Naxos
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It is rare to be able to say that a performance forces one to listen to a work anew, but this is exactly what Alsop's reading achieves. Excellently recorded and with an elegant and witty performance... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Orchestral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2008, Disc of the month
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Building a Library, November 2023, Also Recommended - Symphony No. 9
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New. Fromental Halévy: La Juive
Ambur Braid (Rachel), John Osborn (Éléazar), Gerard Schneider (Léopold), Monika Buczkowska (Eudoxie), Simon Lim (Cardinal Brogni)
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Henrik Nánási, Tatjana Gürbaca
[Osborn's] strong tenor employs lyricism and power to get around the role's challenges...Braid's weighty soprano with a good lower register is exactly what is needed for Rachel...Nánási shows... —
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This is top-quality sound and playing - at bargain price, too. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd November 2008
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Orchestral
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Special offer. Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Recommendedde Grandis, Ganassi, Romero, Servile, Vargas
Hungarian Radio Choir, Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Budapest, Willi Humburg
Not everyone will approve, but there are ways in which this super-budget set of Il barbiere diSiviglia puts to shame just about every other version of the opera there has been. Those it may... —
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Building a Library, December 2001, Budget Choice
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Building a Library, February 2017, First Choice
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The Tippett Quartet brings much bright, extrovert energy to this music, but their approach occasionally works against music that already tends towards textural sameness and overworked thematic... —
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Special offer. Wagner: Das Rheingold
RecommendedMatthias Goerne (Wotan), Kim Begley (Loge), Michelle DeYoung (Fricka), Deborah Humble (Erda), Peter Sidhom (Alberich), Anna Samuil (Freia), Kwangchul Youn (Fasolt), Stephen Milling (Fafner), David Cangelosi (Mime), Charles Reid (Froh), Oleksandr Pushniak (Donner), Eri Nakamura (Woglinde), Aurhelia...
Sidhom's dark-leather tone and malevolent characterisation make an impressive Alberich, fellow Briton Kim Begley is a smooth, sardonic Loge, ideally lyrical in his narration...Van Zweden conducts... —
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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