superb playing of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra throughout and the demonstration quality of the... —
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