What a wonderful DVD. Von Otter and Minkiwsky have a ball here in the "feel good" performance of the decade. World news have you feeling bad? Just pop in this DVD and watch a beautiful lady sing beautiful, happy music and forget the worries of the day.The unknown "Alphabet Song" may be the funniest ...
+ Kudos to Laurent Pelly!!! + Highly amusing, don't miss it!
An outstanding production of a deligthful opera-bouffe. I showed it to a bunch of opera fans and everybody raved about it. Fabulous entertainment for very little cost! Don't miss it!
This was made for a German audience and, as such, it works well. I am not against updated production values. Purcell only wrote music, admittedly extensive music, for a play. Purcell's music is beautiful, sublime, fun, powerful, joyful, expressive and funny - he does all these things in the music ...
+ My first Wozzeck...kind of. + Abstract Production
Wozzeck is among my most beloved operas and I find this performance to be one of the very best. On a purely vocal level, no singer since Matt Harrell (to these ears) under Mitropoulos has sung the role quite as beautifully as Dale Duesing, (perhaps Dieskau I'd put here too).
The production feels ...
+ The Great, the Brave and the Banal + wonderful way to experience this masterpiece of modernity
One Night. One Life is one of the first DVD recordings of Classical music that uses this new medium in a creative and interesting way. Instead of merely plonking a camera in front of Ms. Schäfer, both the Dichterliebe and the Pierrot Lunaire are turning into short films. I like this approach and I ...
A Superb Bartoli/Haydn/Mozart Budget-Priced 2DVD Set
This 2-DVD set combines previous single-DVD issues featuring mezzo Cecilia Bartoli accompanied by Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting his long-time group, Concentus Music Wien, at the Styriarte Festival in Graz, Austria. And it costs about 25% less than the two DVDs would cost if bought separately. ...
+ Great performance, hard to find. + One little addition to the other reviews + Expert Cast Lends Passion to a Relentlessly Dark Staging of Handel's Mythic Oratorio
+ a fabulous performance + fun with an updated Rameau
My two favorite amazon music reviewers, Mike Birman and Steven Guy, have already given this amazing performance their stamps of approval, so I'll be brief.
Imagine combining the Beatles' film Yellow Submarine, a big top show by Cirque de Soleil, and the most ravishing Baroque singing you've ever ...
I bought this after seeing the video clip on the Opus Arte website. Beautifully performed opera with original instruments, excellent singers and great sound quality. Especially notable are the counter tenor Brian Asawa and the passionate portrayal of Penelope by Graciela Araya. The minimalist ...
A Cascade, a torrent, a cataract of gorgeous music
+ Savall is more than someone on DVD ! + Sobriedad y precisión + Very enjoyable production with some fine singing + 1607-2007 Mantua in Barcelona : a performance for the ages
+ Kultur vs TDK releases + Rameau's Platée - melodic, entertaining and great fun
One doesn't expect 18th century French Opera to be so much darn fun! This is one of those clever productions where most of the money got spent on costumes and the barest minimum of sets so the director's talents and abilities are on full display bringing us a witty, inventive, surprising and always ...
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