Samuel Ramey
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Special offer. Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims
RecommendedKatia Ricciarelli (Madame Cortese), Lucia Valentini Terrani (Marchesa Melibea), Lella Cuberli (Contessa di Folleville), Cecilia Gasdia (Corinna), Eduardo Giménez (Cavalier Belfiore), Francisco Araiza (Conte di Libenskof), Samuel Ramey (Lord Sidney), Ruggero Raimondi (Don Profondo), Enzo Dara (Baron...
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Recording of the Year
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Strauss, R: Elektra
RecommendedSchwarz, Voigt, Jerusalem, Ramey
Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinopoli
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The set’s high point is ‘Das war sehr gut, Mandryka’ from Arabella, in which the gradual expansion of her tone quality becomes a visceral dramatisation of how her character fearlessly opens... — More…
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Special offer. Bernstein: On The Town
RecommendedThomas Hampson (Gabey), David Garrison (Ozzie), Samuel Ramey (Pitkin), Kurt Ollmann (Chip), Frederica von Stade (Claire), Tyne Daly (Hildy), Marie McLaughlin (Ivy), Evelyn Lear (Madame Dilly), Cleo Laine (Nightclub Singer)
London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Music Theatre
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Gounod: Faust
RecommendedJerry Hadley (Faust), Cecilia Gasdia (Marguerite), Samuel Ramey (Méphistophélès), Susanne Mentzer (Siébel), Alexandru Agache (Valentin), Brigitte Fassbaender (Marthe), Philippe Fourcade (Wagner)
Welsh National Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi
Rizzi with an outstanding cast and vividly clear record, makes the whole score seem totally fresh and few. Jerry Hadley has lyrical freshness rather than heroic power...and, like Rizzi's conducting,... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
RecommendedLucia Popp (Susanna), Kiri Te Kanawa (Countess), Frederica von Stade (Cherubino), Samuel Ramey (Figaro), Thomas Allen (Count)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Kiri te Kanawa sings the Countess's aria with meltingly beautiful tone...The discreet flirtation with Cherubino...is done with some feeling...Thomas Allen is quite simply superb as the Count. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 26th Awards (1983), Best Opera Recording
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Puccini: La Rondine
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (Magda), Roberto Alagna (Ruggero), Lisette Oropesa (Lisette), Samuel Ramey (Ramblado), Marius Brenciu (Prunier)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Marco Armiliato
Armiliato's conducting...captures the right warmth, and the former Dream Team still look superb...The lyrical young Ruggero still suits Alagna...Ramey's now leathery tone embodies Ramblado's... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th September 2010
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Special offer. Bernstein: On the Town
RecommendedFrederica von Stade (Claire), Tyne Daley (Hildy), Thomas Hampson (Gabey), Samuel Ramey (Pitkin/First Workman/Announcer), Cleo Laine (Nightclub Singer), Kurt Ollmann (Chip), Evelyn Lear (Madame Dilly), Marie McLaughlin (Ivy)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, Michael Tilson Thomas
The energy and fun make this irresistable — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Music Theatre
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Special offer. Puccini: Tosca (highlights)
Mirella Freni (Tosca), Plácido Domingo (Cavaradossi), Samuel Ramey (Scarpia), Angelo Veccia (Il Sagristano), Bryn Terfel (Angelotti), Anthony Laciura (Spoletta)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Giuseppe Sinopoli
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Verdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociata
(complete opera)
June Anderson, Richard Leech, Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, James Levine
Pavarotti appeared at the Met production of ILombardi in 1993: this recording is the delayed result. He's in good voice and sings Oronte's aria with fine legato, binding the decorative turns... — More…
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