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Bellini: I Capuleti e I Montecchi
Agnes Baltsa (Romeo), Edita Gruberova (Giulietta), Dano Raffanti (Tebaldo), Gwynne Howell (Capellio), John Tomlinson (Lorenzo)
Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Riccardo Muti
Gruberová and Baltsa may not be love's young dream, but they don’t make bel canto singers like this any more. The focus of a live performance suits the supportive Muti to perfection. —
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Strauss, R: Elektra
Éva Marton (Elektra), Cheryl Studer (Chrysothemis), Marjana Lipovsek (Klytemnestra), Hermann Winkler (Aegisth), Bernd Weikl (Orest)
Chor & Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wolfgang Sawallisch
Avoiding the claws of a Solti, Sawallisch's interpretation of Strauss's shocking tragedy has clarity and pace. Marton is best seen as well as heard on the Abbado DVD, but she's a committed... —
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Gardiner's architectural aspirations are lost on Campra's rather insubstantial music, though ebullience and drama go some way to compensate. —
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I heard a Voice - The Music of the Golden Age
A stunning selection of anthems from the Tudor Times
John McMunn (tenor)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge & Fretwork, Stephen Cleobury
Fatigue seems to haunt this worthy performance. Stephen Cleobury's deliberate tempos tend to dissolve the impact of the text… - and impede any build-up towards cadential climaxes. Fretwork... —
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Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28, etc.
Bruce Russell, Robert Tear
King's College Choir, Cambridge, Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields, Sir David Willcocks
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Mendelssohn: Paulus, Op. 36
Helen Donath, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
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Tortelier echoed Casals, saying 'First comes Bach - then all the others'. His edition is festooned with symbols coolly analysing every bow-stroke, but their synthesis in his playing is passionate... —
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