Shostakovich, Dmitri - Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

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Katerina Ismailova - Galina Vishnesvskaya
Sergey - Nicolai Gedda
Boris Ismailov - Dimiter Petkov
Zinoviy Ismailov - Werner Krenn
Shabby peasant - Robert Tear
Aksinya - Taru Valjakka
Sonyetka - Birgit Finnilä
Sergeant - Aage Haugland
Teacher - Martyn Hill
Priest - Leonard Mróz
Old convict - Alexander Malta

Ambrosian Opera Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Mstislav Rostropovich, 1979



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Bach, Johann Sebastian - St. Matthew Passion

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Roger Covey-Crump, tenor (Evangelist)
Michael George, bass (Jesus)
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Michael Chance, alto
Martyn Hill, tenor
David Thomas, bass

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge
The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge
The Brandenburg Consort
Stephen Cleobury, conductor




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Donizetti, Gaetano - Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal

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Zayda, a moorish girl - Vesselina Kasarova
Dom Sébastien, king of Portugal - Giuseppe Filianoti
Dom Juam de Sylva, Grand Inquisitor - Alastair Miles
Abayaldos, a chieftain - Simon Keenlyside
Camoëns, a poet - Carmelo Corrado Caruso
Dom Henrique - Robert Gleadow
Dom Antonio/Fist Inquisitor - John Upperton
Second Inquisitor - Lee Hickenbottom
Ben-Sélim - Andrew Slater
Dom Luis - Martyn Hill
Soldier - Nigel Cliffe
Third Inquisitor - John Bernays


The Royal Opera Chorus
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Mark Elder
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden



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