Arthaus Musik
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Braunfels: Die Vögel
Désirée Rancatore (Nightingale), Brandon Jovanovich (Good Hope), James Johnson (Loyal Friend) & Martin Gantner (Hoopoe)
Los Angeles Opera Orchestra & Chorus, James Conlon (conductor) & Darko Tresnjak (stage director)
Walter Braunfel's Die Vögel is that very rare thing - a neglected work which really is worth reviving...The staging is colourful, with plenty of well-coordinated movement, and James Conlon conducts... —
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Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ivan Khovansky), Vladimir Atlantov (Andrey Khovansky), Yuri Marusin (Golitsyn), Anatoly Kocherga (Shaklovity), Paata Burchuladze (Dosifey), Ludmila Semtschuk (Marfa), Brigitte Poschner-Klebel (Susanna);
Wiener Staatsoper, Claudio Abbado, Alfred Kirchner (dir.)
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Opera Highlights Volume 3
The Finest Singers of our Day Explaining and Performing their Favourite Arias
Kiri Te Kanawa, Bryn Terfel, Yvonne Kenny & Christine Schäfer
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Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58
Yvonne Kenny (soprano, Eva Randová (alto), Wieslav Ochmann (tenor) & Jan Galla (bass)
The Czech Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Vaclav Neumann
Yvonne Kenny provides the soprano solos on this powerful recording of the poignant work. She has won great critical acclaim on previous discs: “‘Yvonne Kenny is a heaven-sent Marschallin, she... —
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Gian Carlo Menotti: Die Alte Jungfer Und Der Dieb & Das Medium
Historical Studio Production, 1961 & 1964
Elisabeth Höngen (Miss Todd), Olive Moorefield (Laetitia), Hilde Konetzni (Miss Pinkerton) & Eberhard Waechter (Bob), Elisabeth Höngen (Madame Flora), José De Vine (Monika Maria), Nino Albanese (Toby) & Hilde Konetzni (Mrs. Nolan)
Orchestra of The Wiener Volksoper, Wolfgang Rennert,...
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Schumann: Genoveva
Juliane Banse (Genoveva), Shawn Mathey (Golo), Martin Gantner (Siegfried), Cornelia Kallisch (Margaretha), Alfred Muff (Drago), Ruben Drole (Hidulfus), Tomasz Slawinski (Balthasar), Matthew Leigh (Caspar)
Orchestra and Chorus of The Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) &...
Nikolaus Harnoncourt is often too four-square and unatmospheric in Romantic scores, but here his taut tempos and incisive phrasing are refreshing, making the rich choral passages splendidly... —
