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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Maria Callas (Manon), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Des Grieux), Giulio Fioravanti (Lescaut)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Callas catches the development of Manon's character from naive acquisitiveness to desperation with unfailing insight. Di Stefano makes a worthy Des Grieux, and Serafin is the most reliable of... —
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Music For A Royal Wedding
Jörgen Ernst Hansen, Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Maurice André (trumpet), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), I Fagiolini (director), SDASA Chorale (vocal ensemble), Camille Maurane (baritone), Emiliano Rodolfi (oboe), Marco Cera (oboe), Orchestre de Chambre Jean-Francois Paillard,...
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Essential American Classics
Leonard Pennario (vocals, piano), Salli Terri, Merle Travis (vocals), Thomas Hampson (baritone, bass-baritone), David Alpher (piano), Jay Ungar (mandolin), Molly Mason (guitar), Dame Moura Lympany (piano), The Great American Main Street Band (vocals), Timothy Foley (vocals), Joshua Rifkin (vocals),...
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R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder & 12 Lieder
Lucia Popp (soprano), Wolfgang Sawallisch (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Klaus Tennstedt, Bernard Haitink
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Serebrier performs both works with affection, shaping phrases caressingly and negotiating the many tempos changes with aplomb, and he gets a ready response from the excellent Bournemouth Symphony... —
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Penderecki - Symphony No. 2 ‘Christmas’ and Sacred Works
Polish Radio Chorus & Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki
A sombre Te Deum, dark Magnificat (and unchristmassy Christmas Symphony); only the Lacrimosa and Kanon fulfil titular expectations! Despite fuzziness of detail, Penderecki's personality shines... —
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40 Most Beautiful Autumn Classics
Piero Toso (violin), Arto Noras (cello), Alban Berg Quartett (string quartet), Annie d'Arco (piano), Viktoria Postnikova (piano), Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Monique Haas (piano),...
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Cage - Concert for piano and orchestra
Burkhard Wissemann, Michael Dietz, Christoph Keller, Johann Nikolaus Matthes, Hermann Danuser, Bell Imhoff & Doris Sandrock
Ensemblle Musica Negativa, Rainer Riehn
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Barenboim, Schellenberger, Combs, Clevenger & Damiano
Daniel Barenboim, Hansjörg Schellenberger, Larry Combs, Dale Clevenger & Daniele Damiano
Fine performances from Barenboim and four members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (of which he was chief conductor at the time the recordings were made). Barenboim's playing, if not always... —
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Glazunov: Symphonies 1, 2, 3 & 9
Recorded: Henry Hall Wood Hall, Glasgow 2-5th June 2009
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jose Serebrier
Serebrier's performances… have a blazing conviction throughout… His approach is nothing if not full-blooded, and he draws some superb playing from the RSNO… —
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