Opus Arte
-
Offer,
Benjamin, G: Written on Skin RecommendedChristopher Purves (Protector), Barbara Hannigan (Agnès), Bejun Mehta (First Angel/Boy), Victoria Simmonds (Second Angel/Marie) & Allan Clayton (Third Angel/John)
Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, George Benjamin (conductor) & Katie Mitchell (director)
This is an outstanding release in every way...Benjamin's extraordinary music is breathtaking in its lightly worn compositional virtuosity...The cast is sensational...Hannigan deserves all the... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
-
Gramophone Awards, 2014, Winner - Contemporary
-
Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2014, Winner - Musique contemporaine
-
-
Offer,
Puccini: Il Trittico RecommendedIl Tabarro
Lucio Gallo (Michele), Aleksandrs Antonenko (Luigi), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Giorgetta), Alan Oke (Tinca), Jeremy White (Talpa), Irina Mishura (La Frugola), Ji-Min Park (Venditore), Robert Anthony Gardiner (Due Amanti)
Suor Angelica
Ermonela...
a triumph...three wonderfully directed and expertly acted productions. Add in Pappano's impeccable conducting and his valuable introductions to the pieces, and you have a nigh-on ideal Trittico. — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, October 2012, Blu-ray of the Month
-
BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, DVD & Blu-ray Choice
-
Gramophone Awards, 2013, Winner - Opera
-
-
Offer,
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620 Günther Groissböck (Sarastro), Saimir Pirgu (Tamino), Albina Shagimuratova (Queen of the Night), Genia Kühmeier (Pamina), Ailish Tynan (Papagena), Alex Esposito (Papageno) & Peter Bronder (Monostatos)
Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala & Choir of the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala, Roland...
This is a wonderful performance...I was more moved and enchanted by this than by any other Magic Flute I have seen on DVD...[Esposito's Papageno] sung with glorious abandon, while his acting... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, May 2012, Blu-ray of the Month
-
BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, DVD & Blu-ray Choice
-
-
Offer,
Handel: Deidamia Sally Matthews (Deidamia), Veronica Cangemi (Nerea), Olga Pasichnyk (Achille), Silvia Tro Santafé (Ulisse), Andrew Foster-Williams (Fenice), Umberto Chiummo (Licomede) & Jan-Willem Schaafsma (Nestore)
Concerto Köln, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & David Alden (director)
Alden's approach is lightly ironic, matching well with a piece that treats its material with a knowing air...Ivor Bolton and Concerto Koln provide the expert musical underpinning. Sally Matthews... — More…
Awards:
-
Opera, April 2013, Recording of the Month
-
-
Talbot, J: The Winter's Tale
RecommendedEdward Watson (Leontes), Sarah Lamb (Perdita), Zenaida Yanowsky (Paulina), Steven McRae (Florizel), Federico Bonelli (Polizenes), Lauren Cuthbertson (Hermione)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, David Briskin
Awards:
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
-
-
Kenneth MacMillan's Anastasia
RecommendedMusic by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Bohuslav Martinů
Natalia Osipova (Anastasia/Anna Anderson), Marianela Nuñez (Mathilde Kschessinska), Federico Bonelli (Kschessinska’s Partner), Edward Watson (The husband), Thiago Soares (Rasputin), Christina Arestis (Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna), Christopher Saunders (Tsar Nicholas Ii)
Orchestra of the Royal...
This new recording preserves for posterity a performance by the Russian ballerina Natalia Osipova. She gives a searing account of the role… it will be an essential purchase for the Osipova’s... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
-
-
Offer,
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384 Sally Matthews (Konstanze), Edgaras Montvidas (Belmonte), Tobias Kehrer (Osmin), Mari Eriksmoen (Blonde), Brenden Gunnell (Pedrillo) & Franck Saurel (Pasha Selim)
The Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Robin Ticciati (conductor) & David McVicar (director)
This [is] the most convincing dramaturgical presentation of the opera in recent times…Kehrer is magnificent as Osmin, Gunnell is lyrical and alert as Pedrillo, and Eriksmoen steers a delicate... — More…
Awards:
-
Opera, September 2016, Recording of the Month
-
-
John Blow: Venus & Adonis; Henry Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Ida Ränzlöv, Bernt Ola Volungholen, Christina Larsson Malmberg, Rupert Enticknap, Lisa Carlioth, Mathilda Sidén Silfver, Mikael Stenbaek, Arash Azarbad, Confidencen Opera & Music Festival Orchestra, William Relton (director), Olof Boman
alluring performances, sumptuous costumes and clever set designs. All the principals are strong, but mezzo-soprano Ida Ränzlöv stands out. Technically flawless, texturally lush and dramatically... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
-
-
Offer,
Jacques Offenbach: Barbe-bleue Yann Beuron (Barbe-Bleue), Heloise Mas (Boulotte), Christophe Gay (Popolani), Christophe Mortagne (King Bobeche), Jennifer Courcier (Fleurette), Thibault De Damas (Count Oscar), Carl Ghazarossian (Prince Saphir), Aline Martin (Queen Clementine), Chorus De Opera De Lyon, Orchestra of Opera De Lyon,...
Pelly’s 11th Offenbach staging, captured at Opéra de Lyon in 2019, is as theatrically sharp, detailed and clear as we’d expect from him…Héloïse Mas holds the centre strongly, wielding her firm,... — More…
Awards:
-
Diapason d'Or, September 2021, Vidéo
-
-
Said treats every work on its own merits, in its own language. The personality and significance of each composer is subtly etched with remarkable skill...A gripping recital, tellingly designed... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, March 2015, Editor's Choice
CD
$16.25Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
