Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 (complete opera recorded May 2006)

 
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 (complete opera recorded May 2006)
Sally Matthews, Christine Brewer, John MacMaster, Daniel Borowski, Juha Uusitalo / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Colin Davis

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Release Date: Monday 1 December 2008

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"Davis's version is crisp and dramatic...Abscheulicher brings out all [Brewer's] masterly qualities to the full, thanks to her big, firm, creamy voice, perfectly controlled...The rest of the cast sings strongly too, with John MacMaster a clear, bold Florestan" Penguin Guide

"…Colin Davis's conducting of the London Symphony Orchestra and the vocal forces is so impressive that it ranks with the greatest accounts I have ever heard of this work… Christine Brewer is a great Fidelio, her big voice under perfect control, electrifying at climaxes" BBC Music

"there is an elemental energy to [Davis's] conducting that propels the drama inexorably forward...[Brewer] sings the notes more effortlessly, and with thrilling attack at the top of her range, than any other contemporary Leonore ...Vocally, the big surprise is the sensitively and heroically sung Florestan of the Canadian tenor John MacMaster" International Record Review