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Close Encounters with Great Singers - Mirella Freni

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2003-06-24

Works: Mirella Freni / Jon Tolansky: Mirella Freni in Conversation with Jon Tolansky (Interview); Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Schippers, Thomas; Klemperer, Otto; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

20/21 - Schnittke: Concerti grossi 1 & 5 / Kremer, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2002-11-12

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Concerto Grosso no 1, for 2 violins, harpsichord, prepared piano & 21 strings; Concerto Grosso no 5, for violin, piano & orchestra; Quasi una sonata, for violin & chamber orchestra
Performers: Grindenko, Tatjana; Keuschnig, Rainer; Kremer, Gidon; Smirnov, Yuri
Conductors: Schiff, Heinrich; Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"Kremer imbues this material with his own brand of nervous expression. When couples with Schnittke's already hyper-intense music, it may enhance it or turn you...continue...