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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen, Sinfonietta
RecommendedLucy Crowe (Vixen), Gerald Finley (Forester), Sophia Burgos (Fox), Jan Martiník (Badger/Parson), Peter Hoare (Mosquito/Rooster/Schoolmaster), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Harašta)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
If this Vixen is good, the Sinfonietta is outstanding – arguably the best on disc, though you need to experience the work in a concert hall with the nine trumpets blazing. They’re supremely... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th September 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex & Apollon Musagète
RecommendedJennifer Johnston (Jocasta), Stuart Skelton (Oedipus), Gidon Saks (Creon) & Fanny Ardant (narrator)
Gentlemen of the Monteverdi Choir & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Johnston's superb interpretation lifts the whole performance up a couple of notches...But John Eliot Gardiner's conducting somehow misses the work's elusive power. — More…
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Building a Library, May 2018, Recommended Recording
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th April 2014
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Bernstein: Candide
RecommendedLeonardo Capalbo (Candide), Jane Archibald (Cunegonde), Anne Sofie von Otter (Old Lady), Thomas Allen (Dr Pangloss/Narrator)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Marin Alsop
In the title role, Leonardo Capalbo offers charm, delicacy and a touch of melancholy. Jane Archibald makes an amiable Cunegonde, though her showpiece ‘Glitter and be gay’ doesn’t sparkle enough.... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Record Review, 9th October 2021, Record of the Week
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th October 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Opera
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Shchedrin - The Enchanted Wanderer
DSD recording, Mariinsky Concert Hall, St Petersburg, July 2008
Sergei Aleksashkin, Kristina Kapustinskaya & Evgeny Akimov
Mariinsky Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev
The Mariinsky's stalwart bass Sergey Aleksashkin is sonorous in the title part, alongside the high tenor Evgeny Akimov in several roles and the dusky-voiced mezzo Kristina Kapustinskaya as the... — More…
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Janacek: Glagolitic Mass & Taras Bulba
Aga Mikolaj (soprano), Iris Vermillion (contralto), Stuart Neill (tenor), Arutjun Kotchinian (bass)
RundfunkSinfonieorchester & Chor Berlin, Marek Janowski
A lean, cleanly contoured Glagolitic, lacking the elemental charge and raw abandon of some versions. Taras Bulba is generally well played, if again short on real cutting edge and excitement. — More…
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Haydn: Philemon and Baucis Christoph Genz (tenor), Maren Engelhardt (mezzo-soprano), Jan Petryka (tenor) & Alexandra Reinprecht (soprano)
Vocalforum Graz & Haydn Sinfonietta Wien, Manfred Huss
Manfred Huss directs his ever-alert period band with verve and aplomb… — More…
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The Essence Of Viennese Music
Opera, operetta and dance
Edith Lienbacher (soprano), Herbert Lippert (tenor)
Bruckner Orchester Linz, Peter Guth
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Bonynge and his orchestra give it a loving and, when needed, fizzing performance, and the recording is clear and well balanced. — More…
