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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
Hamburg State Opera, 2014
Julian Prégardien (Evangelist), Melissa Petit (soprano), Katja Pieweck (contralto), Manuel Günther (tenor), Wilhelm Schwinghammer (bass)
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Alessandro de Marchi
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The performance is suffused with Goerne’s and Hinterhäuser’s peculiar rhetorical intensity and freedom —
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Special offer. Opern Gala: Highlights of the Opera
Opernhaus Bonn, 2016
Simone Kermes, Julia Novikova, Roberto De Biasio, Marina Prudenskaya, Ingeborg Gillebo, Davide Luciano, Chiara Skerath, Robin Johannsen
Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Opernchor des Theater Bonn, Stefan Blunier
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…the playing of the Staatskapelle Dresden is everything one could wish for, both on a soloistic level and as an ensemble unified in a common goal. Melodic lines and inner voices are beautifully... —
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Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (HR-Sinfonieorchester), Paavo Järvi
No previous instalment in Paavo Järvi's Mahler cycle prepared me for the raw passion of this Ninth. —
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Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
Waltraud Meier (mezzo), Genia Kühmeier (soprano)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchstra (HR-Sinfonie Orchster), Paavo Järvi
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Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (HR-Sinfonie Orchester), Paavo Järvi
the Eighth is - as with all the other performances in the cycle - highly accomplished. Less so the filming...Overall the Seventh belongs with the other mid-period symphonies as the high point... —
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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, Valery Gergiev
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Special offer. Puccini: La Bohème
Irina Lungu (Mimì), Giorgio Berrugi (Rodolfo), Kelebogile Besong (Musetta), Massimo Cavalletti (Marcello), Benjamin Cho (Schaunard), Gabriele Sagona (Colline), Matteo Peirone (Benoît/Alcindoro), Cullen Gandy (Parpignol)
Teatro Regio di Torino, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) & Àlex Ollé
The voices could be more beautiful but it’s hard to think of a modern-dress production of La bohème that more perfectly captures the rhythm of the city in Puccini’s youthful Parisian romance…On... —
