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Everything here (not least the filmic arrangements) is overheated in the best sense…Her sheer joy in choosing and singing this repertoire is tangible. A holiday romance it may be, but enjoy... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Female Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Janáček: The Excursions of Mr Broucek
RecommendedPeter Straka, Jan Vacík, Zdenek Plech, Maria Haan, Roman Janál, Martina Bauerová, Ales Briscein, Jaroslav Brezina & Václav Sibera
BBC Singers & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek
The instrumental playing here is magnificent and the BBC Singers negotiate their often stratospheric lines with raw passion and enviable confidence. But what makes the whole performance of... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Opera
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2008
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Might this be the start of a complete Bruckner symphonies from the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Andris Nelsons? On the strength of this I very much hope so. The orchestra is still on with... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th May 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Orchestra of the Year
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Tchaikovsky: Iolanta
RecommendedAnna Netrebko (Iolanta), Sergey Skorokhodov (Vaudémont), Alexey Markov (Robert), Monika Bohinec (Martha), Junho You (Almerik), Lucas Meachem (Ibn-Hakia), Vitalij Kowaljow (King René)
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Emmanuel Villaume
Netrebko sounds radiant, if improbably imperious as the young, blind princess, who magically finds love and sight in the arms of the smitten Count Vaudémont, sung by rousing tenor Sergey Skorokhodov.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th January 2015
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Wagner: Tannhäuser (Dresden version)
RecommendedSpas Wenkoff (Tannhäuser), Gwyneth Jones (Elisabeth/Venus), Bernd Weikl (Wolfram), Hans Sotin (Hermann), Robert Schunk (Walther von der Vogelweide)
Bayreuther Festspiele, Sir Colin Davis
At last on DVD, a legendary staging which really did revitalise its subject. The staging's intensity, on a single stark rostrum, is supercharged by the committed, first-rate ensemble 1970s... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2013, First Choice on DVD (Dresden version)
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Strauss, R: Elektra
RecommendedSchwarz, Voigt, Jerusalem, Ramey
Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinopoli
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Verdi: Rigoletto
RecommendedLuciano Pavarotti (Il Duca), Vladimir Chernov (Rigoletto), Cheryl Studer (Gilda), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Sparafucile), Denyce Graves (Maddalena), Jane Shaulis (Giovanna), Ildebrando d' Arcangelo (Monterone), Dwayne Croft (Marullo), Paul Groves (Borsa), Yanni Yannissis (Il Conte di Ceprano), Heidi Grant...
Levine conducts a thrustful, exceptionally high-powered reading of Rigoletto, vividly dramatic. The sound is full and immediate...Chernov is a firm, clear, virile Rigoletto...Studer is a tenderly... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2013, First Choice
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Bayreuth Festival 2023 - Wagner/Parsifal Andreas Schager (Parsifal), Elīna Garanča (Kundry), Georg Zeppenfeld (Gurnemanz), Derek Welton (Amfortas), Jordan Shanahan (Klingsor), Tobias Kehrer (Titurel)
Bayreuther Festspielorchester, Bayreuther Festspielchor, Pablo Heras-Casado
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My Life Is An Opera: Roberto Alagna
Roberto Alagna (tenor), with Aleksandra Kurzak
London Orchestra, Yvan Cassar
loud, no-holds-barred singing that thrives on passion at any cost...Goldmark’s Die Königin von Saba sounds strained, but rare French arias by Gounod and Reyer come across vividly and he makes... — More…
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The Kurt Weill Album Michael Porter (tenor), Katharine Mehrling (voice), Simon Bode (tenor), Michael Nagl (baritone), Oliver Zwarg (bass-baritone)
Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Joana Mallwitz
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