C Major
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Special offer. Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Liudmyla Monastyrska (Manon Lescaut), David Bizic (Lescaut), Gregory Kunde (Des Grieux), Carlos Chausson (Geronte), Mikeldi Atxalandabaso (Edmondo), Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Davide Livermore, Emmanuel Villaume
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Pavarotti in Hyde Park
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Andrea Griminelli, The Philharmonia Chorus, The Philharmonia Orchestra, Leone Magiera
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Special offer. Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice
Dmitry Korchak, Andriana Chuchman, Lauren Snouffer; The Joffrey Ballet, Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra and Chorus; Harry Bicket
Korchak is no haute-contre but a robust, heroic tenor. Lauren Snouffer is suitably boyish as Amour...Andriana Chuchman makes a fiery Eurydice...The choreography executed by the Joffrey Ballet... —
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Verdi: Requiem
Julianna Di Giacomo (soprano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo), Vittorio Grigolo (tenor), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (bass)
LA Philharmonic & LA Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel
The performance is at its best in the contributions of the four soloists. US soprano Julianna Di Giacomo brings vibrant tone and plenty of personal commitment to the top line...DeYoung supplies... —
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Special offer. Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Anett Fritsch (Fiordiligi), Paola Gardina (Dorabella), Kerstin Avemo (Despina), Juan Francisco Gatell (Ferrando), Andreas Wolf (Guglielmo), William Shimell (Don Alfonso)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real de Madrid, Sylvain Cambreling
No lover of radical productions myself, I found it fascinating. You will, too, provided you forget that Cosi is an opera buffa: this is serious stuff...Within the limits of Haneke's very particular... —
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Special offer. Giordano, U: Andrea Chénier
Hector Sandoval (André Chénier), Norma Fantini (Maddalena di Coigny), Scott Hendricks (Carlo Gérard), Tania Kross (Bersi), Rosalind Plowright (Madelon)
Wiener Symphoniker, Ulf Schirmer
The picture's watery location both suits Bregenz's lake stage and gives Warner space to layer Illica's actions...hugely recommended - a fine mix of spectacle of spectacle and intelligent interpretation. —
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World Orchestra for Peace and Valery Gergiev at the BBC Proms
20th July 2014, Royal Albert Hall, London
World Orchestra for Peace, Valery Gergiev
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Dausgaard himself is energetic, impassioned, easy to read and obviously intent on providing on providing as clear a musical picture as possible. He is also an excellent talker...But watching... —
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Kinshasa Symphony
The awarded film about a symphony orchestra in the Congo
Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste, Armand Diangienda
it's the 'Ode to Joy' that drives the film forward as singers and musicians sweat to master Beethoven's great clamour. Beyond that, we see the people's lives, their city and their country -... —
