Orchestral, Rossini (composer)
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Boult conducts Coates
RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Boult
As ever, Coates's music has great craftsmanship as well as good tunes and, lightweight though it is, it lies firmly within the English tradition. Here Boult finds its affinities with Elgar in... —
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Building a Library, June 2011, Featured
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2007, Editor's Choice
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A Tribute To Pauline Viardot
RecommendedMarina Viotti (mezzo-soprano), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Imperceptibly Viotti makes them her own, tender but tough in Rosina’s ‘Una voce poco fa’ and producing a cascade of diamondbright coloratura in ‘Bel raggio lusinghier’, as well as an astonishing... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year & Solo Vocal
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Solo Recital)
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Rossini: Figaro? Sì!
Florian Sempey (soloist), Martine Marcuz, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Bordeaux, Marc Minkowski
The appealingly voiced Sempey has sung Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia in major opera houses throughout Europe and beyond, and his immersion in the role is abundantly clear in the witty, wellcharacterised... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Overture Les francs-juges
RecommendedChicago Symphony Chorus (chorus)
Sir Georg Solti
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Grammy Awards, 17th Awards (1974), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 17th Awards (1974), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 17th Awards (1974), Classical Album of the Year
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With consistently alert, finely nuanced playing from the period forces (including superb wind principals), this latest addition to Antonini’s Haydn odyssey is self-recommending. —
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Coming soon. Beethoven & the Italians
Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 & 7 - Cherubini, Rossini, Spontini
Munich Chamber Orchestra, Enrico Onofri
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Ernest Ansermet Conducts Ballet Music
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Rossini: Guillaume Tell
RecommendedGerald Finley (Guillaume Tell), John Osborn (Arnaud), Malin Byström (Mathilde), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Hedwige), Matthew Rose (Walter Furst), Frédéric Caton (Melchtal), Elena Xanthoudakis (Jemmy), Carlo Cigni (Gesler), Carlo Bosi (Rodolphe), Celso Albelo (Ruodi), Dawid Kimberg (Leuthold), Davide Malvestio...
In the tenor spotlight is John Osborn, whose liquid voice often takes to the air with ease...Finley is at the top of his game...Where the set gains the bulk of its authority is in Pappano's... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th July 2011
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, Opera Choice
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The playing is clean and efficient, well balanced and nicely paced, though the performances rarely rise to the truly inspired. —
