EuroArts
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Lucerne's acoustically superb KKL hall has this handpicked orchestra sounding most impressive: so is the performance, in its supercharged way — More…
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The Ninth Symphony by Maurice Béjart
on Schiller’s Ode to Joy
Béjart Ballet Lausanne, The Tokyo Ballet, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Ritsuyukai Choir, Zubin Mehta
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Dances & Dreams: Gala from Berlin 2011
Recorded live at the Berlin Philharmonic, 31 December 2011
Evgeny Kissin (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
Where Rattle and company radiate love, Kissin gives us duty. Still, nothing else casts a chill. Hearing the orchestra's splendours, observing the smiles and eye contact, you'd never believe... — More…
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Christopher Maltman (Don Giovanni), Erwin Schrott (Leporello), Annette Dasch (Donna Anna), Matthew Polenzani (Don Ottavio), Dorothea Röschmann (Donna Elvira), Ekaterina Siurina (Zerlina), Anatoly Kocherga (Il Commendatore), Alex Esposito (Masetto)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Bertrand de Billy
Christian Schmidt designs a crepuscular forest for Claus Guth's dark contemporary take on the opera...It's very much the women who have got a grip here. The rhythmic rigour of Dorothea Roschmann's... — More…
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Mozart: Requiem
Recorded live from Salzburg Cathedral, 16 July 1999
Karita Mattila (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Michael Schade (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass baritone), Rachel Harnisch (soprano)
Berliner Philharmoniker & Swedish Radio Choir, Claudio Abbado
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Orff: Carmina Burana
Sally Matthews (soprano), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor) & Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin & Knabenchor des Staats- und Domchores Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle
Superlative soloists add lustre to Orff's barbaric blockbuster in this Berlin New Year's Eve concert. Oddly coarse images: the musicians look as if they've been roasting under sun lamps. — More…
