Simon Estes
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Stravinsky
RecommendedPaul Crossley (piano), Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), John Aler (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (Jocasta), Vinson Cole (Oedipus), Nicolai Gedda (Shepherd), Hans Sotin (Tiresias), Simon Estes (Messenger), Patrice Chéreau (narrator)
Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Los...
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, July 2019, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, July 2023, Recommended Recording (The Rite of Spring)
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Berlioz - Roméo et Juliette & Les Nuits d’Été
Jessye Norman, John Aler, Simon Estes & Janet Baker
New Philharmonia Orchestra & Philadelphia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli & Riccardo Muti
A fine if not ideally cast account of Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette, with plenty of orchestral colour, if occasionally lacking clarity. Janet Baker's sprightly Les nuits d'été is a joy. —
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Verdi: Don Carlo
RecommendedPlácido Domingo (Carlo), Montserrat Caballé (Elisabetta), Ruggero Raimondi (Filippo II), Shirley Verrett (Eboli), Sherrill Milnes (Rodrigo), Giovanni Foiani (Il Grande Inquisitore), Simon Estes (Un Frate), Delia Wallis (Tebaldo)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Carlo Maria Giulini
From the day that Giulini conducted the now legendary production of Don Carlo at Covent Garden in 1958, a recording of the opera by him looked a must. In fact, it was to be 12 years before EMI... —
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Building a Library, March 2006, First Choice
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Verdi: Don Carlo
RecommendedFive-act version
Plácido Domingo (Carlo), Montserrat Caballé (Elisabetta), Ruggero Raimondi (Filippo II), Shirley Verrett (Eboli), Sherrill Milnes (Rodrigo), Giovanni Foiani (Il Grande Inquisitore), Simon Estes (Un Frate), Delia Wallis (Tebaldo)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Carlo Maria Giulini
The CD transfer of the analogue recording brings astonishing vividness and realism, a tribute to the original engineering of Chirstopher Parker. Even in the big ensembles the focus is very precise,... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Verdi: Don Carlo (Remastered)
Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Delia Wallis (mezzo-soprano), Ryland Davies (tenor), Simon Estes (bass-baritone), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Shirley Verrett (soprano), Ruggero Raimondi (bass-baritone), John Noble (baritone), Maria-Rosa Del Campo (soprano), Giovanni Foiani...
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Special offer. Stravinsky: Pulcinella & Concertino
Anne Murray (soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Simon Estes (bass), Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
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Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique & Romeo et Juliette
Jessye Norman (soprano), John Aler & Simon Estes
Philadelphia Orchestra, Westminster Choir, Riccardo Muti
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Haydn: Mass in B-Flat Major, Hob. XXII:14 'Harmoniemesse' (Remastered)
Leonard Bernstein, Judith Blegen (soprano), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Simon Estes (bass baritone), Judith Blegen (mezzo-soprano)
Westminster Choir
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