Chandos: CHAN10449Dvorak: Rusalka, Op. 114 |
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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  0095115144923 CHAN 10449 | Recorded live at the Sydney Opera House in March 2007
Cheryl Barker (soprano) / Rosario La Spina (tenor) / Bruce Martin (baritone) / Elizabeth Whitehouse (soprano) / Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-soprano) / Sarah Crane (soprano) / Taryn Fiebig (soprano) / Dominica Matthews (mezzo-soprano) / Barry Ryan (baritone) & Sian Pendry (soprano) Opera Australia Chorus & Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Richard Hickox 3 CDs for the price of 2 ‘It is hard to imagine anyone doing the title role better” (The Australian) “Hickox conducts with real theatrical warmth…” BBC Music Magazine, March 2008 **** “As music director of Opera Australia… Richard Hickox… has made a bold choice in Dvorák's last and greatest opera, Rusalka, when there is a near-definitive version available on Decca with a mainly Czech cast and the Czech Philharmonic conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras. Cheryl Baker may not have so creamily beautiful a voice as Renée Fleming but she sounds more aptly girlish and fresh. Tenor Rosario La Spina as the Prince is younger-sounding, more virile and more expressive than the Heldentenor Ben Heppner on decca. As for Hickox, he conducts this magical score with a bite that brings out the elements so closely related to the Salvonic Dances. A final choice must remain marginal, but anyone who wants a new-minted version of one of the most magical of all operas... more atmospherically recorded than on Decca - this new Chandos version makes an excellent choice.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2008 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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