Blu-Ray Video, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
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Special offer. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61 & Overture, Op. 21
RecommendedCeri-Lyn Cissone (narrator), Alexander Knox (narrator) & Frankie Wakefield (narrator)
London Symphony Orchestra & The Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
…much to enjoy here…pinpoint precision of melody-carrying flutes and violins, the sure footed bass and above all a sense that the composer is being taken seriously. — More…
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd February 2017
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, Orchestral Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2017, Winner - Musique Symphonique
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
SACD + Blu-ray
Original price ($14.00) Reduced price $10.50Downloads
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Special offer. Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Lucile Richardot (contralto)
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Video Performance
DVD Video + Blu-ray
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Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610)
filmed at the Chapelle Royale at Versailles
Monteverdi Choir & The English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Gardiner's 30-strong choir allows him to shape the psalm movements like richly upholstered madrigals, chiselling out contrasts between very loud and very quiet, varying the pace at will and... — More…
DVD Video + Blu-ray
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Monteverdi: l'Orfeo
Krystian Adam (Orfeo), Hana Blažíková (La Musica/Euridice), Anna Dennis (Ninfa), Kangmin Justin Kim (Speranza), Lucile Richardot (Messaggera), Francesca Boncompagni (Proserpina), Gianluca Burrato (Caronte/Plutone), Furio Zanasi (Apollo)
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot...
strong contributors include Lucile Richardot (the Messenger) who gives a moving narration of Eurdice’s death in Act II, and the countertenor Kangmin Kim (Hope), who guides Orfeo down to Hell... — More…
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New Year’s Concert
Live recording from the Teatro La Fenice, 1 January 2013
Desirée Rancatore (soprano) & Saimir Pirgu (tenor)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro La Fenice & Members of the Ballet of Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
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Bizet: Carmen
Anna Caterina Antonacci (Carmen), Andrew Richards (Don José), Anne-Catherine Gillet (Micaëla), Nicolas Cavallier (Escamillo), Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Adrian Noble
Gardiner injects plenty of period-instrument vim and vigour with his splendid Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, which takes Carmen back to her opéra comique roots. — More…
