Arthaus Musik
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Handel: Tamerlano
Monica Bacelli (Tamerlano), Thomas Randle (Bajazet), Graham Pushee (Andronico), Anna Bonitatibus (Irene), Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz (Asteria), Antonio Abete (Leone)
The English Consort, Trevor Pinnock, stage direction by Jonathan Miller
This is an uncommonly interesting examination of how a great Handel opera may be performed without insisting that only Baroque specialists need apply. Some of the singers here aren't obvious... —
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Live recording from the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 2013
Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Iréne Theorin (Brünnhilde), Mikhail Petrenko (Hagen), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich), Gerd Grochowski (Gunther), Waltraud Meier (Waltraute/Zweite Norn); Teatro alla Scala, Daniel Barenboim, Guy Cassiers
Its greatest asset is Daniel Barenboim's conducting, less vigorous perhaps than his Bayreuth cycle but generally more fluent and sweeping, with fewer abrupt tempo changes, and the La Scala orchestra... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2014, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Rossini: Aureliano in Palmira
Michael Spyres (Aureliano), Jessica Pratt (Zenobia), Lena Belkina (Arsace) & Raffaella Lupinacci (Publia)
Orchestra Sinfonica G. Rossini & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Will Crutchfield (conductor) & Mario Martone (stage director)
[This production] is excellent and the singing on a very high level. The title role has the least interesting music, but Michael Spyres…makes what he can of it…[the lovers] are sung by Lena... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Verdi: Requiem
Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo-soprano), Saimir Pirgu (tenor) & Orlin Anastassov (bass)
Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
the soloists form a worthwhile and generally high quality quartet. Krassimira Stoyanova's soprano is even and expressive, and she brings real urgency to proceedings...[Prudenskaya] produces... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2015, DVD of the Month
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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Jacquelyn Wagner (Fiordiligi), Michèle Losier (Dorabella), Frédéric Antoun (Ferrando), Philippe Sly (Guglielmo), Paulo Szot (Don Alfonso), Ginger Costa-Jackson (Despina)
Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Philippe Jordan
Jacquelyn Wagner is a poised Fiordiligi, with plenty of power for ‘Come scoglio’, while Michèle Losier sings a stylish Dorabella...The men are even finer, particularly Philippe Sly’s Guglielmo...With... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2017, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Bacchetti’s fine touch and keen intellect is all on show here, and ignoring any issues with the sound it is easy to find his Bach stimulating and refreshing. There is an animated and ‘alive’... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Hans Zender - Thinking With Your Senses
Documentary by Reiner E. Moritz
Gertrud Zender, Helmut Lachenmann, Frank Gerhardt, Hans Zender
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Documentary
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José Carreras & Claudio Abbado - Frankfurt Concert 1992
RecommendedA Gala Concert Recorded Live from the Alte Oper Frankfurt
Jose Carreras (tenor), Martin Haselböck (organ), Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Toelzer Boys’ Choir
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
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Building a Library, February 2010, First Choice (DVD)
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Dusseldorf's 2010 Schumann festival...staged Manfred with multimedia, to brilliantly magical effect...anyone who loves Schumann will find Manfred and this exceptionally beautiful staging a revelation. —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2011, DVD Choice
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The Verdi Opera Selection Vol. 3
Un ballo in maschera, La forza del destino & La Traviata
Plácido Domingo (Gustavo III), Leo Nucci (Count Anckarström), Josephine Barstow (Amelia) & Florence Quivar (Madame Arvidson), Violeta Urmana (Leonora), Carlo Guelfi (Don Carlo), Marcello Giordani (Don Alvaro), Julia Gertseva (Preziosilla), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Padre Guardiano), Bruno De Simone...
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