Opera, Opera Arias, Mussorgsky (composer)
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The surprises come thick and fast…Her bright soprano can be a bit squeezed in the more conventional love-lyrics, but revels in the unorthodox, and Glynn ranges the colour-palette too. The presentation... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, Choral & Song Choice
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2021
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The French items suit her slightly cool voice better. There’s a classy, moving grandeur to Didon’s ‘Adieu, fière cité’, and a lovely wistfulness to her Mignon…in short, here’s a beautifully... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th November 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Recommendedand other Orchestral Works
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Theodore Kuchar
Ravel's orchestration of Pictures at an Exhibition was commissioned by Koussevitzky as a showpiece for his superb Boston orchestra, and it proves just as impressive here to demonstrate the excellence... —
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Building a Library, July 2005, Budget Choice
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The Record of Singing – The Very Best of Volumes 1-4
RecommendedFrom 1899 to the end of the 78 era: 1899-1952
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Historical
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Reissue
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Gramophone Awards, 1977, Winner - Historical
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Wonders galore in Rachmaninov's playing, beyond its obvious historical importance. Cast-iron technique, proper old-school sense of line and tone colour, and an incomparable rubato. —
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Special offer. Leopold Stokowski: The Art of Orchestral Transcription
Patrick Addinall (trumpet), Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot)
BBC Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert
Bamert brings much commitment to these performances —
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Special offer. Poison d'Amour
Oksana Volkova (mezzo), Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian
‘Poison d’amour’ is that rarity, a recital disc where interest is nicely balanced between the singer and the song…She opens with ‘O ma lyre immortelle’ from Gounod’s Sapho, where the awakening... —
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Opera, July 2021, Disc of the Month
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It's a world in which Idil Biret is completely at home. —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Chorus of Hebrew Slaves
20 Greatest Opera Choruses
Robert Shaw Chorale, Royal Opera House, Accademia St Cecilia & Vienna State Opera
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