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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Karita Mattila (Fiordiligi), Anne Sofie von Otter (Dorabella), Thomas Allen (Guglielmo), Francisco Araiza (Ferrando), Elzbieta Szmytka (Despina), José van Dam (Don Alfonso)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
A strikingly light, fresh Così with a truly superb ensemble, idiomatic and characterful; the voices are large, but only Mattila sounds a little weighty. —
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Francisco Araiza (Hoffmann), Samuel Ramey (Dapertutto/Miracle/Coppélius), Anne Sofie von Otter (Nicklaus), Jessye Norman (Antonia), Eva Lind (Olympia), Cheryl Studer (Giulietta)
Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden, Jeffrey Tate
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Hindemith - Orchestral Works
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt
both [Symphonia Serena and Harmonie der Welt] are among the most impressive and powerful Hindemith has given us. Blomstedt and his Leipzig orchestra are eloquent advocates of these masterpieces. —
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Charles Mackerras - A Portrait
Pamela Frank (violin)
English Chamber Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Tom Krause (Il Conte di Almaviva), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (La Contessa), Ileana Cotrubas (Susanna), José van Dam (Figaro), Frederica von Stade (Cherubino), Jane Berbié (Marcellina), Jules Bastin (Bartolo), Heinz Zednik (Basilio), Kurt Equiluz (Don Curzio), Christiane Barbaux (Barbarina), Zoltan Kélémén...
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Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier
Renée Fleming (Marschallin), Franz Hawlata (Baron Ochs), Sophie Koch (Octavian), Diana Damrau (Sophie), Jonas Kaufmann (The Italian Tenor), Franz Grundheber (Faninal), Jane Henschel (Annina), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Valzacchi), Irmgard Vilsmaier (Marianne)
Munchner Philharmoniker, Christian...
[Fleming] speaks volumes with those expressive eyes and floats the trio's opening phrase to perfection...Sophie Koch produces rich, impassioned sounds and makes a convincing boy...Kaufmann [is]... —
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Mirella Freni (Butterfly), Luciano Pavarotti (Pinkterton), Christa Ludwig (Suzuki), Robert Kerns (Sharpless)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Herbert von Karajan
In every way except one the transfer of Karajan's radiant Vienna recording for Decca could hardly provide a firmer recommendation. The reservation is one of price – this Karajan is on three... —
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Verdi: La forza del destino
Dario Russo (bass (vocal)), Dinara Alieva (soprano), Simona Marcello (mezzo-soprano), Andrea Bocelli (tenor), Tiziano Tassi (bass (vocal)), Cristiano Olivieri (tenor), Anna Maria Chiuri (mezzo-soprano), Carlo Lepore (baritone, bass (vocal)), Riccardo Zanellato (bass (vocal)), Simone Piazzola (baritone),...
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Verdi: Jérusalem
Marcello Giordani (Gaston), Philippe Rouillon (Le comte de Toulouse), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Roger), Daniel Borowski (Ademar), Simon Edwards (Raymond), Marina Mescheriakova (Hélène), Hélène Le Corre (Isaure), Wolfgang Barta (Un soldat), Slobodan Stankovic (Un Héraut/L'Émir de Ramla), Jovo Reljin (Un...
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