Arthaus Musik
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Klaus Huber At Work
Klaus Huber, Katharina Rikus, Walter Grimmer, Max Engel, Hugo Noth, Michael Pattmann
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Puccini: Tosca
Fiorenza Cedolins (Floria Tosca), Marcelo Alvarez (Mario Cavaradossi) & Ruggero Raimondi (Il Barone Scarpia), Fabio Previati (Sagristano), Marco Spotti (Angelotti); Arena Di Verona, Daniel Oren, Hugo de Ana (dir.)
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Pergolesi: Lo frate ‘nnamorato
Nicola Alaimo (Marcaniello), Elena Belfiore (Ascanio), Patrizia Biccirè (Nena), Jurgita Adamonyte (Nina), Barbara Di Castri (Luggrezia), David Alegret (Carlo), Laura Cherici (Vannella), Rosa Bove (Cardella), Filippo Morace (Don Pietro)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (conductor) & Willy Landin...
The production...brilliantly updates the work to the 1950s. Its whole atmosphere is redolent of that great era in Italian cinema...The fast-paced comedy is perfectly placed - and ideally paced...Patrizia... —
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Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621
Philip Langridge, Ashley Putnam, Diana Montague, Martine Mahé, Elzbieta Szmytka, Peter Rose
The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Andrew Davis, stage direction by Nicholas Hytner
Among the soloists there is no weak link. The singing is consistently firm, clear and stylish, with Philip Langridge masterly in the title-role, Ashley Putnam superb as Vitellia and Diana Montague... —
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Puccini: Turandot
Eva Marton, Michael Sylvester, Lucia Mazzaria, Kevin Langan, Theodore Baerg, Dennis Peterson, Craig Estep & Joseph Frank
Chorus & Orchestra of the San Francicso Opera House, Donald Runnicles
The orchestral and choral forces are very well harnessed by Donald Runnicles, who fires on all cylinders and visually the designs by David Hockney are vivid and bold...although there are more... —
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Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
Edith Mathis (soprano), Trudeliese Schmidt (alto), Peter Schreier (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass)
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Colin Davis
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Zubin Mehta in Munich
Angela-Maria Blasi (soprano), Silvia Fichtl (alto), Claes-Håkan Ahnsjö (tenor), Martin Gantner (bass)
Zubin Mehta
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Verdi: La Traviata
Eva Mei, Thomas Hampson, Piotr Beczala
Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Franz Welser-Möst, stage direction by Jürgen Flimm
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Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century
A Conducted Tour by Sir Simon Rattle. Volume 7 - Threads
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle
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Mozart: La finta giardiniera, K196
Daniel Ohlmann (Don Anchise), Alexandra Reinprecht (Marchesa Violante/Sandrina), Norman Shankle (Contino Belfiore), Cellia Costea (Arminda), Helene Schneiderman (Cavaliere Ramiro), Irena Bespalovaite (Serpetta) & Rudolf Rosen (Nardo)
Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Lothar Zagrosek
