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Mozart: Mass in C minor, K427 'Great'
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Camerata Salzburg, Salzburger Bachchor, Andrew Manze
The two sopranos acquit themselves well...The Camerata Salzburg field modern instruments but with natural trumpets and shallow timpani with hard sticks. Filming is not particularly imaginative...although... —
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Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
Genia Kühmeier (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo-soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor) & Adam Plachetka (bass-baritone)
Symphonieorchester and Choir des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
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Beethoven: Mass in C Major
Genia Kühmeier (soprano), Gerhild Romberger (contralto), Maximilian
Schmitt (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (bass-baritone), Martin Angerer (trumpet)
Symphonieorchester und des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
Instrumental colours are bright, exact and assertive. Were there a slider for musical rather than picture contrast, it would be set at maximum…Beethoven insisted that they keynotes of his Mass... —
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Special offer. Gluck: Orphée et Euridice
Juan Diego Flórez (Orphée), Christiane Karg (Euridice), Fatma Said (Amor); Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Michele Mariotti
Flórez burns up the stage, vocally, and dramatically. His voice is Orphic: supple, strong, many-hued and profoundly expressive; his inner turmoil is gripping. Choreographer Hofesh Shechter is... —
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Special offer. Gluck: Orphée et Euridice
Juan Diego Flórez (Orphée), Christiane Karg (Euridice), Fatma Said (Amor); Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Michele Mariotti
Flórez burns up the stage, vocally, and dramatically. His voice is Orphic: supple, strong, many-hued and profoundly expressive; his inner turmoil is gripping. Choreographer Hofesh Shechter is... —
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Beethoven: Mass in C Major
Genia Kühmeier (soprano), Gerhild Romberger (contralto), Maximilian, Martin Angerer (trumpet)
Symphonieorchester und des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
Instrumental colours are bright, exact and assertive. Were there a slider for musical rather than picture contrast, it would be set at maximum…Beethoven insisted that they keynotes of his Mass... —
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The Cleveland Orchestra: Centennial Concert
Lang Lang (piano)
Centennial Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst
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Mozart: String Quintets Nos. 1-6
Renaud Capuçon, Alina Ibragimova (violins), Gérard Caussé, Léa Hennino (violas) & Clemens Hagen (cello)
The acoustic is beautiful and so is the playing; this is an A-list group after all. —
