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Discover the Classics, Vol. 2
(more) »rank: 97880from: Naxos
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Karita Mattila - Arias & Scenes / Yutaka Sado, LPO
(more) »rank: 36960by: Karita Mattila, Yutaka Sado, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Tchaikovsky, Giacomo Puccini, Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi, Franz Lehár, Leos Janácek
: :This is a wonderful record. Karita Mattila's voice is ravishingly beautiful: velvety, caressing, intense, focused, gloriously radiant in the high register, full and warm in the low one, even in quality and purity throughout a span of more than two octaves. She can color and inflect it at will. Her intonation, breath control, and phrasing are impeccable. Here, impersonating heroines from a heady mix of Russian, Czech, German, and Italian operas, Mattila displays an extraordinary vocal, stylistic, and emotional range--whether it's the wild despair of Janacek's Jenufa and Tchaikovsky's Lisa; the ecstasy of Wagner's Elsa and Sieglinde; the wistful nostalgia of ...
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Janácek: The Two String Quartets
(more) »rank: 90609from: Asv Living Era
: :This is a wonderful record. Karita Mattila's voice is ravishingly beautiful: velvety, caressing, intense, focused, gloriously radiant in the high register, full and warm in the low one, even in quality and purity throughout a span of more than two octaves. She can color and inflect it at will. Her intonation, breath control, and phrasing are impeccable. Here, impersonating heroines from a heady mix of Russian, Czech, German, and Italian operas, Mattila displays an extraordinary vocal, stylistic, and emotional range--whether it's the wild despair of Janacek's Jenufa and Tchaikovsky's Lisa; the ecstasy of Wagner's Elsa and Sieglinde; the wistful nostalgia of ...
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Janácek: Piano Works
(more) »rank: 138981from: Supraphon
: :This is a wonderful record. Karita Mattila's voice is ravishingly beautiful: velvety, caressing, intense, focused, gloriously radiant in the high register, full and warm in the low one, even in quality and purity throughout a span of more than two octaves. She can color and inflect it at will. Her intonation, breath control, and phrasing are impeccable. Here, impersonating heroines from a heady mix of Russian, Czech, German, and Italian operas, Mattila displays an extraordinary vocal, stylistic, and emotional range--whether it's the wild despair of Janacek's Jenufa and Tchaikovsky's Lisa; the ecstasy of Wagner's Elsa and Sieglinde; the wistful nostalgia of ...
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Brass Super Hits
(more) »rank: 154272from: Sony
: :This is a wonderful record. Karita Mattila's voice is ravishingly beautiful: velvety, caressing, intense, focused, gloriously radiant in the high register, full and warm in the low one, even in quality and purity throughout a span of more than two octaves. She can color and inflect it at will. Her intonation, breath control, and phrasing are impeccable. Here, impersonating heroines from a heady mix of Russian, Czech, German, and Italian operas, Mattila displays an extraordinary vocal, stylistic, and emotional range--whether it's the wild despair of Janacek's Jenufa and Tchaikovsky's Lisa; the ecstasy of Wagner's Elsa and Sieglinde; the wistful nostalgia of ...
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Leos Janácek: A Recollection
(more) »rank: 151392by: Andras Schiff
: :It is pianist András Schiff's near total identification with Janácek's idiom that makes these performances so special. This affinity is felt immediately in his reading of In the Mists, in which Schiff is able to evoke the tranquility of the second movement as easily as he captures the folklike simplicity of the third. The date 1.X.1905 in the title of the Piano Sonata refers to the date of the shooting of a Czech worker by Hapsburg troops. The first movement, marked 'Presentiment,' is spookily atmospheric, while the chilling second movement, 'The Death,' leaves a powerful impression. Schiff demonstrates exemplary control, so ...
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Leos Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen - Lucia Popp / Eva Randová / Dalibor Jedlicka / Vienna Philharmonic / Vienna State Opera Chorus / Sir Charles Mackerras
(more) »rank: 145894by: Leos Janacek, Sir Charles Mackerras, Lucia Popp (Vixen), Vienna Philharmonic
: :It is pianist András Schiff's near total identification with Janácek's idiom that makes these performances so special. This affinity is felt immediately in his reading of In the Mists, in which Schiff is able to evoke the tranquility of the second movement as easily as he captures the folklike simplicity of the third. The date 1.X.1905 in the title of the Piano Sonata refers to the date of the shooting of a Czech worker by Hapsburg troops. The first movement, marked 'Presentiment,' is spookily atmospheric, while the chilling second movement, 'The Death,' leaves a powerful impression. Schiff demonstrates exemplary control, so ...
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Folklore
(more) »rank: 103597from: Endeavour Classics
:Album Description:AS HEARD AND RECOMMENDED ON ALL THINGS CONSIDERED!!! 'This is a fine recital by a pair of artists with lots of talent and a sense of adventure. It stands out from the crowd, and that's no mean accomplishment.' CLASSICSTODAY This album contains a unique program chosen around the theme of folklore or in the case of Stravinsky, older existing themes brought into a composer's own style and era. Over 76 minutes of rarely recorded and interesting repertoire on a single disc! Born into a family of musicians in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Denise Djokic has been called the most talented young ...
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DEBUT - Alisa Weilerstein & Vivian Hornik Weilerstein ~ Works for Cello and Piano
(more) »rank: 132547by: Niccolo Paganini, Antonin Dvorak, Alberto Ginastera, Felix Mendelssohn, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Gabriel Faure, Leos Janacek, Camille Saint-Saens, Manuel de Falla, Alisa Weilerstein, Vivian Hornik Weilerstein
:Album Description:AS HEARD AND RECOMMENDED ON ALL THINGS CONSIDERED!!! 'This is a fine recital by a pair of artists with lots of talent and a sense of adventure. It stands out from the crowd, and that's no mean accomplishment.' CLASSICSTODAY This album contains a unique program chosen around the theme of folklore or in the case of Stravinsky, older existing themes brought into a composer's own style and era. Over 76 minutes of rarely recorded and interesting repertoire on a single disc! Born into a family of musicians in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Denise Djokic has been called the most talented young ...
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Symphonic Spectacular
(more) »rank: 38135from: Telarc
:Album Description:AS HEARD AND RECOMMENDED ON ALL THINGS CONSIDERED!!! 'This is a fine recital by a pair of artists with lots of talent and a sense of adventure. It stands out from the crowd, and that's no mean accomplishment.' CLASSICSTODAY This album contains a unique program chosen around the theme of folklore or in the case of Stravinsky, older existing themes brought into a composer's own style and era. Over 76 minutes of rarely recorded and interesting repertoire on a single disc! Born into a family of musicians in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Denise Djokic has been called the most talented young ...
