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Offer, Janácek: Jenůfa Camilla Nylund (Jenůfa), Evelyn Herlitzius (Kostelnička), Stuart Skelton (Laca), Ladislav Elgr (Števa), Hanna Schwarz (Grandmother Buryjovka) Jan Martiník (Stárek)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle, Damiano Michieletto
Rattle secures playing of imposing lyrical sweep and power from the Staatskapelle. The conductor provides the foundations for a superb musical performance all round, the power of which is ably... — More…
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Janáček: From the House of the Dead
Olaf Bär, Eric Stocklossa, Stefan Margita, Heinz Zednik & John Mark Ainsley
Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Presently the only DVD version of Janácek's last opera, and it's a good one - even if it doesn't match the Scottish Opera/Welsh National staging many will remember. — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2008, DVD of the Month
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2008
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Janáček: From The House of The Dead Peter Rose (Alexandr Petrovič Gorjančikov), Evgeniya Sotnikova (Aljeja), Aleš Briscein (Luka Kuzmič/Filka Morozov), Charles Workman (Skuratov), Bo Skovhus (Šiškov), Christian Rieger (Prison governor), Manuel Günther (Nikita, Big Prisoner), Tim Kuypers (Small Prisoner), Ulrich Reß (Old Prisoner), Boris...
This production’s somewhat extreme view of humanity leaves rather little redemption on show…The humanity is in the music, of course, and especially here in Simone Young’s interpretation, softer-edged... — More…
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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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Janáček: Jenufa
Gitta-Maria Sjöberg (Kostelnicka), Erika Sunnegårdh (Jenufa), Daniel Frank (Laca), Ingrid Tobiasson (Grandmother Buryjovka), Joachim Bäckström (Steva), Per Høyer (Foreman)
Orchestra and Chorus of The Malmö Opera, Marko Ivanovic (conductor) & Orpha Phelan (stage director)
The fact that Sunnegårdh doesn't sacrifice vocal accuracy for visceral drama...makes you feel her tragedy more strongly because you don't lose yourself in operatic heat...The opera's problematically... — More…
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11 CDs + DVD Video
$80.00 -
A new box of his complete DG recordings on 64 CDs, most of them with Bavarian radio, confirm my impression of an organic style of music-making in which musicians are not just trusted but also... — More…
64 CDs + 2 DVD Videos
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62 CDs + 8 DVDs
Original price ($216.25) Reduced price $129.75 -
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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen Isabel Bayrakdarian (Bystrouška, the vixen), Lauren Curnow (Fox), Quinn Kelsey (Gamekeeper), Judith Christin (Gamekeeper´s wife, Owl)
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Seiji Ozawa (conductor) & Laurent Pelly (director)
Pelly's staging has plenty of charm but precious little of the dramatic depth that makes the opera such an extraordinary experience in a great production...Bayrakadrian is an affecting Vixen... — More…
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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... — More…
