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Verdi: Macbeth

'... much excitement ...'
Verdi: Macbeth. © 2005 Opus Arte
Opus Arte   OA 0922 D
Reviewed 01/03/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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Jules Massenet: Werther

'... much is ravishingly beautiful ...'
Jules Massenet: Werther. © 2005 ORF/TDK
TDK   DVWW-OPWER
Reviewed 16/02/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Paladins

'... a wealth of fine singing.'
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Paladins. © 2005 Opus Arte
Opus Arte   OA 0938 D
Reviewed 01/02/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo

'... Stephen Stubbs is to be congratulated on an imaginative realisation ...'
Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo. De Nederlandse Opera/NPS. © 1997 NPS, 2005 Opus Arte
Opus Arte   OA 0928 D
Reviewed 18/01/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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Ivan the Terrible

'Vello Pähn and the orchestra make a marvellous thing of Prokofiev's score ...'
Prokofiev/Grigorovich: Ivan the Terrible. © 2004 Opera National de Paris, CLC Productions
TDK   DVWW-BLITT
Reviewed 02/01/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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Richard Strauss: Capriccio

'... Renée Fleming ... (sang) like an angel throughout ...'
Richard Strauss: Capriccio. © 2004 Opera National de Paris, Francois Roussillon et Associes, TDK
TDK   DVWW-OPCAPR
Reviewed 01/01/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

'... the climaxes are prepared with meticulous cunning.'
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde. © 2005 Opus Arte
Opus Arte   OA 0935 D
Reviewed 08/12/2005 by
Robert Anderson
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Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea

'... highly gifted soloists ...'
Claudio Monteverdi - L'incoronazione di Poppea. © 1994 NPS, 2005 Opus Arte
Opus Arte   OA 0924 D
Reviewed 16/11/2005 by
Robert Anderson
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Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria

'... moving drama and notable accomplishment.'
Claudio Monteverdi - Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria. © 1998 NPS, 2005 Opus Arte
Opus Arte   OA 0926 D
Reviewed 26/10/2005 by
Robert Anderson
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Hamlet - Ambroise Thomas

'... much sensitivity.'
Hamlet - Ambroise Thomas - Bertrand de Billy. © 2004 Fundacio del Gran Teatre del Liceu, under licence to EMI Records Ltd
EMI Classics   5 99447 9
Reviewed 19/10/2005 by
Robert Anderson
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Franco Zeffirelli's production of Verdi 'Don Carlo'

'The chief glory ... is Zeffirelli's staging.'
Verdi: Don Carlo. © 2004 EMI Records Ltd
EMI Classics   5 99442 9
Reviewed 09/10/2005 by
Robert Anderson
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Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes

'... Les Arts Florissants would triumph in any location.'
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes. © 2005 Opus Arte
Opus Arte   OA 0923 D
Reviewed 07/09/2005 by
Robert Anderson
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung

'... a crowning glory from Bertrand de Billy and his superb team ...'
Wagner: Gotterdammerung. © 2005 Opus Arte
Opus Arte   OA 0913 D
Reviewed 17/08/2005 by
Robert Anderson
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen

'The balance ... favours Evans more, which is a good thing.'
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen. Daniel Barenboim. Bayreuth Festival Choir and Orchestra. © 1993, 1994 Teldec Classics, 2005 Warner Classics
Warner Classics   2564 62091-2
Reviewed 10/08/2005 by
Robert Hugill
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Rued Langgaard: Antikrist

'... interpreted with total commitment ...'
Rued Langgaard: Antikrist. © 2005 Dacapo Records
Dacapo   2.110402
Reviewed 03/08/2005 by
Robert Anderson
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Wagner: Siegfried

'... when it is sung as beautifully as here, one is humbly grateful.'
Wagner: Siegfried. © 2005 Opus Arte
Opus Arte   OA 0912 D
Reviewed 06/07/2005 by
Robert Anderson
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Wagner: Die Walküre

'... live performances that rightly earn due applause act by act ...'
Wagner: Die Walküre. © 2005 Opus Arte
Opus Arte   OA 0911 D
Reviewed 12/06/2005 by
Robert Anderson
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Astor Piazzolla in Portrait

'... defying category but never defying mastery.'
Astor Piazzolla in Portrait. © 2004 BBC Worldwide Ltd
Opus Arte   OA 0905 D
Reviewed 08/06/2005 by
David Wilkins
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Richard Wagner: Parsifal

'The singing is generally superb, with the Gurnemanz of Matti Salminen quite outstanding.'
Wagner: Parsifal. © 2005 Opus Arte
Opus Arte   OA 0915 D
Reviewed 18/05/2005 by
Robert Anderson
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Handel: Giulio Cesare - Live from the Sydney Opera House

'Graham Pushee sings with utmost bravura, fire and clarity ...'
Handel: Giulio Cesare, live from the Sydney Opera House. © 1994 Opera Australia, 2005 EuroArts Music International GmbH
EuroArts   2053599
Reviewed 04/05/2005 by
Robert Anderson
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Wagner: Das Rheingold

'... a joyous experience ...'
Wagner: Das Rheingold. © 2005 Opus Arte
Opus Arte   OA 0910 D
Reviewed 30/03/2005 by
Robert Anderson
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Benjamin Britten: The Turn of the Screw

'... splendidly captured musically and visually ...'
Benjamin Britten: The Turn of the Screw. © 2005 Opus Arte
Opus Arte   OA 0907 D
Reviewed 17/03/2005 by
Robert Anderson
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Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème

'... never a dull visual moment ...'
Puccini: La Bohème - Teatro alla Scala. © 2003 Rai Trade, 2004 TDK Marketing Europe GmbH
TDK   DV-OPBOH
Reviewed 23/12/2004 by
Robert Anderson
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Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore - Live Recording 1978

'... wonderfully and indeed relentlessly captured ...'
Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore. Directed for stage by Herbert von Karajan - Live Recording 1978. © 1978 ORF, 2004 TDK Marketing Europe GmbH
TDK   DV-CLOPIT
Reviewed 21/11/2004 by
Robert Anderson
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The Bach Gamut, volume 1 The Bach Gamut, volume 1. Virgil Fox, organ. © 2004 Circles International
Circles International   SMD-041
Reviewed 09/10/2004 by
Patric Standford
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