DVD Video, C Major (label)
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New. Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
Piotr Beczala (Riccardo), Keri Alkema (Amelia), Carlos Álvarez (Renato), Dolora Zajick (Ulrica), Katerina Tretyakova (Oscar)
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Vincent Boussard, Renato Palumbo
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Performance & Documentaries
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Marlis Petersen (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (contralto), Werner Güra (tenor) & Gerald Finley (bass)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Netherlands Radio Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
This is exceptional. There are certainly many different valid ways to perform the Missa solemnis, but it's hard to imagine they will surpass this outstanding version...The Royal Concertgebouw... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, DVD Choice
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Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame
Misha Didyk, Alexey Markov, Vladimir Stoyanov, Svetlana Aksenova, Larissa Diadkova
Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
It’s certainly wacky. But it’s followed through with rigorous brilliance…musically all is superb; this is the equal of Mariss Jansons’s first-rate Bavarian CD recording, with some of the same... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2018, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, Opera Choice
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Schallplattenkritik Awards, 2018, Winner - Jahrespreis
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Special offer. Faccio: Hamlet
Pavel Cernoch (Amleto), Claudio Sgura (Claudio), Iulia Maria Dan (Ofelia), Eduard Tsanga (Polonio), Dshamilja Kaiser (Gertrude), Sebastien Soules (Orazio), Paul Schweinester (Laerte), Bartosz Urbanowicz (Marcello), Gianluca Buratto (The ghost/A priest)
Prague Philharmonic Choir, Wiener Symphoniker,...
Tambosi’s production in the Bregenz Festspielhaus is simple but effective. Černoch’s tortured Hamlet – dressed in plain black, emphasising his detachment from court life – acts and sings terrifically,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2017, DVD/Bluray of the Month
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2017
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Diapason d’Or, December 2017, Découverte
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Bach 300 - 300 Years Bach in Leipzig
Lang Lang (piano), Daniel Hope, Albrecht Mayer, Sophie Kauer, Francesca Aspromonte, Cameron Shahbazi, Thomaner Chor Leipzig, Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig, Andreas Reize
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Innovative Concert of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Audiovisual Music Production of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Performance & Documentaries
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Special offer. Prokofiev: The Gambler, Op. 24
Misha Didyk (Alexei), Kristine Opolais (Polina), Vladimir Ognovenko (General), Stefania Toczyska (Babulenka), Stephan Rügamer (The Marquis), Sylvia de la Muela (Blanche), Viktor Rud (Mr Astley)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) & Dmitri Tcherniakov (stage director)
Barenboim's crystal-clear pacing of the score is hard-hitting rather than quicksilvery, but the payoff in the last Act is terrific, and the blue-lit look of it all - Tcherniakov designed it,... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - DVD Performance
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2010, DVD of the Month
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Opera, July 2010, Recording of the Month
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Special offer. Dvořák: Rusalka
Asmik Grigorian (Rusalka), Eric Cutler (The Prince), Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev (Vodník), Katarina Dalayman (Ježibaba), Karita Mattila (The Foreign Princess), Teatro Real, Ivor Bolton, Christof Loy
Loy’s concept works well and the stylish production values make this one of the most successful Rusalkas on film…Central to the success of Loy’s production is Asmik Grigorian’s outstanding,... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Opera
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Special offer. Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto
Pene Pati (Mitridate), Ana Maria Labin (Aspasia), Angela Brower (Sifare), Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian (Farnace), Sarah Aristidou (Ismene)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Satoshi Miyagi, Marc Minkowski
Vocal virtuosity, which is crucial in such a piece, is best exemplified in the title-role by rising star tenor Pene Pati, who is up to every possible demand...Alert, lively playing from period-instrument... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2025, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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New. Puccini: Turandot
Anna Netrebko (Turandot), Yusif Eyvazov (Calaf), Maria Teresa Leva (Liù), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Timur)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Arena di Verona, Marco Armiliato, Franco Zeffirelli
This Verona account is from the 2022 festival and the big draw is Anna Netrebko in the title-role (a role she sings at Covent Garden next season). She’s very good. In an ice-blue gown, sporting... — More…
