Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off
We're delighted to offer a more affordable way to begin or continue your opera journey, with up to 40% off selected titles on CD, SACD, Vinyl, DVD and Blu-ray, until 14th August 2024.
Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks (choir)
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Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame Misha Didyk (Herman), Tatiana Serjan (Lisa), Larissa Diadkova (Countess), Alexey Shishlyaev (Tomskij and Plutus), Alexey Markov (Yeletzki)
Kinderchor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Chor and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
Serjan is a vibrant, fearless Lisa...Hers is a voice with plenty of ‘blade’ when required, yet she can shade it beautifully...[Didyk] surprises with his baritonal depths here as Herman, as... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Choice
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Opera Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Opera
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International Opera Awards, 2017, Winner - Complete Opera Recording
3 CDs
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Rossini: Sigismondo Hera Hyesang Park, Marianna Pizzolato, Rachel Kelly, Kenneth Tarver, Gavan Ring, Guido Loconsolo, Il Hong, Olga Watts
Keri-Lynn Wilson
The drive and authority of [Wilson's] conducting work wonders for the piece. I like the way she rescues the Overture (reused by Rossini in revised form for Otello in Naples in 1816) from buffo... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (Park/Pizzolato)
2 CDs
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Gounod: Le tribut de Zamora Judith van Wanroij (Xaima), Jennifer Holloway (Hermosa), Edgaras Montvidas (Manoel), Tassis Christoyannis (Ben-Said), Boris Pinkhasovich (Handjar), Juliette Mars (Iglésia)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Hervé Niquet
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Diapason d’Or, January 2019, Découverte
CD + Book
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Massenet: Ariane Amina Edris (Ariane), Kate Aldrich (Phèdre), Jean-François Borras (Thésée), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Pirithoüs), Julie Robard-Gendre (Perséphone), Munich Radio Orchestra, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Laurent Campellone
Campellone undoubtedly believes in Massenet ’s score, coaxing f ine playing from the Munich Radio Orchestra, particularly the woodwinds. It is unmistakably Massenet, replete with rich orchestral... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Winner - Premiere Recordings
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Young Talent of the Year (Amina Edris)
3 CDs + Book
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Verdi: I Due Foscari Leo Nucci (Francesco Foscari), Guanqun Yu (Lucrezia), Bernadett Fodor (Pisana), Ivan Magrì (Jacopo Foscari), István Horváth (Barbarigo), Miklós Sebestyén (Loredano), Moon Yung Oh (Servant), Matthias Ettmayr (Servant)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Ivan Repušic
Nucci can still deliver in the title-role. He brings real dramatic authority and displays impressive residual heft in his baritone. There’s no hiding the signs of age, though…[Magrì] is an appealing... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year (Nucci)
2 CDs
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Gounod: Cinq-Mars Mathias Vidal (Le Marquis de Cinq-Mars), Véronique Gens (La Princesse Marie de Gonzague), Tassis Christoyannis (Le Conseiller de Thou), Andrew Foster-Williams (Le Père Joseph), André Heyboer (Le Vicomte de Fontrailles), Norma Nahoun (Marion Delorme), Marie Lenormand (Ninon de L’Enclos, Un Berger),...
Extremely well performed by Ulf Schirmer and his Bavarian forces…Mathias Vidal has an ideal voice for this repertoire: slightly reedy, with a pleasing fast vibrato. Véronique Gens finds all... — More…
2 CDs + Book
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Godard, B: Dante Edgaras Montvidas, Véronique Gens, Jean-François Lapointe, Rachel Frenkel
Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Ulf Schirmer
There is much that is strong and much that is beautiful…Edgaras Montvidas and Véronique Gens make a fine pair of lovers, their ardent duet in Act 2 being one of the high spots…There’s excellent... — More…
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Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex RecommendedJessye Norman (Jocaste), Thomas Moser (Oedipus), Alexandru Ionita (Shepherd), Michel Piccoli (narrator)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Colin Davis
The pace is unerringly right, the rhythms never monotonously mechanical, the score's phrasing and accents scrupulously realized...Jocastas notoriously tend to unsteadiness, but Jessye Norman... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also Recommended
CD
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer Terje Stensvold (Der Holländer), Kwangchul Youn (Daland), Anja Kampe (Senta), Christopher Ventris (Erik), Jane Henschel (Mary), Russell Thomas (Der Steuermann)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln & NDR Chor, Andris Nelsons
Stensvold's Dutchman is noble and warm-toned, but conveys little deep feeling...That leaves the honours to Jane Henschel's lively Mary, and still more to Anja Kampe's Senta. Her voice has hardened... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Editor's Choice
2 CDs
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Verdi: Oberto Rusa Baldani (Cuniza), Ghena Dimitrova (Leonora), Alison Browner (Imelda), Carlo Bergonzi (Riccardo), Rolando Panerai (Oberto)
Bavarian Radio Chorus & Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli
2 CDs
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