Arthaus Musik
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Britten‘s War Requiem: 50th anniversary in Coventry
Erin Wall (soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor) & Hanno Müller-Brachmann (baritone)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus & CBSO Youth Chorus, Andris Nelsons
The three soloists are not, perhaps, quite as eminently as the originals, but they're all excellent...[Nelsons's] un-English reading, more tautly controlled and vigorous than Britten's own, reveals... — More…
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Lintu has always had an interesting analytical perspective on the symphonies but he delves even further here...To describe this as an important snapshot of orchestral Helsinki in 2015 is to belittle... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2016, DVD of the Month
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Rossini: La gazza ladra
Carlos Feller (Fabrizio), Nucci Condò (Lucia), David Kuebler (Giannetto), Ileana Cotrubaș (Ninetta), Brent Ellis (Fernando) & Alberto Rinaldi (Mayor)
Chorus of the Oper Koln & Gurzenich Orchester Koln, Bruno Bartoletti (conductor) & Michael Hampe (stage director)
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A Recital With Renée Fleming
Vienna At The Turn Of The 20th Century
Renée Fleming (soprano) & Maciej Pikulski (piano)
Fleming builds up a great sense of pathos in 'Um Mitternacht' and delivers a deeply affecting account of 'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen' supported by some wonderfully sensitive phrasing... — More…
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Bacchetti tends not to go in for blockbuster virtuoso repertoire, and the Liszt selection is tuneful and played with restrained expression, leading up Louis Diémer’s lovely Nocturne Op.15. Diémer... — More…
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Mariss Jansons conducts Beethoven & Strauss
Live from The Philharmonie Im Gasteig, Munich, 2011
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
[Uchida's] firmness and clarity of articulation [are] ideal, every phrase beautifully shaped as well as placed carefully within the larger context of each movement as a whole...Jansons is inclined,... — More…
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Wagner: Rienzi
Torsten Kerl (Rienzi), Kate Aldrich (Adriano) & Camilla Nylund (Irene)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sebastian Lang-Lessing (conductor) & Philipp Stölzl (stage director)
no relevant filmic reference...is left unquoted in design or acting. Torsten Kerl's considerable vocal and visual impersonation of the title-role has absorbed, and reproduces, Chaplin's The Great... — More…
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Mirella Freni: A Life Devoted to Opera
Mirella Freni (soprano) featuring Plácido Domingo, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Herbert Von Karajan & Luciano Pavarotti
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Puccini: Turandot
Luana Devol (La Principessa Turandot), Franco Farina (Calaf), Barbara Frittoli (Liù), Josep Ruiz (L’imperatore Altoum) & Stefano Palatchi (Timur)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Giuliano Carella (conductor) & Núria Espert (stage director)
