James Levine
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On paper it seems an unlikely pairing. On disc, however, it is something of a triumph, a recording that is far more than a mere souvenir d'occasion of a memorable night in Carnegie Hall. Intriguingly,... —
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Building a Library, April 2010, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2006, Editor's Choice
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Verdi: Rigoletto
RecommendedLuciano Pavarotti (Il Duca), Vladimir Chernov (Rigoletto), Cheryl Studer (Gilda), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Sparafucile), Denyce Graves (Maddalena), Jane Shaulis (Giovanna), Ildebrando d' Arcangelo (Monterone), Dwayne Croft (Marullo), Paul Groves (Borsa), Yanni Yannissis (Il Conte di Ceprano), Heidi Grant...
Levine conducts a thrustful, exceptionally high-powered reading of Rigoletto, vividly dramatic. The sound is full and immediate...Chernov is a firm, clear, virile Rigoletto...Studer is a tenderly... —
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Building a Library, June 2013, First Choice
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This was a strong contender in an overcrowded field when it was first released. You'd be hard pressed to find either a more positive or a more intelligent Turiddu or Santuzza than Domingo or... —
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Building A Library, April 2026, Top Choice
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Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5
RecommendedItzhak Perlman (violin)
Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine
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Grammy Awards, 30th Awards (1987), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été & Six Mélodies
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Cord Garben (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, James Levine
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If you're after a single disc sampler of the main chamber works, James Levine's collaboration with the Ensemble Wien-Berlin offers eloquent and chic accounts of the Sextet, flute and clarinet... —
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Building a Library, May 2003, First Choice
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Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
RecommendedThomas Allen (Eugene Onegin), Mirella Freni (Tatyana), Anne Sofie von Otter (Olga), Neil Shicoff (Lensky), Rosemary Lang (Larina), Ruthild Engert (Filipyevna), Paata Burchuladze (Gremin)
Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden, James Levine
The new Onegin merits an almost unreserved recommendation […] the central performances by Mirella Freni and Thomas Allen are compellingly vivid. —
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Mozart: Coronation Mass & Haydn: Paukenmesse
Sylvia McNair (soprano), Delores Ziegler (mezzo), Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Andreas Schmidt (baritone)
Berliner Philharmoniker, RIAS-Kammerchor, James Levine
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