DVD Video, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI (orchestra)
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Rossini: Le Siège de Corinthe
Luca Pisaroni (Mahomet II), John Irvin (Cléomène), Nino Machaidze (Pamira), Sergey Romanovsky (Néoclès), Xabier Anduaga (Adraste), Cecilia Molinari (Ismène)
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Della Rai, Coro Del Teatro Ventidio Basso, Carlus Padrissa, Roberto Abbado
Padrissa...balances three directorial strands to good effect… The cast oozes charisma as well as vocal élan. Luca Pisaroni is an exciting Mahomet, dominating the state… Romanovsky’s blend of... — More…
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Celibidache makes the most of Prokofiev's balletic moments, and has a keen sense of pacing and balance in Strauss. The sound could be more opulent, both from the orchestra, and as recorded. — More…
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March to the Scaffold' may be slow, but this live performance, unfussily filmed, shows Celibidache moulding detail of balance and rubato to great effect. The sound is dry, and there are no... — More…
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Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide
Pretty Yende, Juan Diego Florez, Sergey Romanovsky, Victoria Yarovaya, Nicola Ulivieri, Xabier Anduaga
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Giacomo Sagripanti, Marshall Pynkoski
A feast of first-class singing lifts a forgotten opera to the heights. — More…
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Even with a reduced orchestra, Celibidache creates a full sound here. But there's also some energetic and precise phrasing, lightness in the fast movements, and obvious enjoyment from a beaming... — More…
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Sergiu Celibidache's Bruckner is often monumental. It is also revelatory in a way no other Bruckner conductor
equals. Celibidache conducts these great symphonies as if he were King Lear himself,... — More… -
Verdi/Puccini: 3 Live Operas
Plácido Domingo (Rigoletto), Julia Novikova (Gilda), Vittorio Grigolo (Duca di Mantova), Ruggero Raimondi (Sparafucile), Nino Surguladze (Maddalena), Eteri Gvazava (Violetta Valéry), José Cura (Alfredo Germont), Rolando Panerai (Giorgio Germont), Catherine Malfitano (Tosca), Plácido Domingo (Cavaradossi),...
