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Scriabin: Piano Works
Andrei Gavrilov (piano), John Ogdon (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Roustem Saitkoulov (piano), Boris Giltburg (piano), Simon Trpceski (piano), Ian Fountain (piano)
A starry pianistic line-up give their all in Scriabin's microcosmic soundworlds, highlighted by Gavrilov's Fourth, Trpceski's Fifth and Pletnev's Tenth sonatas, alongside Ogdon's hypnotic Vers... —
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Essential Rachmaninov
Cécile Ousset (piano), Natalie Dessay (soprano), John Ogdon (piano), Jean-Philippe Collard (piano), Natalie Clein (cello), Charles Owen (piano), Gerald Moore (piano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Agustin Anievas (piano), Vladimir Ovchinikov (piano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Dimitri Kharitonov (baritone),...
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Classic recordings under the composer's taut direction, which remain consistently impressive and, in the Concerto for Orchestra and later masterpieces such as Livre Mi-parti, truly thrilling. —
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A boomy acoustic spoils the wonderful insights of Lupu's accompaniments, and Hendricks only has the measure of the lighter songs. Avoid André Tubeuf's emetic notes. —
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Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail
and selected opera arias by Léopold Simoneau
Lois Marshall (Konstanze), Ilse Hollweg (Blonde), Léopold Simoneau (Belmonte), Gerhard Unger (Pedrillo), Gottlob Frick (Osmin) & Hansgeorg Laubenthal (Bassa Selim)
Beecham Choral Society & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
Beecham made cuts and re-orderings for his 1956 recording that wouldn't do today, but his style is impeccable and both Léopold Simoneau's Belmonte and Gottlob Frick's Osmin remain impressive. —
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Sharon Kam is a fine player with a deliciously dark tone, and partnered by Kurt Masur she finds greater depths in these works than many players. —
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Placido Domingo, Robert Lloyd, Delia Wallis, Robert Tear, Ian Partridge, Noel Mangin, Gwynne Howell, Bernard Dickerson, Montserrat Caballe, Richard Van Allan, Vicente Sardinero
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Bruno Bartoletti
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Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers
Natalie Dessay, Véronique Gens, Laurent Naouri, Eva Podles
Orchestre de Chambre de Grenoble, Choeur De l'Opéra National De Lyon, Marc Minkowski
Orphée aux enfers may be Offenbach's bestknown operetta, but it's had limited attention on disc. The lightly scored original 1858 version was in two acts and four scenes. The spectacular 1874... —
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Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
Placido Domingo, Waltraud Meier
Orchestre et choeurs de l'Opéra-Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
This is the most subtly and expertly conducted performance of this work to appear on CD, excellent as others have been in this respect, and also the best played and sung. Chung's achievement... —
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Mendelssohn & Loewe: Lieder
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Wolfgang Sawallisch (piano - Mendelssohn) & Gerald Moore (piano - Loewe)
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