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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
RecommendedMichael Spyres (Faust), Joyce DiDonato (Marguerite), Nicolas Courjal (Méphistophélès), Alexandre Duhamel (Brander)
Coro Gulbenkian, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, John Nelson
Nelson has a great feel for the weird structure of the piece, with its sudden lurches of pace and location...Nelson’s pacing is uncannily ‘right’; he’s not one to force Berlioz, period-style,... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd November 2019
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (DiDonato)
2 CDs + DVD Video
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Plácido Domingo (Simon Boccanegra), Marina Poplavskaya (Amelia Grimaldi/Maria Boccanegra), Joseph Calleja (Gabriele Adorno), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Jacope Fiesco), Jonathan Summers (Paolo Albiani), Lukas Jakobski (Piero)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano
The result is far more than a vanity project...overall [Domingo] makes a remarkably moving and complex creation out of it...Summers is worn but malevolent in his sharply etched portrayal of... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2011, DVD of the Month
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Sacred Music: A Christmas History & A Choral Christmas RecommendedPresented by Simon Russell Beale
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Together [Beale and Christophers] form a fascinating insight into the way Christmas music has developed over the millennia from a fragment of papyrus preserving the earliest known piece of Christian... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2011
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Verdi: Requiem
Ilva Ligabue (soprano), Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Sandor Konya (tenor) & Raffaele Arié (bass)
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Carlo Maria Giulini
Yes, it’s just a mono sound recording, it’s shot in black and white and the Royal Festival Hall acoustic is not the best. Nevertheless the fifty-year old Giulini draws out a powerfully thrilling... — More…
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Janowski works thoughtfully with Dejours on translating musical ideas into sound through unselfconscious gestures. — More…
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Celebrating Verdi
Verdi’s Legendary Interpreters
Tito Gobbi (baritone)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, Carlo Maria Giulini, Sir Charles Mackerras
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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
Dame Janet Baker (The Angel), John Shirley Quirk (The Priest & The Angel of the agony) & Peter Pears (Gerontius)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Sir Adrian Boult
Boult’s handling of the Prelude, and his masterly accompaniment – especially to Janet Baker’s radiant final benediction – is so beautiful, so magisterial in its intensity, that it feels as though... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2016, DVD of the Month
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Sir Colin Davis Anthology
Limited Edition of 5000
Ben 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)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
despite the film’s scrappy construction music and man emerge loud and clear. A “reluctant king” is Sir David Attenborough’s description. His baton, Mitsuko Uchida, the pianist, crisply says,... — More…
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Christine Schäfer (soprano), Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Thielemann
it's a performance of great warmth, dignity and impressive power. Much of the visual interest is provided by the batonless Christian Thielemann, using his eyes and large, eloquent hands, almost... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2011, DVD Choice
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José Carreras & Claudio Abbado - Frankfurt Concert 1992
RecommendedA Gala Concert Recorded Live from the Alte Oper Frankfurt
Jose Carreras (tenor), Martin Haselböck (organ), Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Toelzer Boys’ Choir
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
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Building a Library, February 2010, First Choice (DVD)
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