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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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This is breathtaking...There is never any doubt that there is a personality shaping the music and he has no fear about following his interpretative instinct on the day the microphones happen... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2012, Disc of the Month
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3
RecommendedAnne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Sängerknaben, Women Chorus of Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Pierre Boulez
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Grammy Awards, 46th Awards (2003), Best Orchestral Performance
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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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Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384
Arleen Augér (Konstanze), Reri Grist (Blonde), Peter Schreier (Belmonte), Kurt Moll (Osmin), Harald Neukirch (Pedrillo), Otto Mellies (Bassa Selim)
Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden, Karl Böhm
Boehm's is a delightful account...Auger proves the most accomplished singer on record in the role of Konstanze, girlish and fresh, yet rich, tender and dramatic by turns, with brilliant, almost... —
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Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic', etc.
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)
Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan
Karajan's classic Sixth confirmed his belated arrival as a major Mahler interpreter. Only Bernstein, in his more emotive, less consciously beautifying way, left recorded performances of comparable... —
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Preghiera - Rachmaninov: Piano Trios
Gidon Kremer (violin) & Daniil Trifonov (piano), Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė (cello)
This being Rachmaninov, the main burden in both trios falls to the pianist; such is Trifonov's artistry that even with his dazzling technique, and without ever selling the emotional intensity... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2017, Chamber Choice
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Building a Library, October 2020, Also Recommended
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Abbado conducts Debussy
RecommendedEmmanuel Pahud (flute)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Berlin Radio Chorus, Claudio Abbado
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Building a Library, January 2016, First Choice
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Brahms: Lieder & Liebeslieder Waltzes
RecommendedRecorded live at the 2003 Verbier Festival
Andrea Rost (soprano), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo), Matthew Polenzani (tenor), Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Yefim Bronfman & James Levine (piano duet), James Levine
The quartet themselves make an appealingly lively sound…Quasthoff and especially Kozena are strongest in their solo selections, the mezzo’s three songs distinguished by her plangent tone and... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th June 2016
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