Persson, Miah

Britten: The Turn of the Screw / Miah Persson, Toby Spence, Susan Bickley, Giselle Allen. London PO, Jakub Hrusa [DVD]

1 DVD Video / FRA Musica / 2013-01-08

Works: Benjamin Britten: Turn of the Screw, chamber opera, Op. 54
Performers: Allen, Giselle; Bickley, Susan; Parfitt, Thomas; Persson, Miah; Songi, Joanna; Spence, Toby
Conductors: Hrusa, Jakub
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

It is indeed 'a curious story,' as the prologue for The Turn of the Screw explains. The opera features a remote English country house, an...continue...

Britten: The Turn of the Screw / Miah Persson, Toby Spence, Susan Bickley, Giselle Allen. London PO, Jakub Hrusa [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / FRA Musica / 2013-01-08

Works: Benjamin Britten: Turn of the Screw, chamber opera, Op. 54
Performers: Allen, Giselle; Bickley, Susan; Parfitt, Thomas; Persson, Miah; Songi, Joanna; Spence, Toby
Conductors: Hrusa, Jakub
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

An Evening at the Royal Opera House - Famous arias and choruses / Renee Fleming, Joseph Calleja, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel et al. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-11-13

Works: Various: Opera Highlights
Performers: Calleja, Joseph; Connolly, Sarah; Cura, Jose; Damrau, Diana; Fleming, Renee; Gerzmava, Hibla; Kaufmann, Jonas; Keenlyside, Simon; Persson, Miah; Schrott, Erwin; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors:
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Orchestra

Showcasing outstanding productions from the stage of the Royal Opera House, An Evening with the Royal Opera brings together a collection of arias and choruses...continue...
Run Time: 95 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): 24-bit LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Country of Origin: Germany
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Andras Schiff plays Bach: Italian Concerto; French Suite no 5; Capriccio in B flat et al. / Andras Schiff, piano (1989) [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2012-07-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971; Capriccio in B flat major on the Departure of his Most Beloved Brother, BWV 992; French Suite no 5 in G major, BWV 816; Chromatic Fantasia...
Performers: Persson, Miah; Schiff, Andras

With this release from the 1989 Metropolitan Munich programs, the audience is afforded a glimpse of Andras Schiff as a young interpreter of Bach's most...continue...
Run Time: 54 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Country of Origin: Austria
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Songs of Schubert, Sibelius & Grieg / Miah Persson, soprano; Roger Vignoles, piano

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2012-06-05

Works: Franz Schubert: Suleika no 1, D 720; Ganymed, D 544/Op. 19 no 3; Gesänge (4) aus Wilhelm Meister, D 877/Op. 62; Rastlose Liebe, D 138/Op 51; Der Erlkönig, D 328; Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D...
Performers: Hosford, Richard; Persson, Miah; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

Famed for her highly intelligent performances and deep engagement with music, Swedish soprano Miah Persson is in great demand throughout the world. She returned to...continue...
Recording information: Wigmore Hall, London (02/16/2011)....continue...

Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Bicket, Persson, Connolly, Domenech [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-05-29

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308
Performers: Beaumont, Maite; Connolly, Sarah; Domenech, Jordi; Persson, Miah; Rosique, Ruth; Selig, Franz-Josef
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: Baroque Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu

Love conquers all - ruthlessly and irresistibly - as Emperor Nero and his mistress Poppea remove the obstacles to their union. At Barcelona's Gran Teatre...continue...
Run Time: 183 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, S...continue...

Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Bicket, Persson, Connolly, Domenech [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-05-29

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308
Performers: Beaumont, Maite; Connolly, Sarah; Domenech, Jordi; Persson, Miah; Rosique, Ruth; Selig, Franz-Josef
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: Baroque Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu

Love conquers all - ruthlessly and irresistibly - as Emperor Nero and his mistress Poppea remove the obstacles to their union. At Barcelona's Gran Teatre...continue...
Run Time: 183 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Bach For Japan / Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-03-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe, BWV 156; Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106; Die Seele ruht in Jesu Händen, BWV 127; Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727;...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Blaziková, Hana; Fujisaki, Minae; Hida, Yoshie; Kooij, Peter; Masaaki Suzuki [Conductor/Organ]; Mera, Yoshikazu; Nicholls, Rachel; Persson, Miah; Rydén, Susanne; Sampson, ...
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: ; Bach Collegium Japan

On 11th March 2011 the earthquake off the Pacific coast of Japan and ensuing tsunami devastated the Tohoku region, causing great suffering and changing the...continue...

Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress / Jurowski, Lehtipuu, Persson, Rose [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-01-31

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Rake's Progress
Performers: Bayley, Clive; Lehtipuu, Topi; Manistina, Elena; Persson, Miah; Rose, Matthew
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

In this celebrated Glyndebourne Festival production, David Hockney's designs for director John Cox reinterpret the Hogarth etchings that inspired the opera's libretto, written for Stravinsky...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
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Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress / Jurowski, Lehtipuu, Persson, Rose [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-01-31

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Rake's Progress
Performers: Bayley, Clive; Lehtipuu, Topi; Manistina, Elena; Persson, Miah; Rose, Matthew
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

In this celebrated Glyndebourne Festival production, David Hockney's designs for director John Cox reinterpret the Hogarth etchings that inspired the opera's libretto, written for Stravinsky...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

50 Most Essential Mozart Masterpieces

4 CD / X5 Group / 2011-11-15

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro; Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Symphony no 40 in G minor; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major; Gran Partita in B flat major; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A majo...
Performers: Bezaly, Sharon; Boyd, Douglas; Brautigam, Ronald; Collins, Finghin; Falout, Joze; Ganter, Elisabeth; Gassmann, Frank; Griffiths, Semra; Hoelscher, Ulf; Holzapfel, Maszella; Malling, Amalie; Mamou, Ro...
Conductors: Beissel, Heribert; Parry, David; Macci, Francesco; Kosler, Zdenek; Bethke, Neithard; Arp, Klaus; Lapinsch, Ilmar; Kangas, Juha; Frantz, Justus; Bour, Ernest; Gal, Tamas; Marturet, Eduardo; Böhm,...
Ensemble: ; New York Philomusica; Salzburg Soloists; St. Petersburg Soloists

This compilation is designed to give new classical music fans a wide sampling of Mozart's extensive repertoire. Mozart was a star on the musical scene...continue...

50 Most Essential Bach Masterpieces

4 CD / X5 Group / 2011-11-15

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue no 1 in C major (The Well-Tempered Clavier); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major; Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Double Concerto in D minor, fo...
Performers: Abbuhl, Emanuel; Applebaum, Rachel; Doll, Susanne; Fagius, Hans; Frey, Max; Gellev, Vesselin; Grinkiavichius, Jurgis; Hoff, Brynjar; Imai, Nobuko; Ioff, Ilia; Ivanovich, Andrei; Jäckle, Klaus [G...
Conductors: Parry, David; Gantvarg, Mikhail; Kakhidze, Djansug; Sondeckis, Saulius; Suzuki, Masaaki; Francis, Alun; Warchal, Bohdan; ; Titov, Alexander; Hager, Leopold; Lysy, Alberto; Duvier, Eugen; Årdal, ...
Ensemble: ; Bach Collegium Japan; Moravian Trio; St. Petersburg Soloists

Portraits: Songs by Clara and Robert Schumann

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2011-09-02

Works: Robert Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25; Lieder (6), Op. 33; Lied der Suleika, Op. 25 no 9; Lied der Braut aus dem Liebesfrühling I ("Mutter! Mutter! Glaube nicht!"), song for voice & piano (M; Lied de...
Performers: Breinl, Joseph; Persson, Miah

Women in love, in pain and in emotional turmoil - such is the subject matter of most of the songs that Swedish soprano Miah Persson...continue...
Recording information: Nybrokajen 11, Stockholm, Sweden (06/2010)....continue...

Mozart: Da Ponte Operas / Harnoncourt, de Billy, Fischer [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2011-06-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Boesch, Florian; DAEArcangelo, Ildebrando; Dasch, Annette; Kotscherga, Anatolij; Lehtipuu, Topi; Leonard, Isabel; Maltman, Christopher; Netrebko, Anna; Persson, Miah; Polenzani, Matthew; Röschma...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Fischer, Adám; De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Available for the first time in one 6 DVD Box Set, Claus Guth's staging of the Mozart-Da Ponte Opera Trilogy: Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni,...continue...
Run Time: 570 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ge...continue...

Sacred Songs of Mary

1 CD / Valley Entertainment / 2010-10-12

Works: Anonymous, Notre Dame School: O Maria, stella maris, conductus; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Hildegard von Bingen: O viridissima virga; Anonymous: Et lidet Barn saa lysteligt (A little child so joyfull...
Performers: Andreassen, Elisabeth; Asheim, Nils Henrik; Barquee, Thomas; Berntsen, Anne Lise; Byrne, Aisling Drury; Danielsen, Jan Werner; Lobody, Ashana; Mediaeval, Trio; Montgomery, Jocelyn; Nonishita, Yukari;...
Conductors: ; Van Nevel, Paul; Gardiner, John Eliot; Leslie, Thomas G.
Ensemble: ; Bach Collegium Japan; Rose Consort of Viols

Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte / Fischer/VPO, Persson, Leonard, Boesch [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2010-09-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Boesch, Florian; Lehtipuu, Topi; Leonard, Isabel; Persson, Miah; Petibon, Patricia; Skovhus, Bo
Conductors: Fischer, Adám
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The classy interpretation of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte concluded Claus Guth's Mozart-Da Ponte opera trilogy at the Salzburg Festival. Hosted in the intimate surroundings of...continue...
Run Time: 191 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, Germa...continue...

Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte / Fischer/Vienna PO, Persson, Petibon, Boesch, Skovhus [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-08-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Boesch, Florian; Lehtipuu, Topi; Leonard, Isabel; Persson, Miah; Petibon, Patricia; Skovhus, Bo
Conductors: Fischer, Adám
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

The classy interpretation of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte concluded Claus Guth's Mozart-Da Ponte opera trilogy at the Salzburg Festival. Hosted in the intimate surroundings of...continue...
Run Time: 191 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ge...continue...

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Pieczonka, Kirchschlager, Persson, Bychkov [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-05-25

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers: Batoukova, Elena; Boesch, Florian; Francis, Jeffrey; Grundheber, Franz; Hawlata, Franz; Kaiserfeld, Ingrid; Kirchschlager, Angelika; Persson, Miah; Pieczonka, Adrianne
Conductors: Bychkov, Semyon
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Arthaus presents one of the most talked about productions of recent Salzburg festival years - the 2004 staging of Strauss' 'Der Rosenkavalier'. The musical comedy...continue...
Run Time: 201 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Un moto di gioia [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) Import / 2010-03-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Schon lacht der holde Frühling, K 580; Ch'io mi scordi di te...Non temer, amato bene, K 505; Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gönner, aria for soprano & orchestra. K. ...
Performers: Olerås, Bengt; Persson, Miah; Samuelsson, Ulf; Sudbin, Yevgeny
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian

Import Hybrid-SACD pressing....continue...

Joseph Haydn: Opera At Eszterhaza - Arias La Circe

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2010-01-10

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Infelice sventurata, H 24b no 15; Work(s); Signor voi sapete, H 24b no 7; Solo e pensoso, aria for soprano & orchestra (from Petrarch; Dice, benissimo, H 24b no 5; Da che penso a ...
Performers: Chávez, Kirstin; Genz, Christoph; Hemm, Manfred; Paley, Iván; Persson, Miah; Richter, Bernard [Tenor]
Conductors: Huss, Manfred

Haydn composed more than twenty operas, mainly for the sumptuous theatre at Eszterhaza, the palace of his long-time employers, the princes of Esterhazy. Even so,...continue...

Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 / Gustav Mahler, et al

2 CD / CSO Resound / 2009-11-17

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Performers: Persson, Miah; Stotijn, Christianne
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard

CSO principal conductor Bernard Haitink leads a moving and noble performance of Mahler's immense Second Symphony, continuing his and the orchestra's successful exploration of Mahler's...continue...
Recording information: Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center (11/20/2008-11/25/2008)....continue...

Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte / Fischer, Lehtipuu, Pisaroni, Riveno [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2009-08-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Garmendia, Ainhoa; Lehtipuu, Topi; Persson, Miah; Pisaroni, Luca; Rivenq, Nicolas [baritone]; Vondung, Anke
Conductors: Fischer, Iván
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Mozart's genius in setting to music Da Ponte's comic play of love, infidelity and forgiveness marks 'Cosi fan tutte' as one of the great works...continue...
Run Time: 210 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby True HD 5.0, Dolby True HD 2.0
Subtitles: English, French, Ger...continue...

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro / Pappano/Royal Opera House, Schrott, Persson, Finley [2 Blu-Ray]

2 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2009-07-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Araya, Graciela; Finley, Gerald; James, Ana; Persson, Miah; Roschmann, Dorothea; Schrott, Erwin; Shaham, Rinat
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as BOA 0990. "This performance...continue...
Run Time: 202 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.0
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Ital...continue...

Nobel Prize Concert 2008 - Mozart: Mass in C minor; Dvorak: Symphony no 7 / John Eliot Gardiner, et al [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2009-05-26

Works: Antonín Dvorák: Symphony no 7 in D minor, Op. 70/B 141; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"
Performers: Hallenberg, Ann; Mattei, Peter; Persson, Miah; Ronning, Helge
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Eric Ericson Chamber Choir; Monteverdi Choir; Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

The Nobel Prize Concert 2008 was a world-class event featuring a marvelous array of performers: Sir John Eliot Gardiner, one of today's most respected conductors,...continue...
Run Time: 123 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Latin, English, Deutsch, Francais...continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Mackerras/Royal Opera, Keenlyside, DiDonato, Vargas [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2009-05-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: DiDonato, Joyce; Gleadow, Robert; Halfvarson, Eric; Keenlyside, Simon; Ketelsen, Kyle; Persson, Miah; Poplavskaya, Marina; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

'Don Giovanni' is one of the timeless classics of all opera. Mozart's music, and the words of his great collaborator Da Ponte, are brought to...continue...
Run Time: 202 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian...continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Mackerras/Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Keenlyside, Vargas, Ketelsen [2 Blu-Ray]

2 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2009-05-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: DiDonato, Joyce; Gleadow, Robert; Halfvarson, Eric; Keenlyside, Simon; Ketelsen, Kyle; Persson, Miah; Poplavskaya, Marina; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

This is a BLU-RAY disc and will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as BOA 1009. 'Don Giovanni' is...continue...
Run Time: 202 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.0
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish and I...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 4 / Iván Fischer, Miah Persson, Budapest Festival Orchestra

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-04-14

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major
Performers: Persson, Miah
Conductors: Fischer, Iván

Ivan Fischer writes of Mahler's masterpiece, "There is a unique purity and transparency in Mahler's 4th Symphony. The enchanting sleigh bells take us to his...continue...

Bach: Cantatas Vol 20 / Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, et al

2 CD / Soli Deo Gloria / 2009-03-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 144 "Nimm, was dein ist, und gehe hin" BWV 144; Cantata no 84, "Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke," BWV 84; Cantata no 92, "Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sin...
Performers: Brown, Jonathan; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Keith, Gillian; Loges, Stephen; Oxley, James; Persson, Miah
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Soli Deo Gloria offers the next installment in its award-winning Bach Cantata series, a double album featuring cantatas for the second and third Sunday before...continue...

Handel: Operas - Flavio, Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo / René Jacobs, et al

10 CD / Harmonia Mundi Import / 2008-10-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Flavio, Rè di Longobardi, opera, HWV 16; Giulio Cesare; Tanti strali al sen mi scocci, duet for soprano, alto & continuo, HWV 197; Sento là che ristret...
Performers: Banchini, Chiara; Dumaux, Christophe; Fagotto, Gian Paolo; Figueiredo, Nicolau de; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Gall, Jeffrey; Genaux, Vivica; Hogman, Christina; Kalna, Inga; Lallouette, Oli...
Conductors: Jacobs, René;
Ensemble: ; Concerto Vocale

Rossini: Soirées musicales, Songs & Duets / Persson, Doufexis, Ford, Vignoles

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-06-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Les soirées musicales; Péchés de vieillesse, Volume 3 "Morceaux réservés"; Péchés de vieillesse, Volume 13 "Musique anodine"; Péch&e...
Performers: Doufexis, Stella; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Persson, Miah; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

"If Rossini's songs are the cake and the performers the icing, the recording itself is the unexpected cherry on top. The acoustic of Potton Hall...continue...

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro / Pappano/Royal Opera House, Schrott, Persson, Finley [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2008-04-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Araya, Graciela; Finley, Gerald; James, Ana; Persson, Miah; Roschmann, Dorothea; Schrott, Erwin; Shaham, Rinat
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"This performance seems to get to the heart of arguably Mozart's greatest opera more successfully than almost any other production of the composer's stage works...continue...
Run Time: 202 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: England
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Haydn: The Creation / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-04-08

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2
Performers: Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Persson, Miah; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Chetham's Chamber Choir

"McCreesh has worked wonders with this popular but difficult score, and the Gabrieli Consort and Players produce a performance of considerable electricity... The orchestral and...continue...

Haydn: The Creation / Bolton, Persson, Lehtipuu, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Oehms / 2007-05-29

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2
Performers: Brunner, Wolfgang; Lehtipuu, Topi; Persson, Miah; Wilson-Johnson, David
Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

Mozart: Cosi fan tutte / Ivan Fischer/Orch. Of the Age of Enlightenment, Lehtipuu, Pisaroni [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2007-04-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Garmendia, Ainhoa; Lehtipuu, Topi; Persson, Miah; Pisaroni, Luca; Rivenq, Nicolas [baritone]; Vondung, Anke
Conductors: Fischer, Iván
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

'Dressed in shades of sand and stone by Vicki Mortimer, and bathed in summer light by Paule Constable, Hytner's period production marries elegance, farce and...continue...
Run Time: 210 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...

Mozart: Mitridate Re Di Ponto / Marc Minkowski/Musiciens du Louvre, Croft, Or, Persson, Mehta, Bohlin [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2007-02-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K 87 (74a)
Performers: Bertin, Pascal; Bohlin, Ingela; Croft, Richard; Lee, Colin; Mehta, Bejun; Or, Netta; Persson, Miah
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

"A maximum of furious orchestral power . . . An opera of shattering emotions and volatile hyperexcitement with exuberant passion." -Suddeutsche Zeitung, Munchen...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Tutto Mozart! / Bryn Terfel, Sir Charles Mackerras, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-11-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Io ti lascio, K Anh 245; Così fan tutte, K 588; Warnung, K 433 (416c); Così dunque tradisci...Aspri rimo...
Performers: Lawson, Greg; Persson, Miah; Rice, Christine; Terfel, Bryn; Watkin, David; Williams, Duncan
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Bryn Terfel and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart have been very good to one another. No composer has provided the great Welsh bass-baritone with more congenial roles,...continue...

The Mozart Album / Netrebko, Quasthoff, Garanca, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-08-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; La Clemenza de Tito; Don Giovanni; Idomeneo, rè di Creta, opera, K. 366; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Fl...
Performers: Garanca, Elina; Miklósa, Erika; Netrebko, Anna; Pape, René; Persson, Miah; Quasthoff, Thomas; Rice, Christine; Strehl, Christoph; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle; Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Orchestra Mozart; Scottish Chamber Orchestra

"This is a gem - and a tribute not only to the composer but to some of today's best Mozart singers. Pride of place is...continue...

Fauré, Duruflé: Requiem / Malmberg, Persson, et al

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2006-03-01

Works: Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, Op. 9; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48
Performers: Ernman, Malena; Persson, Miah; Persson, Olle; Wager, Mattias
Conductors: Malmberg, Fredrik
Ensemble: Swedish Radio Chorus

"Hats off to BIS for this luscious SA coupling of the two loveliest and most peaceful of the great French requiem, in their organ-supported versions......continue...

Haydn: The Seasons / Bolton, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg

2 CD / Oehms / 2005-08-02

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seasons
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Persson, Miah; Wilson-Johnson, David
Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Salzburg Bach Choir

M. Haydn: Sacred Choral Music / Gary Graden, Persson, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1998-03-02

Works: Johann Michael Haydn: Missa S Hieronymi, KLI 11; Timete Dominum; Sancti Dei, MH 328; Christus factus est, MH 38; Veni Sancte Spiritus, MH 161; Ave Regina caelorum, MH 140
Performers: Brolund, Walter; Dragojevic, Katija; Johansson, Lars; Lannerholm, Ake; Lundquist, Mikael; Persson, Miah; Strid, Fredrik
Conductors: Graden, Gary
Ensemble: Philidor Ensemble; St. Jacob's Chamber Choir