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Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex & Apollon Musagète
RecommendedJennifer Johnston (Jocasta), Stuart Skelton (Oedipus), Gidon Saks (Creon) & Fanny Ardant (narrator)
Gentlemen of the Monteverdi Choir & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Johnston's superb interpretation lifts the whole performance up a couple of notches...But John Eliot Gardiner's conducting somehow misses the work's elusive power. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th April 2014
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Building a Library, May 2018, Recommended Recording
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Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's Progress
RecommendedGerald Finley (baritone), Peter Coleman-Wright (baritone), Jeremy White (bass), Richard Coxon (tenor), Roderick Williams (bass), Gidon Saks (bass), Francis Egerton (tenor), Rebecca Evans (soprano), Susan Gritton (soprano), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano), Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-soprano), Mark...
John Noble was a fine Pilgrim on the old Boult recording, but Gerald Finley brings not only a voice that's as good and well suited but also a dramatic quality that is more colourful and intense.... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Weber: Der Freischütz
RecommendedChristine Brewer (Agathe), Sally Matthews (Ännchen), Lars Woldt (Kaspar), Simon O’Neill (Max), Stephan Loges (Ottokar/Zamiel), Martin Snell (Kuno), Gidon Saks (A Hermit), Marcus Farnsworth (Kilian), Lucy Hall (Bridesmaids)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
This is a sincere reading of the work, but sincerity should not be confused with a lack of sophistication. The orchestral textures are pristine, the tempos and colours bracing and plaintive,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th May 2013
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Britten: Billy Budd
RecommendedNathan Gunn (Billy), Ian Bostridge (Captain Vere), Gidon Saks (Claggart), Neal Davies (Redburn), Jonathan Lemalu (Flint), Matthew Rose (Ratcliffe), Andrew Kennedy (Novice), Matthew Best (Dansker), Roderick Williams (Novice's Friend)
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Daniel Harding
…this is a good, often exciting performance, but Hickox and especially Britten are hard acts to follow. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 52nd Awards (2009), Best Opera Recording
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Zemlinsky: Der Kreidekreis
Renate Behle, Roland Hermann, Reiner Goldberg, Siegfried Lorenz & Celina Lindsley
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Stefan Soltesz
Zemlinsky's penultimate opera is surprisingly austere. Strong performances, but the lack of text and translations is disappointing as there's much spoken dialogue. — More…
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Zemlinsky: Der Kreidekreis
Renate Behle (soprano), Gabriele Schreckenbach (alto), Bengt-Ola Morgny (tenor), Roland Hermann (baritone), Gidon Saks (baritone), Reiner Goldberg (tenor), Warren Mok (tenor), Hans Helm (baritone), Celina Lindsley (soprano), Siegfried Lorenz (baritone), Gertrud Ottenthal (soprano), Kaja Borris (alto),...
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Schreker, F.: Ferne Klang (Der) [Opera]
Gabrielle Schnaut (soprano), Thomas Moser (tenor), Victor van Halem (bass), Barbara Scherler (mezzo-soprano), Johannes Werner Prein (bass), Julia Juon (mezzo-soprano), Hans Helm (baritone), Siegmund Nimsgern (baritone), Barbara Hahn (mezzo-soprano), Gudrun Sieber (soprano), Gertrud Ottenthal (soprano),...
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Britten: Curlew River
Charles Richardson (boy soprano), Gidon Saks (bass), Philip Langridge (tenor), Simon Keenlyside (tenor), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, London Voices, Sir Neville Marriner
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Schreker: Der Ferne Klang
Thomas Moser (tenor), Gabrielle Schnaut (mezzo), Siegmund Nimsgern (bass), Julia Juon (mezzo-soprano), Robert Worle (tenor), Roland Hermann (baritone), Peter Haage (tenor), Gidon Saks (bass-baritone), Gudrun Sieber (soprano), Victor van Halem (bass), Hans Helm (baritone), Johannes Werner Prein (bass),...
Fine studio recording of Schreker's first successful opera. Although Schnaut as Grete has some tuning problems, the rest of the cast is convincing and the orchestra plays with great finesse. — More…
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Kurt Weill: Der Silbersee
Terry Edwards (chorus master), Heinz Zednik (tenor), Andrew Weale, Graham Clark (tenor), Juanita Lascarro (soprano), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Gidon Saks (tenor), Katarina Karnéus (soprano), Paul Whelan (tenor), Heinz Kruse (tenor), HK Gruber (bass)
London Sinfonietta Chorus, London Sinfonietta,...
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