Building a Library, Berlioz (composer)
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (Didon), Michael Spyres (Énée), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Cassandre), Orchestre et Choeur philharmonique de Strasbourg, Badischer Staatsopernchor, Choeur de l’Opéra du Rhin, John Nelson
Nelson drives the drama with unforced tempos but ample theatrical vitality and grandeur…Spyres isn’t as heroic an Aeneas as Jon Vickers…but sings with lyrical grace and spirit and decent if... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th November 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2017, Recording of the Month
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Winner - Opera
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International Opera Awards, 2018, Winner - Complete Opera Recording
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Record Review, 25th November 2017, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Winner - Opera
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Recording of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Opera Recording (19th century)
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Opera
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
RecommendedBen Heppner (Enée), Michelle DeYoung (Didon), Petra Lang (Cassandre), Sara Mingardo (Anna), Peter Mattei (Chorèbe), Stephen Milling (Narbal), Kenneth Tarver (Iopas), Toby Spence (Hylas), Alan Ewing (Priam), Guang Yang (Hécube), Isabelle Cals (Ascagne), Tigran Martirossian (Panthée), Bülent Bezdüz...
So what's so special about the performance? Try Canadian tenor Ben Heppner, outdoing his fellow countryman Jon Vickers on Sir Colin's first recording of Les Troyens. The other principals are... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2012, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2002, Winner - Opera
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2001, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique & Rameau: Suite de Hippolyte et Aricie RecommendedSwedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
an arresting juxtaposition … Smart work from the uncredited harpsichordist and taut direction by Daniel Harding anchor the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra’s performance of the suite from Hippolyte... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2016, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, February 2019, Recommended
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
RecommendedNicolai Gedda, Jules Bastin, Josephine Veasey, Richard Van Allan, Gillian Knight
Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
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Grammy Awards, 17th Awards (1974), Best Choral Performance
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Building a Library, February 2018, Also Recommended
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
RecommendedConsuelo Rubio, Richard Verreau, Michel Roux, Pierre Mollet, Heinz Kirchner (viola)
Elisabeth Brasseur Choir · Chœur Enfants · R.T.F. · Orchestre Lamoureux, Paris · Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre Lamoureax, Paris, Berliner Philharmoniker, Igor Markevitch
The names of the soloists may not be familiar to everyone nowadays (Richard Verreau, Michel Roux and Consuelo Rubio) but with the Lamoureux Orchestra and Elisabeth Brasseur Choir under Igor... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Best-kept Secrets
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Building a Library, February 2018, Also Recommended
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Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
RecommendedNicolai Gedda, Jules Bastin, Robert Massard, Roger Soyer, Derk Blackwell, Robert Lloyd
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
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Grammy Awards, 15th Awards (1972), Best Opera Recording
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This immensely grand, exciting account of the First Symphony… is a truly passionate reading, not only majestic at the biggest moments but much of the time swift-winged, living on its nerves.... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2007, First Choice
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
RecommendedAnne Sofie von Otter, Bryn Terfel, Keith Lewis & Victor von Halem
Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung
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Building a Library, February 2018, Recommended Recording
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Victoria de los Angeles
RecommendedVictoria de los Angeles, soprano (Manon) - Henri Legay, ténor (Chevalier des Grieux) - Michel Dens, baryton (Lescaut) - Jean Borthayre, basse (Comte des Grieux)
Choeurs et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique, Radcliffe Choral Society, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux,...
Recorded in mono in 1955, the set fell at a unique point in the opera's history on disc.
Previous recordings from the 78rpm era had captured the special Opéra-Comique spirit for posterity, but... — More…Awards:
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Building a Library, December 2000, Historic Choice
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Building a Library, March 2018, Also recommended
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The Berlioz Experience
RecommendedSymphonic, Choral and Vocal Works
Julia Hamari, Yvonne Minton, Jessye Norman, Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Sofie von Otter, Françoise Pollet, John Aler, Thomas Allen, Francisco Araiza, Plácido Domingo, Jean Dupouy, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Luciano Pavarotti, José van Dam, Wolfram Christ (viola), Itzhak Perlman
Claudio Abbado, Daniel...
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Building a Library, February 2018, Also Recommended
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