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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
RecommendedJoan Sutherland (Lucia), Luciano Pavarotti (Edgardo), Sherrill Milnes (Enrico), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Raimondo)
Chorus & Orchestra of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge
As Callas's star waned so Joan Sutherland's rose. Her Lucia is different, moving the heart through beauty of tone. Sutherland recorded the role four times - the first two have vocal freshness... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th November 2010
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Presto Favourites
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Ashkenazy makes the climax of the Adagio [in the Scottish] dramatically urgent rather than sombrely massive, and conducts perhaps the most ferocious finale on disc, steely trumpets to the fore.... —
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Building a Library, September 2008, First Choice
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Building a Library, June 2009, First Choice
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Bellini: I Puritani
RecommendedJoan Sutherland (Elvira), Luciano Pavarotti (Arturo Talbot), Piero Cappuccilli (Riccardo Forth), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Giorgio Walton), Anita Caminada (Enrichetta de France), Gian Carlo Luccardi (Gualtiero Walton), Renato Cazzaniga (Bruno Robertson)
Chorus of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London...
Sutherland's singing here is brighter and fresher than her earlier recording, with the lovely aria 'Qui la voce' no longer a wordless melisma...The recording is vivid and atmospheric and one... —
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Building a Library, January 2005, First Choice
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
RecommendedCecilia Bartoli (Rosina), Leo Nucci (Figaro), William Matteuzzi (Almaviva), Enrico Fissore (Bartolo), Paata Burchuladze (Basilio)
Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Giuseppe Patanè
Cecilia Bartoli's rich, vibrant voice copes brilliantly with the technical demands. Like the conductor, Bartoli is wonderful at bringing out the fun. So is Leo Nucci and he gives a beautifully... —
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Building a Library, December 2001, First Choice
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
RecommendedDella Casa, Danco, Siepi
Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Josef Krips
Freshly remastered, it sounds better than ever...Its intense, dramatic account of the Don's disappearance into hell has rarely been equalled and never surpassed on CD...As a bass Don, Siepi... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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British Music Collection - Malcolm Arnold
Eduardo Fernandez, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
English Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Barry Wordsworth, Sir Adrian Boult, Howard Snell
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New. The Summer Portraits Live
Ludovico Einaudi (piano), Federico Mecozzi (violin, acousticguitar), Redi Hasa (cello), Francesco Arcuri (percussion), Rocco Nigro (accordion), Gianluca Mancini (keyboard), Alberto Fabris (bass, synthbass), Rimini Classica String Ensemble (strings), Klest Kripa (violin), Sharipa Tussupbekova (violin),...
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Prokofiev: Cinderella & Glazunov: The Seasons
Cleveland Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic, Vladimir Ashkenazy
The RPO playing is dainty and elegant, refined and sumptuous, yet the strings respond vigorously to the thrusting vitality of the Autumn Bacchanale. The Decca engineers...provide digital sound... —
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Britten - Violin Concerto and Piano Concerto
RecommendedSviatoslav Richter, Mark Lubotsky
English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
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Building a Library, March 2018, Also Recommended
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Poulenc: Gloria & Stabat Mater
Françoise Pollet (soprano)
R.T.F. Choeur De Radio France, R.T.F. Maitrise De Radio France, Orchestre National De France, Charles Dutoit
