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Posted in Operas on May 3rd, 2010
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“Gergiev leads the Chorus and Orchestra and soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre in a colorful and propulsive reading that fully exposes the brash quirkiness of the score.” –All Music Guide
Posted in Operas on Apr 28th, 2010
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“This recording, taken from a live 2008 Vienna performance, delivers fully on the promise of the era of bel canto: beautiful singing. Anna Netrebko is a radiant Juliet. She soars over the orchestra and other singers with agility and grace, and her tone is unfailingly focused, fresh, and pure. Elína Garanca is vocally [...]
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“This collection of arias and scenes from verismo operas will be a must-have for fans of Renée Fleming. Fleming is in excellent voice, singing with her characteristic immaculate technique, creamy tone, warmth, and dramatic incisiveness.”–All Music Guide
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“Most opera lovers only know one short excerpt from Rusalka: the ecstatic aria known as the “Song to the Moon.” But there’s a lot more where that came from. Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras — heroic rescuer of unjustly neglected Czech masterworks — this recording reveals a luminous score brimming over with magical, [...]
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Conducted by Sir Georg Solti, with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra .
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“A special collection of great Verdi tenor arias taken from Luciano Pavarotti’s classic recordings–all made in the prime of his career. Featuring all the famous Verdi melodies known the world over, such as “La donna è mobile,” “Celeste Aïda,” “Di quella pira” and much more. In addition to arias, this set includes duets [...]
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“Two-CD collection featuring the finest voices in Opera performing the most beautiful arias by the classic composers. An aria is a self-contained piece for vocals with orchestral accompaniment and this collection gathers together arias that will touch your heart and relax your soul as you are lifted by their beautiful melodies. 40 tracks [...]
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“Another valuable contribution to the slowly growing Lully catalogue…. This production is a considerable musicological achievement and thankfully it is a substantial musical one, too. Carolyn Sampson [is] charming of voice and intelligent with detail as ever…. The orchestra play brightly, strongly directed from the continuo by Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs.”–Gramophone
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“That the German bass René Pape is one of the most compelling artists to have emerged internationally in the last 15 years is proved again by his phenomenal singing on his new recording.”–New York Times
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Renée Fleming, the world’s preeminent lyric soprano, is joined by Christian Thielemann, internationally acclaimed for his performances of Strauss works, for this recording of the exquisitely beautiful Four Last Songs. In addition, Fleming performs a selection of lieder with orchestra as well as arias from Ariadne auf Naxos and Die ägyptische Helena.
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Juan Diego Flórez is THE tenor for bel canto operas, the first choice for any new production at the world’s greatest opera houses. On Voce d’Italia, he pays tribute to an extraordinary predecessor who inspired some of his greatest stage roles and became the first `superstar tenor’: Giovanni Battista Rubini. Many of the [...]
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Includes opera favorites by the Italian giants Verdi and Puccini, by French greats Berlioz and Bizet, and by Wagner, the epitome of German Romanticism. Kaufmann responds to each composer with seductive ease.