C Major
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Special offer. Strauss, R: Capriccio
Renée Fleming (Countess), Bo Skovhus (Count), Michael Schade (Flamand), Markus Eiche (Olivier), Angelika Kirchschlager (Clairon), Kurt Rydl (La Roche)
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Christoph Eschenbach
Kurt Rydl crowns a fine stage career with a gloriously eccentric impersonation of La Roche...The singing honours belong entirely to Angelika Kirchschlager as Clairon. —
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The Colón Ring: Wagner In Buenos Aires
A Film by Hans Christoph Von Bock
Linda Watson, Jukka Rasilainen, Leonid Zakhozhaev, Stig Andersen, Marion Ammann, Simone Schroder, Andrew Shore
unflinchingly honest in outlining the twists and turns of the production’s development and is fascinating to watch. Highly recommended. —
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Special offer. Mozart: Don Giovanni
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Don Giovanni), Andrea Concetti (Leporello), Carmela Remigio (Donna Elvira), Myrto Papatanasiu (Donna Anna), Marlin Miller (Don Ottavio), Manuela Bisceglie (Zerlina), William Corrò (Masetto), Enrico Giuseppe Iori (Il Commendatore)
Fondazione Orchestra Regionale delle...
A performance and production which are as near perfection as I can ever hope to experience…[D'Arcangelo] has just the right sleazy glamour for the role, both repellent and irresistible...His... —
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Special offer. Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Anita Rachvelishvili (Orfeo), Maite Alberola (Euridice), Auxiliadora Toledano (Amore)
Orquesta BandArt, Gordan Nikolić
Rachvelishvili is a natural performer with a beautifully full mezzo-soprano, but as yet a lightweight Gluckian. —
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Special offer. Verdi: Il Trovatore
Luca Salsi (Count Di Luna), Anna Netrebko (Leonora), Yusif Eyvazov (Manrico), Dolora Zajick (Azucena), Riccardo Fassi (Ferrando), Elisabetta Zizzo (Ines), Carlo Bosi (Ruiz), Dario Giorgele (Gypsy), Antonello Ceron (Messenger), Orchestra & Chorus of the Verona Arena, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Franco...
It’s not subtle, but then Trovatore isn’t exactly a subtle opera. In any case, an enticing cast makes it worthwhile...this is not a Leonora to be messed with. Netrebko is at her considerable... —
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Special offer. Rossini: Il Turco in Italia
Erwin Schrott (Selim), Olga Perityatko (Fiorella), Nicola Alaimo (Geronio), René Barbera (Narciso), Pietro Spagnoli (Prosdocimo), Cecilia Molinari (Zaida), Pietro Adaini (Albazar)
Filarmonica Gioachino Rossini, Chorus of the Teatro Della Fortuna M. Agostini, Speranza Scappucci
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Music is the language of the heart and soul
A portrait of Mariss Jansons
Ricarda Merbeth (soprano) & Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano)
Concertgebouw Orchestra & Netherlands Radio Choir, Mariss Jansons
Most valuable is the footage of his father, conductor Arvid Jansons, and of his own early days as a Herbert von Karajan protege...Of Jansons's humanity and penetrating gifts as a conductor we... —
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Bernstein was periodically accused of self-indulgence in other repertoire. That’s a charge that could never stick in these joyous performances of three G major symphonies…Rather, there is grace,... —
