Special offer. Weber: Oberon
sung in English
Hillevi Martinpelto (Reiza), Steve Davislim (Oberon), Jonas Kaufmann (Huon), Marina Comparato (Fatima), William Dazeley (Sherasmin), Frances Bourne (Puck), Katherine Fuge (First Mermaid), Charlotte Mobbs (Second Mermaid), Roger Allam (narrator)
Orchestre Revolutionnaire Et Romantique with The...
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2005, Disc of the month
It would be hard to overestimate the importance of this recording of Weber's final opera
Special offer. Weber: Oberon
sung in English
Hillevi Martinpelto (Reiza), Steve Davislim (Oberon), Jonas Kaufmann (Huon), Marina Comparato (Fatima), William Dazeley (Sherasmin), Frances Bourne (Puck), Katherine Fuge (First Mermaid), Charlotte Mobbs (Second Mermaid), Roger Allam (narrator)
Orchestre Revolutionnaire Et Romantique with The...
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Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2005, Disc of the month
It would be hard to overestimate the importance of this recording of Weber's final opera
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Contents and tracklist
- Roger Allam (narrator), Mark Dobell (voice), Charlotte Mobbs (voice), Lindsay Wagstaff (voice), Steve Davislim (bass), Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano), William Dazeley (bass), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Marina Comparato (mezzo-soprano), Frances Bourne (mezzo-soprano), Charlotte Mobbs (soprano), Katherine Fuge (soprano)
- Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 2002-03-15
- Recording Venue: The Colosseum, Watford
Awards and reviews
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BBC Music MagazineAugust 2005Disc of the month
1st August 2005
It would be hard to overestimate the importance of this recording of Weber's final opera
Awards Issue 2005
Best is Jonas Kaufmann's Huon. Kaufmann brings all the lyrical sweetness and technical skill for that part of it, and can still produce extra power and ring for the heroics. The Monteverdi Choir make a point of singing in character and with attention to the dramatic situation.
