Blu-Ray Video, Mussorgsky (composer)
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Recommended1869 version
Bryn Terfel (Boris), Kostas Smoriginas (Andrey Shchelkalov), John Graham-Hall (Shuisky), Ain Anger (Pimen), David Butt Philip (Gregory), John Tomlinson (Varlaam), Rebecca de Pont Davies (Hostess)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano, Richard Jones
I am very grateful that we have a well-made recording of this production, which allows us at last to see the 1869 version as an independent work of art that makes sense in its own terms, a... — More…
Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Opera
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Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ivan Khovansky), Vladimir Atlantov (Andrey Khovansky), Yuri Marusin (Golitsyn), Anatoly Kocherga (Shaklovity), Paata Burchuladze (Dosifey), Ludmila Semtschuk (Marfa), Brigitte Poschner-Klebel (Susanna);
Wiener Staatsoper, Claudio Abbado, Alfred Kirchner (dir.)
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Boris), Yulia Sokolik (Fyodor), Eri Nakamura (Xenia), Heike Grötzinger (Nurse), Gerhard Siegel (Schuisky), Markus Eiche (Andrey), Anatoli Kotscherga (Pimen), Sergey Skorokhodov (Grigory), Vladimir Matorin (Varlaam) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Kent Nagano, Calixto Bieito
the updating seems neither modish nor forced, and is carried out with economy and intelligence...There's no dip in commitment anywhere in the cast. Tsymbalyuk's Boris, sung in a pleasingly smooth,... — More…
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Solti: Journey of a lifetime
Celebrating the 100th birthday of Sir Georg Solti
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Talking heads opine that Solti's career only soared after Bohm retired and Karajan died...it does provide some remarkable anecdotes...such as Solti becoming great cronies with Theodor Adorno...Most... — More…
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Mariss Jansons conducts Dvorak & Mussorgsky
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Orlin Anastassov (Boris), Alessandra Marianelli (Xenia), Pavel Zubov (Fyodor), Ian Storey (Grigory), Vladimir Vaneev (Pimen), Peter Bronder (Prince Shuisky), Vasily Ladjuk (Andrey Shchelkalov), Vladimir Matorin (Varlaam)
Teatro Regio, Torino, Gianandrea Noseda, Andrei Konchalovsky
Konchalovsky sticks to the 1869 original...Orlin Anastassov makes a rich-voiced but wildly over-the-top Godunov...It's good to have the superlative treble Pavel Zubov as Boris's son Fyodor...Best... — More…
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Weinberg: Trumpet Concerto & Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
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The performances are a wonderful showcase for the refined sound of the Gewandhaus Orchestra. Strings are unfailingly rich and burnished, brass have a full-bodied tone and woodwinds often distinguish... — More…