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Special offer. Paisiello: Fedra
Raffaella Milanesi (Fedra), Artavazd Sargsyan (Teseo), Anna Maria Dell’Oste (Aricia), Esther Andaloro (Diana), Sonia Fortunato (Tisifone), Salvatore D’Agata (Mercurio), Giuseppe Lo Turco (Plutone), Leonardo Catalanotto (harpsichord)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania,...
Jerome Correas makes a good case for the opera, with neat playing from the orchestra. —
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Special offer. Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco
Jessica Pratt (Giovanna), Jean-François Borras (Carlo VII), Julian Kim (Giacomo), Roberto Cervellera (Delil) & Emanuele Cordaro (Talbot)
Chorus of the Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari, Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, Riccardo Frizza
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Clarke's 1921 Trio is the real revelation, a work of almost Bartokian asperity, tautly controlled and haunted by a reiterated, jabbing monotone that never lets the music or the listener settle…[the... —
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Recording quality is very fine, with everything both clear and warm. Perfect late night listening, but much more than that. —
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Special offer. Verdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociata
Angela Meade (Giselda), Francesco Meli (Oronte), Alex Esposito (Pagano), Giuseppe Gipali (Arvino), Livinia Bini (Viclinda), Alexandra Zabala (Sofia), Antonio Di Matteo (Pirro), Giuseppe Capoferri (Acciano), Joshua Sanders (Prior of Milan)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio Torino, Michele Mariotti...
Meade may not offer such vivid Italian as her colleagues, but she knows what she’s singing about, possesses abundant technical skill and is grand in expression…Of the three principals the finest... —
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Special offer. Cavalli: Vespero delle domeniche
Alberto Dossena (organ)
Claudio Monteverdi Choir of Crema & La Pifarescha, Bruno Gini
Perhaps one can imagine punchier and more thrilling accounts than these relaxed performances, but the splendid finale to the Magnificat is alone worth the price of admission. —
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Special offer. Donizetti: Il Duca d'Alba
Rachel Harnisch, Ismael Jordi, Georges Petean, Vladimir Bavkov, Igor Bakan & Gijs Van der Linden
Flemish Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Paolo Carignani
The music is not perhaps all memorable or vintage Donizetti but there are inevitably some lovely things...Harnisch has a big, rounded tone with considerable power up top. She makes much of her... —
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Special offer. Bin Huang plays Beethoven & Bach
Bin Huang (violin)
Orchestra Filarmonica Giovanile di Genova, Michele Trenti
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