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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Phyllis Curtin (soprano), Nicholas Di Virgilio (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
Although visually showing its age, the stereo sound on this broadcast of the American premiere of the War Requiem sounds remarkably fresh and vivid, and Leinsdorf is authoritative. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, DVD of the Month
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Verdi: Aida
Gabriella Tucci (Aida), Mario Del Monaco (Radamès), Giulietta Simionato (Amneris), Aldo Protti (Amonasro), Paolo Washington (Ramfis), Silvano Pagliuca (Il Re di Egitto), Athos Cesarini (Un Messaggero), Sumie Kawauchi (Una Sacerdotessa)
The NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Broadcasting Chorus &...
They don’t make ’em like this any more. Nor should they, really, as performing styles have changed. But as an example of what increasingly seems a golden age of Verdi-singing, this is almost... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2008, DVD of the Month
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Shostakovich: The Nose
Eduard Akimov (Platon Kuzmich Kovalyov), Alexander Lomonosov (The Nose), Valery Belykh (Ivan Yakovlevich, a barber), Nina Sasulova (Praskovia Osipovna, the barber's wife), Boris Tarkhov (Local Policeman), Boris Druzhinin (Ivan, Kovalyov's footman), Ashot Sarkisov (Doctor)
Soloists, Chorus and...
Rozhdestvensky leads a production in which the irreverent, slapstick-esque elements of the score are brought to the fore. — More…
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Tchaikovsky: Charodeika
Live performance from 1984
Larissa Zyryanova (Nastasya - 'Kuma'), Vladimir Stepanov (Prince Nikita Kurlyatev), Lyudmila Korzhakova (Princess Yevpraksiya Romanovna), Vadim Valyuta (Prince Yuriy), Alexander Pravilov (Mamirov), A. Perfilova (Nenila), E. Sedov (Ivan Zhuran), Dimitri Sukhanov (Foka), L. Lebedovskaya (Polya), N....
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The Golden Age of Singing, Vol. 1
Leontyne Price (soprano), Joan Sutherland, Jussi Bjoerling, Richard Tucker, Renata Tebaldi, Franco Corelli, Howard Barlow, Wilfrid Pelletier, Harry John Brown
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The Golden Age of Singing, Vol. 2
Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Lauritz Melchior, Jussi Bjoerling, Roberta Peters, Howard Barlow, Wilfrid Pelletier, Harry John Brown
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Ethel Merman & Mary Martin
The soundtrack of their legendary appearance on the Ford 50th Anniversary Show, June 15 1953
Ethel Merman & Mary Martin
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Evelyn Lear Narrates Poulenc & Satie
Evelyn Lear (narrator), Barbara Weintraub (piano), Carter Brey (cello), James Tocco (piano)
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