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Verdi: Aida
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Anja Harteros (Aida), Jonas Kaufmann (Radamès), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Amneris), Ludovic Tezier (Amonasro), Erwin Schrott (Ramfis), Marco Spotti (Il Re d'Egitto), Paolo Fanale (Un Messaggero), Eleonora Buratto (Sacerdotessa)
Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Coro dell'Accademia...
Anja Harteros can boast both the high-octane tone and the necessary level of dramatic expression to make Aida credibly three dimensional…[Ekaterina Semenchuk makes] many subtle observations pertinent... — More…
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$27.25In stock
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I find Rana nothing less than spectacular. Like Argerich, her volatility grips your attention, and it is coupled with musicianship of a high order. [La Valse] Rana is at her very best here, exhibiting... — More…
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Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1 & Enescu: Octet for strings
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Vilde Frang (violin), Erik Schumann (violin), Gabriel Le Magadure (violin), Roseanne Philippens (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Lily Francis (viola), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Jan-Erik Gustavsson (cello)
Orchestre de Radio France, Mikko Franck
Frang rises to the works' passionate lyricism and dazzles in partnership with Mikko Franck and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. — More…
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Every piece in Rana's tapestry is vividly characterised, and none are overblown, didactic or taken at an extreme tempo. The alternating comedy, grandeur, and exultant cleverness of the up-beat... — More…
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
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Dorothea Röschmann (soprano) & Thomas Quasthoff (baritone)
Berliner Philharmoniker & Rundfunkchor Berlin, Simon Rattle
…this is a very impressive account of Brahms's German Requiem, deeply considered and most beautifully played and sung. The full, warm sound he draws from the Berlin Philharmonic has a sombre... — More…
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Rattle assuredly paces the music's long paragraphs and musters a sense of the monumental...[His] interpretation...encompasses the full gamut of emotions from tenderness and nostalgia to some... — More…
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Alison Balsom: Sound The Trumpet
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Royal Music of Purcell and Handel
Alison Balsom (trumpet), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano)
The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
This charming disc contains some of the most imaginative and polished trumpet playing you're ever likely to hear...Born-again authenticists may cavil at Balsom's vented trumpet, a modern development... — More…
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Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances & The Bells
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Luba Orgonášová (soprano), Dmitro Popov (tenor) & Mikhail Petrenko (bass)
Berliner Philharmoniker, with Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle
this Bells may be unsurpassable...The three soloists are superb, even if Dmytro Popov is a more heroic tenor than usual and Luba Orgonasova plays firm matriarch at the wedding rather than young... — More…
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Britten & Korngold: Violin Concertos
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Vilde Frang (violin)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony, James Gaffigan
Frang has a beautiful tone and superb intonation, and in both concertos applies a satisfying range of colour - there's much to enjoy, technically speaking. The spiky, lonely atmosphere of the... — More…
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Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
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Karita Mattila, Thomas Moser, Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Quasthoff, Philip Langridge
Rundfunkchor Berlin, MDR-Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Ernst Sennf Choir, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle
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$19.00In stock
