DVD Video, VAI (label)
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The Scandinavians - Golden Age of Singing
Jussi Björling (tenor), Lauritz Melchior, Birgit Nilsson, Nicolai Gedda, Howard Barlow, Wilfrid Pelletier, Harry John Brown
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The Italians - Golden Age of Singing
Franco Corelli (tenor), Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Ferruccio Tagliavini, Gabriella Tucci, Howard Barlow, Wilfrid Pelletier, Harry John Brown
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Special offer. Puccini: La Rondine
Teresa Stratas (Magda), Anastasios Vrenios (Ruggero), Barbara
Shuttleworth (Lisette), Mallory Walker (Prunier)
CBC Orchestra and Chorus, Brian Priestman
it is a period piece – not just for the sets and costumes but also the old-fashioned production values...Nevertheless, Stratas’s sincerity and Hollywood-esque camera-friendliness cast a spell... — More…
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Arthur Rubinstein plays Chopin & Rachmaninov
Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
Showcase Symphony Orchestra, Alfred Wallenstein
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David Oistrakh Vol. 1
David Oistrakh (violin), Frida Bauer (piano), arr. David Oistrakh
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin
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Verdi: Aida
Gabriella Tucci (Aida), Mario Del Monaco (Radamès), Giulietta Simionato (Amneris), Aldo Protti (Amonasro), Paolo Washington (Ramfis), Silvano Pagliuca (Il Re di Egitto), Athos Cesarini (Un Messaggero), Sumie Kawauchi (Una Sacerdotessa)
The NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Broadcasting Chorus &...
They don’t make ’em like this any more. Nor should they, really, as performing styles have changed. But as an example of what increasingly seems a golden age of Verdi-singing, this is almost... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2008, DVD of the Month
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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Phyllis Curtin (soprano), Nicholas Di Virgilio (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
Although visually showing its age, the stereo sound on this broadcast of the American premiere of the War Requiem sounds remarkably fresh and vivid, and Leinsdorf is authoritative. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, DVD of the Month
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Emil Gilels Live in Moscow, Vol. 5
Emil Gilels (piano)
USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Verbitsky
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Carlo Bergonzi in Concert
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
Orchestra della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana, Bruno Amaducci