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Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration
Yo-Yo Ma (solo cello/director), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Peter Serkin (piano), Emanuel Ax (piano), James Taylor (vocals/guitar)
Boston Pops Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Keith Lockhart, Andris Nelsons, David Zinman,...
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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Richard Strauss Gala
Anja Harteros, Camilla Nylund, Christine Goerke (sopranos)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
the Staatskapelle Dresden, with its distinctively mellow sound, is ideal for Strauss, and the singers are mostly well chosen for their appointed arias...Goerke has emerged as a true dramatic... —
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Jonas Kaufmann - The Sound of Movies
Prague Concert 2024
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Jochen Rieder
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Love Duets
Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Vittorio Grigolo (tenor), Orchestra of the Arena di Verona, Placido Domingo
Vocally, there is much to relish from two artists at home in this repertoire. Yoncheva performs with consummate artistry, her dark-hued voice consistently well-projected and even across the... —
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Special offer. Mozart: Lucio Silla, K135
Kresimir Spicer (Lucio Silla), Lenneke Ruiten (Giunia), Marianne Crebassa (Cecilio), Inga Kalna (Lucio Cinna), Giulia Semenzato (Celia)
Teatro alla Scala, Marc Minkowski
Here’s a director who makes no apology for the work…[Pynkoski] creates his own aesthetic of artful, flowing theatricality, which is underlined effectively by Antoine Fontaine’s designs…Špicer... —
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Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Special offer. Janácek: Jenufa
Camilla Nylund (Jenůfa), Evelyn Herlitzius (Kostelnička), Stuart Skelton (Laca), Ladislav Elgr (Števa), Hanna Schwarz (Grandmother Buryjovka) Jan Martiník (Stárek)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle, Damiano Michieletto
Rattle secures playing of imposing lyrical sweep and power from the Staatskapelle. The conductor provides the foundations for a superb musical performance all round, the power of which is ably... —
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Beyond Perfection: The Pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
A film by Syrthos J. Dreher and Dag Freyer
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
Musical highlights of the film include Debussy’s Reflets dans l’eau, Chopin’s Berceuse and (an especial favourite of ABM) Mazurka Op 33/4, given in performances of unmatched poise and beauty. —
