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New, Offer, Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem)
Bror Magnus Tødenes (tenor)
Choir of Collegiûm Mûsicûm, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Choir, Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag, Musicians from the Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra & Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
It is very much on the devotional side, and event contemplated and observed rather than experienced. — More…
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New, Offer, Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette
Sasha Cooke (mezzo), Nicholas Phan (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (bass-baritone)
San Francisco Symphony & San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas
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Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17
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Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano), Kenneth Tarver (tenor), Evgeny Nikitin (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus & Guildhall School Singers, Valery Gergiev
Gergiev, in this live account, inclines towards operatic fire and pace, occasionally headlong, but with a clarity and hushed, atmospheric pianissimo finely captured by the spacious SACD recording. — More…
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Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
Gregory Kunde (Cellini), Laura Claycomb (Teresa), Darren Jeffery (Balducci), Andrew Kennedy (Francesco), Isabelle Cals (Ascanio), John Relyea (Pope Clement VII), Peter Coleman-Wright (Fieramosca), Jacques Imbrailo (Pompeo)
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
The combination of technology and the conductor's unimpaired élanmakes for glowing textures and shattering climaxes. — More…
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Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem)
Barry Banks (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus & London Philharmonic Choir, Sir Colin Davis
The St Paul's acoustic is something to be reckoned with...and it is striking to observe how careful Davis is to allow for the famous echo...There's some lovely orchestral detail...The chorus... — More…
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Offer, Riemuitkaamme!
A Finnish Christmas
Jan Lehtola (organ)
Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek
[An] absorbing, classily sung anthology of Finnish Christmas music. — More…
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Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25
Yann Beuron (narrator/centurion), Karen Cargill (Marie), William Dazeley (Joseph), Matthew Rose (Herod) & Peter Rose (Father/Polydorus)
London Symphony Orchestra & Tenebrae Choir, Sir Colin Davis
Yet having already recorded to excellent versions of this intimate, gently luminous masterpiece… what more can Davis add? Not improvement, perhaps, but a different approach. …here his reading... — More…
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Offer, Berlioz: Les nuits d’été
Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati
[Cargill] has a remarkably beautiful voice, full of sunny delicacy and warmth but also capable of Wagnerian dramatics...Ticciati's chamber forces do make a difference from the sound we're used... — More…
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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…