DVD Video, EuroArts (label)
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Benjamin Bernheim (Hoffmann), Olga Peretyatko (Antonia/Giulietta/Olympia/Stella), Luca Pisaroni (Lindorf/Coppélius/Dr Miracle/Dapertutto), Angela Brower (Muse/Nicklausse)
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, Kent Nagano, Daniele Finzi Pasca
Nagano sweeps it all along with sensuality and verve; the Hamburg orchestra is on colourful form and for a staging that is (essentially) a piece of glorious escapism, it leaves you with a surprising... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Gounod: Faust
Piotr Beczała (Faust), Ildar Abdrazakov (Méphistophélès), Maria Agresta (Marguerite), Alexey Markov (Valentin), Tara Erraught (Siébel), Paolo Rumetz (Wagner) & Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Marthe)
Wiener Philharmoniker & Philharmonia Chor Vienna, Alejo Pérez, Reinhard von der Thannen
The Vienna Philharmonic treats Gounod’s smooth lines and rich harmonies with the love and respect they deserve. — More…
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Kurt Masur – A Life for Music and Peace
Peaceful Revolution. The German Reunification
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Verbier Festival Orchestra & MDR Radio Choir, Kurt Masur
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Europakonzert 2011 from Madrid
Recorded live at Teatro Real, Madrid, 1 May 2011
Cañizares (guitar)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
Flamenco star Cañizares brings nonchalant authority to the Concierto de Aranjuez in a concert fizzing with energy, from a playful Espana to the sweeps of Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 2. — More…
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Robert Holl (Hans Sachs), Peter Seiffert (Walther von Stolzing), Emily Magee (Eva), Andreas Schmidt (Beckmesser), Birgitta Svendén (Magdalena), Endrik Wottrich (David), Matthias Hölle (Pogner), Kwangchul Youn (Nachtwächter)
Chor & Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Daniel Barenboim
The staging is the undoubtedly loving work of a cultured man who knows the piece inside out and wishes to represent it faithfully but whose other duties have prevented his developing any especially... — More…
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Cecilia Bartoli, David Kuebler, Gino Quilico, Carlos Feller, Robert Lloyd, Klaus Bruch, Paul Kappeler
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR) & Choir of Cologne City Opera, Gabriele Ferro
The 22-year-old Cecilia Bartoli is vocally dazzling and subtle in inflection as a Rosina of considerable charm who nevertheless seems less enamoured of ‘Lindoro’ than of her own manipulative... — More…
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Dances & Dreams: Gala from Berlin 2011
Recorded live at the Berlin Philharmonic, 31 December 2011
Evgeny Kissin (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
Where Rattle and company radiate love, Kissin gives us duty. Still, nothing else casts a chill. Hearing the orchestra's splendours, observing the smiles and eye contact, you'd never believe... — More…
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