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Verdi: La Traviata
RecommendedIleana Cotrubas (Violetta Valery), Stefania Malagu (Flora Bervoix), Helena Jungwirth (Annina), Placido Domingo (Alfredo Germont), Sherrill Milnes (Giorgio Germont), Walter Gullino (Gastone), Bruno Grella (Barone Douphol) Alfredo Giacomotti (Marchese d’Obigny), Giovanni Foiani (Dottore Grenvil), Walter...
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Building a Library, January 2007, First Choice
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
RecommendedMaurizio Pollini (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
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Building a Library, March 2019, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2003, Disc of the Month
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Guillaume Connesson - Pour sortir au jour
Mathieu Dufour (flute)
Brussels Philharmonic, Stéphane Denève
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2016, d'Or de l'Année
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Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
RecommendedThomas Allen (Eugene Onegin), Mirella Freni (Tatyana), Anne Sofie von Otter (Olga), Neil Shicoff (Lensky), Rosemary Lang (Larina), Ruthild Engert (Filipyevna), Paata Burchuladze (Gremin)
Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden, James Levine
The new Onegin merits an almost unreserved recommendation […] the central performances by Mirella Freni and Thomas Allen are compellingly vivid. —
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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The interpretation [of the Strauss] is challenging, studied rather than effortlessly flowing. I respect it, and the inner orchestral details are magical, but would Strauss want so many changes... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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French Opera Arias
RecommendedRoberto Alagna (tenor)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, London Voices, Bertrand de Billy
This is an interestingly put together recital which manages to illuminate much of the tenor repertoire in 19th century French opera (and early) whilst mixing the known and the unknown. Of course,... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Recital
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…what Aimard offers is perhaps one of the most intellectually rigorous piano versions available. No contrapuntal density defeats his forensic brain or articulate fingers. He does find lyricism... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2008, Editor's Choice
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I’m going to end by sticking my neck out and saying that this cycle is spiritually and sonically the best we’ve yet had on record. —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2023, Editor's Choice
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