DVD Video, Warner Classics (label)
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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
RecommendedWillard White (Porgy), Cynthia Haymon (Bess), Gregg Baker (Crown), Harolyn Blackwell (Clara), Cynthia Clarey (Serena), Marietta Simpson (Maria), Damon Evans (Sportin' Life)
Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle, production direction by Trevor Nunn
In an ideal world, operatic recordings would always evolve in this way...We've a real sense here of Gershwin's community, a feeling of oneness with the piece from singers who've not only lived... —
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Giordano, U: Andrea Chénier
RecommendedJonas Kaufmann (Andrea Chénier), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Maddalena de Coigny), Željko Lučić (Carlo Gérard), Denyce Graves (Bersi), Elena Zilio (Madelon), Rosalind Plowright (Contessa de Coigny), Roland Wood (Roucher), Peter Coleman-Wright (Pietro Fléville), Eddie Wade (Fouquier-Tinville), Adrian Clarke...
The Countess de Coigny in sumptuous purple satin is sung to great effect by Rosalind Plowright, as is Elena Zilio’s Madelon…never less than compelling on screen, Jonas Kaufmann is a perfect... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Opera, December 2016, Recording of the Month
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt: The Complete Teldec Recordings
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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28 CDs + DVD Video
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71
Alina Somova (Masha the Princess), Vladimir Shklyarov (The Nutcracker Prince), Alexandra Korshunova (Masha) & Fyodor Lopukhov (Drosselmeyer)
Mariinsky Ballet & Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
Alina Somova and Vladimir Shklyarov make a good-looking, well-matched couple and are technically utterly self-assured. —
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Raina Kabaivanska, Eleonora Jankovic, Nazzareno Antinori, Lorenzo Saccomani, Maurizio Arena
an unforgettably moving performance from Raina Kabaivanska...From the moment she comes demurely on stage she identifies completely with the role...Antinori sings ardently as a convincingly unthinking... —
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Celebrating Frank Sinatra
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Seth MacFarlane, Jamie Parker & Claire Martin (vocals)
The John Wilson Orchestra, John Wilson
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Historical
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131 CD's + 3 Blu-ray Videos + 1 DVD Video
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