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Chandos Sale - Physical up to 25% Off & Downloads up to 40% Off, Alastair Miles (bass)
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Special offer. Great Operatic Arias 4 - Alastair Miles
Sung in English
Alastair Miles (bass), Sandra Ford (soprano), Antonia Sotgiu (mezzo-soprano), Barry Banks (tenor), Clive Bayley (bass), Dominic Natoli (tenor), Garry Magee (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry
'Alastair Miles’s Méphistophélès seems a mild-mannered type with reserves of authority and a magnificent voice. Vocally he is very impressive indeed, the fine texture of his voice showing up... — More…
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Special offer. Verdi: Don Carlos
Julian Gavin (Don Carlos), Janice Watson (Elisabeth), Alastair Miles (Philip II), William Dazeley (Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa), Jane Dutton (Eboli), Sir John Tomlinson (Grand Inquisitor), Julia Sporsén (Thibault), Clive Bayley (Old Monk)
Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North, Richard Farnes
Best of the principals are Alastair Miles's distinctive King Philip; John Tomlinson's terrifying Grand Inquisitor and Clive Bayley's Monk. Opera North's choral and orchestral forces are both... — More…
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Special offer. Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
Jean Rigby (Lucretia), Nigel Robson (Male Chorus), Catherine Pierard (Female Chorus), Donald Maxwell (Tarquinius), Alastair Miles (Collatinus), Alan Opie (Junius), Patricia Rozario (Lucia), Ameral Gunson (Bianca)
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
Hickox allows his singers plenty of space with no loss of tension; they respond impressively, with Catherine Pierard exceptional as the Female Chorus. — More…
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Special offer. Verdi: Nabucco
Susan Patterson (Abigail), Alan Opie (Nabucco), Jane Irwin (Fenena), Leonardo Capalbo (Ismael), Alastair Miles (Zachariah), Paul Wade (Abdullah), Dean Robinson (High Priest of Baal), Camilla Roberts (Anna)
David Parry
Opera in English is here fully justified by virtue of an excellent cast all-round who let us hear every word of the old, trusted translation by Norman Tucker and Tom Hammond, pioneers of giving... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2007, Disc of the Month
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Special offer. Bizet: The Pearl Fishers (highlights)
Rebecca Evans (Leïla), Barry Banks (Nadir), Simon Keenlyside (Zurga), Alastair Miles (Nourabad)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Brad Cohen
Au fond du temple saint' has long been a favourite in the recording studio. Barry Banks and Simon Keenlyside, singing the aria in English… do Bizet proud. Banks and Rebecca Evans as the priestess... — More…
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Special offer. Verdi: Aida
Jane Eaglen (Aida), Dennis O'Neill (Radames), Rosalind Plowright (Amneris), Gregory Yurisich (Amonasro), Peter Rose (Pharoah), Alastair Miles (Ramfis), Susan Gritton (High Priestess), Alfred Boe (Messenger)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry
devotees of Peter Moores's Opera in English project will not want to miss this, surely one of the best in the series to date — More…
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Special offer. Gounod: Faust
Paul Charles Clarke (Faust), Alastair Miles (Méphistophélès), Mary Plazas (Marguerite), Garry Magee (Valentin), Diana Montague (Siébel), Sarah Walker (Martha), Matthew Hargreaves (Wagner)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry
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Special offer. Puccini: La Bohème
Cynthia Haymon (Mimi), Dennis O'Neill (Rodolfo), Alan Opie (Marcello), Marie McLaughlin (Musetta), Alastair Miles (Colline), William Dazeley (Schaunard), Andrew Shore (Benoit), Mark Milhofer (Parpignol)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry
The magic mixture of humour and pathos in this unsinkable masterpiece is brought all the closer for having it in translation...Cynthia Haymon as a touching Mimi has never sounded more beautiful... — More…
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Special offer. Rossini: The Italian Girl in Algiers (highlights)
Jennifer Larmore (Isabella), Barry Banks (Lindoro), Alan Opie (Taddeo), Alastair Miles (Mustafa), Sarah Tynan (Elvira), Anne Marie Gibbons (Zulma) & David Soar (Haly)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir & Philharmonia Orchestra, Brad Cohen
Barry Banks is a properly plaintive Lindoro… and Alastair Miles's soft-grained bass makes the lovelorn Mustafà an oddly touching figure. Best of all is the utterly dependable Alan Opie who... — More…
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Special offer. Gounod: Faust
Paul Charles Clarke (Faust), Alastair Miles (Méphistophélès), Mary Plazas (Marguerite), Garry Magee (Valentin), Diana Montague (Siébel), Sarah Walker (Martha), Matthew Hargreaves (Wagner)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry
After listening to this Faust, one can feel something very like awe. The structure is massive, the workmanship infinitely thorough, the boldness of stroke (dramatic and musical) almost breathtaking.... — More…
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