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Wagner: Scenes and Arias from The Ring & Tristan und Isolde

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-10-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Cangelosi, David; Dessay, Natalie; Domingo, Placido; Rayner, Simon; Urmana, Violeta; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio

R. Strauss: Four Last Songs, etc / Stemme, Pappano, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-05-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Final Scene; Capriccio, Op 85; Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers: Clews, Richard; Grodnikaite, Liora; Manning, Peter; Siegel, Gerhard; Stemme, Nina [Soprano Vocal]; White, Jeremy
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"Nina Stemme belongs in this select company. With the extra dramatic over-drive she can switch on when needed and her superb portraits of Salome and...continue...

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no 1, etc / Chang, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-01-10

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 1 in E flat major, Op. 107; Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40
Performers: Chang, Han-Na; Jones, Tim; Pappano, Antonio [Conductor]
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"Chang brings clear-sighted belief to everything she touches. Her range is generous indeed, from barely audible ghostly voices to high octane drama, though the attendant...continue...