Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila

EMI: 0881982

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Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila

Label:

EMI

Catalogue No:

0881982

Series:

The Opera Series

Discs:

2

Release date:

10th Oct 2011

Barcode:

5099908819826

Medium:

CD
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Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila

Placido Domingo (Samson), Waltraud Meier (Dalila), Alain Fondary (High Priest of Dagon), Jean-Philippe Courtis (Abimelech), Samuel Ramey (An Old Hebrew)

Orchestra & Chorus of the Opera Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung

CD - 2 discs

$19.75

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Recorded in 1991

Penguin Guide

2010 edition

****

“When the big melody appears in Dalila's seduction aria, Chung's idiomatic conducting encourages a tender restraint, where others produce a full-throated roar. Meier may not have an ideally sensuous voice for the role...but her feeling for words is strong and the characterization vivid.”

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