Arthaus Musik
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Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Claudio Desderi (Don Pasquale), Mario Cassi (Malatesta), Francisco Gatell (Ernesto), Laura Giordano (Norina)
Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, Riccardo Muti (conductor) & Andrea De Rosa (director)
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Silk Road (Premium Package CD+DVD)
A Film by Curt Faudon
The Vienna Boys’ Choir (Wiener Sängerknaben)
The straightforward documentary footage, including interviews and rehearsal and concert sequences, is spiced with staged, scripted vignettes of life in the choir, impressively authentic-looking... —
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Homage to Robert Schumann
Live Recording from The Frauenkirche Dresden, 2010
Markus Butter (baritone)
Soloists of the Dresden Kreuzchor, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden, Daniel Harding
...much of the visual pleasure comes from the beauty of the building, whose interior features are lovingly used at key points in the music...It's the choral pieces that come off best, especially... —
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Puccini: La fanciulla del West
Daniela Dessì (Minnie), Fabio Armiliato (Dick Johnson) & Lucio Gallo (Jack Rance)
Orchestra and Chorus Città Lirica, Alberto Veronesi (conductor) & Ivan Stefanutti (director)
...conducted with spirit by Veronesi, Lucio Gallo's dark-souled Rance is an asset, as are Daniela Dessì's feisty Minnie and Fabio Armiliato's bold bandit. —
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The Dvorák Cycle - Volume VI
Live Recording from The Alte Oper Frankfurt 1993
Lucia Popp (soprano), Eva Randová (mezzo-soprano), Josef Protschka (tenor) & Peter Mikuláš (bass)
The Prague Syphony Orchestra & Prague Symphonic Choir, Petr Altrichter
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Verdi: Otello
Wolfgang Windgassen (Otello), Sena Jurinac (Desdemona), Norman Mittelmann (Iago), Margarita Lilowa (Emilia), William Blankenship (Cassio), Adolf Dallapozza (Rodrigo); Sinfonieorchester Des Süddeutschen Rundfunks, Argeo Quadri, Otto Schenk (dir.)
This 1965 black and white, German-language television film rises above historic interest with expressive work from the principals —
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Puccini: Tosca
Fiorenza Cedolins (Tosca), Marcelo Alvarez (Cavaradossi) & Ruggero Raimondi (Scarpia), Fabio Previati (Sagristano), Marco Spotti (Angelotti); Arena Di Verona, Daniel Oren, Hugo de Ana (dir.)
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Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
Sabine Noack (Hänsel), Cornelia Marschall (Gretel), Alexandra Petersamer (Gertrud), Ludmil Kuntschew (Peter/Die Knusperhexe), Viktorija Kaminskaite (Sandmännchen/Taumännchen)
Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau & Kinderchor Des Anhaltischen Theater Dessau, Markus L. Frank (conductor) &...
Johannes Felsenstein's production of this favourite fairy-tale opera presents it with every sinister element removed. In Stefan Rieckhoff's sets and costumes, the children remain in a home... —
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Mariss Jansons conducts Mahler Symphony No. 2
Anja Harteros (soprano) & Bernarda Fink (alto)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra), Mariss Jansons
I hadn't taken on board quite how expressive a master Jansons can be: the face and above all the eyes change in an instant through absorption in the Resurrection's drama...These are superlative... —
