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Leoncavallo: I Medici
Plácido Domingo (Giuliano de' Medici), Carlos Álvarez (Lorenzo), Daniela Dessì (Simonetta), Eric Owens (Montesecco), Vitalij Kowaljow (Poliziano)
Florence Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Alberto Veronesi
Domingo [is] outstanding as Giuliano, Carlos Alvarez bold and bracing as his brother Lorenzo, and Daniela Dessì's rich tones and delicacy of delivery creat[e] a fine impression as Simonetta. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2010, Editor's Choice
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Wagner: Siegfried
RecommendedJess Thomas (Siegfried), Gerhard Stolze (Mime), Thomas Stewart (Wanderer), Helga Dernesch (Brünhilde), Zoltán Kéléman (Alberich), Oralia Domínguez (Erda), Karl Ridderbusch (Fafner), Catherine Gayer (Waldvogel)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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Grammy Awards, 12th Awards (1969), Best Opera Recording
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With its boldly flavoured mix of styles, Golijov's Oceana (1996) looks forward to the St Mark Passion (2000) – the work that put him on the musical map. The solo part was written for renowned... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2007, Disc of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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No composer-conductor is more sensitive than Pierre Boulez to the divergent responses to Wagner's Tristan that can be traced in Debussy's opera and Schoenberg's symphonic poem...Boulez brings... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th February 2012
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Mozart: Mass in C minor, K427 'Great'
Barbara Hendricks (soprano I), Janet Perry (soprano II), Peter Schreier (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (bass), David Bell (organ)
Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Singverein, Herbert von Karajan
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Mahler: Symphony No. 9
RecommendedChrista Ludwig (mezzo)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
Mahler's Ninth is a death-haunted work, but is filled, as Bruno Walter remarked, 'with a sanctified feeling of departure'. Rarely has this symphony been shaped with such understanding and played... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1981, Winner - Orchestral
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…Yuja Wang… has all the equipment to be one of the most exciting pianists of her generation. As well as a stunning technique she has a fabulous range of sonority and colour… the two Ligeti... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2009, Editor's Choice
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Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
RecommendedSharon Sweet, Marjana Lipovsek, Siegfried Jerusalem, Philip Langridge, Hartmut Welker & Barbara Sukowa
Schoenberg Choir, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus & Vienna State Opera Chorus, Claudio Abbado
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Building a Library, September 2003, First Choice
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Veni Domine
RecommendedAdvent & Christmas from the Sistine Chapel
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo)
Sistine Chapel Choir, Massimo Palombella
Everything here is sung with extreme subtlety and a delicacy which rather confounded my expectations. Palombella (who, like all his predecessors in the role, is ordained in Holy Orders) clearly... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st December 2017
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