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Great Composers in Words & Music: Felix Mendelssohn
Leighton Pugh (narrator), Benjamin Frith (piano), Robin Tritschler (tenor), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Sonntraud Engels-Benz, Peter Holder, Stephen Tharp, Takako Nishizaki (violin), Laura Hicks, Peter Nagy (piano)
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Auer String Quartet, Kodály Quartet, Slovak Philharmonic...
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde), Clay Hilley (Siegfried), Derek Welton (Wotan - Das Rheingold), Iain Paterson (Wotan - Die Walküre/Wanderer), Elisabeth Teige (Sieglinde), Brandon Jovanovich (Siegmund), Albert Pesendorfer (Hagen)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Stefan Herheim, Sir Donald Runnicles
In finding the whole so much less than the sum of its parts, I return to the excellence of the singers, who deliver quite conventional accounts of their roles despite the non-canonical paraphernalia... — More…
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Hugo Alfvén: Complete Symphonies, Suites and Rhapsodies
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willén
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Christmas Brass
Scott Lumsdaine, Niclas Ericson, Lars-Ove Eriksson, John Roderick MacDonald, Martin Stephan, Reinhold Friedrich, Hartmut Lücker, Jeff Martin, Rich Sigler, Doug Morgan, Ben Patterson, Dennis Hoffmann, Pat Shrieves, Gorgen Antonsson, Karl-Johan Ankarblom, Tim Leahey, Kevin Burns, Brian Macdonald, Dudley...
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Gounod: Mireille
Inva Mula (Mireille), Charles Castronovo (Vincent), Opéra national de Paris, Marc Minkowski, Nicolas Joel
Mula attacks the testing title-role with spirit and agility, just lacking a lick of tenderness...The handsome, unhappy Castronovo is in wonderful voice as Vincent. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Florian Sempey (Figaro), Catherine Trottmann (Rosina), Michele Angelini (Almaviva), Péter Kálmán (Bartolo), Robert Gleadow (Basilio), Annuziata Vestri (Berta)
Le Cercle de l'Harmonie, Jérémie Rhorer, Laurent Pelly
Given that Pelly works with players of quality, while ensuring that the production’s every detail is of a piece with itself, it’s not surprising that this is a wonderfully well-acted Il barbiere…The... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Rameau: Hippolyte Et Aricie
Reinoud Van Mechelen (Hippolyte), Elsa Benoit (Aricie), Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo (Phèdre), Stéphane Degout (Thésée), Séraphine Cotrez (Oenone), Arnaud Richard (Neptune/Pluton), Eugénie Lefebvre (Diane), Lea Desandre (Pretresse de Diane/Chasseresse/Matelote/Bergère), Edwin Fardini (Tisiphone), Pygmalion,...
The stylish staging…is a busy mix of ancient and modern, and it’s an outstanding show musically. Elsa Benoit as Aricie sets the vocal standard with her gorgeous opening aria; Reinoud van Mechelen’s... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Florian Sempey (Figaro), Catherine Trottmann (Rosina), Michele Angelini (Almaviva), Péter Kálmán (Bartolo), Robert Gleadow (Basilio), Annuziata Vestri (Berta)
Le Cercle de l'Harmonie, Jérémie Rhorer, Laurent Pelly
Given that Pelly works with players of quality, while ensuring that the production’s every detail is of a piece with itself, it’s not surprising that this is a wonderfully well-acted Il barbiere…The... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Editor's Choice
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Chabrier: L’Étoile
Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Lazuli), Christophe Mortagne (King Ouf), Hélène Guilmette (Princess Laoula), Jérôme Varnier (Siroco), Julie Boulianne (Aloès), François Piolino (Tapioca), Elliot Madore (Prince Hérisson de Porc-Epic)
Residentie Orkest The Hague, Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Patrick Fournillier,...
The music is marvellous in its deft wit, lightness of touch and refined yet exquisite sensuality…d’Oustrac makes a terrific Lazuli, impulsive and witty, wonderfully seductive throughout the... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, June 2019, Vidéo
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His technical and musical mastery consistently aims high and digs deep, seeming to bypass the piano and penetrating each Prelude and Fugue on its own terms...these two discs constitute The Well-Tempered... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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