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Verdi: Requiem
Julianna Di Giacomo (soprano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo), Vittorio Grigolo (tenor), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (bass)
LA Philharmonic & LA Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel
The performance is at its best in the contributions of the four soloists. US soprano Julianna Di Giacomo brings vibrant tone and plenty of personal commitment to the top line...DeYoung supplies... —
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Special offer. Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Anett Fritsch (Fiordiligi), Paola Gardina (Dorabella), Kerstin Avemo (Despina), Juan Francisco Gatell (Ferrando), Andreas Wolf (Guglielmo), William Shimell (Don Alfonso)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real de Madrid, Sylvain Cambreling
No lover of radical productions myself, I found it fascinating. You will, too, provided you forget that Cosi is an opera buffa: this is serious stuff...Within the limits of Haneke's very particular... —
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Mozart: Davide Penitente
Christiane Karg (soprano), Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (tenor), Bartabas (choreographer)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Salzburger Bachchor, Académie équestre de Versailles, Marc Minkowski
The musical performance is good, the equine ballet is graceful —
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A John Williams Celebration
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles 2014
Itzhak Perlman (violin)
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
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Special offer. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Andreas Schager (Tristan), Rachel Nicholls (Isolde), John Relyea (King Mark), Brett Polegato (Kurwenal), Andrew Rees (Melot), Michelle Breedt (Brangäne), Orchestra and Choir of Teatro Opera of Rome, Daniele Gatti
Immediately there’s well-prepared singing and good coordination with the pit...The two main soloists are good here – they’re both wonderfully respectful of text and project their words clearly... —
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Brahms: The Complete Symphonies
and The Brahms Code: A Music Documentary by Christian Berger
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Paavo Järvi
These performances are all first class... A filmed Brahms cycle of splendid performances. —
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Special offer. Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
John Osborn (Hoffmann), Irene Roberts (Muse/Nicklausse), Nina Minasyan (Olympia), Christine Rice (Giulietta), Ermonela Jaho (Antonia), Erwin Schrott (Lindorf, Coppélius, Miracle, Dapertutto)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi
It’s one of those ideas that might actually work better on video than in the theatre, and the video director Misjel Vermeiren handles it confidently ...It won’t be for everyone; but if you’re... —
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Special offer. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Mari Eriksmoen (Susanna, Andrè Schuen (Figaro), Christine Schäfer (Countess), Bo Skovhus (Count), Elisabeth Kulman (Cherubino)
Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
this is a Mozart with a difference: rather than interpreting, singers and orchestra confront text and music with a liveliness and intensity that should also compel viewers to see things differently. —
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Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Special offer. Puccini: Tosca
Sonya Yoncheva (Tosca), Vittorio Grigolo (Cavaradossi), Roman Burdenko (Scarpia), Carlo Bosi (Spoletta), Giorgi Manoshvili (Angelotti), Giulio Mastrototaro (Sacristan)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Arena Di Verona, Hugo de Ana, Francesco Ivan Ciampa
In all respects, she is a sensation in this role: truly one of the great Toscas of our time, and the DVD surely deserves a place in the Puccini fan’s collection on that count alone...The production... —
