DVD Video, Accentus Music (label)
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Berg: Wozzeck
RecommendedChristian Gerhaher (Wozzeck), Brandon Jovanovich (Drum Major), Mauro Peter (Andres), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Captain), Lars Woldt (Doctor) & Gun-Brit Barkmin (Marie)
Chor der Oper Zurich & Philharmonia Zurich, Fabio Luisi (conductor) & Andreas Homoki (stage director)
While the Lieder-like beauty of Gerhaher’s singing Is matchless – he can act too – this is no star vehicle. It is ensemble work of the highest order…the relationships are brilliantly drawn,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2017, DVD/Blu-ray Winner
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2016, DVD of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Opera
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Video Performance
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Riccardo Chailly - Concert, Opera, Documentary
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Orquesta de La Comunitat Valenciana, Lars Vogt, Nikolaj Znaider, Riccardo Chailly
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Performances & Documentaries
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Massenet: Werther
Juan Diego Flórez (Werther), Anna Stéphany (Charlotte), Mélissa Petit (Sophie), Audun Iversen (Albert), Cheyne Davidson (Le Bailli), Martin Zysset (Schmidt)
Philharmonia Zürich, Chor der Oper Zürich, Kinderchor der Oper Zürich, Cornelius Meister, Tatjana Gurbaca (dir).
Director Tatjana Gürbaca and designer Klaus Grünberg have transformed Massenet’s masterpiece into a compelling drama that glues you to the edge of your seat from start to finish…Flórez gives... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, Opera Choice
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Christian Gerhaher (Simon Boccanegra), Jennifer Rowley (Amelia Boccanegra), Christof Fischesser (Jacopo Fiesco), Otar Jorjikia (Gabriele Adorno), Nicholas Brownlee (Paolo Albiani), Brent Michael Smith (Pietro)
Philharmonia Zurich, Chor der Oper Zürich, Fabio Luisi, Andreas Homoki
Though not on the face of it an obvious Verdian, Christian Gerhaher gives a winning performance as the eponymous Doge, bringing all the nuance to the text that we would expect from a master... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns
Piotr Beczala (Prince Sou-Chong), Julia Kleiter (Lisa), Rebeca Olvera (Mi), Spencer Lang (Count Gustav von Pottenstein), Cheyne Davidson (Tschang) & Martin Zysset (Chief Eunuch)
Chor der Oper Zurich & Philharmonia Zurich, Fabio Luisi (conductor) & Andreas Homoki (stage director)
This is a magnificent achievement: a staging that lets the piece speak eloquently for itself, performed with a sense of style that’s faithful without being patronising…Kleiter’s singing has... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2018, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (Count Almaviva), Dorothea Röschmann (Countess Almaviva), Anna Prohaska (Susanna), Lauri Vasar (Figaro) & Marianne Crebassa (Cherubino)
Staatsoper Berlin, Gustavo Dudamel (conductor) & Jürgen Flimm & Bettina Hartmann (stage directors)
The brouhaha is entertaining in its way, but the essential distinction between the classes is pretty well ignored…The film direction by Hannes Rossacher is good, a particularly moving instance... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Winner - Video Performance
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Gloria In Excelsis Deo
Festive Christmas Music
Ruth Ziesak (soprano)
Church of St Mary, Marienberg, The Saxony Philharmonic Wind Orchestra, Rundfunk – Jugendchor Wernigerode & Ensemble Sonora, Thomas Clamor
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Saimir Pirgu (Il Duca di Mantova), George Petean (Rigoletto), Aleksandra Kurzak (Gilda), Andrea Mastroni (Sparafucile), Judith Schmid (Maddalena) & Julia Riley (Giovanna)
Philharmonia Zürich & Chor der Oper Zürich, Fabio Luisi (conductor) & Tatjana Gürbaca (stage director)
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The singing is generally excellent — More…
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The Mumbai Concerts
Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Denis Matsuev (piano), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
Mehta is ageing in fine style: the control and precision of his conducting remain phenomenal, yet there is none of the sports car gear-changing which, in earlier vintages, he often seemed unable... — More…
