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Blu-Ray Video, Tchaikovsky (composer)
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Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame
Misha Didyk, Alexey Markov, Vladimir Stoyanov, Svetlana Aksenova, Larissa Diadkova
Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
4It’s certainly wacky. But it’s followed through with rigorous brilliance…musically all is superb; this is the equal of Mariss Jansons’s first-rate Bavarian CD recording, with some of the same... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2018, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, Opera Choice
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Schallplattenkritik Awards, 2018, Winner - Jahrespreis
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Igor Stravinsky/Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Mavra/Iolanta
RecommendedMirjam Mesak (Iolanta), Long Long (Vaudémont), Boris Prýgl (Robert), Markus Suihkonen (King René), Oğulcan Yilmaz (Ibn-Hakia); Anna El-Khashem (Parasha), Freddie de Tommaso (Vassili), Noa Beinart (Mother/Marta)
Opernstudio der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Axel Ranisch,...
[Mesak] makes an entirely convincing Iolanta, poised between innocence and experience, and singing with blazing conviction opposite Long Long’s lyrically ardent Vaudémont. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th December 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Young Talent (Mesak & Ioffe)
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker & The Mouse King
Anna Tsygankova (Clara Staalboom), Matthew Golding (Prince), James Stout (Nutcracker) & Alexander Zhembrovskyy (Mouse King)
Dutch National Ballet & Holland Symfonia, Ermanno Florio
This production’s overall concept is relatively novel and dispenses with some of the familiar features of the story...Golding is strong, virile and technically assured while Tsygankova exhibits... —
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20
Evelyn Hart (Odette / Odile) & Peter Schaufuss (Siegfried)
London Festival Ballet & Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Graham Bond
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Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Stéphane Degout (Onegin), Sally Matthews (Tatyana), Lilly Jørstad (Olga), Bogdan Volkov (Lensky), Nicolas Courjal, (Gremin)
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Laurent Pelly, Alain Altinoglu
Degout is wonderfully aloof as the buttoned-up Onegin, his rich baritone rolling out phrase after phrase smoothly, his Russian diction superb...The star turn comes from Bogdan Volkov as a fresh-faced... —
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International Opera Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Complete Recording
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Special offer. 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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Tchaikovsky: The Enchantress
Asmik Grigorian (Nastasya (Kuma)), Iain MacNeil (Prince Nikita), Claudia Mahnke (Princess Yevpraksiya), Alexander Mikhailov (Prince Yuri), Frederic Jost (Mamïrov/Kudma), Zanda Švēde (Nenila)
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumorchester, Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Valentin Uryupin, Vasily Barkhatov
Come for Grigorian, stay for the staging...Strongly recommended to those who enjoy exploring rare Russian repertoire. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2024, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Gran Teatro La Fenice New Year’s Concert 2012
Live Recording From The Gran Teatro La Fenice, 2012
Jessica Pratt (soprano), Walter Fraccaro (tenor) & Alex Esposito (bass)
Orchestra and Chorus of The Gran Teatro La Fenice, Diego Matheuz
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: LAC (after Swan Lake)
Anja Behrend (Le Cynge Blanc), April Ball (Le Cynge Noir), Stephan Bourgond (Le Prince), Alvaro Prieto (The King), Mimoza Koike (The Queen), Jeroen Verbruggen (Le Confident du Prince), Bernice Coppieters (Sa Majesté la Nuit)
Les Ballets de Monte Carlo & Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard...
