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Wagner: Siegfried
Lauritz Melchior, Kirsten Flagstad, Friedrich Schorr, Kerstin Thorburg, Karl Laufkotter
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Arthur Bodanzky
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The countertenor duet in Ohimè dov'è il mio ben is ravishing, and is accompanied by some brilliantly stylish playing n the harpsichord by Carmen Leoni… — More…
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Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Jacques Jansen (Pelléas), Victoria De los Angeles (Mélisande), Gerard Souzay (Golaud), Pierre Froumenty (Arkel), Jeannine Collard (Geneviève), Jean Vieuille (Le médecin), Françoise Ogéas (Yniold)
French National Radio Orchestra, Raymond St. Paul Choir, Andre Cluytens
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Handel: Theodora, HWV 68
Christina Wieland (Theodora), Diana Schmid (Irene), Franz Vitzthum (Didymus), Knut Schoch (Septimius), Mertens (Valens)
Junge Kantorei & Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Joachim Carlos Martini
Capable soloists provide some fine moments despite the awkwardness of their English vowels; Franz Vitzhum performs Didymus tastefully, Knut Schoch's singing is intelligent and Diana Schmid's... — More…
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Handel: Hercules
Nicola Wemyss (Dejanira), Gerlinde Sämann (Iole), Franz Vitzthum (Lichas), Knut Schoch (Hyllus), Peter Kooij (Hercules)
Junge Kantorei & Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Joachim Carlos Martini
The orchestra… play with precision, vigour and awareness. Peter Kooij… sings with intelligence and warmth. Gerlinde Sämann sings Iole's difficult arias with assurance… and the astonishing... — More…
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
John Brownlee, Ina Souez, Luise Helltsgruber, Audrey Mildmay, Koloman von Pataky, David Franklin, Roy Henderson, Salvatore Baccaloni
Glyndebourne Festival Chourus & Orchestra, Fritz Busch
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Verdi: Don Carlo
Four-act version in Italian
Mario Filippeschi (Don Carlo), Boris Christoff (Filippo II), Tito Gobbi (Rodrigo), Antonietta Stella (Elisabetta di Valois), Elena Nicolai (Eboli), Giulio Neri (Il Grande Inquisitore), Loretta Di Lelio (Tebaldo)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Gabriele Santini
chiefly memorable for the incomparable contributions of Tito Gobbi and Boris Christoff...which have never been matched since...Gobbi's singing in the Death Scene is arguably the finest recorded... — More…
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Wagner: Lohengrin
Lauritz Melchior (Lohengrin), Astrid Varnay (Elsa), Kerstin Thorborg (Ortrud), Alexander Sved (Friedrich von Telramund), Mack Harrell (Der Heerrufer des Königs), Norman Cordon (König Heinrich)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Erich Leinsdorf
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Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims
Laura Giordano, Sofia Mchedlishvili, Alessandra Marianelli (sopranos), Marianna Pizzolato (contralto), Bogdan Mihai, Maxim Mironov (tenors), Mirco Palazzi, Bruno De Simone, Bruno Praticò, Gezim Myshketa (basses) & Michele D’Elia (piano)
Camerata Bach Choir, Poznań & Virtuosi Brunensis,...
Wildbad’s Antonino Fogliani leads a staging that doesn’t hang fire for a moment. The piano-accompanied recitatives are vividly delivered; and though the pressures of live performance cause the... — More…
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