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Bellini: I Puritani
Montserrat Caballé (Elvira), Alfredo Kraus (Arturo), Matteo Manuguerra (Riccardo), Julia Hamari (Enrichetta), Agostino Ferrin (Giorgio), Stefan Elenkov (Gualtiero) & Dennis O'Neill (Bruno)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
While Muti's attention to detail is admirable, his tempos are questionable. —
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
Bernard Haitink/Klaus König/Gabriele Sima/Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Lucia Popp/Bernd Weikl/Waltraud Meier/Kurt Moll/Siegfried Jerusalem/Donald Litaker/Rainer Scholze/Walton Grönroos, Rainer Scholze (bass), Siegfried Jerusalem (vocals), Walton Grönroos...
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 & The Choral Fantasia
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Otto Klemperer
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Great Moments of Lucia Popp
Lucia Popp/English Chamber Orchestra/György Fischer, Lucia Popp (soprano vocals), Lucia Popp/English Chamber Orchestra/György Fischer/Ambrosian Singers, Lucia Popp/Ambrosian Singers/Leslie Pearson/György Fischer, Leslie Pearson (organ), Lucia Popp/Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Leonard Slatkin, Gottlob...
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Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani
Riccardo Muti/Cheryl Studer/Mario Chingari/Ferrero Poggi/Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Chris Merritt/Giorgio Zancanaro/Ferruccio Furlanetto/Gloria Banditelli/Enzo Capuano/Francesco Musinu/Ernesto, Giorgio Zancanaro (bass-baritone), Mario Chingari (bass-baritone),...
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Verdi: Aida
Montserrat Caballé (Aida), Placido Domingo (Radames), Fiorenza Cossotto (Amneris), Piero Cappuccilli (Amonasro), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ramfis), Nicola Martinucci (Messaggero), Luigi Roni (Re), Esther Casas (Sacerdotessa)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
Montserrat Caballé's Ethiopian slave-girl is tender, subtle and often thrilling. By her side, her rival Fiorenza Cossotto's Egyptian princess Amneris is sinuous yet simultaneously sumptuous.... —
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Vittorio Gui conducts Mozart
Sesto Bruscantini (Figaro), Graziella Sciutti (Susanna), Franco Calabrese (Count), Sena Jurinac (Countess), Risë Stevens (Cherubino), Monica Sinclair (Marcellina), Ian Wallace (Bartolo), Hugues Cuénod (Basilio), Daniel McCoshan (Curzio), Gwyn Griffiths (Antonio), Jeannette Sinclair (Barbarina)
Glyndebourne...
A 1953 'wish-list' cast, but some voices past their prime, and Sena Jurinac (the Countess) dark and beautiful but rather Straussian. —
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Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2002-2004
Martha Argerich & Yefim Bronfmann (piano), Martha Argerich & Mirabela Dina, Martha Argerich (piano), Maxim Vengerov (violin) & Gautier Capuçon (cello), Maxim Vengerov (violin) & Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Yefim Bronfmann (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin) & Gautier Capuçon (cello),...
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Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, etc.
Vienna Philharmonic & Berlin Philharmonic, Wilhelm Furtwangler
Perhaps the historic choice (1948-52) and a fine example of Furtwängler's incandescent art: the Fourth positively drips with tragedy. —
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