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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, Op. 11(Opera in One Act - Libretto by Béla Balázs) Sung in Hungarian
Gustáv Belácek (bass) & Andrea Meláth (mezzo-soprano) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop This recording was made after the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s end-of-season concert, described by The Times as “a spectacular finale… A knockout dramatic punch; feverishly beautiful orchestral playing; two characters, the Duke and his new wife Judith, tactile and writhing, deeply felt… Alsop inspired the Bournemouth players to excel”. “Alsop and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra prove worthy interpreters of Bartók’s psyco-drama. Alsop bathes the score in an impressionist glow, dark and glistening. She gives her excellent soloists… ample room to define the drama, while tightening the screws where appropriate, making for a suitably chilling climax.” Financial Times | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Sally Burgess & Sir John Tomlinson CBE Opera North Orchestra, Richard Farnes  BBC Music Magazine
Opera Choice - July 2006 |
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Sylvia Sass & Kolos Kovats London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti Visually-stunning staging by Hungarian director Miklós Szinetár “Georg Solti's Grammy-winning recording is more idiomatic than some much praised rivals both in his intense, atmospheric conducting (he was briefly Bartók's pupil) and his native Hungarian singers. Here it provides the soundtrack to cinema director Miklós Szinetár's vivid interpretation, capturing both author Balázs's Pelléas-like mysticism and more contemporary psychodrama. Sylvia Sass is deeply impressive, vocally incisive but sensitive and smoulderingly dramatic.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 ***** | 
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Violeta Urmana/Peter Mikulas Monte Carlo Philharmonic, Marek Janowski | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 6 working days. |
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| |  | Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th CenturyA Conducted Tour by Sir Simon Rattle. Volume 4 - Three Journeys Through Dark Landscapes
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John Tomlinson, Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet & Mátyás Sárközi BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste “The sense of gathering tension in the drama was wonderfully conveyed and the final revelation of Bluebeard’s dead wives was shattering. … John Tomlinson as Bluebeard rose magisterially above [the din of Bartók’s orchestra]. More importantly, he gave Bluebeard a world-weary and heart-sick tone that went straight to the heart of this strange and riveting drama.”
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| |  | Documents of the Munich Years, Volume 5
Munchner Philharmoniker, James Levine | Oehms - OC505 (CD - 2 discs) £18.99 (£16.16 ex. VAT) |
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Walter Berry, Christa Ludwig London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Geza Frid & Luctor Ponse (pianos), Olga Szönyi soprano (Judith), Muhaly Székely bass (Bluebeard) & Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Helgar Pilarczyk soprano (Marie) London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Hungarica, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Minneapolis Symphony Orchestraş, Antal Dorati | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Documents of the Munich YearsComplete set, volumes 1-8
Bartók: | Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, Op. 11 John Tomlinson, Kremena Dilcheva, Ors Kisfaludy Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127, Sz. 119 Jonathan Biss (piano) The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73 (Suite) | Beethoven: | Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 | Brahms: | Schicksalslied, Op. 54 Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 | Carter, E: | Variations for Orchestra | Copland: | Clarinet Concerto Martin Spangenberg (clarinet) | Domenica: | Symphony | Gershwin: | Cuban Overture | Harbison: | Symphony No. 3 | Ives, C: | Symphony No. 2 | Mahler: | Symphony No. 9 in D major | Mozart: | Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543 | Schoenberg: | Gurrelieder | Sessions: | Piano Concerto Robert Taub (piano) | Strauss, R: | Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 | Wagner: | Siegfried, Act 3 Linda Watson, Ben Heppner, Brigitta Svendén, James Morris | Weber: | Oberon Overture | Wuorinen: | Grand Bamboula |
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, James Levine With the 12CD Box presented here, the edition “Documents of the Munich Years” with James Levine and the Münchner Philharmoniker is finally completed. The recorded works by 17 different composers offer a representative impression of the Levine-era (1999-2004) in Munich. | Oehms - OC509 (CD - 12 discs) £77.49 (£65.95 ex. VAT) |
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