C Major
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Verdi: Rigoletto
RecommendedFrancesco Demuro (Il Duca), Leo Nucci (Rigoletto), Nino Machaidze (Gilda), Marco Potti (Sparafucile), Stefanie Iranyi (Maddalena), Roberto Tagliavini (Monterone), Orazio Mori (Marullo), Mauro Buffoli (Borsa)
Teatro Regio di Parma, Massimo Zanetti, Stefano Vizioli
Nucci simply owns the role of Rigoletto...a master-class in vocal acting...Machaidze is the very embodiment of Gilda. Her characterization is simply marvellous...[she] has a lovely full tone... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2013, First Choice (DVD)
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Olga Neuwirth: Orlando
RecommendedKate Lindsey (Orlando), Anna Clementi (Narrator), Eric Jurenas (Guardian Angel), Justin Vivian Bond (Orlando’s Child), Leigh Melrose (Greene/Shelmerdine), Constance Hauman (Queen/Purity/Friend of Orlando’s Child), Agneta Eichenholz (Sasha/Chastity)
Wiener Staatsoper, Matthias Pintscher, Polly...
Its sonorities and textures are extraordinary. Orchestral, electronic and sampled sounds run into each other to create astonishing fusions...There are many roles, all of them inhabited with... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd April 2022
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Massenet: Don Quichotte
Gábor Bretz, David Stout, Anna Goryachova,
Wiener Symphoniker, Daniel Cohen, Mariame Clément
Cohen spins a deft line through a score that can be utterly bewitching...Gábor Bretz and Anna Goryachova, Quixote and Dulcinée, both make the most of their big numbers, his Act I serenade and... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Massenet: Don Quichotte
Gábor Bretz, David Stout, Anna Goryachova,
Wiener Symphoniker, Daniel Cohen, Mariame Clément
Cohen spins a deft line through a score that can be utterly bewitching...Gábor Bretz and Anna Goryachova, Quixote and Dulcinée, both make the most of their big numbers, his Act I serenade and... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Piotr Beczala (Riccardo), George Petean (Renato), Anja Harteros (Amelia), Okka von der Damerau, Sofia Fomina (Oscar)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Zubin Mehta
The foregrounding of Oscar’s character is fascinating. It’s a striking performance amid a clutch of stellar turns…The ensembles are expertly balanced by Zubin Mehta, and the orchestra plays... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Blu-ray of the Month
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte ('The Magic Flute')
Matthias Goerne (Sarastro), Mauro Peter (Tamino), Albina Shagimuratova (Königin der Nacht), Christiane Karg (Pamina), Adam Plachetka (Papageno), Maria Nazarova (Papagena), Michael Porter (Monostatos), Tareq Nazmi (Sprecher)
Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Constantinos Carydis,...
Steier offers brilliant and convincing solutions to the perennial problems of Die Zauberflöte. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, Opera Choice
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a terrific memento of a marvellous concert...The performance of the New World...is out of the top drawer, with the same outstanding qualities as their audio recording....Nelsons makes the Symphony... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2013, DVD of the Month
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LA Phil 100
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Centennial Birthday Gala
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gustavo Dudamel
Plenty of the Phil’s strengths are on show, chief among them the rhythmic sophistication and clarity instilled during 17 seasons under Esa-Pekka Salonen and his diet of 20th-century music including... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2020, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Video Documentary
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