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Special offer. George Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence
RecommendedStéphane Degout (King), Barbara Hannigan (Isabel), Gyula Orendt (Gaveston/Stranger), Peter Hoare (Mortimer), Samuel Boden (Boy/Young King)
Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, George Benjamin, Katie Mitchell
His orchestral imagination is prodigious, and both as a composer and conductor he conjures up memorable soundscapes full of jittery tension…the entire cast seems convinced it is creating something... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th December 2018
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Diapason d’Or, May 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Special offer. Britten: Billy Budd
RecommendedJohn Mark Ainsley (Captain Vere), Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), Phillip Ens (Claggart), Iain Paterson (Mr Redburn), Matthew Rose (Mr Flint), Darren Jeffery (Lieutenant Ratcliffe), Alasdair Elliott (Red Whiskers), John Moore (Donald), Jeremy White (Dansker), Ben Johnson (Novice), Colin Judson (Squeak)...
[Elder paces] the developing tragedy with airily lyrical detail and brooding, ominous power. John Mark Ainsley' s plangent, dark-toned tenor and intense diction show us a more neurotic Vere... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd May 2011
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, DVD Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, DVD Choice
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Special offer. Rossini: La Cenerentola
RecommendedRuxandra Donose (Cenerentola), Maxim Mironov (Don Ramiro), Simone Alberghini (Dandini), Luciano di Pasquale (Don Magnifico), Raquela Sheeran (Clorinda), Lucia Cirillo (Tisbe), Nathan Berg (Alidoro)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski, stage direction by...
Some found Peter Hall's staging… too dark and serious, but for me it was an invigorating evening. …Vladimir Jurowski… draws highly polished and brilliant playing from the LPO of one of Rossini's... —
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Building a Library, December 2012, First Choice (DVD)
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, DVD Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2006, DVD of the Month
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New. Ballet To Broadway: Wheeldon Works
Akane Takada, William Bracewell, Marianela Nuñez, Lukas B. Brændsrød, Viola Pantuso, Lauren Cuthbertson, Calvin Richardson, Matthew Ball, Joseph Sissens, Francesca Hayward, Cesar Corrales, Koen Kessels
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Special offer. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Robert Dean Smith (Tristan), Irene Theorin (Isolde), Robert Holl (König Marke), Jukka Rasilainen (Kurwenal), Ralf Lukas (Melot), Michelle Breedt (Brangäne), Clemens Bieber (Junger Seemann), Arnold Bezuyen (Hirt) & Martin Snell (Steuermann)
Bayreuther Festspiele Chorus & Bayreuther Festspiele...
As in all great stagings - and I have no doubt that this is one - a list of unforgettable links between text, music and action soon accumulates. It's hard to know where to point the awards finger... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2010, DVD of the Month
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Special offer. Szymanowski: Król Roger
Mariusz Kwiecien (King Roger II of Sicily), Georgia Jarman (Roxana), Saimir Pirgu (Shepherd), Kim Begley (Edrisi), Alan Ewing (Archbishop), Agnes Zwierko (Deaconess)
Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Kasper Holten (director)
all the imagination of Kasper Holten's production coheres compellingly, and Antonio Pappano shapes an extremely lucid performance that somehow manages to be taut and lush at the same time. Mariusz... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Opera Choice
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Opera, February 2016, Recording of the Month
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Special offer. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
Günther Groissböck (Sarastro), Saimir Pirgu (Tamino), Albina Shagimuratova (Queen of the Night), Genia Kühmeier (Pamina), Ailish Tynan (Papagena), Alex Esposito (Papageno) & Peter Bronder (Monostatos)
Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala & Choir of the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala, Roland...
This is a wonderful performance...I was more moved and enchanted by this than by any other Magic Flute I have seen on DVD...[Esposito's Papageno] sung with glorious abandon, while his acting... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2012, Blu-ray of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, DVD & Blu-ray Choice
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Scènes de Ballet / A Month in the Country / Rhapsody
Sarah Lamb, Vadim Muntagirov, Marianela Nuñez, Matthew Ball, Francesca Hayward, Marcelino Sambé, Emmanuel Plasson; The Royal Ballet
This mixed programme is undeniably a very attractive one. The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, conducted by Emmanuel Plasson, plays with the usual expertise and panache... Vital contributions... —
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The Pillar of the Cloud
Five Centuries of Oxford Anthems
The Choir Of Magdalen College, Oxford, Mark Williams
There’s some wonderfully, unfairly unfashionable repertoire here…Magdalen’s sound has always had an unmannered, forthright quality to it, something Williams celebrates in the jagged, ecstatic... —
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New. Fairytale Ballets - Cinderella; Coppélia; the Sleeping Beauty; Swan Lake
Marianela Nuñez, Vadim Muntagirov, Fumi Kaneko, Kristen McNally, Gary Avis, Bennet Gartside, Luca Acri, Claire Clavert, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Koen Kessels, Barry Wordsworth
