Unitel Editions
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Luca Salsi (Simon Boccanegra), Marina Rebeka (Amelia), Charles Castronovo (Gabriele Adorno), René Pape (Fiesco)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev, Andreas Kriegenburg
The Vienna Philharmonic makes beautiful sounds and the chorus offers strong work...Salsi is more credible as the ardent lover and buccaneer of the Prologue than as the idealistic Doge worn down... — More…
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Handel/Mozart: Der Messias
Elena Tsallagova (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (mezzo-soprano), Richard Croft (tenor), José Coca Loza (bass), Alexis Fousekis, Philharmonia Chor Wien, Les Musiciens Du Louvre, Mark Minkowski, Robert Wilson
On the plus side, Wilson shows a definite response to the music.Yet there’s always a tendency for whatever work he stages to become an accompaniment to a fussy and (in terms of significance)... — More…
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Thielemann & Wiener Philharmoniker at the Salzburg Festival
Elina Garanča (mezzo), Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
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Mozart: Così fan tutte
Mari Eriksmoen (Fiordiligi), Katija Dragojevic (Dorabella), Mauro Peter (Ferrando), Andrè Schuen (Guglielmo), Elisabeth Kulman (Despina), Markus Werba (Don Alfonso), Concentus musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
this is a Mozart with a difference: rather than interpreting, singers and orchestra confront text and music with a liveliness and intensity that should also compel viewers to see things differently. — More…
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Massenet: Thaïs
Nicole Chevalier (Thaïs), Josef Wagner (Athanaël), ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Leo Hussain
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Nicole Chevalier is a superb actress and camps up the glamourpuss courtesan well...Wagner is a very good Athanaël, full of zealous fire, firmly sung. — More…
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The most impactful performances here are of ponderous slow movements... Especially the Appassionata’s second movement...has a conceptual thoroughness and candour that is risk-taking, teetering... — More…
