Naxos
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Special offer. Opéra Comique Collection, Vol. 2
Carmen - Hamlet - Fortunio - La nonne sanglante - Lakmé
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Louis Langrée, Laurence Equilbey, Raphaël Pichon
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Idil Biret - Best of Beethoven
Idil Biret (piano), Ozgecan Gencer (soprano), Gulben Ozisik Cayan (soprano), Sema Baysal (alto), Can Serhat Saygi (tenor), Ethem Demir (tenor), Ali Sinan Gulsen (bass), Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Turkish State Polyphonic Chorus, Antoni Wit
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Alexey Shor: Composer's Notebook, Vol. 6
Narek Hakhnazaryan, Kyiv Virtuosi, Sergey Smbatyan, Daniel Raiskin, Dmitry Yablonsky
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Puccini: Messa di Gloria, SC 6, Capriccio sinfonico, SC 55 & Other Works
Alejandro Del Angel, Massimo Cavalletti, Essen Philharmonic Orchestra, Aalto Theatre Opera Chorus, Essen Philharmonic Choir, Andrea Sanguineti
The Preludio a Orchestra and Capriccio sinfonico sparkle with supple strings and alert wind and brass, whilst the Messa di Gloria confirms Puccini's early mastery of choral writing in a sacred... —
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Special offer. Richard Strauss: Intermezzo
Maria Bengtsson (Christine), Philipp Jekal (Robert Storch), Thomas Blondelle (Baron Lummer), Clemens Bieber (Stroh), Markus Brück (Notary), Nadine Secunde (His Wife)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sir Donald Runnicles,Tobias Kratzer
In short, unless you'd be too irritated by the updating and plot alterations, the result is sheer joy from start to finish, a top-notch realisation of one of the composer's lesser-known masterpieces. —