Sergei Leiferkus
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Verdi: Otello
RecommendedPlácido Domingo (Otello), Cheryl Studer (Desdemona), Sergei Leiferkus (Iago), Ramón Vargas (Cassio), Michael Schade (Rodrigo), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Lodovico), Giacomo Prestia (Montano), Denyce Graves (Emilia)
Bastille Opera, Myung-Whun Chung
theatre, so Otello is a difficult opera to bring off out of it. For some years now, Domingo has been, on stage, the greatest Otello of our age. On record, though, he has had less success. Leiferkus... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2001, First Choice
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Rachmaninoff: The Miserly Knight, Op. 24
RecommendedSergei Leiferkus (The Baron), Richard Berkeley-Steele (Albert), Maxim Mikhailov (The Servant), Viacheslav Voynarovskiy (The Money-lender), Albert Schagidullin (The Duke), Matilda Leyser (Aerialist)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski, directed by Annabel Ardenmir
A rather sobering story derived from a play by Pushkin, The Miserly Knight tells the story of a profligate son attempting, by various means both above- and below-board, to extract some money... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, DVD Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel
RecommendedSerge Leiferkus, Galina Gorchakova, Evgenia Perlasova-Verkovich, Mikhail Kit, Larissa Dyadkova, Evgeni Boitsov, Vladimir Gauzin, Yuri Laptev, Valery Lebed
Kirov Chorus and Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Opera
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Charlotte Margiono (Leonore), Peter Seiffert (Florestan), László Polgár (Rocco), Sergei Leiferkus (Pizarro), Barbara Bonney (Marzelline), Deon van der Walt (Jaquino), Bo Skovus (Fernando), Reinaldo Macias (First Prisoner), Robert Florianschutz (Second Prisoner)
Schoenberg Choir, Chamber Orchestra...
Everything Harnoncourt touches leaves a sense of a country rediscovered: we listen to the piece in hand with new ears. So it is again here. Beethoven's sole but intractable opera has seldom... — More…
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Rachmaninov: The Complete Works
Recommendedlimited edition
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Zoltán Kocsis (piano), Jorge Bolet (piano), Alexis Weissenberg (piano), André Previn (piano), Vovka Ashkenazy (piano), Nelson Freire (piano), Heinrich Schiff (cello), Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Lynn Harrell (cello), Peter Jablonski (piano), Dene...
Incredibly good value for money and - above all - the performances are of the highest quality from beginning to end. Nobody who loves Rachmaninov should be without this. — More…
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Building a Library, April 2017, Also Recommended
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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen
Lucy Crowe (Vixen), Emma Bell (Fox), Sergei Leiferkus (Forester), William Dazeley (Harasta), Mischa Schelomianski (Badger/Parson), Jean Rigby (Forester's Wife/Owl), Adrian Thompson (Schoolmaster/Mosquito), Colin Judson (Pásek, Innkeeper), Sarah Pring (Innkeeper’s Wife)
London Philharmonic Orchestra,...
Still, with her background in choreography and a very visceral take on children's theatre, is an ideal director. There's nothing cutesy about her treatment of the animal characters...Jurowski... — More…
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Gianni Schicchi & The Miserly Knight
Sergei Leiferkus & Matilda Leyser, Alessandro Corbelli (Gianni Schicchi), Sally Matthews (Lauretta), Felicity Palmer (Zita), Massimo Giordano (Rinuccio), Adrian Thompson (Gherardo), Olga Schalaeva (Nella), Christopher Waite (Gherardino), Maxim Mikhailov II (Betto di Signa), Luigi Roni (Simone),...
Annabel Arden’s dark staging of Rachmaninov’s opera and her brilliantly funny view of Puccini’s comedy make for a perfect Glyndebourne evening. Sergei Leiferkus and Alessandro Corbelli are memorable... — More…
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Shostakovich - Songs & Operas Luba Organosova (soprano), Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Larissa Dyadkova (mezzo-soprano), Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), Elena Zaremba (contralto), Philip Langridge (tenor), Ilya Levinsky (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Sergei Leiferkus (bass) &...
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Fairytale Operas
Hänsel und Gretel, The Cunning Little Vixen, The Adventures of Pinocchio
Angelika Kirchschlager, Diana Damrau, Thomas Allen, Lucy Crowe, Emma Bell, Sergei Leiferkus, Victoria Simmonds, Jonathan Summers, Sir Colin Davis, Vladimir Jurowski, Opera North
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Domingo shows his versatility in this generous compilation of extracts from Verdi's operas, recorded over a period of 29 years. Some roles suit him better than others, but there's artistic intelligence... — More…
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