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New, Offer, Prokofiev: Complete Symphonies & Concertos
Orchestra & Chorus of the Marinksy Theatre, Valery Gergiev
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Live recording from the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 2013
Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Iréne Theorin (Brünnhilde), Mikhail Petrenko (Hagen), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich), Gerd Grochowski (Gunther), Waltraud Meier (Waltraute/Zweite Norn); Teatro alla Scala, Daniel Barenboim, Guy Cassiers
Its greatest asset is Daniel Barenboim's conducting, less vigorous perhaps than his Bayreuth cycle but generally more fluent and sweeping, with fewer abrupt tempo changes, and the La Scala orchestra... — More…
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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Jacquelyn Wagner (Fiordiligi), Michèle Losier (Dorabella), Frédéric Antoun (Ferrando), Philippe Sly (Guglielmo), Paulo Szot (Don Alfonso), Ginger Costa-Jackson (Despina)
Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Philippe Jordan
Jacquelyn Wagner is a poised Fiordiligi, with plenty of power for ‘Come scoglio’, while Michèle Losier sings a stylish Dorabella...The men are even finer, particularly Philippe Sly’s Guglielmo...With... — More…
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Offer, Best Wishes from José Carreras
José Carreras (tenor) & Montserrat Caballé (soprano)
Wagner: Siegfried
Johnny van Hal (Siegfried), Catherine Foster (Brünnhilde), Frieder Aurich (Mime), Tomas Möwes (Der Wanderer), Mario Hoff (Alberich), Hidekazu Tsumaya (Fafner), Nadine Weissmann (Erda) & Heike Porstein (Waldvogel)
Staatskapelle Weimar, Carl St. Clair (conductor) & Michael Schulz (director)
Magifique: Tchaikovsky Suites
Recorded at the Gare du Midi in Biarritz, 2010
Malandain Ballet Biarritz
Alonzo King Lines Ballet
Studio Production from The Kerner Studios, San Francisco, 2011
Alonzo King Lines Ballet
Verdi: La Traviata
Marlis Petersen (Violetta Valéry), Kristina Antonie Fehrs (Flora Bervoix), Fran Lubahn (Annina), Giuseppe Varano (Alfredo Germont) & James Rutherford (Giorgio Germont)
Oper Graz, Tecwyn Evans (conductor) & Peter Konwitschny (stage director)
Konwitschny is radical enough to introduce a character - silent, of course - whom Verdi and his librettist left out. That is Germont's daughter...Now to the musica performance: it is heavily... — More…
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Plácido Domingo (Simon Boccanegra), Anja Harteros (Amelia Grimaldi (Maria)), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Jacopo Fiesco) & Fabio Sartori (Gabriele Adorno)
Teatro alla Scala, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) & Federico Tiezzi (stage director)
Some signs of vocal wear ([Domingo] was 69 at the time) could be seen as fitting the character; in fact they're surprisingly few and far between...The finest vocal contribution comes from soprano... — More…