Ain Anger
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Special offer. Wagner: Die Walküre
Stuart Skelton (Siegmund), Emily Magee (Sieglinde), Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde), John Lundgren (Wotan), Sarah Connolly (Fricka), Ain Anger (Hunding), Lise Davidsen (Ortlinde)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano, Keith Warner
Pappano has always had a special relationship with the Ring’s second part…and the Royal Opera House Orchestra rewards him with some of its most sumptuous playing. The cast in this 2018 staging... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, Opera Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Winner - DVD/Blu-ray
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Special offer. Mozart: Don Giovanni
Kyle Ketelsen (Don Giovanni), Philippe Sly (Leporello),Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (Donna Anna), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Don Ottavio), Kate Lindsey (Donna Elvira), Patricia Nolz (Zerlina), Peter Kellner (Masetto), Ain Anger (Commendatore)
Wiener Staatsoper, Philippe Jordan, Barrie Kosky
Don Giovanni is a remarkably charismatic figure, of course, but here Kosky digs into just why he has this strange hold over all the other characters. Kyle Ketelsen's Dionysian Don is an unstoppable... —
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Special offer. Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Brian Mulligan (Der Holländer), Jennifer Holloway (Senta), Ain Anger (Daland), Bryan Register (Erik), Richard Trey Smagur (Steuermann), Maya Yahav Gour (Mary)
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Netherlands Radio Choir, Jaap van Zweden
Mulligan's Dutchman is about as good as you get nowadays with thrilling drops into a gravelly lower register...Holloway is an unsentimental Senta, who manages the changes of emotional tone in... —
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Special offer. Wagner: Die Walküre
Stuart Skelton (Siegmund), Emily Magee (Sieglinde), Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde), John Lundgren (Wotan), Sarah Connolly (Fricka), Ain Anger (Hunding), Lise Davidsen (Ortlinde)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano, Keith Warner
Pappano has always had a special relationship with the Ring’s second part…and the Royal Opera House Orchestra rewards him with some of its most sumptuous playing. The cast in this 2018 staging... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, Opera Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Winner - DVD
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Special offer. Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Recommended1869 version
Bryn Terfel (Boris), Kostas Smoriginas (Andrey Shchelkalov), John Graham-Hall (Shuisky), Ain Anger (Pimen), David Butt Philip (Gregory), John Tomlinson (Varlaam), Rebecca de Pont Davies (Hostess)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano, Richard Jones
I am very grateful that we have a well-made recording of this production, which allows us at last to see the 1869 version as an independent work of art that makes sense in its own terms, a... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Opera
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Tamberg: Cyrano de Bergerac Op. 45
Sauli Tiilikainen, Mia Huhta, Mati Kõrts, Jassi Zahharov, Riina Airenne
Orchestra & Chorus of the Estonian National Opera, Paul Mägi
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Special offer. Wagner: Die Walküre: Act 1
Nina Stemme (Sieglinde), Johan Botha (Siegmund) & Ain Anger (Hunding)
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Franz Welser-Möst
Botha's technical security and breath control are undeniable...but I find his basic sound constricted and uneven, stronger at the top than in the baritonal reaches...[Stemme] is the main vocal... —
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Special offer. Mozart: Don Giovanni
Kyle Ketelsen (Don Giovanni), Philippe Sly (Leporello),Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (Donna Anna), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Don Ottavio), Kate Lindsey (Donna Elvira), Patricia Nolz (Zerlina), Peter Kellner (Masetto), Ain Anger (Commendatore)
Wiener Staatsoper, Philippe Jordan, Barrie Kosky
Don Giovanni is a remarkably charismatic figure, of course, but here Kosky digs into just why he has this strange hold over all the other characters. Kyle Ketelsen's Dionysian Don is an unstoppable... —
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Special offer. Wagner: Die Walküre
Frank van Aken (Siegmund), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde), Susan Bullock (Brünnhilde), Terje Stensvold (Wotan), Martina Dike (Fricka), Ain Anger (Hunding), Anja Fidelia Ulrich (Gerhilde), Mona Somm (Ortlinde), Eve-Maud Hubeaux (Waltraute), Bernadett Fodor (Schwertleite), Christiane Kohl (Helmwige),...
The great achievement here is Terje Stensvold's Wotan, doubl remarkable in that the Norwegian bass-baritone was 67 years old at the time...Stensvold understands exactly how to pace the long... —
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Mariss Jansons conducts Gustav Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
The SACD sound is excellent throughout and absolutely no audience noise is discernible... Overall, the high standard of playing and Jansons’ attachment to clarity and detail are this sets greatest... —
