Orchestral, Rossini (composer)
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A Tribute To Pauline Viardot
RecommendedMarina Viotti (mezzo-soprano), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Imperceptibly Viotti makes them her own, tender but tough in Rosina’s ‘Una voce poco fa’ and producing a cascade of diamondbright coloratura in ‘Bel raggio lusinghier’, as well as an astonishing... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year & Solo Vocal
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Solo Recital)
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Boult conducts Coates
RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Boult
As ever, Coates's music has great craftsmanship as well as good tunes and, lightweight though it is, it lies firmly within the English tradition. Here Boult finds its affinities with Elgar in... —
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Building a Library, June 2011, Featured
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2007, Editor's Choice
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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Overture Les francs-juges
RecommendedChicago Symphony Chorus (chorus)
Sir Georg Solti
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Grammy Awards, 17th Awards (1974), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 17th Awards (1974), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 17th Awards (1974), Classical Album of the Year
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With consistently alert, finely nuanced playing from the period forces (including superb wind principals), this latest addition to Antonini’s Haydn odyssey is self-recommending. —
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Ernest Ansermet Conducts Ballet Music
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Twenty-four overtures, plus two sinfonias make a delightful package in such sparkling performances, which eruditely use original orchestrations. The well-known popular overtures stand competition... —
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Rossini: Guillaume Tell
RecommendedGerald Finley (Guillaume Tell), John Osborn (Arnaud), Malin Byström (Mathilde), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Hedwige), Matthew Rose (Walter Furst), Frédéric Caton (Melchtal), Elena Xanthoudakis (Jemmy), Carlo Cigni (Gesler), Carlo Bosi (Rodolphe), Celso Albelo (Ruodi), Dawid Kimberg (Leuthold), Davide Malvestio...
In the tenor spotlight is John Osborn, whose liquid voice often takes to the air with ease...Finley is at the top of his game...Where the set gains the bulk of its authority is in Pappano's... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th July 2011
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, Opera Choice
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Exciting and vibrant interpretations of Rossini’s overtures, but a collection of works with near identical structures means that the power of the individual pieces Is slightly lost. —
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Diapason d’Or, March 2019, Nouveauté
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The playing is clean and efficient, well balanced and nicely paced, though the performances rarely rise to the truly inspired. —
