Grammy Awards, 48th Awards (2005) (page 1 of 1)

Verdi: Falstaff

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Michele Pertusi (Falstaff), Carlos Alvarez (Ford), Bülent Bezdüz (Fenton), Ana Ibarra (Alice Ford), Maria Josè Moreno (Nannetta), Jane Henschel (Mistress Quickly), Marina Domashenko (Meg Page)

London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis

By all accounts the performances at the Barbican were among the most enjoyable of their kind in London for a long time, and certainly the enjoyment comes across on disc. The 'how' of it isn't... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 1st Nov 2004
Catalogue No: LSO0528
Label: LSO Live

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American Classics - William Bolcom

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Measha Brueggergosman, Ilona Davidson (soprano), Joan Morris (mezzo-soprano), Nathan Lee Graham (baritone), Thomas Young (tenor), Tommy Morgan (harmonica), Peter Ruth (harmonica, vocals)

University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra & Musical Society, Leonard Slatkin

This is a magnum opus that occupied Bolcom for 25 years, starting as early as 1956. He's drawn on a wide range of musical styles to parallel Blake's method of moving from sophisticated to almost... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 28th Mar 2005
Catalogue No: 8559216-18
Label: Naxos
Series: American Classics
Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

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Michele Pertusi (Falstaff), Carlos Alvarez (Ford), Bülent Bezdüz (Fenton), Alasdair Elliott (Dr. Cajus), Peter Hoare (Bardolfo), Darren Jeffrey (Pistola), Ana Ibarra (Alice Ford), Maria Josè Moreno (Nannetta), Jane Henschel (Mistress Quickly), Marina Domashenko (Meg Page)

London Symphony Orchestra...

By all accounts the performances at the Barbican were among the most enjoyable of their kind in London for a long time, and certainly the enjoyment comes across on disc. The 'how' of it isn't... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 11th Oct 2004
Catalogue No: LSO0055
Label: LSO Live
Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3

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Martha Argerich (piano)

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

The Third Concerto's great Largo is as deeply expressive as it needs to be...Argerich's account of Beethoven's outrageous cadenza for No. 2 is spellbinding, and she dispatches the finale with... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2005 More…