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SCHOENBERG
Moses und Aron (complete opera recorded in 1984) Franz Mazura / Philip Langridge / Barbara Bonney / Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Originals / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] 'Solti gives Schoenberg's masterly score a dynamism and warmth which set it firmly - if perhaps surprisingly - in the grand romantic tradition...As Aaron, Philip Langridge is lighter and more lyrical...Aage Haugland with his firm, dark bass makes his... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 / etc Nelson Freire (piano), Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Lionel Bringuier [ Decca / CD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] "The recording is at its best wherever Nelson Freire is ravishing the ear with showers of notes that glisten with precision." (Financial Times) |
GERSHWIN
Porgy and Bess (Complete opera) Willard White, Leona Mitchell, McHenry Boatwright / The Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus / Lorin Maazel [ Decca Originals / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] "This superb recording established the work's formidable status beyond question...Maazel includes the complete text...some half hour of virtually unknown music" The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
HANDEL
Saul (complete oratorio) Nancy Argenta / Donna Brown / Lynne Dawson / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Decca Originals / 3 CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] '...it is not likely to be surpassed on disc for a long time.' The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Disc |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 (Christmas Oratorio) Peter Schreier (conductor & Evangelist), Helen Donath, Andrea Ihle, Marjana Lipovsek / Staatskapelle Dresden [ Decca Philips Originals / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] 'the soloists make a strong, consistent team...full, bright and atmospheric recording...the layout on three CDs make this issue competitive.' Penguin Guide to Compact Discs. |