Arthaus Musik
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The Searchers of the Grail
Parsifal | Indiana Jones | Adolf Hitler
Plácido Domingo (Parsifal), Violeta Urmana (Kundry), Matti Salminen (Gurnemanz), Nikolai Putilin (Klingsor)
Kirov Orchestra and Choir, Valery Gergiev (conductor) & Tony Palmer (director)
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Marcelo Álvarez (Il Duca), Carlos Álvarez (Rigoletto), Inva Mula (Gilda), Julian Konstantinov (Sparafucile), Nino Surguladze (Maddalena), Mercé Obiol (Giovanna), Stanislav Shvets (Monterone), Joan Martin-Royo (Marullo), on Plazaola (Borsa)
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Jesus-Lopez Cobos (conductor)...
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Puccini: Turandot
Eva Marton (La Principessa Turandot), José Carreras (Calaf), Katia Ricciarelli (Liù) & John-Paul Bogart (Timur)
Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper, Chor Der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Sängerknaben, Lorin Maazel (conductor) & Harold Prince (director)
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Solti Centenary Concert
Live recording from Symphony Center, Chicago, 2012
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), René Pape (bass), Tereza Gevorgyan (soprano), Matilda Paulsson (mezzo-soprano), Roberto Gòmez-Ortiz (tenor) & Ross Ramgobin (baritone)
Members of the Georg Solti Accademia & World Orchestra for Peace, Valery Gergiev
In one sense, this is as much a record of an occasion as of a concert, though the music-making is top class throughout...the high point here is probably the quartet from Rigoletto...quite a... —
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Giorgio Tozzi (Hans Sachs), Richard Cassilly (Walther von Stolzing), Arlene Saunders (Eva), Toni Blankenheim (Beckmesser), Gerhard Unger (David), Ursula Böse (Magdalene), Ernst Wiemann (Pogner); Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg, Leopold Ludwig
This performance from Hamburg in 1970 has classic status, several of the singers being major Wagnerians otherwise not to be seen onstage. The whole production exudes nobility, despite fairly... —
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Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621
Stefan Dahlberg, Anita Soldh, Lani Poulson & Marie Höglind, Stage Direction by Göran Järvefelt, Costumes by Börje Edh and Göran Järvefelt & Directed and produced for TV by Thomas Olofsson
The Drottningholm Court Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, Arnold Östman
Järvefelt at his best … the whole evening – authentic but bristling with his life – was a shining example of everything Drottningholm stands for. —
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Arthaus gives us her two performances of Bach's Goldberg Variations, recorded in different locations by the greatly gifted Andrea Bacchetti… the overall impact of both these performances - for... —
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Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58
Yvonne Kenny (soprano, Eva Randová (alto), Wieslav Ochmann (tenor) & Jan Galla (bass)
The Czech Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Vaclav Neumann
Yvonne Kenny provides the soprano solos on this powerful recording of the poignant work. She has won great critical acclaim on previous discs: “‘Yvonne Kenny is a heaven-sent Marschallin, she... —
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Opera Highlights Volume 3
The Finest Singers of our Day Explaining and Performing their Favourite Arias
Kiri Te Kanawa, Bryn Terfel, Yvonne Kenny & Christine Schäfer
