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Britten - Embroidery in childhood (from Peter Grimes)
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Great Operatic Arias 20 - Christine Brewer Volume 2
Christine Brewer (soprano), Timothy Robinson (tenor), Judith Howarth (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry
This is a spectacular demonstration not only of Christine Brewer's vocal strength with every note firm from top to bottom, but of her extraordinary versatility in this wide range of repertory.... —
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Kate Royal – Midsummer Night
Kate Royal (soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Thomas Allen (baritone)
Orchestra of the English National Opera & Crouch End Festival Chorus, Edward Gardner
…Kate Royal's lustrous soprano has invited comparisons with that of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and so it does in this imaginative programme, conducted by fellow wunderkind Edward Gardner. —
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Susan Chilcott at La Monnaie
Susan Chilcott (soprano), with Claire Powell (Emilia), with Vladimir Galouzine (Otello), Tom Fox (Iago), Claire Powell (Emilia), Marten Smeding (Rodrigo), Kurt Streit (Cassio) and John Cheek (Lodovico), with Dale Duesing (Musiklehrer), with William Cochran (Peter)
Orchestre de La Monnaie, Antonio...
…Susan Chilcott's… Desdemona sounds all the more delicate opposite Galusin's rather unwieldy Otello, with some beautifully Italianate legato… The Grimes excerpts are restrained but not less... —
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Opera, March 2009, Recording of the Month
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