C Major
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71
Liudmila Konovalova, Vladimir Shishov, Emilia Baranowicz, Davide Dato
Wiener Staatsballett, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Paul Connelly
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20
Olga Esina, Vladimir Shishov, Eno Peci, Dagmar Kronberger
Wiener Staatsballett & Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Alexander Ingram
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Special offer. Auerbach: The Little Mermaid
Yuan Yuan Tan (The Little Mermaid), Lloyd Riggins (The Poet), Tiit Helimnets (The Prince), Sarah van Patten (The Princess), Davit Karapetyan (The Sea Witch)
San Francisco Ballet, Martin West
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a man who plays Beethoven with the innocent self-assurance of the virtuoso...He is happiest when his hands are full: in the finales, for instance, where the forthrightness and his technical... —
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Wagner: Kaufmann Sings
Recorded at the Semper Oper Dresden, 2013
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Staatskapelle Dresden & Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Christian Thielemann
aside from his musical achievement [Kaufmann] has both natural presence and the ability to put over the content of the narrations in gripping but unhistrionic fashion...The music-making is absolutely... —
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Verdi: La forza del destino
Nina Stemme (Leonora), Salvatore Licitra (Alvaro), Carlos Alvarez (Carlos), Alastair Miles (Marchese and Fra Guardiano), Nadia Krasteva (Preziosilla)
Orchestera of the Vienna State Opera & Chor of the Vienna State Opera, Zubin Mehta
Pountney's unfussily direct handling of the tragic side of the drama plays to his cast's strengths. Compared to his colleagues here, the late Salvatore Licitra may not have been the stage's... —
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World Orchestra for Peace and Valery Gergiev at the BBC Proms
20th July 2014, Royal Albert Hall, London
World Orchestra for Peace
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