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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Fiordiligi), Nan Merriman (Dorabella), Lisa Otto (Despina), Rolando Panerai (Guglielmo), Leopold Simoneau (Ferrando), Sesto Bruscantini (Don Alfonso)
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Herbert von Karajan
the role of Ferrando has never been sung more mellifluously on record than by Leopold Simoneau...Karajan has never sparkled more naturally in Mozart than here, for the high polish has nothing... —
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Gounod: Faust
Jerry Hadley (Faust), Cecilia Gasdia (Marguerite), Sam Ramey (Mephistopheles), Philippe Fourcade (Wagner), Alexandre Agachu (Valentin), Susanne Mentzer (Siebel) & Brigitte Fassbaender (Marthe)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi
Jerry Hadley is a fine Faust, riddled with anxiety and well matched to Cecilia Gasdia's Marguerite with a 24-carat Jewel Song. Best is Samuel Ramey's Mephistopheles. —
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Ponchielli: La Gioconda
(complete opera)
Violeta Urmana, Plácido Domingo, Luciana D'Intino, Elisabetta Fiorillo, Lado Ateneli, Roberto Scandiuzzi
Chor Bayerischen Rundfunks, Munich Children's Choir, Munich Rundfunkorchester, Marcello Viotto
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Handel: Alcina
Arleen Augér, Della Jones, Kathleen Kuhlmann, Eiddwen Harrhy, Patrizia Kwella, Maldwyn Davies & John Tomlinson
Opera Stage Chorus & City of London Baroque Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
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Jansons's readings of Nos. 5, 7 and 8 are still among the finest in the catalogue. Indeed, No. 5 is the most delectable account of this radiant symphony...Nos. 7 & 8 are also key versions, both... —
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Wagner: Rienzi
René Kollo (Cola Rienzi), Siv Wennberg (Irene), Nikolaus Hillebrand (Steffano Colonna), Janis Martin (Adriano Colonna), Theo Adam (Paolo Orsini), Siegfried Vogel (Raimondo), Ingeborg Springer (Ein Friedensbote), Peter Schreier (Baroncelli) & Günther Leib (Cecco del Vecchio)
Leipziger Rundfunkchor,...
The principal credit for the recording's success…is due to the conductor Heinrich Hollreiser. He prevents the more routine material from sounding merely mechanical, and ensures that the whole... —
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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Margaret Price (Fiordiligi), Yvonne Minton (Dorabella), Sir Geraint Evans (Guglielmo), Luigi Alva (Ferrando), Lucia Popp (Despina) & Hans Sotin (Don Alfonso)
John Alldis Choir & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
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