Gramophone Awards, 2000
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Szymanowski: Król Roger & Symphony No. 4
RecommendedThomas Hampson, Elzbieta Szmytka, Ryszard Minkiewicz, Philip Langridge, Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle
King Roger is a ravishingly beautiful opera, but a very fragile one. With a shrill soprano or a less than ideally cast tenor it would be fatally flawed. Minkiewicz's Dionysiac Shepherd betrays... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Opera
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Lifetime Achievement Award
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Handel: Acis and Galatea
RecommendedSophie Daneman (Galatea), Paul Agnew (Acis), Alan Ewing (Polyphemus), Francois Piolino (Tenor), David Le Monnier (Baritone), Andrew Sinclair (Tenor), Joseph Cornwell (Coridon) & Patricia Petibon (Damon)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
William Christie's charming performance has fine instrumental playing. Paul Agnew's chesty Acis is a bit over-exaggerated, but Sophie Daneman's seductive Galatea and Alan Ewing's villainous... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2000, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Verdi Heroines RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly
Gheorghiu displays her Verdian skills, her formidable technique and expressive power pushed to their limits but ultimately convincing. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Recital
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Classic FM People's Choice Award
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
RecommendedAstrid Varnay, Brünnhilde, Bernd Aldenhoff, Siegfried, Hermann Uhde, Gunther, Elisabeth Höngen, Waltraute, Heinrich Pflanzl, Alberich, Ludwig Weber, Hagen, Martha Mödl, Gutrune et troisième Norne, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Woglinde, Hanna Ludwig, Wellgunde, Hertha Töpper, Floßhilde, Ruth Siewert, Première...
Testament awakened this sleeping Brünnhilde after half a century in Decca's vaults, held there because of an age-old dispute over rights between that company and EMI. This is a fitting memorial,... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Special Achievement Award
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