Summer Opera - up to 40% off selected titles
We're delighted to offer a more affordable way to begin or continue your opera journey, with up to 40% off selected titles on CD, SACD, Vinyl, DVD and Blu-ray, until 12th August. Please note, downloads are not included in this offer.
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Special offer. Zemlinsky: Eine Florentinische Tragödie Op. 16
Heidi Brunner (Bianca), Wolfgang Koch (Simone) & Charles Reid (Guido Bardi)
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bertrand De Billy
The vitality of Bertrand de Billy’s conducting and the richness of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra’s playing in this 2010 concert recording are both extremely compelling. Wolfgang Koch provides... —
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Record Review, 17th February 2018, Recording of the Week
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Opera, April 2018, Recording of the Month
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Special offer. Weber: Euryanthe
Stefan Cerny, Norman Reinhardt, Jacquelyn Wagner, Andrew Foster-Williams
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Constantin Trinks
The Arnold Schoenberg Choir is excellent: precise and accurate, the women sweet-toned, the men full and solid. Jacquelyn Wagner is an appealing, fresh-voiced Euryanthe; not as smooth or elegant... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
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Special offer. Albert, E: Tiefland
Lisa Gasteen (Marta), Johan Botha (Pedro), Falk Struckman (Sebastiano), Kwangchul Youn (Tommaso), Raymond Very (Nando)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Singakademie & Heinz Ferlesch Choreinstudierung, Bertrand De Billy
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Special offer. Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
Deborah Polaski & Jane Henschel
Slovak Philharmonic Choir & Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bertrand de Billy
The sumptuousness of the score doesn't quite come across in Bertrand de Billy's performance with the Vienna Radio Symphony. The voices lack allure, too - Deborah Polaski as Ariane seems under... —
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Special offer. Puccini: Il tabarro
Johan Botha (Luigi), Wolfgang Koch (Michele), Elza van den Heever (Giorgetta), Heidi Brunner (La Frugola), Charles Reid (Il Tinca/Ballad-Seller/Young Lover), Janusz Monarcha (Il Talpa), Elisabeta Marin (Young Lover)
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Singakademie, Bertrand de Billy
[Botha] gives what is mostly a fine account of the role of Giorgetta’s young lover Luigi, his tone vital and with a healthy ring at the top of the voice; but at times there is a suggestion of... —
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Special offer. Dvořák: Jakobín
Andreas Agrelli (tenor), Trude Arthold (vocals), Leo Heppe (bass), Fritz Uhl (tenor), Gisela Rathauscher (soprano), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Walter Berry (bass-baritone), Franz Fuchs (vocals), Susanne Naidic (vocals)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Tonkunstler Choir, Kurt Tenner
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Special offer. Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 (original 3-act version, 1805)
Camilla Nylund (Leonore), Kurt Streit (Florestan), Peter Rose (Rocco), Gerd Grochowski (Pizarro), Brigitte Geller (Marzelline), Dietmar Kerschbaum (Jaquino), Martin Schwab (narrator)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arnold Schönberg Chor, Bertrand de Billy
from the first notes of the Leonore No. 2 Overture, Bertrand de Billy creates lively dramatic tension...Brigitte Geller is a bright-eyed Marzelline, Peter Rose a sympathetic and nicely characterised... —
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Special offer. Weber: Euryanthe
Jacquelyn Wagner (soprano), Theresa Kronthaler (mezzo-soprano), Norman Reinhardt (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass-baritone), Stefan Cerny (bass), Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Constantin Trinks
It’s a classic example of the modern minimalist staging that Christof Loy has been perfecting over the years….this is the most approachable and effective Euryanthe yet in the current catalogues. —
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Special offer. Weber: Euryanthe
Jacquelyn Wagner (soprano), Theresa Kronthaler (mezzo-soprano), Norman Reinhardt (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass-baritone), Stefan Cerny (bass), Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Constantin Trinks
It’s a classic example of the modern minimalist staging that Christof Loy has been perfecting over the years….this is the most approachable and effective Euryanthe yet in the current catalogues. —
