Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off
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Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off, Purcell (composer)
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Purcell: King Arthur RecommendedAnna Dennis, Mhairi Lawson, Rowan Pierce, Carolyn Sampson (sopranos), Jeremy Budd (high tenor), James Way (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone)
Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh
Choruses are more vibrant, dance rhythms more percussive and solos more delicate than in any previous recording. Above all, McCreesh and his artists make us hear Purcell’s genius for word-setting…But... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Opera, February 2020, Disc of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Winner - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Recording of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Opera
2 CDs
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This King Arthur is a giddy triumph for its artists. Blazing their way through the score, the performers set a new benchmark, delivering a production that’s equally gutsy and gorgeous…Dance... — More…
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Record Review, 12th January 2019, Disc of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2019, Editor's Choice
2 CDs
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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629 RecommendedLucy Crowe (Juno/Mystery), Claire Debono (Spring/First Fairy), Anna Devin (Second Fairy), Helen-Jane Howells (Eve), Carolyn Sampson (Night), Robert Burt (Mopsa), Sean Clayton (Summer), Ed Lyon (Secrecy/Adam), Adrian Ward (Autumn), Lukas Kargl (Phœbus), Desmond Barrit (Drunken Poet), Andrew Foster-Williams...
Jonathan Kent's joyous Glyndebourne production burst[s] with opulent stagecraft...Kent is abetted by William Christie in the pit, a man of the theatre down to his gainfully-employed fingertips...Altogether... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2011, First Choice (Blu-ray)
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2010, DVD Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2010, DVD of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - DVD Performance
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, DVD of the Year
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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629 RecommendedAnn Murray, Lorna Anderson, Gillian Fisher, John Mark Ainsley, Michael Chance, Richard Suart, Ian Partridge, Michael George
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
The Fairy Queen hardly an 'opera' in the conventional sense: its musical virtues lie in the composer's uncanny ability to summon a discrete, potent atmosphere whose capacity to move the listener... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2011, First Choice (CD)
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Building a Library, February 2023, Also Recommended
2 CDs
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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629 RecommendedLucy Crowe (Juno/Mystery), Claire Debono (Spring/First Fairy), Anna Devin (Second Fairy), Helen-Jane Howells (Eve), Carolyn Sampson (Night), Robert Burt (Mopsa), Sean Clayton (Summer), Ed Lyon (Secrecy/Adam), Adrian Ward (Autumn), Lukas Kargl (Phœbus), Desmond Barrit (Drunken Poet), Andrew Foster-Williams...
Jonathan Kent's joyous Glyndebourne production burst[s] with opulent stagecraft...Kent is abetted by William Christie in the pit, a man of the theatre down to his gainfully-employed fingertips...Altogether... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2011, First Choice (DVD)
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2010, DVD Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2010, DVD of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - DVD Performance
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, DVD of the Year
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Purcell: King Arthur, Z628 Véronique Gens, Claron McFadden, Susannah Waters, Mark Padmore, Iain Paton & Jonathan Best
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
… first-hand knowledge of the full literary context is reflected in the aplomb, confidence and sheer artistry of Christie’s characterizations … All the best numbers are magically conjured, atmospheric... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Early Opera
2 CDs
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Simone Kermes (Dido), Dimitris Tiliakos (Aeneas), Deborah York (Belinda), Oleg Ryabets (Sorceress), Margarita Mezentseva, Sofia Fomina, Yana Mamonova, Elena Kondratova, Valeria Safonova & Alexandre Zverev
New Siberian Singers (chamber choir of the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera &...
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas RecommendedKirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eilidh McNab, Arda Mandikian, Sheila Rex, Anna Pollak, Thomas Hemsley & David Lloyd
The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra, Geraint Jones
[On the original release in January 1953] At last we have a really satisfactory recording of Dido. — More…
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Building a Library, November 2019, Also Recommended
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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629 Caroline Mutel (soprano), Guillaume Andrieux (baritone), Kevin Greenlaw (baritone), Virginie Pochon (soprano), Caitlin Hulcup (mezzo-soprano), Samuel Boden (tenor), Christophe Baska (counter-tenor), Julien Picard (tenor), Ronan Nédélec (bass), Anders J. Dahlin (tenor), Frédéric Caton (bass), Hjördis...
Among d’Herin’s large team of soloists, the bass Frederic Caton contributes steady, sensitive performances as Sleep and Winter … his [Herin] orchestra plays extremely well in a style far more... — More…
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Kym Amps (soprano), David van Asch (bass), Anna Crookes (soprano)
Scholars Baroque Ensemble
Kym Amps, a noble Dido of such great presence, passionate yet grave....Sara Connolly's Sorceress an impossing creation....Kym Amps and Sara Connolly would be bargains at full price. — More…
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