Orfeo
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Breslik brings enormous freshness and vitality to the work, so that strophic songs which can strike one as monotonous are wholly captivating, and one concentrates on the meaning of each verse... —
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Jessye Norman's Wesendonck Lieder is remarkable for the lush depth of vocal beauty and James Levine's attentive accompaniment. —
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Riccardo Muti conducts Rossini, Schumann & Mozart
Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Gerhart Hetzel (violin) & Rudolf Streng
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
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Sibelius & Nielsen: Violin Concertos
Baiba Skride (violin)
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Skride's sound is notably sweet and tight, and her general demeanour in the concerto more shamanistic than heroic. She doesn't have a great deal of power, particularly down low, but she has... —
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Piano Poetries
Vardan Mamikonian, Oleg Maisenberg, Amir Katz, Konstantin Lifschitz, Gerhard Oppitz, Miroslav Kultyshev, Josef Bulva, Christina Naughton, Michelle Naughton
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Handel: Judas Maccabaeus
Fritz Wunderlich (Judas Maccabaeus), Ludwig Welter (Simon/Enpolemus), Agnes Giebel (Israelitish Woman), Naan Pold (Israelitish Man), Julia Falk (Messenger), Bavarian Radio Choir, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik
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Hans Pfitzner: Das Christ-Elflein
Helen Donath (The Elf), Janet Perry (The Christ-Child), Alexander Malta (The Ancient Fir), Nikolaus Hillebrand (Knecht Rupert), Paul Hansen (Mr von Gumpach), Claes H. Ahnsjo (Freder), Raimund Grumbach (Franz), Ferry Gruber (Jochen), Bavarian Radio Choir, Munich Radio Orchestra, Kurt Eichhorn
The choral singing in the capable hands of the Bavarian Radio Chorus, and the playing of the Munich Radio Orchestra, are expertly delivered and sympathetically recorded by the broadcast engineers.... —
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It’s an interesting collection, The excerpts aren’t always the obvious ones…Some of the singing isn’t terrific…but Prince Yeletsky in the Queen of Spades (1999) was the perfect role for him:... —
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