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Blu-Ray Video, Dvořák (composer)
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Dvořák: Rusalka
Asmik Grigorian (Rusalka), Eric Cutler (The Prince), Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev (Vodník), Katarina Dalayman (Ježibaba), Karita Mattila (The Foreign Princess), Teatro Real, Ivor Bolton, Christof Loy
Loy’s concept works well and the stylish production values make this one of the most successful Rusalkas on film...Central to the success of Loy’s production is Asmik Grigorian’s outstanding,... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Opera
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Special offer. Dvořák: Rusalka
Asmik Grigorian (Rusalka), David Butt Philip (Prince), Matthew Rose (Vodník), Emma Bell (Foreign Princess), Sarah Connolly (Ježibaba)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Royal Opera Chorus, Natalie Abrahami, Ann Yee, Semyon Bychkov
Grigorian’s dramatic commitment is never in doubt...Bychkov conducts it wonderfully well, too, his spacious speeds allowing both emotion and detail to register fully. There are moments of yearning... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Special offer. Dance & Quartet
Three Ballets by Heinz Spoerli
Hagen Quartett: Lukas Hagen (1st violin), Rainer Schmidt (2nd violin), Veronika Hagen (viola), Clemens Hagen (violoncello), Soloists: Seh Yun Kim, Arsen Mehrabyan, Soloists: Sarah-Jane Brodbeck, Tigran Mikayelyan, Soloists: Yen Han
Zürcher Ballett
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Václav Neumann conducts Dvorak & Janacek
Live recording from the Smetana Hall, Prague, 1986
Czech Philharmonic, Václav Neumann
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a terrific memento of a marvellous concert...The performance of the New World...is out of the top drawer, with the same outstanding qualities as their audio recording....Nelsons makes the Symphony... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2013, Blu-ray of the Month
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The Mumbai Concerts
Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Denis Matsuev (piano), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
Mehta is ageing in fine style: the control and precision of his conducting remain phenomenal, yet there is none of the sports car gear-changing which, in earlier vintages, he often seemed unable... —
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Karajan and Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Symphoniker, Herbert von Karajan
an electrifying performance by a rejuvenated Berlin Philharmonic at the peak of its powers; it is also a visually stunning record of a masterclass in virtuoso conducting...[The bonus-feature]... —
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Richard Strauss: Don Quixote & Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Wen Xiao Zheng (viola) & Anton Barakhovsky (violin)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
It’s the Dvorak that’s the real draw here. The symphony’s rapturous reception – the genuine rapture of an audience bowled over and ablaze with joy – says it all. —
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Special offer. Dvořák: Rusalka
Sally Matthews (Rusalka), Alexander Roslavets (Vodnik), Evan Leroy Johnson (Prince), Patricia Bardon (Ježibaba)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robin Ticciati, Melly Still
A deeply satisfying production...Spectacular to look at, too, with death-defying stage flying...the closing pages of the score blaze rather than smoulder with Robin Ticciati and the LPO playing... —
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The piece that fits well with the New World is the concert overture, Othello…Nelsons conveys the work’s turbulent passions, with marvellous control over dynamics and articulation…the sense of... —
