C Major
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Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
Regula Mühlemann (soprano), Michael Schade (tenor), Markus Werba (baritone), Coro Del Teatro La Fenice, Piccoli Cantori Veneziani, Teatro La Fenice (opera company), Fabio Luisi
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Special offer. Rossini: Mosè in Egitto
Ruggero Raimondi (Mosè), Isabelle Kabatu (Sinaide), Bogdan Mihai (Elisero), Filippo Polinelli (Faraone), Luciano Ganci (Amenofi), Giovanni Sebastiano Sala (Aufide), Christian Stainieri (Osiride)
Orchestra and Choir Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano, Francesco Quattrocchi
At the time of the performances [Raimondi] was 73...The voice, as recorded, remains as mellow as a well-cellared oloroso, with little loss of body or structure. Tenor Luciano Ganci, a singer... —
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in the glorious surroundings of the Semper Oper and with this staggering orchestra, the brass playing of which has been celebrated by everyone since Wagner, there is both tension and relaxation...The... —
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András Schiff at Mozartwoche
Recording Date: Mozartwoche Salzburg, 2015
András Schiff (piano & conductor)
Orchestra Cappella Andrea Barca
This is not Beethoven the nascent revolutionary, angrily tearing up the keyboard, but Beethoven the classicist…the slow movement of K482 is a highlight, with some particularly rapt playing from... —
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71
Megan Fairchild, Joaquin De Luz, Teresa Reichlen, Daniel Ulbricht
New York City Ballet Orchestra & New York City Ballet
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Special offer. Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Recorded live at Bregenz Festival
Daniel Johansson (Hoffmann), Kerstin Avemo (Olympia, Giulietta), Mandy Fredrich (Antonia), Rachel Frenkel (Muse, Niklausse, Die Stimme der Mutter), Michael Volle (Lindorf, Coppélius, Dr. Miracle, Dapertutto)
Wiener Symphoniker, Johannes Debus, Stefan Herheim
Johansson’s big-voice Hoffmann lacks a genuine pianissimo but phrases elegantly…Fredrich and Frenkel are nicely stylish…playing and choral singing are both excellent —
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R. Strauss: Four Last Songs & An Alpine Symphony
Anja Harteros (soprano)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
[The performance of Eine Alpensinfonie] underlines primarily the work's philosophical underpinnings and its symphonic logic; others might offer more thrills (and spills), but few offer such... —
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Special offer. Verdi: Nabucco
Leo Nucci (Nabucco), Bruno Ribeiro (Ismaele), Riccardo Zanellato (Zaccaria), Dimitra Theodossiou (Abigaille), Annamaria Chiuri (Fenena), Alessandro Spina (Il Gran Sacerdote di Belo), Mauro Buffoli (Abdallo), Cristina Giannelli (Anna)
Teatro Regio di Parma, Michele Mariotti
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Leonard Bernstein conducts Debussy
Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Leonard Bernstein
In Debussy's best-known orchestral works, Bernstein conveys his every last wish —
