Richard Armstrong
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Strauss: Ariadne on Naxos
RecommendedSung in English: translation by Christopher Cowell
Christine Brewer (Ariadne/Prima Donna), Robert Dean Smith (Bacchus/The Tenor), Alice Coote (Composer), Gillian Keith (Zerbinetta), Stephen Fry (Major-Domo), Alan Opie (Music Master), John Graham-Hall (Dancing Master/Scaramuccio), Roderick Williams (Harlequin), Matthew Rose (Truffaldino), Wynne Evans...
Brewer's luscious Ariadne had to be captured on disc...There's another essential performance from Alice Coote...with unflinchingly full top notes that few other genuine mezzos possess...I've... —
Awards:
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, Opera Choice
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Building A Library, September 2025, Recommended Recording
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Obsessions: Wagner And Strauss
Sir Richard Armstrong, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Deborah Voigt (soprano), Natascha Petrinsky
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Lenny: The Best of Bernstein
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Roberto Alagna (tenor), Diana Damrau (soprano), Audra McDonald (soprano), Kim Criswell (mezzo-soprano), Paul Searle-Barnes (piano), Paul Turner (drums), Lambert Wilson (vocals), Alessandro Carbonare (clarinet), Jeffrey Kahane (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, City of...
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Verdi: Va, pensiero (from Nabucco), etc.
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, New Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus & Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Riccardo Muti & Sir Richard Armstrong
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Essential Bernstein
Paul Searle-Barnes (piano), Paul Turner (drums), Dennis Lotis (vocals), Lionel Blair (vocals), Shane Rimmer (vocals), Lambert Wilson (vocals), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Roberto Alagna (tenor), Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Wayne Marshall (piano), Natalie Dessay (soprano), David Corkhill (percussion),...
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Duets & Arias
Songs by Mascagni, Massenet, Donizetti, Offenbach, Bernstein, Gounod, Charpentier, Berlioz, Puccini
Roberto Alagna & Angela Gheorghiu
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Amadeus - Best Of Mozart
Stephen Hough (piano), Andrei Gavrilov (piano), Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Radovan Vlatkovic (horn), Claudio Desderi (baritone vocals), Margaret Marshall (soprano vocals), José Van Dam (baritone vocals), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano vocals), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano vocals), Jean-Pierre Rampal...
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Puccini: Nessun Dorma
Orchestra Of The Welsh National Opera, Dennis O’Neill (soloist), Orchestra Of The Welsch National Opera, Richard Armstrong
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