Arthaus Musik
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The Art of Patrice Bart - The Nutcracker
Nadja Saidakova (Mary), Vladimir Malakhov (Le Prince Casse Noisette), Oliver Matz (Drosselmeyer), Beatrice Knop (Reine des Glaces) & Viara Natcheva (Reine des Neiges)
Staatsballett Berlin & Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
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A Tribute to Hans Knappertsbusch
Live recording from the Theater an der Wien, Wiener Festwochen, 1962 & 1963
Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), Claire Watson (Sieglinde), Fritz Uhl (Siegmund) & Josef Greindl (Hunding), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch
These historic performances remain more golden than their ageing picture frames —
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt: Opera Collection
Camilla Nylund (Leonore), Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), László Polgár (Rocco), Christoph Strehl (Jaquino) Alfred Muff (Pizarro), Elizabeth Rae Magnuson (Marzelline), Günther Groissböck (Fernando), Boguslaw Bidzinski (First Prisoner) & Gabriel Bermúdez (Second Prisoner), Juliane Banse (Genoveva),...
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Alexia Voulgaridou (Cio-Cio San), Cristina Damian (Suzuki), Teodor Ilincai (B.F. Pinkerton) & Lauri Vasar (Sharpless)
Philharmoniker Hamburg & Chorus of the Staatsoper Hamburg, Alexander Joel (conductor) & Vincent Boussard (stage director)
Musically solid and theatrically intriguing, this Madama Butterfly from Hamburg brings one to ponder whether this opera is truly about love or advantageous circumstance...This singing is mostly... —
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A Recital With Renée Fleming
Vienna At The Turn Of The 20th Century
Renée Fleming (soprano) & Maciej Pikulski (piano)
Fleming builds up a great sense of pathos in 'Um Mitternacht' and delivers a deeply affecting account of 'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen' supported by some wonderfully sensitive phrasing... —
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Meyerbeer: L'Africaine
Shirley Verrett (Selika), Plácido Domingo (Vasco da Gama), Ruth Ann Swenson (Ines), Justino Díaz (Nelusko), Michael Devlin (Don Pedro), Philip Skinner (Don Diego), Joseph Rouleau (Grand Inquisitor); San Francisco Opera, Maurizio Arena
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O let me weep: Famous Baroque Arias & Scenes
David Daniels (countertenor), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo), Marilyn Horne (mezzo)
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
Peter Kálmán / Katsunori Kono (Papageno), Franziska Rabl / Rebeca Olvera (Papagena), Boguslaw Bidzilski / James Elliott (Tamino), Irini Kyriakidou / Christiane Kohl (Pamina), Sen Guo / Eugenia Enguita (Queen of the Night)Jeffery Krueger (Monostatos), Morgan Moody (Sarastro)
Zurich Opera House,...
