Peter Bronder
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Mozart: The Magic Flute
Barry Banks (Tamino), Rebecca Evans (Pamina), Elizabeth Vidal (Queen of the Night), Simon Keenlyside (Papageno), John Tomlinson (Sarastro), Lesley Garrett (Papagena), John Graham-Hall (Monostatos)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Of all repertoire operas, none gains more than The Magic Flute from performance in the language of the audience. Musically, the performance is hard to fault. Articulation is light and buoyant,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2005, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2005, Editor's Choice
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Strauss, R: Salome
Emily Magee (Salome), Wolfgang Koch (Jochanaan), Michaela Schuster (Herodias), Peter Bronder (Herodes), Benjamin Bruns (Narraboth)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Andres Orozco-Estrada
What we gain here in exemplary clarity of Strauss’s sonic spider-web we lose in momentum for, say, the climactic welter which ends in Jokanaan’s curse…Magee as the spoiled princess propels the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Opera
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Rachmaninoff: The Miserly Knight, Op. 24
Ildar Abdrazakov (bass), Misha Didyk (tenor), Sergey Murzaev (baritone), Peter Bronder (tenor) & Gennadi Bezzubenkov (bass)
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda
..Gianandrea Noseda, masterly at pacing and responsive to orchestral colour… Ildar Abdrazakov, certainly the finest bass voice to emerge from Russia in decades. …the performance exerts a fierce,... — More…
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Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
RecommendedIan Bostridge (Tom Rakewell), Bryn Terfel (Nick Shadow), Deborah York (Anne Trulove), Anne Sofie von Otter (Baba the Turk), Anne Howells (Mother Goose), Peter Bronder (Sellem), Martin Robson (Trulove), Julian Clarkson (Keeper of the Madhouse)
Monteverdi Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, John...
Gardiner's Rake's Progress, in all but one respect, easily withstands comparison with its five rivals, and in several it surpasses them; if you're happy with Terfel's Nick Shadow, it can be... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2016, Also Recommended
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Grammy Awards, 42nd Awards (1999), Best Opera Recording
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Janáček: Osud (Fate)
Helen Field (Míla Valkova), Philip Langridge (Zivny), Kathryn Harries (Míla's mother)
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
Mackerras delivers a magnificent ensemble performance, and the mass of minor roles is flawlessly presented. — More…
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Rossini: Il Turco in Italia
Sumi Jo, Simone Alaimo, Enrico Fissore & Raúl Gimnez
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
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Berg: Wozzeck
Andrew Shore (Wozzeck), Josephine Barstow (Marie), Alan Woodrow (Drum Major), Peter Bronder (Andres), Stuart Kale (Hauptmann), Clive Bayley (Doktor), John Graham-Hall (Narr), Jean Rigby (Margaret)
Susan Singh Choristers, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, Paul Daniel
This is one of the finest recordings so far in Chandos's 'Opera in English' series, and there's certainly no need to make allowances for the performance because of the language. A Wozzeck to... — More…
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Special offer. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Mauro Peter (Tamino), Siobhan Stagg (Pamina), Roderick Williams (Papageno), Sabine Devieilhe (Queen of the Night), Mika Kares (Sarastro), Peter Bronder (Monostatos), Darren Jeffery (Speaker of the Temple), Christina Gansch (Papagena)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Julia Jones
This spirited performance, with good video direction by Jonathan Haswell, will give a great deal of pleasure. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2022, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Berg: Wozzeck
Audun Iversen (Wozzeck), Claudia Mahnke (Marie), Vincent Wolfsteiner (Tambourmajor), Martin Mitterrutzner (Andres), Peter Bronder (Hauptmann), Martin Wölfel (Der Narr), Alfred Reiter (Doktor), Katharina Magiera (Margret)
Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra, Sebastian Weigle
Everyone on stage puts the words first – often by speaking, shouting and shrieking as much as singing. The claustrophobia which boxed in previous issues of Wagner and Strauss from the same source... — More…
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Verdi: La Traviata
Edita Gruberova (Violetta Valéry), Kim Begley (Gastone), Patricia Spence (Flora Bervoix), Alastair Miles (Dottor Grenvil), Monica Bacelli (Annina), David Barrell (Marchese d’Obigny), Neil Shicoff (Alfredo Germont), Peter Sidhom (Barone Douphol) & Giorgio Zancanaro (Giorgio Germont)
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