Naxos
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Special offer. Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
Gino Bechi, Lina Bruna-Rasa, Beniamino Gigli, Maria Marcucci
Milan La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Pietro Mascagni
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Verdi: Aida
Maria Caniglia (Aida), Benianimino Gigli (Radamès), Ebe Stignani (Amneris), Gino Bechi (Amonasro), Italo Tajo (Il Re di Egitto), Tancredi Pasero (Ramfis), Maria Huder (Una Sacerdotessa), Adelio Zagonora (Un Messaggero)
Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Tullio Serafin
It is an electrifying performance, with Serafin at his most magnetic leading an outstanding cast of principals, all with voices firm and true. Heralded by trumpets that vividly leap out of the... —
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Special offer. Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier
Lotte Lehmann (Marschallin), Richard Mayr (Baron Ochs), Maria Olszewska (Octavian), Elisabeth Schumann (Sophie), Viktor Madin (Faninal), Hermann Gallos (Valzacchi), Bella Paalen (Annina), Aenne Michalsky (Marianne Leitmetzerin), Karl Ettl (Polizeikommissar)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert...
The performance remains peerless, with all four principal soloists at their peak —
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Of Delibes's two full-length ballets, Coppélia is the more obviously popular, the one with the bigger tunes and the greater number of recordings.
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Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25
Fernandi Bernardi, Antoine Garcin, Michele Lagrange, Michel Piquernal, Jean-Louis Serre, Etienne Vandier, Jean-Luc Viala
Lille National Orchestra, Ile de France Vittoria Regional Choir, Jean-Claude Casadesus
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I find myself returning more and more to this recording. Need I say more? —
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Wind Concerti
Takako Nishizaki (violin), Jiri Stivin (recorder), Jiri Valek (flute), Stefan Schilli (oboe)
Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser
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The playing is fleet, lively, expressive - altogether first-rate - and the recorded sound is fine. Most warmly recommended. —
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Earns a recommendation. —
