Pentatone
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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…
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Dame Janet Baker sings Opera Arias & Lieder
Dame Janet Baker
English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
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Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
Ricarda Merbeth, Albert Dohmen, Christian Elsner, Katrin Wundsam, Alexandra Hutton, Annika Gerhards, Alexandra Steiner
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Kinderchor Staatsoper Berlin, Marek Janowski
Janowski presents Humperdinck’s masterpiece with a light touch, very much as he did his complete Wagner series, but much more appropriately…The cast is one of light voices…Dohmen a warm Father... — More…
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Lingering, loving performances, shot through with these players' characteristic attention to detail. The 1973 Philips quadraphonic recording, released here in multi-channel form for the first... — More…
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8
Misha Dichter (piano)
Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Kurt Masur
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Haydn: Violin Concerto No. 1 & Sinfonia Concertante
Pinchas Zukerman (violin/conductor), Ronald Leonhard (violoncello obbligato), Barbara Winters (oboe obbligato) & David Breidenthal (bassoon obbligato)
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
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Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies
Christiane Oelze (soprano), Ingeborg Danz (mezzo), Christoph Strehl (tenor) & David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone)
Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Collegium Vocal Gent & Academia Chigiana Siena, Philippe Herreweghe
