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Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25
Anne Sofie von Otter, Gilles Cachemaille, José van Dam, Jules Bastin & Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre de l’Opera de Lyon, John Eliot Gardiner
John Eliot Gardiner in his vivid reading also has the advantage of fine modern recording… very well balanced and atmospheric. Anne Sofie von Otter’s Mary is outstanding, singing with rapt simplicity. —
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Special offer. Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 3 Nos. 1-6, HWV312-317
Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Listening now to these searching, unceasingly imaginative performances of Handel’s finest instrumental music, I can’t help feeling Harnoncourt was (as he has been so often) simply ahead of his... —
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As usual with this conductor, accents are strong and rhythms bounce firmly, yet there is also some fine, expressive playing. The five-movement Overture (or suite), which shows well the diversity... —
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Wagner: Die Walküre: Act 3
Astrid Varnay, Leonie Rysanek & Sigurd Björling
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele 1951, Herbert von Karajan
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…there's always a sense of movement, partly carried by well-shaped long phrasing, and helped by clear rhythmic articulation - a good performance can make you aware how complex and unusual the... —
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Puccini: Turandot
Montserrat Caballe, Jose Carreras, Mirella Freni, Vicente Sardinero
Orchestra Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Maitrise de la Cathdedrale, Choeurs de l'Opera du Rhin, Alain Lombard
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Helen Jane Long: porcelain
Porcelain (n) pors lin: a fine-grained, sonorous ceramic characterised by its translucent body, delicate nature and beautifully polished surface
Helen Jane Long (cello, double bass, piano, guitar), Jonathan Hill (viola, violin), Nick Holland (cello)
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Maria Callas (Manon Lescaut), Giuseppe di Stefano (Des Grieux), Giulio Fioravanti (Lescaut), Franco Calabrese (Geronte), Dino Formichini (Edmondo), Fiorenza Cossotto (Madrigal singer)
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin
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Maria Callas: Verdi Arias II (1964)
Maria Callas (soprano)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno
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Maria Callas: Mozart, Beethoven, Weber recital (1963–1964)
Maria Callas (soprano)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno
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