Challenge Classics
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Cieco Amor: Opera Arias Written For Giuseppe Maria Boschi
Sergio Foresti, Abchordis Ensemble, Andrea Buccarella
Thrills abound, especially in the rage arias that were Boschi’s specialty. Foresti strides majestically across his register, dispatching ringing top notes; in passages of coloratura, he’s as... —
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Buxtehude - Vocal Works 4
Bettina Pahn, Miriam Meyer, Siri Thornhill, Johannette Zomer (soprano), Patrick van Goethem, Bogna Bartosz (alto), Jörg Dürmüller, Andreas Karasiak (tenor) & Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman
These are masterly compositions which reflect Buxtehude's affective skill in enlivening a text...Koopman and his ensemble reach the heart of the music with touching sincerity. —
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Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 | Lalo: Cello Concerto in D Minor
Maja Bogdanović (cello), RTS Symphony Orchestra, Bojan Sudjić
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Strauss, R: Elektra
Michaela Schuster (Klytämnestra), Evelyn Herlitzius (Elektra), Camilla Nylund (Chrysothemis), Hubert Delamboye (Aegisth) & Gerd Grochowski (Orest)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra & Toonkunst Choir Amsterdam, Marc Albrecht
If there's such a thing as an anti-Solti Elektra, this is it...[it] burns at its own distinctive temperature, with a strong sense of live-performance through-line and in a much more orchestrally... —
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The personality and integrity of this duo are evident throughout and it will be fascinating to see what they make of the later sonata masterworks of Opp 47 and 96. —
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Ma France - Chansons Symphonique (Live)
Philippe Elan, Residentie Orkest The Hague & Jurjen Hempel
Jurjen Hempel
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