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Best of the Year.(Brief Article)
COMPLETE OPERAS: Top ten of the titles we heard in 2000 were Beethoven's Fidelio, paced by Michael Halasz, a terrific at any price (Naxos); Busoni's Doktor Faust, conducted with verve by Kent Nagano(Erato); Nagano's fearless traversal of the wild ride of Three Sisters, by Peter Eotvos (DG); Gluck's Iphigenie en Tauride, with Martin Pearlman conducting a superb cast headed by Christine Goerke (Telarc); David Daniels and Cecilia Bartoli in Handel's Rinaldo, conducted by Christopher Hogwood (Decca); William Christie s magical reading of Handels Alcina, with an all-star ensemble in high gear (Erato), the exceptional playing of the Czech Philharmonic under Sylvain Cambreling in Janacek's Kata Kabanova (Orfeo); a more-than-complete edition of Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella, led by John Owen Edwards (Jay); Antonio Pappano's bold, full-bodied Manon (EMI); and the multi-colored shimmer of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia, conducted by Valery Gergiev (Philips).
RECITALS: A baker's dozen, the pick of an unusually good year: Marcelo Alvarez, "Sings Gardel" (Sony); Maria Bayo, "Handel" (Harmonia Mundi); David Daniels, "Serenade" (Virgin), Daniela del Monaco, "Napoli in Canto" (Opus 111); Placido Domingo and Deborah Voigt, "Wagner Love Duets" (EMI); Matthias Goeme, "Bach Cantatas" (Decca); Susan Graham, "The Songs of Ned Rorem" (Erato); Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, "Arias and Songs" (BBC Radio 3); Francois Le Roux, "Les Feuilles Mortes" (Decca); Andreas Scholl, "Vivaldi" (Decca); Bryn Terfel, "We'll Keep a Welcome: The Welsh Album" (DG); Dawn Upshaw, "Hommage a Jane Bathori" (Erato); and Anne Sofie von Otter and Bengt Forsberg, "Folksongs" (DG).
MARKED TRACKS: Favorite moments and star turns in 2000 included: Olga Borodina as Lyubasha, Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Grigory in The Tsar's Bride (Philips);The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, in Israel in Egypt (Decca); Angela Denoke as Berg's Marie (EMI) and Janecek's Kata (Orfeo); Placido Domingo as Lazaro in Breton's La Dolores (Decca); Renee Fleming's medley of "The Water Is Wide/Shenandoah" on "Two Worlds" (Decca); ...
- Puccini: La Boheme. Andrea Bocelli, Barbara Frittoli; Zubin Mehta, Israel...
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Pucco, John June 1, 2001 700+ words
...Philharmonic Orchestra. Decca 269 464 060-2 (2...Bjorling, and Beecham (EMI); Freni, Pavarotti, and Karajan (Decca); Tebaldi, Bergonzi...older Freni-Pavarotti Decca has an aural quality all...Alagna, and Pappano (EMI), I'd like to hear...
- Cliff signs deal with Decca.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) September 6, 2004 700+ words
SIR Cliff Richard is to release his latest album in November on Decca, the record label that turned him down more than 45 years ago. The veteran pop star moved to Decca -- which also famously turned down the Beatles -- after staying with EMI for 45 years.
- Bruckner: Symphony No. 4. Karl Bohm, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Decca 289...
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John February 1, 2000 700+ words
...Now Universal owns both Decca companies so there is...DG "Originals," EMI "Great Recordings of the Century," etc. Decca's new line of reissues...choice for inclusion in Decca's first batch of goodies...Klemperer's performance (EMI) foremost for its greater...
- A Decca return for Sir Cliff.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) September 7, 2004 700+ words
...in 1958 to sign a recording deal with Decca - which famously overlooked the Beatles. The artist was later taken up by EMI and stayed with the musical company for 45 years before announcing his move to Decca. Sir Cliff's new album, Something...
- Cliff does Decca deal.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) September 7, 2004 700+ words
...releasing his latest album on Decca, the label which turned him down more than 40 years ago. Decca, who famously also overlooked...singers. Cliff later signed with EMI and stayed with them for 45 years before announcing his move to Decca. Decca president Costa Pilavachi...
- Decca in a Cliff plunge.(News)
- Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) September 7, 2004 700+ words
...failed in 1958 to sign a recording deal with Decca - which famously overlooked the Beatles...decades. The artist was later taken up by EMI and stayed with the musical company for 45 years before announcing his move to Decca. Sir Cliff's new album, Something...
- Mahler: Symphony No. 4; Berg: 7 Early Songs. Barbara Bonney, soprano; Riccardo...
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John September 1, 2000 700+ words
...Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Decca 289 466 720-2. Do I need to remind...almost every month. This one from Decca, produced in September, 1999...Colin Davis (RCA), Klemperer (EMI), Weiser-Most (EMI), Maazel (Sony), Abbado (DG...
- Chausson: Poeme; Poeme de l'amour et de la mer; Symphony in B flat major....
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John November 1, 2000 700+ words
...Roux, baritone; Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Decca 289 458 010-2. Dutoit and his Montreal forces bring their...and comfortable. I made a comparison in the Poeme to a 1975 EMI recording by Itzhak Perlman and the Orchestra de Paris under...