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Berlioz: La damnation de Faust
Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), Bryan Hymel (tenor), Christopher Purves (baritone), Gábor Bretz (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Guildhall School Singers, Tiffin Children's Chorus, Tiffin Girls' Choir, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Sir Simon Rattle
The work and its style – especially the virtuosity and panache required – have clearly remained in the orchestra’s collective memory…Overall it’s a tightly organised and carefully paced achievement... — More…
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Record Review, 23rd March 2019, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
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the playing here is satisfyingly mellow and vibrant, with warm strings and sturdy woodwind, yet also refreshing and translucent. This is aided by Andrew Davis's tempos fairly spacious and unforced... — More…
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All the soloists are excellent, and thoughtful casting among the four baritones and bass-baritones has allotted the Israelite father to Matthew Brook, who brings just that touch of extra warmth... — More…
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Mephistopheles And Other Bad Guys
Kevin Short (bass-baritone)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, Lawrence Foster
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Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette
Michèle Losier (mezzo-soprano), Samuel Boden (tenor) & David Soar (bass)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis
A top-class performance and recording of a wonderful masterpiece. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, Choral & Song Choice
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Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25
RecommendedVéronique Gens (Marie), Alastair Miles (Herod/Ishmaelite Father), Yann Beuron (Narrator), Stephan Loges (Joseph)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Robin Ticciati
Beuron, still probably France's finest lyric tenor, a compelling Recitant with open, ardent tones and warm delivery...Miles is a splendidly anguished but restrained Herod and benign Ishmaelite,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2013
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Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette
Sasha Cooke (mezzo), Nicholas Phan (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (bass-baritone)
San Francisco Symphony & San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas
There is much to admire: buoyant energy, sparkling lightness (in the Queen Mab Scherzo), mostly well-balanced textures and acceptable if not quite native French. Yet after one hearing I felt... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
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Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert
Recorded in May 2013, Philharmonie Berlin
Deborah York (soprano), Stella Doufexis (mezzo-soprano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
The legendary Abbado transparency is evident throughout this account [of the Mendelssohn] – a textural refinement that steers clear of preciousness and ever draws attention to itself. What needs... — More…
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Edith Mathis (soprano), Stuart Burrows (tenor), Donald McIntyre (bass), Thomas Paul (bass), Judith Dickinson (solo in Dans le ciel)
Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Boys’ Choir & Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
This is quite the most exciting Faust I have heard on record, putting even Solti at least a touch in the shade. — More…
