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Rossini - Heroes and Heroines
RecommendedThe Spectacular Voice of Marilyn Horne
Marilyn Horne (mezzo)
Suisse Romande Orchestra and Royal Opera House Orchestra, Henry Lewis
Horne seems born to sing this repertoire: her combination of agility and dramatic heft yield thrilling results in male and female roles alike on this collection. — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Georges Prêtre conducts Poulenc RecommendedMaurice Duruflé, Gabriel Tacchino, Aimée Van der Weile, Francis Poulenc & Jacques Fevrier
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Maîtrise d'enfants de la Radiodiffusion Française, Ambrosian Singers & Philharmonia Orchestra, Georges Prêtre, Jacques Jouineau & Henriette...
This set usefully collects Poulenc's concertante works and throws in Les biches and the Litanies à la Vierge noire for good measure. Richly characterful accounts, though far from blemish-free. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Collection Winner
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Building a Library, May 2019, Also Recommended
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Debussy: Images pour piano - Books 1 & 2, etc. RecommendedPeter Lloyd (flute)
London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Engineering
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Orchestral
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Kern: Show Boat RecommendedFrederica von Stade (Magnolia), Teresa Stratas (Julie), Jerry Hadley (Gaylord), Bruce Hubbard (Joe), Karla Burns (Queenie)
Ambrosian Chorus & London Sinfonietta, John McGlinn
this superb set at last does justice to a musical of the 1920s which is both a landmark in the history of Broadway and musically a work of strength..von Stade gives a meltingly beautiful performance,... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Music Theatre
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
RecommendedJoan Sutherland (Adina), Luciano Pavarotti (Nemorino), Dominic Cossa (Belcore), Spiro Malas (Dulcamara), Maria Casula (Giannetta)
English Chamber Orchestra & Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Richard Bonynge
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Building a Library, First Choice
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Verdi: Don Carlo RecommendedFive-act version
Plácido Domingo (Carlo), Montserrat Caballé (Elisabetta), Ruggero Raimondi (Filippo II), Shirley Verrett (Eboli), Sherrill Milnes (Rodrigo), Giovanni Foiani (Il Grande Inquisitore), Simon Estes (Un Frate), Delia Wallis (Tebaldo)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Carlo Maria Giulini
The CD transfer of the analogue recording brings astonishing vividness and realism, a tribute to the original engineering of Chirstopher Parker. Even in the big ensembles the focus is very precise,... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Verdi: Don Carlo
RecommendedPlácido Domingo (Carlo), Montserrat Caballé (Elisabetta), Ruggero Raimondi (Filippo II), Shirley Verrett (Eboli), Sherrill Milnes (Rodrigo), Giovanni Foiani (Il Grande Inquisitore), Simon Estes (Un Frate), Delia Wallis (Tebaldo)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Carlo Maria Giulini
From the day that Giulini conducted the now legendary production of Don Carlo at Covent Garden in 1958, a recording of the opera by him looked a must. In fact, it was to be 12 years before EMI... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2006, First Choice
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
RecommendedNicolai Gedda, Jules Bastin, Josephine Veasey, Richard Van Allan, Gillian Knight
Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
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Grammy Awards, 17th Awards (1974), Best Choral Performance
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Building a Library, February 2018, Also Recommended
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Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio RecommendedMattiwilda Dobbs (Constanza), Nicolai Gedda (Belmonte), Jenifer Eddy (Blonda), John Fryatt (Pedrillo), Noel Mangin (Osmin), David Kelsey (Pasha Selim)
Ambrosian Singers, The Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin
Menuhin's set of The Abduction from the Seraglio in English makes the performance sparkle from first to last, favouring brisk, well-lifted Allegros, so that the fun of the piece comes over vividly...[the... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Verdi: Il Trovatore
RecommendedLeontyne Price (Leonora), Placido Domingo (Manrico), Sherrill Milnes (Il Conte di Luna), Fiorenza Cossotto (Azucena), Bonaldo Giaiotti (Ferrando), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Ines), Ryland Davies (Ruiz)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
The Leonora of Leontyne Price is the high point of the Mehta recording: her velvety, sensuous articulation of what's certainly an 'immenso, eterno amor' is entirely distinctive and dramatically... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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