DVD Video, VAI (label)
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New. The Americans - Golden Age of Singing
Jussi Björling (tenor), Lauritz Melchior, Birgit Nilsson, Nicolai Gedda, Howard Barlow, Wilfrid Pelletier, Walter Hendl
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Special offer. Puccini: La Rondine
Teresa Stratas (Magda), Anastasios Vrenios (Ruggero), Barbara
Shuttleworth (Lisette), Mallory Walker (Prunier)
CBC Orchestra and Chorus, Brian Priestman
it is a period piece – not just for the sets and costumes but also the old-fashioned production values...Nevertheless, Stratas’s sincerity and Hollywood-esque camera-friendliness cast a spell... —
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David Oistrakh Vol. 1
David Oistrakh (violin), Frida Bauer (piano), arr. David Oistrakh
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin
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Verdi: Aida
Gabriella Tucci (Aida), Mario Del Monaco (Radamès), Giulietta Simionato (Amneris), Aldo Protti (Amonasro), Paolo Washington (Ramfis), Silvano Pagliuca (Il Re di Egitto), Athos Cesarini (Un Messaggero), Sumie Kawauchi (Una Sacerdotessa)
The NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Broadcasting Chorus &...
They don’t make ’em like this any more. Nor should they, really, as performing styles have changed. But as an example of what increasingly seems a golden age of Verdi-singing, this is almost... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2008, DVD of the Month
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Special offer. Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Phyllis Curtin (soprano), Nicholas Di Virgilio (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
Although visually showing its age, the stereo sound on this broadcast of the American premiere of the War Requiem sounds remarkably fresh and vivid, and Leinsdorf is authoritative. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, DVD of the Month
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Special offer. Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384
Ingeborg Hallstein (Konstanze), Luigi Alva (Belmonte), Reri Grist (Blonde), Gerhard Unger (Pedrillo), Fernando Corena (Osmin)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Zubin Mehta
Opera lovers rejoice! Courtesy of VAI we have these three Mozart performances from the Salzburg Festival, memorable interpretations by some of the finest singers of the time, captured in their... —
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The Stone Guest and Mozart & Salieri
Alexei Maslennikov (Mozart), Artur Eizen (Salieri), L. Novikov (Violinist), Vladimir Atlantov (Don Juan), Tamara Milashkina (Donna Anna), Alexander Vedernikov (Leporello), Tamara Sinyavskaya (Laura), Vladimir Valaitis (Don Carlos), Vladimir Filippov (A Monk/Statue of the Commander), Andrei Sokolov,...
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