Arthaus Musik
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Reimann, A: Medea
Marlis Petersen (Medea), Michaela Selinger (Kreusa), Elisabeth Kulman (Gora), Michael Roider (Kreon) & Adrian Eröd (Jason)
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Michael Boder
It's an effective brew, brilliantly performed under the secure control of Michael Boder, and with a cast that relishes the technical challenges. Marlis Petersen as Meda has the most formidable... —
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Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur
Micaela Carosi (Adriana), Marcelo Álvarez (Maurizio), Marianne Cornetti (Principessa de Bouillon)
Teatro Regio Torino, Renato Palumbo (conductor) & Lorenzo Mariani (director)
Carosi may lack some smoothness of line in her arias but she delivers them with fervour and strong tone and does not hold back in the Phaedra monologue, so the character which she projects is... —
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Kühn, J: Dark
Michele Abbondanza, Antonella Bertoni, Magda Borrull Pascual, Carolyn Carlson, Colette Malye, Peter Morin, Markku Nenonen, Tomeo Verges (dancers)
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Menotti: Der Konsul
Sung in German
Eberhard Waechter (John Sorel), Melitta Muszely (Magda Sorel), Res Fischer (Mother), Willy Ferenz (Secret Police Agent), Hilde Konetzni (Vera Boronel), László Szemere (Magician), Gloria Lane (Secretary)
Orchestra of The Wiener Volksoper, Franz Bauer-Theussl (conductor) & Rudolph Cartier...
Directed by Rudolph Cartier, it's shot in relentless close-ups that give neither the performers nor the viewers anywhere to hide. Melitta Muszely charts Magda's progress from desperation to... —
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More spiritual, no-frills Brucnker from the Zen Buddhist conductor. The slow movement is lit with fervour, while the finale's last pages open heaven's doors. —
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Güher & Süher Pekinel - Live in Concert
Live concerts from London, Lucerne & Zurich
Güher & Süher Pekinel (piano)
English Chamber Orchestra & Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Muhai Tang & Sir Colin Davis
Turkish identical twins who never glance at each other, yet play as though governed by a single brain. Their Mozart is serene, their Milhaud unfettered, their Brahms majestic. —
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Pergolesi: La Salustia
Vittorio Prato (Marziano), Serena Malfi (Salustia), Laura Polverelli (Giulia), Florin Cezar Ouatu (Alessandro) & Giacinta Nicotra (Albina)
Accademia Barocca De I Musici Italiani, Corrado Rovaris (conductor) & Juliette Deschamps (stage director)
Deschamps's production is clear and visually handsome...Shining vocally brightly are mezzo-soprano Laura Polverelli as the scheming Giulia, mezzo Serena Malfi as the victimised Salustia and... —
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Mariss Jansons conducts Mahler Symphony No. 2
Anja Harteros (soprano) & Bernarda Fink (alto)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra), Mariss Jansons
I hadn't taken on board quite how expressive a master Jansons can be: the face and above all the eyes change in an instant through absorption in the Resurrection's drama...These are superlative... —
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Gluck 300 Years
Catherine Naglestad (Alceste), Donald Kaasch (Admète), Bernhard Schneider (Evandre), Catriona Smith (Le Coryphée), Johan Rydh (Grand Prêtre d'Apollon/Dieu infernal), Nam Soo Kim (La voix de l'Oracle), Motti Kastón (Apollon), Michael Ebbecke (Hercule), Wolfgang Probst (Un Héraut), Juliette Galstian...
