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Special offer. The Romantic Room: Chamber Works by Spohr
Ye Wu, Cristian Suvaiala, Marko Milenković, Christine Penckwitt, Ute Klemm, Caroline Kunfalvi, Katja Püschel, Ulrich Witteler, Susanne Eychmüller, Linda Guo (cello), Maxime Gulikers, Christoph Zander, Tomasz Neugebauer, Mischa Pfeiffer, Theresa Schneider, Sara Etelävuori, Georgeta Iordache, Simon...
All four of these works are filled with marvellous music, and the WDR Chamber Players wring every last bit of character from them, elucidating detail without losing sight of each movement's... —
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Special offer. Puccini: La fanciulla del West
RecommendedCarol Neblett (Minnie), Plácido Domingo (Dick Johnson), Sherrill Milnes (Jack Rance)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Zubin Mehta
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1978, Recording of the Year
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Special offer. Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila
Taras Shtonda (bass baritone), Ekaterina Morozova (soprano), Vadim Lynkovsky (bass), Aleksandra Durseneva (contralto), Vitaly Panfilov (tenor), Maria Gavrilova (bass), Maksim Paster (tenor), Irina Dolzhenko (mezzo soprano)
Chorus & Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, Alexander Vedernikov
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There’s one substantial work here, the highlight of the whole programme: Giles Swayne’s Riffraff (1983), composed for the organ of St Alban’s Cathedral, where it is recorded. Making arresting... —
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Special offer. Franck & R. Strauss: Violin Sonatas
Arabella Steinbacher (violin) & Robert Kulek (piano)
Steinbacher and Robert Kulek give elegant and tasteful accounts, Steinbacher's crystalline high register shining particularly in the first movement of the Franck...Kulek is a sure-footed partner... —
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Special offer. Kodály: Te Deum & Psalmus Hungaricus & Bartók: Cantata Profana & Transylvanian Dances
Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir, Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
Foster, a distinguished champion of Romanian music (Enescu in particular), draws a fierce performance [of the Cantata Profana] from his choral and orchestral forces, and the tenor Ioan Hotea... —
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A dramatically convincing, unassuming account [of the Unfinished]...‘The Great ’ – the Ninth – in C major is equally pacily driven when required. There is an echo of Janowski’s facility with... —
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Special offer. Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht & Pelleas und Melisande
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Payare
...the bright, transparent sound of the Montreal Symphony and Payare’s fondness for brisk no-nonsense tempi… —
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Special offer. Berlioz: Le Carnaval Romain & Symphonie Fantastique
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Payare
There's plenty of ravishing playing to be sure. Payare sculpts the opening of 'Rêvéries-Passions' without surrendering to indulgence, and the winds are particularly silky. Shot through with... —
