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Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
RecommendedJose Van Dam (Le Marquis de la Force), Catherine Dubosc (Blanche de la Force), Jean-Luc Viala (Le Chevalier de la Force), Rita Gorr (La Prieure du Carmel), Rachel Yakar (La Nouvelle Prieure), Martine Dupuy (Mere Marie), Brigitte Fournier (Constance), Michel Senechal (L'Aumonier), Francois Le Roux...
It's… good to welcome back EMI's reissue of the 1992 Virgin Classic's Dialogues… superbly cast. Catherine Dubosc is Blanche par excellence, Rita Gorr graduates from Mere Marie in 1958 to the... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2006, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1993, Winner - Opera
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Building a Library, April 2017, First Choice
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Oh, Boy!
Mozart & French Opera Arias
Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano)
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Marc Minkowski
Boy - can she wear the trousers well! Her Cherubino in 'Voi che sapete' trembles with anxious desire. Only the stoniest hearted woman could resist this 'Non so piu', Crebassa by turns eager... — More…
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Opera, March 2017, Recording of the Month
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On this occasion the limelight is stolen from Schoenberg by Zemlinsky...This music requires little excuse to become overheated, and it is much to the Arod’s credit that they resist the temptation... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Editor's Choice
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Ravel - Sonatas & Trios
RecommendedRenaud Capuçon (violin), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Frank Braley (piano)
Renaud Capuçon and Frank Braley get away from the rather uptight image we have of Ravel to compelling effect — More…
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Building a Library, September 2006, First Choice
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Building a Library, December 2009, First Choice
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Saccharine moments are applied by Capuçon in soupcons rather than ladlefuls. The orchestra – deftly directed by Stéphane Denève – remains largely restrained throughout, providing a cloak around... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder & Lieder
Diana Damrau (soprano), Helmut Deutsch (piano), Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
The German soprano’s virtues are well in evidence. There’s no doubting the integrity and intelligence of her performances, and there’s much to admire in her tidy, restrained way with the Four... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Solo Vocal Recital (Lieder)
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Janáček: Jenufa
RecommendedKarita Mattila (Jenufa), Anja Silja (Kostelnicka), Eva Randová (Stařenka Buryjovka), Jerry Hadley (Steva), Jorma Silvasti (Laca), Jonathan Veira (Mill Foreman), Leah-Marian Jones (Karolka), Elizabeth Sikora (Herdswoman), Rebecca Nash (Barena), Gail Pearson (Jano)
Chorus & Orchestra of Royal...
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2003, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 46th Awards (2003), Best Opera Recording
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He delivers Bloch’s epic Schelomo with magnificent command, tracing its ark from lamentation to shrill anger back to resignation. Michael Sanderling and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra bring... — More…
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Record Review, 22nd January 2022, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Gautier Capucon (cello)
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
Gautier Capucon is too consummate a musician to opt for pale imitations. Working hand in glove with Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra, he delivers passionate and rhythmically incisive... — More…
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