Arthaus Musik
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Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet (Katerina Izmailova), Vladimir Vaneev (Boris Izmailov), Vsevolod Grivnov (Zinoviy Izmailov), Sergej Kunaev (Sergei), Nanà Miriani (Aksinya), Natascha Petrinsky (Sonetka)
Orchestra and Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, James Conlon (conductor) & Lev Dodin (director)
[Conlon] has conducted Shostakovich's masterpiece on both continents… There is plenty of passion in the pit. …New Orleans-raised Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet proves a powerful if one-dimensional... — More…
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Opera, March 2010, Recording of the Month
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Bacchetti’s fine touch and keen intellect is all on show here, and ignoring any issues with the sound it is easy to find his Bach stimulating and refreshing. There is an animated and ‘alive’... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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The camerawork is discreet and unfussy and the sound impeccably balanced throughout...Perahia is unfailingly thoughtful, intelligent and imaginative — More…
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Hans Zender - Thinking With Your Senses
Documentary by Reiner E. Moritz
Gertrud Zender, Helmut Lachenmann, Frank Gerhardt
Hans Zender
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Documentary
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José Carreras & Claudio Abbado - Frankfurt Concert 1992
RecommendedA Gala Concert Recorded Live from the Alte Oper Frankfurt
Jose Carreras (tenor), Martin Haselböck (organ), Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Toelzer Boys’ Choir
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
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Building a Library, February 2010, First Choice (DVD)
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Richard Strauss and his Heroines
A Film by Thomas von Steinaecker
featuring Brigitte Fassbaender, Renee Fleming, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Christa Ludwig, Christian Strauss, Rufus Wainwright
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Extraordinary DVD shows how much of the composer’s aesthetic was determined by his relationship with his wife, Pauline — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Winner - DVD Documentary
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Dusseldorf's 2010 Schumann festival...staged Manfred with multimedia, to brilliantly magical effect...anyone who loves Schumann will find Manfred and this exceptionally beautiful staging a revelation. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2011, DVD Choice
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The Verdi Opera Selection Vol. 3
Un ballo in maschera, La forza del destino & La Traviata
Plácido Domingo (Gustavo III), Leo Nucci (Count Anckarström), Josephine Barstow (Amelia) & Florence Quivar (Madame Arvidson), Violeta Urmana (Leonora), Carlo Guelfi (Don Carlo), Marcello Giordani (Don Alvaro), Julia Gertseva (Preziosilla), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Padre Guardiano), Bruno De Simone...
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Lintu has always had an interesting analytical perspective on the symphonies but he delves even further here...To describe this as an important snapshot of orchestral Helsinki in 2015 is to... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2016, DVD of the Month
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Lehár: Zigeunerliebe (Gipsy Love)
Janet Perry (Zorika), Ion Buzea (Józsi), Adolf Dallapozza (Jonel Bolescu), Colette Lorand (Ilona), Heinz Friedrich (Peter Dragotin), Kurt Großkurth (Mihály/Moschu)
Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orchestra, Heinz Wallberg
This was composed in 1909 and is a worthy equal to the composer’s other operettas in terms of imaginative content, visual ideas and instrumental colouring. After the sensational success of the... — More…
