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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Recommended1869 version
Bryn Terfel (Boris), Kostas Smoriginas (Andrey Shchelkalov), John Graham-Hall (Shuisky), Ain Anger (Pimen), David Butt Philip (Gregory), John Tomlinson (Varlaam), Rebecca de Pont Davies (Hostess)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano, Richard Jones
I am very grateful that we have a well-made recording of this production, which allows us at last to see the 1869 version as an independent work of art that makes sense in its own terms, a testimony... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Opera
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Britten: Death in Venice RecommendedJohn Graham-Hall (Gustav von Aschenbach), Andrew Shore (Traveller/Elderly Fop/Gondolier/Barber/ Hotel Manager Player/Dionysus), Tim Mead (Apollo), Sam Zaldivar (Tadzio), Laura Caldow (The Polish Mother), Mia Angelina Mather/Xhuliana Shehu (Her Two Daughters), Joyce Henderson (The Governess), Marcio...
It's not often one can say a production is improved by viewing on a small screen but, for me, this one was...Graham-Hall is a real stage-animal, convincing us utterly of his descent into obsession...Above... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Opera
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Britten: Albert Herring John Graham-Hall (Albert), Patricia Johnson (Lady Billows), Felicity Palmer (Florence Pike), Alan Opie (Sid), Jean Rigby (Nancy)
Soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ivor Bolton, Peter Hall
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Handel: Saul RecommendedChristopher Purves (Saul), Iestyn Davies (David), Lucy Crowe (Merab), Sophie Bevan (Michal), Paul Appleby (Jonathan), Benjamin Hulett (High Priest) & John Graham-Hall (Witch of Endor)
The Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & Barrie...
Pivotal is Christopher Purves’s Saul – surely the father-in-law from hell should the Goliath-slaying David choose his daughter Michal (or son Jonathan – tenderly sung by Paul Appleby). Purves... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Opera, December 2015, Recording of the Month
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Wolfgang Rihm: Jakob Lenz
Georg Nigl, Henry Waddington, John Graham-Hall
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra, Franck Ollu, Andrea Breth (director)
Jakob Lenz is a deeply absorbing music drama that is not meant as entertainment. If you are a listener who finds Wozzeck too emotionally draining, I would recommend staying away. But if you are... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Vidéo
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Video Performance
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Britten: Peter Grimes John Graham-Hall (Peter Grimes), Susan Gritton (Ellen Orford), Christopher Purves (Balstrode), Felicity Palmer (Auntie), Ida Falk Winland (First Niece), Simona Mihai (Second Niece), Peter Hoare (Bob Boles), Daniel Okulitch (Swallow), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs. Sedley), Christopher Gillett (Rev. Horace...
[Grimes is] no tough fisherman but a seedy inadequate cringing from the local teenagers, and suggesting all too contemporary abuse problems. John Graham-Hall evokes his contorted inner life superbly,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2013, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Handel Box Set Sarah Connolly (Cesare), Danielle de Niese (Cleopatra), Angelika Kirchschlager (Sesto), Christophe Dumaux (Tolomeo), Patricia Bardon (Cornelia), Christopher Maltman (Achilla) & Rachid Ben Abdeslam (Nireno), Sonia Prina (Rinaldo), Varduhi Abrahamyan (Goffredo), Tim Mead (Eustazio), Anett Fritsch...
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Schoenberg: Moses und Aron Thomas Johannes Mayer (Moses), John Graham-Hall (Aron), Nicky Spence (A Youth)
Orchestre et Chœurs de National de L'Opéra de Paris, Philippe Jordan (conductor) & Romeo Castellucci (director)
The musical standards are of an exceptionally high order, starting with the chorus of the Paris Opera…Graham-Hall does more than cope with Aron’s punishing tessitura…Castellucci brings live animals... — More…
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A Britten Collection
John Graham-Hall (Peter Grimes), Susan Gritton (Ellen Orford), Christopher Purves (Balstrode), Felicity Palmer (Auntie), Ida Falk Winland (First Niece), Simona Mihai (Second Niece), Peter Hoare (Bob Boles), Daniel Okulitch (Swallow), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs. Sedley), Christopher Gillett (Rev. Horace...
