C Major
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Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (HR-Sinfonie Orchester), Paavo Järvi
the Eighth is - as with all the other performances in the cycle - highly accomplished. Less so the filming...Overall the Seventh belongs with the other mid-period symphonies as the high point... —
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Special offer. Weber: Der Freischütz
Andreas Schager (Max), Camilla Nylund (Agathe), Daniela Fally (Ännchen), Alan Held (Kaspar)
Wiener Staatsoper, Tomáš Netopil, Christian Räth
The pick of the cast, vocally, is soprano Camilla Nylund, who brings ample, shining tone and a finely sustained line to Agathe’s two solos. —
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The Original Three Tenors
Including the new documentary 'From Caracalla to the World'
José Carreras (tenor), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Plácido Domingo (tenor)
Zubin Mehta
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Plácido Domingo at the Arena di Verona
Famous Arias by Verdi and Giordano
Soioa Hernandez (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Orchestra of the Arena di Verona
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Special offer. Verdi: Attila
Giovanni Battista Parodi (Attila), Susanna Branchini (Odabella), Sebastián Catana (Ezio), Roberto de Biasio (Foresto), Cristiano Cremonini (Uldino), Zyian Atfeh (Leone)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Andrea Battistoni
Susanna Branchini is a fiery Odabella...scything her way through the role with some evidence of rawness in the more strenuous coloratura passages but producing some nicely quiet singing when... —
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Special offer. Wagner: Tannhäuser
Peter Seiffert (Tannhäuser), Petra Maria Schnitzer (Elisabeth), Béatrice Uria-Monzon (Venus), Günther Groissböck (Hermann), Markus Eiche (Wolfram)
Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu & Cor del Gran Teatre del Liceu, Sebastian Weigle
Peter Seiffert sings powerfully and expressively as Tannhauser, and Petra Maria a bit too powerfully as Elisabeth. The orchestra, under Sebastian Weigle, gives a strong account of the score —
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Salzburg Festival Opening Concert 2009 with Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Special offer. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
Alfred Reiter (Sarastro), Norman Reinhardt (Tamino), Ana Durlovski (Konigin der Nacht), Bernarda Bobro (Pamina), Daniel Schmutzhard (Papageno), Denise Beck (Papagena)
Prague Philharmonic Choir & Wiener Symphoniker, Patrick Summers
For visual effectiveness this new DVD and Blu-ray has no competition among a rich field of Magic Flutes...Musically, too, it is never less than good, and the Tamino of Norman Reinhardt and the... —
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Kristine Opolais (Tatyana), Lena Belkina (Olga), Artur Rucinski (Onegin), Dmitri Korchak (Lensky), Günther Groissböck (Gremin), Margarita Nekrasova (Filipyevna), Helene Schneiderman (Larina), Emilio Sanchez (Triquet), Toni Navarrate (Guillot), Aldo Heo (Captain), Simon Lim (Zaretsky)
Orquestra...
Opolais's physical grace and fine lyric-dramatic soprano would elsewhere embody the young and older Tatyana's; baritone Artur Rucinski phrases the Act 1 arioso better than anyone since Dmitri... —
