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American as Apple Pie
from: Vox (Classical)
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Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Mirella Freni / José Carreras / Teresa Berganza / Juan Pons / Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Philharmonia Orchestra / Giuseppe Sinopoli
from: Deutsche Grammophon
: :In the 1980s, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli was the opera world's most talked about revisionist. Some hailed him for peeling off layers of tradition and diagnosing the neurotic opera characters like a Freudian analysis. Others thought he was just being neurotic himself. Surely, this Butterfly is dramatic, musical theater of the highest order though often extremely heavy handed: The Act I quotations of the 'Star-Spangled Banner' are underscored to a fare thee well. Singers give passionate, committed performances, Mirella Freni being her vocally generous self and Carreras, in his last recording before falling ill ...
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Bartok: Complete Edition
from: Hungaroton
: :In the 1980s, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli was the opera world's most talked about revisionist. Some hailed him for peeling off layers of tradition and diagnosing the neurotic opera characters like a Freudian analysis. Others thought he was just being neurotic himself. Surely, this Butterfly is dramatic, musical theater of the highest order though often extremely heavy handed: The Act I quotations of the 'Star-Spangled Banner' are underscored to a fare thee well. Singers give passionate, committed performances, Mirella Freni being her vocally generous self and Carreras, in his last recording before falling ill ...
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Joseph Haydn: Symphonies, Volume 3 (c. 1761-63) - The Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood
: :In the 1980s, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli was the opera world's most talked about revisionist. Some hailed him for peeling off layers of tradition and diagnosing the neurotic opera characters like a Freudian analysis. Others thought he was just being neurotic himself. Surely, this Butterfly is dramatic, musical theater of the highest order though often extremely heavy handed: The Act I quotations of the 'Star-Spangled Banner' are underscored to a fare thee well. Singers give passionate, committed performances, Mirella Freni being her vocally generous self and Carreras, in his last recording before falling ill ...
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Schubert: The Complete Symphonies
from: EMI Int'l
: :In the 1980s, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli was the opera world's most talked about revisionist. Some hailed him for peeling off layers of tradition and diagnosing the neurotic opera characters like a Freudian analysis. Others thought he was just being neurotic himself. Surely, this Butterfly is dramatic, musical theater of the highest order though often extremely heavy handed: The Act I quotations of the 'Star-Spangled Banner' are underscored to a fare thee well. Singers give passionate, committed performances, Mirella Freni being her vocally generous self and Carreras, in his last recording before falling ill ...
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Vespro della Beta Vergine (Second Vespers for the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin)
: :In the 1980s, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli was the opera world's most talked about revisionist. Some hailed him for peeling off layers of tradition and diagnosing the neurotic opera characters like a Freudian analysis. Others thought he was just being neurotic himself. Surely, this Butterfly is dramatic, musical theater of the highest order though often extremely heavy handed: The Act I quotations of the 'Star-Spangled Banner' are underscored to a fare thee well. Singers give passionate, committed performances, Mirella Freni being her vocally generous self and Carreras, in his last recording before falling ill ...
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The Great Composers
from: Madacy Records
: :In the 1980s, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli was the opera world's most talked about revisionist. Some hailed him for peeling off layers of tradition and diagnosing the neurotic opera characters like a Freudian analysis. Others thought he was just being neurotic himself. Surely, this Butterfly is dramatic, musical theater of the highest order though often extremely heavy handed: The Act I quotations of the 'Star-Spangled Banner' are underscored to a fare thee well. Singers give passionate, committed performances, Mirella Freni being her vocally generous self and Carreras, in his last recording before falling ill ...
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Quiet Music For Quiet Times: Set Your Life To Music
from: Philips
: :In the 1980s, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli was the opera world's most talked about revisionist. Some hailed him for peeling off layers of tradition and diagnosing the neurotic opera characters like a Freudian analysis. Others thought he was just being neurotic himself. Surely, this Butterfly is dramatic, musical theater of the highest order though often extremely heavy handed: The Act I quotations of the 'Star-Spangled Banner' are underscored to a fare thee well. Singers give passionate, committed performances, Mirella Freni being her vocally generous self and Carreras, in his last recording before falling ill ...
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Schubert: String Quintet; German Dances (Box Set)
from: Capriccio
: :In the 1980s, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli was the opera world's most talked about revisionist. Some hailed him for peeling off layers of tradition and diagnosing the neurotic opera characters like a Freudian analysis. Others thought he was just being neurotic himself. Surely, this Butterfly is dramatic, musical theater of the highest order though often extremely heavy handed: The Act I quotations of the 'Star-Spangled Banner' are underscored to a fare thee well. Singers give passionate, committed performances, Mirella Freni being her vocally generous self and Carreras, in his last recording before falling ill ...
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Hindemith: Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 (Box Set)
from: Cpo Records
: :For the last decade or so, CPO has been the only label of note to advocate the music of Paul Hindemith (1885-1963). Not only have they gone about this advocacy with great enthusiasm, they've also sought out some of Hindemith's lesser-known works. And while Volume I contains Hindemith's clear masterpieces, Volume II shines with its own gems. Most notable among the major works in this set are The Four Temperaments (1940) and the Piano Concerto (1945), both clear Romantic masterpieces and both excellently performed. Of the lesser-known works, the best are the suites ...
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