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Richard Wagner: Lohengrin

'... a delight to watch.'
Richard Wagner: Lohengrin. © 2006 Opus Arte
Opus Arte   OA 0964 D
Reviewed 29/03/2007 by
Robert Anderson
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Democracy - The Making of an American Opera

'... a searching work that spares no punches ...'
Democracy - The Making of an American Opera. © 2006 Night Flight Productions
Night Flight Productions   8 37101 27321 3
Reviewed 21/03/2007 by
Robert Anderson
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Wagner: Tannhäuser

'... a subtlety no other house can match.'
Wagner: Tannhäuser. © 2006 EuroArts Music International GmbH
EuroArts   2072008
Reviewed 11/02/2007 by
Robert Anderson
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Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

'... fully appropriate disorder ...'
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. © 2006 De Nederlandse Opera/Opus Arte
Opus Arte   OA 0965 D
Reviewed 10/02/2007 by
Robert Anderson
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Umberto Giordano: Fedora

'Giordano's wishes were admirably followed ...'
Umberto Giordano: Fedora. © 2006 TDK Marketing Europe GmbH
TDK   DVWW-OPFED
Reviewed 28/01/2007 by
Robert Anderson
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Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier

'The Viennese chorus and orchestra know this opera inside out ...'
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier. © 2006 TDK Marketing Europe GmbH
TDK   DVWW-OPRC
Reviewed 01/01/2007 by
Robert Anderson
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Stravinsky: Le Rossignol

'... both wondrous and distracting.'
Stravinsky: Le Rossignol - Natalie Dessay - A film by Christian Chaudet. © 2005 Virgin Classics
Virgin Classics   5 44242 9
Reviewed 30/11/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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Così fan tutte

'... a disappointing monument ...'
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte. © 2006 EMI Records Ltd / Virgin Classics
Virgin   0 94634 47169 5
Reviewed 02/11/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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La petite musique de Marie-Antoinette

'... supreme vocal skill ...'
La petite musique de Marie-Antoinette. © 2006 Vox lucida
Armide   ARM010
Reviewed 11/10/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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The Ramallah Concert - Knowledge Is The Beginning

'... an orchestra of first-class accomplishment.'
The Ramallah Concert; Knowledge Is The Beginning - A flim by Paul Smaczny. West-Eastern Divan Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim - 93-minute documentary and live concert. © 2005 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Warner Classics   2564 62792-2
Reviewed 27/09/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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Gioachino Rossini: La Gazzetta

'... a mismatch of music and action ...'
Rossini: La Gazzetta. © 2006 Opus Arte
Opus Arte   OA 0953 D
Reviewed 20/09/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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Adolphe Adam: Giselle

'... irresistible appeal.'
Giselle. © 2003 TDK Recording Media Europe SA
TDK   DV-BLGIS
Reviewed 23/08/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Teatro alla Scala

'... suggests Tristan and Isolde ...'
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet. © 2002 TDK Recording Media Europe SA
TDK   DV-BLRAJ
Reviewed 22/08/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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Maurice Béjart's The Nutcracker

'... bears little relation to Tchaikovsky's music ...'
The Nutcracker. © 2003 TDK Recording Media Europe SA
TDK   DV-BLBNC
Reviewed 21/08/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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Alban Berg: Wozzeck

'... quite convincing enough ...'
Alban Berg: Wozzeck. © 2006 Arthaus Musik GmbH
Arthaus Musik   102 031
Reviewed 26/07/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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Pelléas et Mélisande

'Franz Welser-Möst conducts admirably ...'
Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande. © 2006 TDK Marketing Europe GmbH
TDK   DVWW-OPPEM
Reviewed 13/07/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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Rossini: L'occasione fa il ladro

'... a performance of bubbling vitality ...'
Gioacchino Rossini: L'occasione fa il ladro (Opportunity Makes the Thief). © 2006 EuroArts Music International GmbH
EuroArts   2054998
Reviewed 28/06/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail

'... a final curtain meriting maximum applause.'
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail. © 2006 EuroArts Music International GmbH
EuroArts   2055018
Reviewed 14/06/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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Handel's Water Music - Recreating a Royal Spectacular

'... as authentic as we'll see and hear without a time machine.'
Handel's Water Music: Recreating a Royal Spectacular. © 2003 BBC Worldwide Ltd/Opus Arte
Opus Arte   OA 0930 D
Reviewed 07/06/2006 by
Malcolm Tattersall
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Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata

'... result of admirable cooperation between the Zürich stage and pit.'
Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata. © 2005 Zurich Opera House
Arthaus Musik   101 247
Reviewed 31/05/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

'The work is in the safest possible hands ...'
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess. © 2001 EMI Records Ltd
EMI Classics   4 92496 9
Reviewed 18/05/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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Turandot

'... brimful of imagination ...'
Puccini: Turandot. Opera Australia. © 2006 Opus Arte
Opus Arte   OA F4004 D
Reviewed 03/05/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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Adriana Lecouvreur

'... a chorus and orchestra beautifully responsive to the lyrical nuances of Cilea's score.'
Francesco Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur. Opera Australia. © 2006 Opus Arte
Opus Arte   OA F4003 D
Reviewed 19/04/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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Madama Butterfly

'... a strong yet tender account of Puccini's cunning score.'
Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly. De Nederlandse Opera. © 2005 Opus Arte
Opus Arte   OA 0936 D
Reviewed 05/04/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito

'... Sylvain Cambreling in sensitive command ...'
Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito. © 2006 Opus Arte
Opus Arte   OA 0942 D
Reviewed 16/03/2006 by
Robert Anderson
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