Arthaus Musik
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Henryk Górecki: The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
A Film by Tony Palmer
Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
The London Sinfonietta, David Zinman
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Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg (The Dwarf)
Live Recording from The Los Angeles Opera, 2008
James Johnson (Adam), Bonaventura Bottone (Licht) & Steven Humes (Walter), Rodrick Dixon (The Dwarf), Mary Dunleavy (Donna Clara) & Susan B. Anthony (Ghita)
Los Angeles Opera, James Conlon (conductor) & Darko Tresnjak (director)
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Winter, P von: Das Labyrinth
Christof Fischesser (Sarastro), Julia Novikova (Königin der Nacht), Malin Hartelius (Pamina), Michael Schade (Tamino), Thomas Tatzl (Papageno) & Regula Mühlemann (Papagena); Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Ivor Bolton, Alexandra Liedtke (dir.)
Here's a curiosity!...Muhlemann is a pert and confident Papagena, and the voices of the Queen's three Ladies entwine with secutive suppleness...The colours are fairy-tale bright...and there... —
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Music in the Air
A History of Classical Music on Television
Featuring Glenn Gould, Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Anna Netrebko, Igor Stravinsky, Arturo Toscanini, Pierre Boulez, Sergiu Celibidache, Francis Poulenc, Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Jonas Kaufmann, Franz Welser-Möst
Perhaps the more interesting television is found in the rarer moments of observation: of Stravinsky using facial expressions to conduct his Petrushka, or Yan Pascal Tortelier totally immersing... —
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Wagner: Siegfried
Johnny van Hal (Siegfried), Catherine Foster (Brünnhilde), Frieder Aurich (Mime), Tomas Möwes (Der Wanderer), Mario Hoff (Alberich), Hidekazu Tsumaya (Fafner), Nadine Weissmann (Erda) & Heike Porstein (Waldvogel)
Staatskapelle Weimar, Carl St. Clair (conductor) & Michael Schulz (director)
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Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso, RV728
Marilyn Horne (Orlando), Susan Patterson (Angelica), Kathleen Kuhlmann (Alcina), Sandra Walker (Bradamante), Jeffrey Gall (Ruggiero), William Matteuzzi, Kevin Langan
Orchestra and Chorus of the San Francisco Opera, Randall Behr (conductor) & Pier Luigi Pizzi (stage director)
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Ingvar Wixell (Count), Claire Watson (Countess), Reri Grist (Susanna), Edith Mathis (Cherubino), Walter Berry (Figaro), David Thaw (Basilio), Zoltan Kelemen (Bartolo) & Margarethe Bence (Marcellina); Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm, Günther Rennert (director)
Mathis acts well and phrases Voi che sapete to perfection —
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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen
Thomas Allen (The Forester), Eva Jenis (The Vixen), Hannah Minutillo (The Fox), Libuše Márová (The Forester’s Wife/The Owl) & Ivan Kusnjer (Harašta, the Poacher)
Choeur du Chatelet & Orchestre de Paris, Charles Mackerras (conductor) & Nicholas Hytner (stage director)
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Weber: Der Freischütz
Werner Gröschel (Kuno), Inga Nielsen (Agathe), Malin Hartelius (Ännchen), Matti Salminen (Kaspar) & Peter Seiffert (Max)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor & Ruth Berghaus (stage director)
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Rossini: La gazza ladra
Carlos Feller (Fabrizio), Nucci Condò (Lucia), David Kuebler (Giannetto), Ileana Cotrubaș (Ninetta), Brent Ellis (Fernando) & Alberto Rinaldi (Mayor)
Chorus of the Oper Koln & Gurzenich Orchester Koln, Bruno Bartoletti (conductor) & Michael Hampe (stage director)
