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Special offer. Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Florian Sempey (Figaro), Catherine Trottmann (Rosina), Michele Angelini (Almaviva), Péter Kálmán (Bartolo), Robert Gleadow (Basilio), Annuziata Vestri (Berta)
Le Cercle de l'Harmonie, Jérémie Rhorer, Laurent Pelly
Given that Pelly works with players of quality, while ensuring that the production’s every detail is of a piece with itself, it’s not surprising that this is a wonderfully well-acted Il barbiere…The... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Britten: Serenade, Nocturne and Phaedra
RecommendedPhilip Langridge (tenor), Frank Lloyd (horn), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
English Chamber Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Steuart Bedford
Langridge adopts an appropriately ghostly voice for the Dirge - dramatic and dark...The English Chamber Orchestra, who have been brilliant throughout, really show their colours in the Sonnet,... —
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Building A Library, March 2022, Also Recommended
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Leoncavallo: Pagliacci & Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana
Anita Rachvelishvili (Santuzza), Rihab Chaieb (Lola), Brian Jagde (Turiddu), Roman Burdenko (Alfio), Elena Zilio (Mamma Lucia), Ailyn Pérez (Nedda), Brandon Jovanovich (Canio), Marco Ciaponi (Beppe), Mattia Olivieri (Silvio)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of Dutch National Opera,...
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Puccini: Tosca
Malin Byström (Tosca), Joshua Guerrero (Cavaradossi), Gevorg Hakobyan (Scarpia), Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Barrie Kosky, Lorenzo Viotti
Kosky and Viotto, closely allied in style, find fresh, sometimes truly shocking energy...this must be one of the bloodiest Toscas shown on stage, in a world where the characters’ Christian faith... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Fuoco Sacro - A Search For the Sacred Fire of Song
A Film By Jan Schmidt-Garre
Asmik Grigorian, Barbara Hannigan, Ermonela Jaho, Evgenia Rubinova, Reinbert de Leeuw, Francesco Piemontesi
the content is good, and anyone interested in the artistic process will find much to appreciate. Of the three singers, Jaho has impressed me considerably, and I intend seeking out some of her... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Performance & Documentaries
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Special offer. Delibes: Lakmé
Sabine Devieilhe (Lakmé), Frederic Antoun (Gérald), Stephane Degout (Frédéric), Ambroisine Bré (Mallika), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon, Laurent Pelly
Pichon conducts the Pygmalion ensemble and choir with dash and urgency, the period instruments adding a litheness to the textures – there is no room for false sentimentality. Pelly goes for... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2024, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Tchaikovsky: None But the Lonely Heart
Songs staged by Christof Loy
Olesya Golovneva, Kelsey Lauritano, Andrea Carè, Vladislav Sulimsky, Mikolaj Trabka, Marjusz Klubczuk, Nikolai Petersen, Members of the Frankfurter Opern-Und Museumsorchester
I found the whole thing tremendously moving, one of the very best things any opera company created during the pandemic. —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2024, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Stéphane Degout (Onegin), Sally Matthews (Tatyana), Lilly Jørstad (Olga), Bogdan Volkov (Lensky), Nicolas Courjal, (Gremin)
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Laurent Pelly, Alain Altinoglu
Degout is wonderfully aloof as the buttoned-up Onegin, his rich baritone rolling out phrase after phrase smoothly, his Russian diction superb...The star turn comes from Bogdan Volkov as a fresh-faced... —
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International Opera Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Complete Recording
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Eine Winterreise - Based on Music and Songs by Franz Schubert
Conceived and Staged by Christof Loy
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano), Christof Loy (director)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Performances & Documentaries
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The Zurich Affair - Wagner's One and Only Love (a Film By Jens Neubert)
Sophie Auster, Rüdiger Hauffe, Julienne Pfeil, Joonas Saartamo, Andreas Haefliger (piano), Hiroko Imai, Annika Treutler, Jens Neubert, Eckehard Stier, London Symphony Orchestra
Beautifully shot… The music, specially recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra under Eckehard Stier, is…intelligently chosen to convey the changing scenes… Joonas Saartamo is ideally cast... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Performances & Documentaries
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