Richard Croft
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Mozart: Idomeneo, K366
RecommendedRichard Croft (Idomeneo), Bernarda Fink (Idamante), Sunhae Im (Ilia), Alexandrina Pendatchanska (Elettra), Kenneth Tarver (Arbace), Nicolas Rivenq (Gran Sacerdote) & Luca Tittoto (La Voce)
RIAS Kammerchor & Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs
Jacob's strongest players are the superb Idamante of Bernarda Fink: tender, ardent and in touch with every nerve-ending of every beautifully shaped phrase. Alexandrina Pendatchanska, from her... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th May 2009
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2009, Editor's Choice
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Verdi: Otello
RecommendedPlácido Domingo (Otello), Renée Fleming (Desdemona), James Morris (Iago), Richard Croft (Cassio), Charles Anthony (Rodrigo), Alexander Anisimov (Lodovico), Jane Bunnell (Emilia), Christopher Schaldenbrand (Un Araldo), Ted Lambrinos (Monatano)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, James...
It is good to have so telling a reminder on DVD of Placido Domingo's masterly assumption of the role of Otello...[Fleming was] then at her freshest and purest, yet also with power, looking and... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Handel: Semele
Rosemary Joshua (Semele), Hilary Summers (Juno/Ino), Richard Croft (Jupiter), Stephen Wallace (Athamas), Brindley Sherratt (Cadmus/Somnus) & Gail Pearson (Iris), David Croft (Apollo)
Early Opera Company (on period instruments), Christian Curnyn
In the title role, soprano Rosemary Joshua applies light and graceful tone and conveys Semele's wilful, pleasure-seeking nature. As her immortal lover Jupiter, tenor Richard Croft is equally... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, Editor's Choice
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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Patricia Schuman (Poppea), Richard Croft (Nerone), Kathleen Kuhlmann (Ottavia), Harry Peeters (Seneca), Darla Brooks (Drusilla), Dominique Visse (Nutrice), Curtis Rayam (Arnalta), Jeffrey Gall (Ottone); Concerto Köln, René Jacobs, Michael Hampe (dir.)
Power is the focus of Hampe's glamorous staging...Kuhlmann's Ottavia is thrilling but sexual chemistry is absent. — More…
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Twilight of the Gods: The Ultimate Wagner Ring Collection
Bryn Terfel (Wotan/Wanderer), Deborah Voigt (Brünnhilde), Jay Hunter Morris (Siegfried), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde), Jonas Kaufmann (Siegmund), Stephanie Blythe (Fricka), Eric Owens (Alberich)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, James Levine & Fabio Luisi
Terfel is the finest Wotan before the public today...Blythe's brief appearances as Fricka find her in superb voice...Kaufmann is extraordinary as Siegmund; the velvety-chocolate depths of his... — More…
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Handel Edition Volume 8 - Theodora, Acis and Galatea, etc. RecommendedSophie Daneman (Galatea), Paul Agnew (Acis), Alan Ewing (Polyphemus), Patricia Petibon (Damon), Joseph Cornwell (Coridon), Sophie Daneman (Theodora), Richard Croft (Septimius), Juliette Galstian (Irene), Daniel Taylor (Didymus), Nathan Berg (Valens), Laurent Slaars (Messenger), Eva Mei (soprano)
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Building a Library, September 2013, CD Recommendation
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Philip Glass: Satyagraha
Richard Croft, Rachelle Durkin, Kim Josephson, Alfred Walker, Metropolitan Opera & Chorus, Dante Anzolini
The cast is on the mark both vocally and physically…this release is especially recommended as a starting point to Glass’s world of music theatre. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 (New Completion by Robert Levin)
Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Nancy Maultsby (mezzo-soprano), Richard Croft (tenor), David Arnold (baritone)
Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman
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To Saint Cecilia
Les Musiciens du Louvre (early music ensemble), Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Nicholas Jenkins, Neil Baker, Luca Tittoto, Richard Croft (tenor), Anders Dahlin, Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Marc Minkowski
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