Grace Bumbry
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Handel Gold
RecommendedKiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Cecilia Bartoli, Plácido Domingo, Joan Sutherland, Anne Sofie von Otter, Luciano Pavarotti, Renée Fleming, Rolando Villazón, Joyce DiDonato, Russell Oberlin, Nigel Robson, Kathleen Ferrier, Bryn Terfel, Janet Baker, Magdalena Kozena, Grace...
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 (Live)
Robert Kerns (baritone), Mirella Freni (soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Anton Diakov (bass), Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Olivera Miljaković (soprano), Júlia Hamari (mezzo-soprano), Justino Díaz (bass-baritone), John van Kesteren (baritone), Milen Paunov (tenor)
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper,...
There’s some extremely potent singing from three of the leads (Bumbry, Vickers and Freni’s Micaëla), not least from Bumbry with a subtle range of dynamics that truly suggest both the almost... — More…
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Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626, etc.
Edith Mathis, Grace Bumbry, George Shirley & Marius Rintzler
New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Otto Klemperer
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Verdi: Aida
RecommendedErich Leinsdorf, London Symphony Orchestra, Plácido Domingo (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (bass vocal), Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Leontyne Price (soprano), Hans Sotin (bass vocal), John Alldis Choir, Bruce Brewer (tenor), Joyce Mathis (soprano), Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
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Grammy Awards, 14th Awards (1971), Best Opera Recording
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Grace Bumbry (mezzo), Jess Thomas (tenor), George London (bass)
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Karl Bohm
In the firm momentum, sleek moulding and Classically wind-heavy balancing of the inner movements may be detected the ghostly hand of Richard Strauss upon his friend’s shoulder. In the second... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Collectionneur
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Grace Bumbry
The 3-CD box includes her magnificent Verdi recital, as well as extracts from her rare Westminster recordings of Handel – the latter all first time releases on CD
Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Erik Werba (piano), Sebastien Peschko (piano)
The Utah Symphony, London Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele, Maurice Abravanel,...
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2005, Re-issue of the Month
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
RecommendedWolfgang Windgassen (Tannhäuser), Victoria de los Angeles (Elisabeth), Grace Bumbry (Venus), Josef Greindl (Landgraf), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Wolfram), Gerhard Stolze (Walther), Franz Crass (Biterolf), Gerhard Paskuda (Heinrich), Theo Adam (Reinmar)
Orchesta of the Bayreuth Festival, Wolfgang...
Bumbry's über-sensuous Venus [is] a feline Carmen transported to the Horselborg...This performance is all the more treasurable because it is the first of de Los Angeles’s three Wagner roles…to... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Verdi: Requiem
Ilva Ligabue (soprano), Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Sandor Konya (tenor) & Raffaele Arié (bass)
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Carlo Maria Giulini
Yes, it’s just a mono sound recording, it’s shot in black and white and the Royal Festival Hall acoustic is not the best. Nevertheless the fifty-year old Giulini draws out a powerfully thrilling... — More…
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Bizet: Carmen Highlights
Jon Vickers, Grace Bumbry, Justino Díaz, Olivera Miljakovic, Julia Hamari, Mirella Freni
Salzburg Festival Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
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