C Major
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Schubert: Fierrabras D 796
Michael Schade (Fierrabras), Julia Kleiter (Emma), Benjamin Bernheim (Eginhard), Dorothea Röschmann (Florinda), Markus Werba (Roland), Georg Zeppenfeld (Charlemagne), Marie-Claude Chappuis (Maragond), Manuel Walser (Brutamonte)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Ingo Metzmacher
...the Vienna Philharmonic supplying focused playing under Ingo Metzmacher, and several worthwhile principal performances, especially from Georg Zeppenfeld’s firm Karl, Michael Schade’s engaged... — More…
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New,
New Year‘s Concert – Teatro La Fenice 2023 Federica Lombardi (soprano), Freddie de Tommaso, Jacopo Tissi, Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro La Fenice, Daniel Harding
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Bregenz Festival: Opera on the Lake Stage
Aida; Andrea Chénier; Die Zauberflöte; Turandot; Carmen
Tatiana Serjan (Aida), Rubens Pelizzari (Radames), Iain Paterson (Amonasro), Iano Tamar (Amneris), Kevin Short (Re), Tigran Martirossian (Ramfis), Ronald Samm (Messaggero), Elisabetta Martorana (Sacerdotessa), Gaëlle Arquez (Carmen), Daniel Johansson (Don José), Scott Hendricks (Escamillo), Elena...
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Operas - Teatro Alla Scala
Teatro alla Scala, Zubin Mehta, Michele Mariotti, Ádám Fischer, Franz Welser-Möst
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Arena Di Verona
Luca Salsi (baritone), Anna Netrebko (soprano), Yusif Eyvazov, Dolora Zajick, Carlos Álvarez (baritone), Alex Esposito, Maria Jose Siri, Irina Lungu, Rafal Siwek, Saimir Pirgu (tenor), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Anna, Pirozzi, Arturo Chacon-Cruz, Marko Mimica, Chorus, Ballet and Orchestra of the Arena...
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Leonard Bernstein conducts Beethoven & Haydn
RecommendedJudith Blegen (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Claes H. Ahnsjö (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Leonard Bernstein
Beethoven's last quartet, expanded for full strings, sounds nicely urgent but unsuitably Romantic. Haydn's Mass is almost upstaged by its glorious setting, the Baroque basilica at Ottobeuren. — More…
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Building A Library, October 2021, Recommendation with modern instruments
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Marlis Petersen (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (contralto), Werner Güra (tenor) & Gerald Finley (bass)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Netherlands Radio Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
This is exceptional. There are certainly many different valid ways to perform the Missa solemnis, but it's hard to imagine they will surpass this outstanding version...The Royal Concertgebouw... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, DVD Choice
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Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Mauro Peter (Belmonte), Lenneke Ruiten (Konstanze), Sabine Devieilhe (Blonde), Maximilian Schmitt (Pedrillo), Tobias Kehrer (Osmin)
Chorus of Teatro alla Scala & Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Zubin Mehta, Giorgio Strehler
Strehler/Testi handles the balance between the comic and the serious astutely…Ruiten’s superb performance – touchingly acted, fluently sung – makes you both believe and care…Devieilhe soars... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Haydn: Il mondo della luna
Dietrich Henschel (Buonafede), Vivica Genaux (Ernesto), Bernard Richter (Ecclitico), Christina Landshamer (Clarice), Maite Beaumont (Lisetta), Markus Schafer (Cecco)
Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) & Tobias Moretti (director)
With the ever-responsive Concentus Musicus, [Harnoncourt] duly mines the comically disruptive potential of Haydn's music with unabashed glee... The comic leads are ideally cast...an inventive,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2011, DVD of the Month
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