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Category Archives: CD
New wine in old vodka bottles? Così fan tutte from Perm
Mozart: Così fan tutte (Sony) This is the second issue in the Mozart/ Da Ponte opera cycle from Perm, home to Europe’s easternmost opera house, and once again, Sony gives it the red carpet treatment. A hardback case, with glossy cobalt jacket, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Kasyan, Christopher Maltman, Così fan tutte, Kenneth Tarver, Konstantin Wolff, Malena Ernman, Mozart, MusicAEterna, Simone Kermes, Sony, Teodor Currentzis
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A beguiling Scheherazade from Istanbul
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Sascha Goetzel/ Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra (Onyx) Peter Oundjian/ Toronto Symphony Orchestra (Chandos) Full of Eastern promise, Scheherazade weaves her sinuous way into my affections once again, with new recordings from Istanbul and Toronto. Rimsky-Korsakov’s Arabian Nights-inspired orchestral … Continue reading
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Tagged Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic, Chandos, IRR, Onyx, Peter Oundjian, Rimsky-Korsakov, Sascha Goetzel, Scheherazade, Toronto Symphony
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An essential “Babi Yar” from Kirill Kondrashin on Praga
Shostakovich: Symphony No.13 ‘Babi Yar’; Prokofiev: October Kirill Kondrashin/Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (Praga) Even for Dmitri Shostakovich, few works had such a controversial genesis as his Thirteenth Symphony, “Babi Yar”. It was originally intended as a one movement cantata, based on … Continue reading
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Tagged IRR, Kirill Kondrashin, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Praga, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Vitaly Gromadsky
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A superb live Don Carlo from Karajan in Vienna
Verdi: Don Carlo Herbert von Karajan/Wiener Staatsoper (Orfeo) When comparing all the interpretations of Verdi’s Don Carlo(s) on disc (November 2011), I awarded Herbert von Karajan’s 1978 EMI set the title ‘most frustrating studio account’. Wonderfully cast, it suffered at … Continue reading
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Tagged Agnes Baltsa, Don Carlo, Edita Gruberova, Herbert von Karajan, IRR, José Carreras, Matti Salminen, Mirella Freni, Piero Cappuccilli, Ruggero Raimondi, Verdi, Wiener Staatsoper
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A brace of ghost ships
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer/ Dietsch: Le vaisseau fantôme (Naïve) *** One of the more enterprising celebrations to mark Wagner’s bicentenary last year now arrives on disc courtesy of Naïve. Conductor Marc Minkowski had been considering recording Die Feen, but opted … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernard Richard, Dietsch, Eric Cutler, Evgeny Nikitin, Helende Schneiderman, Ingela Brimberg, Marc Minkowski, Mika Kares, Naive, Russell Braun, Sally Matthews, Ugo Rabec, Wagner
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