Arthaus Musik
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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Malin Hartelius (Fiordiligi), Anna Bonitatibus (Dorabella), Martina Janková (Despina), Javier Camarena (Ferrando), Ruben Drole (Guglielmo), Oliver Widmer (Don Alfonso)
Zurich Opera House, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) & Sven-Eric Bechtolf (director)
Bechtholf understands the virtues of stillness and simplicity in the more heartfelt numbers...All the singers respond well to the camera, not least Martina Janková's sexy, hyperactive, often... —
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Mayr: Medea in Corinto
Nadja Michael (Medea), Ramón Vargas (Giasone), Alastair Miles (Creonte), Alek Shrader (Egeo), Elena Tsallagova (Creusa), Kenneth Roberson (Evandro), Laura Nicorescu (Ismene)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & Hans Neuenfels (stage director)
Bolton conducts a performance in which there is no relaxing of the story of these unsavoury folk...[Michael] is on good vocal form, powerful on high and even using an occasional touch of chest-voice:... —
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Verdi: Aida
Hui He (Aida), Marco Berti (Radamès), Luciana D’Intino (Amneris), Ambrogio Maestri (Amonasro), Roberto Tagliavini (Il Re), Giacomo Prestia (Ramfis)
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta (conductor) & Ferzan Ozpetek (stage director)
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Handel: Teseo
Jacek Laszczkowski, Sharon Rostorf-Zamir, Martin Wölfel, Maria Riccarda Wesseling, Lautten Compagney
Chorus
of the Martin-Luther-University, Halle, Wolfgang Katschner
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Rossini: Adelaide di Borgogna
Daniela Barcellona (Ottone), Jessica Pratt (Adelaide), Bogdan Mihai (Adelberto), Nicola Ulivieri (Berengario) & Jeannette Fischer (Eurice)
Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Dmitri Jurowski (conductor) & Pier’ Alli (stage director)
[Pratt] understands the style, her Italian is more than satisfactory, her florid ability inspires admiration, and she sounds well at full volume...she has yet to learn how to move with the regality... —
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Mariss Jansons conducts Beethoven & Strauss
Live from The Philharmonie Im Gasteig, Munich, 2011
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
[Uchida's] firmness and clarity of articulation [are] ideal, every phrase beautifully shaped as well as placed carefully within the larger context of each movement as a whole...Jansons is inclined,... —
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Reimann, A: Lear
Bo Skovhus (König Lear), Katja Pieweck (Goneril), Hellen Kwon (Regan), Siobhan Stagg (Cordelia) & Erwin Leder (Narr)
Philharmoniker Hamburg & Chor der Staatsoper Hamburg, Simone Young (conductor) & Karoline Gruber (stage director)
Their Lear's score is based on quick-moving accompanied recitative with underlaying or interposed instrumental mood and atmospheric descriptions...The energy and pace of the Reimann bear witness... —
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Beethoven: Symphonies 7/8/9
Live from Suntory Hall, Tokyo, 2012
Christiane Karg (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo-soprano), Michael Schade (tenor), Michael Volle (baritone)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
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The Art of Patrice Bart - The Nutcracker
Nadja Saidakova (Mary), Vladimir Malakhov (Le Prince Casse Noisette), Oliver Matz (Drosselmeyer), Beatrice Knop (Reine des Glaces) & Viara Natcheva (Reine des Neiges)
Staatsballett Berlin & Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
