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Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier
Camilla Nylund (Die Feldmarschallin), Peter Rose (Baron Ochs), Paula Murrihy (Octavian), Hanna-Elisabeth Muller (Sophie)
Dutch National Opera Chorus, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht
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Mozart: La Betulia liberata, K118
Christian Zenker (Ozia), Margot Oitzinger (Giuditta), Marelize Gerber (Amital), Markus Volpert (Achior), Elisabeth Breuer (Cabri & Carmi)
L'Orfeo Barockorchester, Michi Gaigg
L'Orfeo Barockorchester play with an attractive thrust and graininess, with solos well taken and horns ringing out gloriously...a vivid and dramatic snapshot of this stage in the wunderkind's... — More…
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Strauss, R: Elektra
Michaela Schuster (Klytämnestra), Evelyn Herlitzius (Elektra), Camilla Nylund (Chrysothemis), Hubert Delamboye (Aegisth) & Gerd Grochowski (Orest)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra & Toonkunst Choir Amsterdam, Marc Albrecht
If there's such a thing as an anti-Solti Elektra, this is it...[it] burns at its own distinctive temperature, with a strong sense of live-performance through-line and in a much more orchestrally... — More…
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Ladies First! Opera arias by Joseph Haydn
Lisa Larsson (soprano), Maarten Komingsberger (baritone)
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend
Bright and soubrettish of tone...what she lacks in richness and depth, the Swedish soprano makes up for in dramatic involvement...Larsson is well supported by the slightly raw period sonorities... — More…
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Mozart: Gran Partita
Vinciane Baudhuin (oboe), Annelies Decock (violin), Mika Akiha (viola), Ronan Kernoa (cello), Ewald Demeyere (fortepiano)
Quatuor Dialogues
Quatuor Dialoguees and the fortepianist Ewald Demeyere make a decent case for the arrangement…[and] there’s some touching extempore ornamentation throughout — More…
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Raffaella Milanesi (Dido), Richard Helm (Aeneas), Stefanie True (Belinda), Iason Marmaras (Sorceress), Michela Antenucci (First Witch, Sailor) & Anna Bessi (Second Witch, Spirit)
La Risonanza & Coro Constanzo Porta, Fabio Bonizzoni
The real star is the instrumental playing (how the dances swing!); and with less at stake, warmly stylish, The Love of Mars and Venus proves a delightful postscript. — More…
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…far from being depressing, the programming here, both thoughtful and vividly imaginative, serves to stimulate the senses and lift the spirit. A fresh and unmannered introductory performance... — More…
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Handel & Mozart: Arias and Overtures Mari Eriksmoen
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
Forget the less than perfect presentation and enjoy the top-drawer singing. — More…
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Purcell: Symphony While The Swans Come Forward Johannette Zomer (soprano)
La Sfera Armoniosa, Mike Fentross
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Strauss, R: Arabella
Jacquelyn Wagner (Arabella), Agneta Eichenholz (Zdenka), James Rutherford (Mandryka), Will Hartmann (Matteo), Marcel Reijans (Elemer), Susanne Elmark (Fiakermilli), Alfred Reiter (Count Waldner), Charlotte Margiono (Adelaide)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht
Jacquelyn Wagner here in this recording convinces fom the start. The clarity and diction of the middle soprano range impress…the Netherlands Philharmonic sounds infallibly gorgeous. The balances... — More…
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