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Offer, Lionel Bringuier & Nelson Freire Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Nelson Freire (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Lionel Bringuier
Bringuier's evident penchant for chamber-like clarity reaps rewards in a taut yet genial reading [of the Roussel]...In the midst of their annual Proms marathon, these performances have a start... — More…
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
Bryan Hymel (Énée), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Didon), Anna Caterina Antonacci (Cassandre), Fabio Capitanucci (Chorebe), Hanna Hipp (Anna), Brindley Sherratt (Narbal), Ed Lyon (Hylas), Ji-min Park (Iopas)
Royal Opera House, Sir Antonio Pappano, Sir David McVicar
It's powerful in all senses, not least Antonio Pappano's conducting, which is dramatically hard-driven but not without atmosphere, making the love music luminously sensuous...The huge cast is... — More…
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Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict
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Stéphanie d’Oustrac (Béatrice), Paul Appleby (Bénédict), Philippe Sly (Claudio), Sophie Karthäuser (Hero), Lionel Lhote (Somarone), Frédéric Caton (Don Pedro) & Katarina Bradić (Ursule)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Antonello Manacorda, Laurent Pelly (director)
This is Pellyland, a deeply satisfying comic world with its own style conjured up for Glyndebourne by one of the most assured opera directors at work today...The LPO rise magnificently to the... — More…
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Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert
Recorded in May 2013, Philharmonie Berlin
Deborah York (soprano) & Stella Doufexis (mezzo-soprano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
The bonus documentary on Claudio Abbado's first year with the Berlin Philharmonic is full of insights…[the last concert] gave the [Berliners] a chance to show in Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's... — More…
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2 CDs + Blu-ray
$44.75In stock
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Offer, Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Anne Sofie von Otter (Marguerite), Keith Lewis (Faust), José van Dam (Méphistophélès) & Peter Rose (Brander)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Georg Solti
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Lucile Richardot (contralto)
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
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DVD Video + Blu-ray
$33.25In stock
Europakonzert 1992 from from Madrid
From the Basilica of the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo De El Escorial
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim
These are well-balanced stereo recordings, surprisingly not originally recorded multi-channel. Video is excellent usually focusing on Bernstein. — More…
Europakonzert 2001 from Istanbul
Recorded live at the Hagia Eirene church, Istanbul, 1 May 2001
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Mariss Jansons
Berlioz's flamboyant score sounds lusciously alive in the resonant acoustic...The triumphant concert also features Emmanuel Pahud...immaculately beguiling in Mozart's Flute Concerto No. 2, plus... — More…
