Arthaus Musik
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Special offer. The Art of Jiri Kilian - Car Men
Sabine Kupfeberg, Karel Hruska, David Krugel & Gioconda Barbuto
Nederlands Dans Theater
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker & The Mouse King
Anna Tsygankova (Clara Staalboom), Matthew Golding (Prince), James Stout (Nutcracker) & Alexander Zhembrovskyy (Mouse King)
Dutch National Ballet & Holland Symfonia, Ermanno Florio
This production’s overall concept is relatively novel and dispenses with some of the familiar features of the story...Golding is strong, virile and technically assured while Tsygankova exhibits... —
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Ketevan Kemoklidze (Rosina), Luca Salsi (Figaro), Dmitry Korchak (Il Conte d’Almaviva), Giovanni Furlanetto (Don Basilio) & Bruno Praticò (Bartolo)
Teatro Regio di Parma, Andrea Battistoni (conductor) & Stefano Vizioli (stage director)
A traditional approach, neatly conducted by the youthful Andrea Battistoni. It's a lively show, though the singing varies from Bruno Pratico's expert Bartolo to Luca Salsi's careless Figaro. —
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Special offer. Dance & Quartet
Three Ballets by Heinz Spoerli
Hagen Quartett: Lukas Hagen (1st violin), Rainer Schmidt (2nd violin), Veronika Hagen (viola), Clemens Hagen (violoncello), Soloists: Seh Yun Kim, Arsen Mehrabyan, Soloists: Sarah-Jane Brodbeck, Tigran Mikayelyan, Soloists: Yen Han
Zürcher Ballett
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Blu-ray)
Peter Schreier (Tamino), Christian Boesch (Papageno), Edita Gruberova (Queen of the Night), Ileana Cotrubas (Pamina), Martti Talvela (Sarastro), Walter Berry (Sprecher), Horst Hiestermann (Monostatos), Gudrun Sieber (Papagena)
Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine
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Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87
Francoise Joullié (Cendrillon), Dominique Lainé (Stepmother), Jayne Plaisted & Danièle Pater (The Sisters)
Ballet and Orchestra of the Lyon National Opera, Yakov Kreisberg
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Britten: Gloriana
Sarah Walker (Elizabeth I), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Essex), Jean Rigby (Lady Essex), Richard van Allan (Raleigh), Elizabeth Vaughan (Lady Rich), Alan Opie (Cecil), Neil Howlett (Mountjoy), Malcolm Donnelly (Henry Cuffe)
English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor) &...
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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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Weber: Missa Sancta No. 1 'Freischützmesse'
Lucia Popp, Doris Soffel, Horst Laubenthal & Kurt Moll, Krisztina Laki, Marga Schiml, Josef Protschka & Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bamberger Symphoniker & Chor der Bamberger Symmphoniker, Rafael Kubelik, Horst Stein
