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DVD Video, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
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Life with Czech Music - Janacek & Martinu
RecommendedElisabeth Söderström (soprano), Drahomira Drobkova (contralto), Frantisek Livora (tenor), Richard Novak (bass), Jan Hora (organ), Kvetoslava Nemeckova (soprano), Leo Marian Vodicka (tenor), Vaclav Zitek (baritone), Josef Ruzicka (piano), Jan Bouse (timpani), Eva Urbanova (soprano), Bernarda Fink...
Even the recording acoustic is warm, enough sometimes to curl the music’s edges and smudge away little details. But Mackerras’s handling of this repertoire is so fresh, so responsive to the... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Choral
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Celebrating Verdi
Verdi’s Legendary Interpreters
Tito Gobbi (baritone)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, Carlo Maria Giulini, Sir Charles Mackerras
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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen
Thomas Allen (The Forester), Eva Jenis (The Vixen), Hannah Minutillo (The Fox), Libuše Márová (The Forester’s Wife/The Owl) & Ivan Kusnjer (Harašta, the Poacher)
Orchestre de Paris & Choeur du Chatelet, Charles Mackerras (conductor) & Nicholas Hytner (stage director)
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Mozart in Turkey
A film by Elijah Moshinsky and Mick Csáky, of and about Mozart's opera.
Paul Groves, Yelda Kodalli, Désirée Rancatore, Lynton Atkinson, Peter Rose, Oliver Tobias
Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Choir, Sir Charles Mackerras
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Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Roberto Alagna (Roméo), Leontina Vaduva (Juliette), Sarah Walker (Gertrude), Robert Lloyd (Frère Laurence), Peter Sidhom (Capulet), Paul Charles Clarke (Tybalt), David Wilson-Johnson (Le Prince), Jeremy White (Gregorio), François Le Roux (Mercutio), Anne Maria Panzarella (Stéphano), Richard Halton...
Leontina Vaduva is a touching Juliette… There's real passion in her Tomb aria… Roméo is the role that catapulted tenor Roberto Alagna into a celebrity. Best of all is Charles Mackerras conducting... —
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Andrei Beschasny (Don Giovanni), Ludek Vele (Leporello), Nadezhda Petrenko (Donna Anna), Vladimír Doležal (Don Ottavio), Jirina Marková (Donna Elvira), Alice Randová (Zerlina), Zdenek Harvánek (Masetto), Dalibor Jedlicka (Commendatore)
Prague National Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
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Mozart in Turkey
A film by Elijah Moshinsky and Mick Csáky, of and about Mozart's opera.
Paul Groves (Belmonte), Yelda Kodalli (Konstanze), Désirée Rancatore (Blonde), Lynton Atkinson (Pedrillo), Peter Rose (Osmin), Oliver Tobias (Bassa Selim)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Choir, Sir Charles Mackerras
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What is in fact performed here is the rarely heard original version… at its most striking in the Credo: its dramatic portrayal of the earthquake and storm unleashed at Jesus's death is realised... —
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Special offer. An Evening with the Royal Ballet and the Royal Opera
Tamara Rojo, Carlos Acosta, Alina Cojocaru, Leanne Benjamin, Alina Cojocaru & Johan Kobborg, Luke Heydon & Carlos Acosta, Miyako Yoshida, Steven McRae, Marianela Nunez, Thiago Soares, Christopher Saunders, William Tuckett, Darcey Bussell, Roberto Bolle, Renée Fleming, Joseph Calleja, Miah...
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Simon Keenlyside (Don Giovanni), Kyle Ketelsen (Leporello), Eric Halfvarson (Commendatore), Marina Poplavskaya (Donna Anna), Joyce DiDonato (Donna Elvira), Ramón Vargas (Don Ottavio), Miah Persson (Zerlina), Robert Gleadow (Masetto)
The Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Charles...
…as flames rage over the opening cast credits, Sir Charles Mackerras conducts an incandescent Overture which kindles the brilliance, clarity and indefatigable energy of his music direction throughout.... —
