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Berlioz: Les Troyens
RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (Didon), Michael Spyres (Énée), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Cassandre), Orchestre et Choeur philharmonique de Strasbourg, Badischer Staatsopernchor, Choeur de l’Opéra du Rhin, John Nelson
Nelson drives the drama with unforced tempos but ample theatrical vitality and grandeur…Spyres isn’t as heroic an Aeneas as Jon Vickers…but sings with lyrical grace and spirit and decent if not... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th November 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2017, Recording of the Month
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Winner - Opera
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International Opera Awards, 2018, Winner - Complete Opera Recording
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Record Review, 25th November 2017, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Winner - Opera
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Recording of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Opera Recording (19th century)
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Opera
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Régine Crespin: Shéhérazade RecommendedRégine Crespin (soprano)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
Sumptuous of tone, supremely sensitive, Crespin was born to illuminate the art of French song. Whether floating the seductive allure of Ravel or revelling in the wit of Poulenc these recordings... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2007, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
RecommendedBen Heppner (Enée), Michelle DeYoung (Didon), Petra Lang (Cassandre), Sara Mingardo (Anna), Peter Mattei (Chorèbe), Stephen Milling (Narbal), Kenneth Tarver (Iopas), Toby Spence (Hylas), Alan Ewing (Priam), Guang Yang (Hécube), Isabelle Cals (Ascagne), Tigran Martirossian (Panthée), Bülent Bezdüz...
So what's so special about the performance? Try Canadian tenor Ben Heppner, outdoing his fellow countryman Jon Vickers on Sir Colin's first recording of Les Troyens. The other principals are... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2012, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2002, Winner - Opera
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2001, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique & Rameau: Suite de Hippolyte et Aricie RecommendedSwedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
an arresting juxtaposition … Smart work from the uncredited harpsichordist and taut direction by Daniel Harding anchor the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra’s performance of the suite from Hippolyte... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2016, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, February 2019, Recommended
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
RecommendedNicolai Gedda, Jules Bastin, Josephine Veasey, Richard Van Allan, Gillian Knight
Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
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Grammy Awards, 17th Awards (1974), Best Choral Performance
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Building a Library, February 2018, Also Recommended
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Davis is always lithe and nuanced, somehow eliciting a diaphonous glow even in the forceful moments and charming the ear — More…
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Building a Library, October 2011, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2001, Editor's Choice
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Régine Crespin - French Songs RecommendedRégine Crespin (soprano), John Wustman (piano)
Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet
With recent recordings by Bernarda Fink, Susan Graham, Felicity Lott, there has been no shortage of Shéhérazades for our 21st century. But back in 1963 Régine Crespine recorded a performance... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Building a Library, September 2007, First Choice
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
RecommendedConsuelo Rubio, Richard Verreau, Michel Roux, Pierre Mollet, Heinz Kirchner (viola)
Elisabeth Brasseur Choir · Chœur Enfants · R.T.F. · Orchestre Lamoureux, Paris · Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre Lamoureax, Paris, Berliner Philharmoniker, Igor Markevitch
The names of the soloists may not be familiar to everyone nowadays (Richard Verreau, Michel Roux and Consuelo Rubio) but with the Lamoureux Orchestra and Elisabeth Brasseur Choir under Igor Markevitch,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Best-kept Secrets
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Building a Library, February 2018, Also Recommended
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Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
RecommendedNicolai Gedda, Jules Bastin, Robert Massard, Roger Soyer, Derk Blackwell, Robert Lloyd
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
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Grammy Awards, 15th Awards (1972), Best Opera Recording
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Berlioz - Nuits d'été
RecommendedBrigitte Balleys (mezzo), Mireille Delunsch (soprano)
Orchestre des Champs Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe
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Building a Library, January 2014, First Choice
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