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Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette
Michèle Losier (mezzo-soprano), Samuel Boden (tenor) & David Soar (bass)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis
A top-class performance and recording of a wonderful masterpiece. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, Choral & Song Choice
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All the soloists are excellent, and thoughtful casting among the four baritones and bass-baritones has allotted the Israelite father to Matthew Brook, who brings just that touch of extra warmth... — More…
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Janacek: Glagolitic Mass & Taras Bulba
Aga Mikolaj (soprano), Iris Vermillion (contralto), Stuart Neill (tenor), Arutjun Kotchinian (bass)
RundfunkSinfonieorchester & Chor Berlin, Marek Janowski
A lean, cleanly contoured Glagolitic, lacking the elemental charge and raw abandon of some versions. Taras Bulba is generally well played, if again short on real cutting edge and excitement. — More…
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Handel: Alexander's Feast
Dorothee Mields (soprano), Paul Agnew (Tenor), Woong-jo Choi (bass) & Judith Berning (alto)
Aachener Kammerchor, Overbacher Kammerchor & Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Marcus Bosch
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Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO 3
Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Christiane Iven (soprano), Alastair Miles (bass), Werner Güra (tenor), Mojca Erdmann (soprano), Birgit Remmert (alto), Elisabeth von Magnus (alto) & Franz-Josef Selig (bass)
Netherlands Radio Choir, Netherlands Children's Choir & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra,...
…Harnoncourt…music, but he's in unusually fluent form here, with airy orchestral and choral textures… Christian Gerhaher is an intellectual, strong-toned Faust, relishing Goethe's robust language… — More…
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