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Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 3 & Concerto For Orchestra
Peter Pears (tenor)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Warsaw National Philharmonic, London Sinfonietta, Witold Lutoslawski, Witold Rowicki
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Katerina Beranova (soprano), Lilli Paasikivi (alto), Robert Dean Smith (tenor) & Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, GewandhausChor, GewandhausKinderchor & MDF Rundfunkchor, Riccardo Chailly
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Verdi: Macbeth
Leo Nucci (Macbeth), Shirley Verrett (Lady Macbeth), Samuel Ramey (Banco), Veriano Luchetti (Macduff), Antonio Barasorda (Malcolm), Anna Caterina Antonacci (Dama), Sergio Fontana (Medico)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly
For a time Shirley Verrett was the world's favourite Lady Macbeth. And Chailly reminds us why. Nucci is a sweet-toned villain, but it's Ramey as Banquo who carries off the prizes. —
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Verdi: Otello
Carlos Cossutta (Otello), Margaret Price (Desdemona), Gabriel Bacquier (Iago), Peter Dvorsky (Cassio), Kurt Equiluz (Rodrigo), Kurt Moll (Lodovico), Stafford Dean (Montano), Jane Berbié (Emilia), Hans Helm (Un Araldo)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper, Sir Georg Solti
Under Solti's baton, this Otello is too fast and furious but Price is one of the finest Desdemonas on CD. —
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Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice
Juan Diego Flórez (Orphée), Ainhoa Garmendia (Eurydice), Alessandra Marianelli (Amour)
Coro y Orquesta del Teatro Real, Madrid, Jesús López-Cobos
Flórez's rapid vibrato and sweetness give the impression of gliding brightly above the music. His is an elegant, aloof Orpheus...Alessandra Marianelli's Amour is sparkling —
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Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5
Alfred Brendel (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
The bond between these two musicians is evident throughout these committed and vigorous readings. Brendel's authentically rugged pianism is offset by the Vienna Philharmonic's sumptuous playing. —
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Bizet: Carmen
Marina Domashenko (Carmen), Andrea Bocelli (Don José), Bryn Terfel (Escamillo), Eva Mei (Micaela)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Myung-Whun Chung
We have mezzo Marina Domashenko as a forthright gypsy...wrapping her powerful tones persuasively around 'Habanera' and 'Seguidilla'...We have Bryn Terfel as a forceful toreador...equipped with... —
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