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MUSSORGSKY
Boris Godunov (Complete Opera recorded in 1994) Anatoly Kocherga, Marjana Lipovsek, Samuel Ramey, Sergei Larin / Rundfunkchor Berlin & Tölzer Knabenchor, Claudio Abbado [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2010 ] Release includes a booklet with a three language synopsis [English / French / German], full cast list and detailed track list. |
KORNGOLD
Violanta (Complete Opera recorded in 1980) Eva Marton, Siegfried Jerusalem & Walter Berry / Münchner Rundfunkorchester & Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Marek Janowski [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "What strength and beauty [Marton] had in 1980! Siegfried Jerusalem, too, was on peak form...Walter Berry oozes his usual authority...all the glitter and occasional strangeness of the lush score comes across under Janowski's impeccably paced... |
DEBUSSY
Pelleas et Melisande (Complete opera recorded in 1970) George Shirley, Elisabeth Söderström & Yvonne Minton / Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "Boulez's sharply dramatic view of Debussy's atmospheric score is a performance which will probably not please the dedicated Francophile but it rescues Debussy from the lanquid half-tone approach which for long has been accepted as authentic. He is... |
VERDI
Macbeth (Complete opera recorded in 1959) Leonard Warren, Carlo Bergonzi, Leonie Rysanek / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ Sony Opera House / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2011 ] Includes a three-language synopsis (English/French/German), full cast list and detailed track list. |