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Previn - A Streetcar Named Desire / Fleming, Futral, Gilfry, Griffey, SF Opera, Previn
André Previn, Renée Fleming, Elizabeth Futral, Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera, Rodney Gilfry, Anthony Dean Griffey, Matthew Lord, Judith Forst Josepha Gayer
Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon
This Deutsche Grammophon recording stems from San Francisco Opera's 1998 premiere production of André Previn's opera based on the harrowing Tennessee Williams play, with the composer himself at the helm of a strong and supportive cast. Previn's...
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Puccini - La Bohème / Freni, Pavarotti, Harwood, Berlin Phil., Karajan [Highlights]
Giacomo Puccini, Elizabeth Harwood, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Rolando Panerai
Decca
Decca
These excerpts were taken from the recording that has established itself as the standard by which all others should be measured. Herbert von Karajan's orchestra is no less than perfect, as much a virtuosic performer as the singers, evoking each...
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Mendelssohn - Elijah / Terfel, Fleming, Bardon, Ainsley, Fulgoni, Paul Daniel
Libby Crabtree
Decca
Decca
Mendelssohn (1809-1847) is a perennially underrated composer who finally may be coming to greater appreciation. Certainly this fine recording (in English) of a masterpiece that he believed joined the Jewish faith of his fathers with his own...
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Handel - Semele / Battle, Horne, Ramey, Aler, McNair, Chance, ECO, Nelson
George Fridric Handel, John Nelson, Kathleen Battle, Marilyn Horne, English Chamber Orchestra, Samuel Ramey, John Aler, Sylvia McNair
Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon
This magnificent performance is without a doubt among the top two or three Handel opera recordings in the catalog. John Nelson outdoes even the period instrument competition, conducting with a vitality and freshness that sweeps all before it....
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Mahler: Symphonie No.3 in D Minor
Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon
Leonard Bernstein more or less owned this symphony, and both this and his earlier Sony recording are superb. He was one of the few conductors who wasn't afraid of the musical insanity that Mahler unleashes in the first movement (a collision between...
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Der Ring des Nibelungen / Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Richard Wagner, Jon Vickers, Thomas Stewart, Jess Thomas, Gundula Janowitz, Helga Dernesch, Regine Crespin, Helge Brilioth, Martti Talvela, Karl Ridderbusch, Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic
Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon
DG's 20-bit transfer reveals more tape hiss than before, while the orchestral image is better focused, with more definition at the bottom end. Some have likened Herbert von Karajan's "chamber-music approach" to Wagner's Ring cycle in terms of...
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Maria Callas - La Divina
Giacomo Puccini, Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, Gioachino Rossini, Alfredo Catalani, Camille Saint-Saëns, Giuseppe Verdi, Charles Gounod, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Pietro Mascagni, Amilcare Ponchielli, Tullio Serafin, Georges Prêtre, Nicola Rescigno, Franco Ghione, Antonino Votto, Maria Callas, Alfredo Kraus, Ebe Ticozzi, Giuseppe di Stefano, London Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Orchestre National de la R.D.F., Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra, Lisbon Orquesta Sinfonica del Teatro Nacional de San Carlos
EMI Classics
EMI Classics
If you want to know the reason behind all the fuss about Maria Callas, buy this CD. Callas's great gift was not purity of tone or emission, reliability, or sheer loveliness; it was, rather, her ability to change her vocal color and style to suit...
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