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Special offer. Berlioz - Roméo et Juliette & Les Nuits d’Été
Jessye Norman, John Aler, Simon Estes & Janet Baker
New Philharmonia Orchestra & Philadelphia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli & Riccardo Muti
A fine if not ideally cast account of Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette, with plenty of orchestral colour, if occasionally lacking clarity. Janet Baker's sprightly Les nuits d'été is a joy. —
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Schoenberg: Orchestral Works
RecommendedRecorded in concert 30th October - 7th November 2009
Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
Accompaniment to a Film Scene...sounds less nightmarish, and a lot more beautiful than in any previous version. In general, Rattle's Schoenberg is more the voluptuous late Romantic than the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th August 2011
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Orff: Carmina Burana
RecommendedArleen Auger (soprano), Jonathan Summers (baritone), John van Kesteren (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Choir, Riccardo Muti
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Building A Library, June 2021, Recommended Recording
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This is as fine a recorded account of Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony as I’ve heard for some time, both in terms of Lahav Shani’s conception of the music and its realisation on the orchestra. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2005, Editor's Choice
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Bizet: Carmen
RecommendedChrista Ludwig (Carmen), Melitta Muszely (Micaëla), Ursula Schirrmacher (Frasquita), Ursula Gust (Mercédès), Rudolf Schock (Don José), Hermann Prey (Escamillo); Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Berliner Symphoniker, Horst Stein
[Ludwig] is absolutely stunning...She is superb, vocally and dramatically in the long second act duet scene with Don José, doom-laden in the card scene in act III and magnificent in the finale...[Muszely]... —
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-6, Orchestral Works
Andrei Gavrilov (piano), Philharmonia Orchestram Riccardo Muti
A powerful Manfred is included - one of the finest available, surely - but the others are equally impressive...The first three symphonies really take wing, especially the first movement of the... —
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The result is powerful, inventive and irresistibly enjoyable...This is an utter delight of an album, offering a potent reminder of the life-affirming power of music to bring joy, and to begin... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2025, Recording of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Classical Without Borders
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
RecommendedWillard White (Porgy), Cynthia Haymon (Bess), Gregg Baker (Crown), Harolyn Blackwell (Clara), Cynthia Clarey (Serena), Marietta Simpson (Maria), Damon Evans (Sportin' Life)
Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle, production direction by Trevor Nunn
In an ideal world, operatic recordings would always evolve in this way...We've a real sense here of Gershwin's community, a feeling of oneness with the piece from singers who've not only lived... —
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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