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Thomas Hampson, Elzbieta Szmytka, Ryszard Minkiewicz, Philip Langridge, Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle
King Roger is a ravishingly beautiful opera, but a very fragile one. With a shrill soprano or a less than ideally cast tenor it would be fatally flawed. Minkiewicz's Dionysiac Shepherd betrays... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…
Philip Langridge (tenor), Robert Gierlach (bass), Lisa Milne (soprano), Ryszard Minkiewicz (tenor), Thomas Hampson (bass-baritone), Jadwige Rappe (vocals), Andrew Burden (tenor), Adrian Partington (director), Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Jadwiga Rappé (alto), Jadwiga Rappé (contralto)
Simon Halsey, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle
Recorded: 1998-07-25
Recording Venue: 21-25 July 1998, Symphony Hall, Birmingham