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Special offer. Puccini: La Rondine
Svetla Vassileva, Maya Dashuk, Fabio Sartori, Emanuele Giannino, Marzio Giossi, Fernando Ciuffo, Giorgio Berrugi, Andrea Patucelli, Polina Volfson, Alessandra Meozzi & Annunziata Vestri
Orchestra and Chorus of the Puccini Festival, Alberto Veronesi
This live performance has plenty of energy. As Magda, Svetla Vassileva… rises to the challenge, and brings a considerable amount of feeling to the anguish of the final scene. As always the... —
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Tavener: Lament for Jerusalem
Angharad Gruffydd Jones (soprano) & Peter Crawford (counter-tenor)
Choir and Orchestra of London, Jeremy Summerly
As in much of Tavener's work, ritualistic repetition… is central. …if one accepts that this is a rite, not a dramatic, developing piece of Western symphonic music, the contained beauty can... —
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Haydn: The Seasons, Hob.XXI:3
(sung in German)
Sibylla Rubens (soprano), Andreas Karasiak (tenor) & Stephan MacLeod (bass)
GewandhausKammerchor & Leipziger Kammerorcheste, Morten Schuldt-Jensen
The budget choice. The modern instruments use the neat phrasing and articulation of period-instrument practitioners and are partnered by similarly sensitive soloists. —
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Special offer. Wagner: Das Rheingold
(Wotan) Wolfgang Probst (Froh) Bernhard Schneider (Donner) Motti Kastón (Loge) Robert Künzli (Fricka) Michaela Schuster (Freia) Helga Rós Indridadóttir (Erda) Mette Ejsing (Alberich) Esa Ruuttunen (Mime) Eberhard Francesco Lorenz (Fasolt) Roland Bracht (Fafner) Phillip Ens (Woglinde) Catriona Smith...
The most impressive feature of this set is the superlative conducting of Lothar Zagrosek, and the playing of his magnificent orchestra. …the Alberich of Esa Ruuttunen is outstanding… —
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American Classics - Jacob Weinberg
Jorge Federico Osorio (piano), Patrick Mason (baritone) & Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ)
Bingham String Quartet, Barcelona Symphony, National Orchestra of Catalonia & BBC Singers, Kenneth Kiesler
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Great Violinists - Kreisler plays Kreisler
(Original compositions and transcriptions)
Fritz Kreisler (violin), Franz Rupp (piano)
Kreisler was in his sixties when these recordings were made in late 1930s. Although it would be idle to pretend that he is technically the equal of Perlman or Szeryng, his artistry carries... —
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Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem)
Michael Schade (vocalist)
Elora Festival Orchestra, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir, Noel Edison
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The A-Z of Opera
Selected excerpts from operas by Montevedi, Purcell and more
Kym Amps (soprano), Ingrid Kertesi (soprano), Teresa Ringholz (soprano), Andrea Martin (baritone), Joanna Borowska (soprano), Peter Mikulas (bass), Rohangiz Yachmi (mezzo-soprano), Natale de Carolis (baritone), Hellen Kwon (soprano), Inga Nielsen (soprano), Roberto Servile (baritone), Vincenzo La...
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Verdi: Il Trovatore
Zsuzsa Csonka, Maurizio Frusoni and more
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Budapest Festival Chorus, Will Humburg
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Classics Explained: VIVALDI - The Four Seasons
An exploration of The Four Seasons narrated by Jeremy Sipeman
Jeremy Siepmann (reader)
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