Opera, Martinů (composer)
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Special offer. Martinu - Music from the opera Juliette
RecommendedMagdalena Kožená (Juliette), Steve Davislim (Michel), Frédéric Goncalves, Michéle Lagrange & Nicolas Testé
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
…the ardour of the exchanges are superbly captured by Mackerras and his instrumentalists. Magdalena Kožená is magnificent as the volatile Julietta and is excellently matched by Steve Davislim's... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th May 2009
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Opera Finalist
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Recital
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Opera, July 2009, Recording of the Month
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2009
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Special offer. Martinů: The Greek Passion
RecommendedGábor Bretz (Priest Grigoris), Sebastian Kohlhepp (Manolios), Sara Jakubiak (Katerina), Charles Workman (Yannakos), Christina Gansch (Lenio), Łukasz Goliński (Fotis)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Simon Stone, Maxime Pascal
What it also does, above all, is convey compellingly the special power of Martin≤’s remarkable score: simultaneously tender and strong, beautiful and unflinching, tautly argued with not a single... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2024, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Special offer. Martinů: What Men Live By & Symphony No.1
RecommendedCzech Philharmonic, Jiří Bělohlávek
This sounds throughout, even in the numinous calling of the Lord which conjures up the composer’s familiar spooky vein, like Martinů lite…There’s a performance of the First Symphony, Bělohlávek’s... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th October 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Diapason d’Or, January 2019, Découverte
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Life with Czech Music - Janacek & Martinu
RecommendedElisabeth Söderström (soprano), Drahomira Drobkova (contralto), Frantisek Livora (tenor), Richard Novak (bass), Jan Hora (organ), Kvetoslava Nemeckova (soprano), Leo Marian Vodicka (tenor), Vaclav Zitek (baritone), Josef Ruzicka (piano), Jan Bouse (timpani), Eva Urbanova (soprano), Bernarda Fink...
Even the recording acoustic is warm, enough sometimes to curl the music’s edges and smudge away little details. But Mackerras’s handling of this repertoire is so fresh, so responsive to the... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Choral
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Special offer. Martinu: Ariane & Double Concerto
RecommendedSimona Saturová (Ariane), Zoltán Nagy (Theseus), Baurzhan Anderzhanov (Minotaurus), Abdellah Lasri (Bouroun/Wachmann), Tijl Faveyts (Alter Mann), Ivo Kahánek (piano)
Essener Philharmoniker, Aalto-Theater Essen Choir soloists, Tomáš Netopil
The score’s haunting neo-Classicism is brought to fresh life by Netopil, who draws superlative playing from his Essen orchestra. His Ariane, Simona Šaturová...with a softergrained soprano still... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Special offer. Bohuslav Martinů: The Greek Passion
RecommendedGábor Bretz (Priest Grigoris), Sebastian Kohlhepp (Manolios), Sara Jakubiak (Katerina), Charles Workman (Yannakos), Christina Gansch (Lenio), Łukasz Goliński (Fotis)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Simon Stone, Maxime Pascal
What it also does, above all, is convey compellingly the special power of Martin≤’s remarkable score: simultaneously tender and strong, beautiful and unflinching, tautly argued with not a single... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2024, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Martinů: The Greek Passion
Wilfried Zelinka (Priest Grigoris), Ivan Orešcanin (Archon), Dietmar Hirzberger (Captain), Falk Witzurke (Schoolmaster), Tino Sekay (Ladas), Rolf Romei (Manolios), Dshamilja Kaiser (Katerina), Manuel von Senden (Yannakos), Martin Fournier (Michelis), Taylan Reinhard (Panait), Dariusz Perczak (Kostandis),...
While it lacks the immediate lyrical appeal of the better-known second version, there is an overwhelming sense of immediacy which this excellent performance captures at every stage…Kaftan’s... —
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International Opera Awards, 2018, Nominated - Complete Opera Recording
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Hommage à Rossini
Raphaela Gromes (cello), Julian Riem (piano), WDR Funkhausorchester, Enrico Delamboye
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Martinů: Julietta
Maria Tauberova (Julietta), Ivo Zidek (Michel), Vaclav Bednar (Old Arab), Antonín Zlesák (Inspector), Véra Soukupová (Fortune-Teller)
Prague National Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, Jaroslav Krombholc
Maria Tauberová is sympathetic both vocally and dramatically. The music has various moods and shadings of expressive intensity, because Krombholc's experienced hand guides us through the ebb... —
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$30.25
