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Why mince words? This collection is one of the best Vivaldi records I have heard since I began reviewing records 40 years ago. Every movement is sheer delight — More…
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Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO 3 Christiane Karg (soprano), Mari Eriksmoen (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Andrew Staples (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Alastair Miles (bass), Tareq Nazmi (bass), Kurt Rydl (bass)
Chor & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Harding
[Harding] shapes some elegant playing and clear choral textures, and there's some fine solo singing, notably from Christiane Karg, Bernarda Fink and Andrew Staples. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2014, Disc of the Month
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Britten: The Rape of Lucretia Jean Rigby (Lucretia), Nigel Robson (Male Chorus), Catherine Pierard (Female Chorus), Donald Maxwell (Tarquinius), Alastair Miles (Collatinus), Alan Opie (Junius), Patricia Rozario (Lucia), Ameral Gunson (Bianca)
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
Hickox allows his singers plenty of space with no loss of tension; they respond impressively, with Catherine Pierard exceptional as the Female Chorus. — More…
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Mozart & Brahms: Requiem
RecommendedNancy Argenta (soprano), Catherine Robbin (contralto), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Olaf Bär (baritone)
London Classical Players, Schütz Choir of London, Roger Norrington
this is an enjoyable traversal of the [Mozart Requiem] score, with plenty of character and many points of illumination. — More…
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Building a Library, February 2016, Also Recommended
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Verdi: Don Carlos (Five-act French version) Ramón Vargas (Don Carlos), Alastair Miles (Philippe II), Bo Skovhus (Rodrigue), Nadja Michael (La Princesse Eboli), Iano Tamar (Elisabeth de Valois), Simon Yang (Le Grand Inquisiteur), Cornelia Salje (Thibault), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (Un Moine), Benedikt Kobel (Le Compte de Lerme), Inna Los (Un Voix...
This is an issue of major importance, which all lovers of Verdi should acquire, since it will enable them to hear about 45 minutes of his most mature music which is otherwise not available…... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2006, Opera Choice
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Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25
RecommendedVéronique Gens (Marie), Alastair Miles (Herod/Ishmaelite Father), Yann Beuron (Narrator), Stephan Loges (Joseph)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Robin Ticciati
Beuron, still probably France's finest lyric tenor, a compelling Recitant with open, ardent tones and warm delivery...Miles is a splendidly anguished but restrained Herod and benign Ishmaelite,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2013
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Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25
RecommendedJean Rigby (mezzo soprano), Alastair Miles (bass), Gerald Finley (baritone), John Aler (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass), Peter Evans (tenor) & Robert Poulton (baritone)
Corydon Singers & Orchestra & St Paul's Cathedral Choristers, Matthew Best
The recording is surely the best available — More…
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Building a Library, December 2001, First Choice
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Rossini: Le Comte Ory
Juan Diego Flórez (Le Comte Ory), Alastair Miles (Le Gouverneur), Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Isolier), Bruno Praticò (Raimbaud), Stefania Bonfadelli (La Comtesse), Marina De Liso (Ragonde), Rossella Bevacqua (Alice)
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Jésus López Cobos
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, the most skilled of Rossini conductors, even matches in rhythmic lift and comic timing the magic example of Vittorio Gui on the classic Glyndebourne recordings of the 1950s...[Florez... — More…
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Donizetti: Belisario
Nicola Alaimo (Belisario), Joyce El-Khoury (Antonina), Camilla Roberts (Irene), Russell Thomas (Alamiro), Alastair Miles (Giustiniano), Julia Sporsen (Eudora), Peter Hoare (Eutropio), Edward Price (Eusebio), MIchael Bundy (Ottario), Darren Jeffery (Centurione)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Mark...
this Opera Rara recording makes amends for [Belisario's] long neglect. That is above all thanks to the conducting of Mark Elder...He injects it with such energy and pathos that you are reminded... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2014, Opera Choice
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Richard Strauss: The Complete Songs 4
Christopher Maltman (baritone) & Roger Vignoles (piano), Alastair Miles (bass)
Maltman and Vignoles strike the right note of hard-won simplicity for Goethe's 'Gefunden' and Heine's 'Mit deinen blauen Augen'. Miles then signs in with the wonderful night-boat meditation of... — More…
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