Accentus Music
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Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns
Piotr Beczala (Prince Sou-Chong), Julia Kleiter (Lisa), Rebeca Olvera (Mi), Spencer Lang (Count Gustav von Pottenstein), Cheyne Davidson (Tschang) & Martin Zysset (Chief Eunuch)
Chor der Oper Zurich & Philharmonia Zurich, Fabio Luisi (conductor) & Andreas Homoki (stage director)
This is a magnificent achievement: a staging that lets the piece speak eloquently for itself, performed with a sense of style that’s faithful without being patronising…Kleiter’s singing has... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2018, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Recorded live at the Concert Hall of KKL Luzern, Lucerne Festival, August 2017
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
Together they make a classy sound, and these are classy performances. Chailly’s Mendelssohn is affectionate, reflecting his time as principal conductor at the Leipzig Gewandhaus…Manfred is treated... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, June 2018, Vidéo
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As recorded in Leipzig's handsome new(ish) Gewandhaus Hall, the sound is a feast in its own right - a lovely balance of clarity, spaciousness, and glowing warmth. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2018, Orchestral Choice
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Befitting its extraordinary subject, Anne-Kathrin Peitz and Youlian Tabakov’s brilliant film about the French composer and hardline agent provocateur Erik Satie aims at more than a standard... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2015, DVD of the Month
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The mainly Czech Collegium 1704 are a lively bunch, and give boisterously enjoyable and celebratory performances of these familiar masterpieces. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Performance & Documentaries
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Recorded live at the Concert Hall of KKL Luzern, Lucerne Festival, August 2017
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
As a piece of filmmaking, it is utterly conventional…Chailly’s clear, unfussy gestures and limited range of facial expressions are all registered…As of August 2017, when this concert was recorded,... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, June 2018, Vidéo
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The mainly Czech Collegium 1704 are a lively bunch, and give boisterously enjoyable and celebratory performances of these familiar masterpieces. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Performance & Documentaries
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abundant virtues...a sense of naturally flowing tempi, an ear for inner parts within the whole, a vitality that captures the pristine glow of this most innocent of all Mahler symphonies. Chailly... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, DVD of the Month
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
Martha Argerich (piano), Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Performance & Documentaries
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Berg: Violin Concerto & Mendelssohn: Scottish Symphony
Baiba Skride (violin), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
Head buried in the score, Nelsons nonetheless holds a firm grip on the relentless motor rhythms powering the event’s premiere, commissioned from Steffen Schleiermacher…Skride gives a requiescal... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2018, Orchestral Choice
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