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Opera in English - Verdi: Otello / Elder, Plowright, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-10-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Bottone, Bonaventura; Craig, Charles; Howlett, Neil; Kale, Stuart [Tenor Vocal]; Plowright, Rosalind; Rea, Sean; Rivers, Malcolm; Squires, Shilagh; Traynor, Gordon
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: English National Opera Chorus

"This 1983 'Otello' was captured live at the London Coliseum, and the sometimes far-back voices on the stage... often defeat the purpose of a clearly...continue...

Boulanger: Faust et Hélène, etc / Tortelier, Dawson, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-08-17

Works: Lili Boulanger: Psalm 24 for chorus, orchestra & organ; Faust et Hélène, cantata; D'un soir triste, for string trio (or cello) & piano (or orchestra); D'un matin de printemps, for violin (o...
Performers: Bottone, Bonaventura; Dawson, Lynne; Howard, Jason; MacKenzie, Neil; Murray, Ann
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus

"...[Lili Boulanger's] completed works display a precocious maturity providing a tantalising clue as to what might have been. Boulanger's psalm settings, two of which are...continue...