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André Previn: A Bridge Between Two Worlds
A documentary about Grammy Lifetime Award Winner 2010 André Previn
André Previn, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Renée Fleming, Mia Farrow & Lukas Previn
Engaging, offbeat and ultimately rather slight, this idiosyncratic Anglo-Germanic documentary will delight admirers of a man who bestrides so many worlds that it is difficult to know which two... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - DVD Documentary
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Elbphilharmonie Hamburg: Grand Opening Concert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, 11.01.2017
Philippe Jaroussky, Sir Bryn Terfel, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Pavol Breslik, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Ensemble Praetorius, NDR Choir, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Thomas Hengelbrock
There are plenty of musical highlights – oboist Kalev Kuljus’s exquisite ‘Pan’, from Britten’s Six Metamorphoses after Ovid; a lithe, light-textured finale from Messiaen’s Turangalila Symphony;... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2017, DVD of the Month
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Special offer. Arrigo Boito: Nerone
Rafael Rojas (Nerone), Lucio Gallo (Simon Mago), Brett Polegato (Fanuel), Svetlana Aksenova (Asteria), Alessandra Volpe (Rubria), Prague Philharmonic Choir, Wiener Symphoniker, Olivier Tambosi (staging), Dirk Kaftan
with punchy, dramatic playing from the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Dirk Kaftan, the work is allowed to cast a strange, dark spell that is ultimately difficult to resist. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Bregenzer Festspiele
Vladimir Stoyanov (Rigoletto), Mélissa Petit (Gilda), Stephen Costello (The Duke), Miklós Sebestyén (Sparafucile), Katrin Wundsam (Maddalena), Wiener Symphoniker, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Bregenz Festival Chorus, Enrique Mazzola, Philipp Stölzl
The stage set is breathtaking…I can guarantee that you will ever have witnessed as surreal a ‘La donna è mobile’ (Gilda should have run a mile), nor a wet a storm scene. All this carnivalesque... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2020, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Dona Nobis Pacem – A Ballet By John Neumeier
Aleix Martinez, Xue Lin, Alexandr Trusch, Ida Praetorius, Anna Laudere, Madoka Sugai, Jacopo Bellussi, Edvin Revazov, Hamburg Ballet (ballet company), Ensemble Resonanz (chamber ensemble), John Neumeier (choreographer), Holger Speck
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Performances & Documentaries
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Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration
RecommendedPeter Serkin (piano), Yo-Yo Ma (cello & director), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Emanuel Ax (piano), James Taylor (vocals & guitar)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Pops Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, David Zinman, Keith Lockhart, Andris Nelsons,...
If this all sounds rather eclectic, well, yes it is – but it all hangs together beautifully as a celebration of the festival’s diversity and joie de vivre. The performance styles, too, come... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd July 2013
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Leonard Bernstein conducts Beethoven & Haydn
RecommendedJudith Blegen (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Claes H. Ahnsjö (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Leonard Bernstein
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Building A Library, October 2021, Recommendation with modern instruments
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Special offer. Puccini: Tosca
Anja Harteros, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Ludovic Tézier
Salzburger Bachchor & Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
This production does a fine job of underlining just what a resonant opera Tosca is for our times…Harteros is a chic, grown-up, no-nonsense Tosca…She is on top form vocally, particularly rich... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2019, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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The main focus of the programme is JS Bach’s Goldberg Variations, which Armstrong reads with assurance, refinement and a maturity beyond his years. His sound is pearly, highlighting the work’s... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2017, Instrumental Choice
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Iolanta and The Nutcracker
Olesya Golovneva (Iolanta), Stefan Cerny (Rene), Georgy Vasiliev (Count Vaudemont), Andrei Bondarenko (Robert), Wiener Staatsballett, Orchester der Volksoper Wien, Lotte de Beer, Andrey Kaydanovskiy, Omer Meir Wellber
Two important things you need to know: as this is the Volksoper, Iolanta is sung in German rather than Russian; and neither work is complete…de Beer does have something special to say about... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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