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Yevgeni Mravinsky conducts Russian Masterpieces
Leningrad Symphony, Yevgeni Mravinsky
Summer Night Concert 2018
Sommernachtskonzert 2018
Anna Netrebko (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev
Prokofiev: The Gambler, Op. 24
Misha Didyk (Alexei), Kristine Opolais (Polina), Vladimir Ognovenko (General), Stefania Toczyska (Babulenka), Stephan Rügamer (The Marquis), Sylvia de la Muela (Blanche), Viktor Rud (Mr Astley)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) & Dmitri Tcherniakov (stage director)
Barenboim's crystal-clear pacing of the score is hard-hitting rather than quicksilvery, but the payoff in the last Act is terrific, and the blue-lit look of it all - Tcherniakov designed it,... — More…
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Pre-order, Inesa Sinkevych in Havana
Inesa Sinkevych (piano)
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
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Carlos Acosta (Romeo) & Tamara Rojo (Juliet), José Martín (Mercutio) & Thiago Soares (Tybalt)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Boris Gruzin
As… the star-crossed lovers… the inspirational Carlos Acosta and the facially so expressive Tamara Rojo… galvanising conducted by Gruzin… all flaming testosterone thanks not only to Acosta and... — More…
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Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87
Agnès Letestu, José Martinez, Laëtitia Pujol, Stéphanie Romberg, Stéphane Phavorin & Wilfried Romoli
Paris Opera Ballet & Paris Opera Orchestra, Koen Kessels
Agnès Letestu is grace and modesty personified in Nureyev's 'Cinderella Goes to Hollywood', overstuffed with references ranging throughout Chaplin, Groucho Marx and King Kong. All of Prokofiev's... — More…
The Highest Level: Prokofiev 3 and Bartok 2
The Making of an Extraordinary Recording
Lang Lang (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
Lang Lang has the necessary power and athleticism to bring tremendous energy and drive to [Prokofiev's] more motoric writing...[he] sails through the passagework [of the Bartok] with exemplary... — More…
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 & Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Evgeny Kissin (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Great Pianists on The Bell Telephone Hour (1959-1967)
Claudio Arrau, Jorge Bolet, John Browing, Robert Casadesus, Van Cliburn, Phillipe Entremont, Lorin Hollander, Jose Iturbi, Byron Janis
Donald Vorchees & Paul Whiteman
Two Ballet Favourites by Christopher Wheeldon
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Cinderella
Lauren Cuthbertson (Alice), Sergei Polunin (Jack/The Knave of Hearts), Edward Watson (Lewis Carroll/The White Rabbit), Zenaida Yanowsky (Mother/The Queen of Hearts), Steven McRae (Mad Hatter), Anna Tsygankova (Cinderella), Matthew Golding (Prince Guillaume), Larissa Lezhnina (Stepmother Hortensia),...