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Handel: Dixit Dominus & The ways of Zion do mourn
RecommendedFelicity Palmer (soprano), Margaret Marshall (soprano), Norma Burrowes (soprano), Charles Brett (countertenor), John Angelo Messana (countertenor), Richard Morton (tenor), Alastair Thompson (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (bass), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Nicholas Kraemer (harpsichord),...
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Gramophone Awards, 1978, Winner - Choral
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Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto, K87
Michael Spyres (Mitridate), Patricia Petibon (Aspasia), Myrtò Papatanasiu (Sifare), Christophe Dumaux (Farnace), Sabine Devieilhe (Ismène), Cyrille Dubois (Marzio) & Jaël Azzaretti (Arbate)
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
This is a really good cast. Patricia Petibon’s daunting but brilliant first aria as Aspasia, ‘Al destin’, is sung with panache and nonchalant control. Michael Spyres negotiates the great vocal... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2017
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Offenbach: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein
RecommendedDame Felicity Lott (La Grande Duchesse), Sandrine Piau (Wanda), Yann Beuron (Fritz), Franck Leguérinel (Le Baron Puck), Eric Huchet (Le Prince Paul), François Le Roux (Le Général Boum), Boris Grappe (Le Baron Grog), Alain Gabriel (Népomuc), Maryline Fallot (Iza), Blandine Staskiewicz (Olga), Jennifer...
Offenbach's 1867 opéra bouffe is here brought back to life in an all-singing, all-dancing staging that bursts with energy from start to finish. Laurent Pelly's production, recorded here at... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Ruggero Raimondi (Boris Godunov), Paul Plishka (Pimen), Kenneth Riegel (Shuisky), Nicolai Gedda (Simpleton), Galina Vishneyevskaya (Marina), Catherine Dubosc (Xenia), Matthew Adam Fish (Feodor), Mira Zakai (Nurse), Vyacheslav Poloznov (Grigory), Misha Raitzin (Missail), Lajos Miller (Shchelkalov)
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Handel: Giove in Argo
Ann Hallenberg (Iside), Theodora Baka (Diana), Karina Gauvin (Calisto), Anicio Zorzi ('Arete' - Giove), Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani ('Arete' - Giove), Johannes Weisser (Licaone), Vito Priante (Erasto - Osiri)
Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
this reconstruction is notable for the unusual balance between arias and choruses, of which there are nine horns, oboe and recorders. Though the voices blend oddly with Curtis's choir, the choral... — More…
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50 Best Handel
Jane Gilchrist (soprano), Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Max Emanuel Cenčić (counter-tenor), Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano), Gérard Lesne (counter-tenor), David Daniels (counter-tenor, vocals), Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano), Arleen Auger (soprano), Martin Isepp (harpsichord),...
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Bizet: Carmen
Julia Migenes, Plácido Domingo, Faith Esham, Ruggero Raimondi
French Radio Chorus, French National Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
Too many recordings of Carmen have blown up the work to proportions beyond its author's intentions but here Maazel adopts a brisk, lightweight approach that seems to come close to what Bizet... — More…
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Mozart Treasures
Christopher Warren-Green (director, violin), Warren (featured vocalist), Green (featured vocalist), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (lead vocals), Michel Portal (clarinet), Cherubini-Quartett (string quartet), Smithson String Quartet (featured vocalist), Emile...
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Sacred Treasures
Wolfgang Sawallisch, Riccardo Muti, Richard Hickox, Georges Prêtre, Michel Plasson & Sir Simon Rattle
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The Sound of Arvo Pärt
Truls Mørk (cello), Arvo Leibur (violin), Kalev Kuljus (oboe), Ene Salumae (organ, keyboards), Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ), Kaia Urb (soprano), Tiit Kogerman (tenor), Aarne Talvik (bass), Mati Turi (tenor), Vilve Hepner (soprano), Evelin Saul (contralto), Kaira Urb (soprano), Tõnu Kaljuste...
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