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Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, José van Dam, Simon Keenlyside, Marie-Ange Todorovitch & Alain Fondary
Choeur et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson
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The Other Wagner: Symphonic Vocal and Piano Music
RecommendedChrista Ludwig (mezzo), Mikhail Rudy (piano), Jessye Norman (soprano), Irwin Gage (piano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
Dresdner Philharmonie, Philadelphia Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Michel...
The plums...are two classic accounts of the Wesendonck-Lieder: in Felix Mottl’s orchestration by the incomparable Christa Ludwig and Otto Klemperer; and in the original piano version by a radiant... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2013
RecommendedMartha Argerich (piano), Mischa Maisky (cello) & Martha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin) & Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Alissa Margulis (violin) & Jura Margulis (piano), Gautier Capuçon (cello) & Gabriela Montero (piano), Andrey Baranov (violin) & Jura Margulis (piano),...
The festival has class written all over it and exudes more joy - and humour - than any comparable event known to me. Argerich herself leads off here, in Beethoven's First Piano Concerto, displaying... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
RecommendedThomas Allen (Don Giovanni), Carol Vaness (Donna Anna), Maria Ewing (Donna Elvira), Elizabeth Gale (Zerlina), Keith Lewis (Don Ottavio), Richard van Allan (Leporello), John Rawnsley (Masetto), Dimitri Kavrakos (Il Commendatore)
Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard...
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Gramophone Awards, 1985, Winner - Opera
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Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2005
Martha Argerich, Renaud Capucon & Gautier Capucon, Renaud Capucon, Gautier Capucon & Chen, Martha Argerich & Piotr Anderszewski, Mischa Maisky & Sergio Tiempo, Martha Argerich & Gabriela Montero, Lechner & Sergio Tiempo, Martha Argerich & Leschenko, Zilberstein, Schwarzberg,...
A scintillating collection —
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BBC Music Magazine, Chamber Choice
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Conversationalist Beethoven, this – meaning that two very different voices (Midori, gentle; Thibaudet, assertive) bring their individual qualities to each score without compromise. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23, etc.
RecommendedPeter Donohoe (piano), Nigel Kennedy (violin) & Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Concerto
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Puccini: Tosca
1953 recording
Maria Callas (Tosca), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Cavaradossi), Tito Gobbi (Scarpia), Franco Calabrese (Cesare), Angelo Mercuriali (Spoletta), Melchiorre Luise (Il sagrestano), Dario Caselli (Sciarrone), Alvaro Cordova (Un pastore), Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Victor de Sabata
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Building a Library, April 2008, First Choice
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Schumann - Complete Symphonies
RecommendedGidon Kremer (violin) & Martha Argerich (piano), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
The musical adventurer par excellence, ...the scholarly conductor with temperament, the thinking musician who makes music with rough edges. —
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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