Arthaus Musik
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William Walton London Concert
Live from the Royal Festival Hall, London, 1982
Kyung-Wha Chung (violin), Thomas Allen (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Andre Previn
Walton visibly moved - performances that were special indeed —
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Special offer. Inbrunst im Herzen: Famous German Arias & Scenes
Franz Hawlata (bass), Christine Schäfer (soprano), Paul Groves (tenor), Brigitte Fassbander (mezzo), Eva Marton (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), René Kollo (tenor), Waltraud Meier (mezzo)
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Camilla Nylund (Leonore), Alfred Muff (Don Pizarro) & László Polgár (Rocco)
Orchestra and Chorus of The Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Jonas Kaufmann and Camilla Nylund fearlessly [pack] every phrase with compellingly truthful shades of meaning. Harnoncourt's Beethoven is famously raw and earthy: strong on struggle and on the... —
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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
Ildiko Komlosi (Santuzza), Sung Kyu Park (Turiddu), Cinzia De Mola (Lucia), Marco di Felice (Alfio) & Barbara Di Castri (Lola)
Teatro di San Carlo, Zhang Jiemin (conductor) & Maurizio Scaparro (stage director)
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Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur
Micaela Carosi (Adriana), Marcelo Álvarez (Maurizio), Marianne Cornetti (Principessa de Bouillon), Alfonso Antoniozzi (Michonnet)
Teatro Regio Torino, Renato Palumbo (conductor) & Lorenzo Mariani (director)
Carosi may lack some smoothness of line in her arias but she delivers them with fervour and strong tone and does not hold back in the Phaedra monologue, so the character which she projects is... —
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Güher & Süher Pekinel in concert
Live from the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the Ludwigsburg International Music Festival, 2012
Güher Pekinel (piano), Süher Pekinel (piano)
Zubin Mehta
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Special offer. Strauss, R: Salome
Angela Denoke (Salome), Kim Begley (Herodes), Doris Soffel (Herodias), Alan Held (Jochanaan) & Marcel Reijans (Narraboth)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Stefan Soltesz (conductor) & Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director)
Denoke wins her place in the sun as a lithe if hardly sex-kittenish Salome. She has an expressive, secure and slightly dark-timbred voice...Held is a physically and vocally powerful prophet...It's... —
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Still Life at the Penguin café
A ballet performance with the Royal Ballet, 1989
Penguin Cafe Orchestra & Royal Ballet, Simon Jeffes
