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Mitridate, re di Ponto


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RBB Kultur

d. 30. Oct. 2021

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Matthias Käther

d. 30. Oct. 2021

"Einige der besten Opernsänger und -sängerinnen der Gegenwart wurden engagiert und auch am Pult steht eine Dirigentenlegende - Mark Minkowski. Er ist nicht der erste Dirigent, der sich an dem schwierigen Jugendwerk die Zähne ausbeist - aber vielleicht der beste! Selten hat man Mitridate so temperamentvoll gehört, mit so viel Lust zur Kadenz und so viel rasender Leidenschaft im Orchester ... Eine gefährliche Konkurrenz zur Referenzaufnahme unter Christophe Rousset von 1999".


MusicWeb international

2022 January

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Marc Rochester

2022 January

"Recommended: Minkowski mines this surprisingly rich score for the full depths of passion and drama that is contained within its music ... On the whole he whips up the drama relatively fast tempi ... Erato has assembled a top-notch cast of nearly all French singers for this Italianized version of a French tragedy. The entire ensemble , Michael Spyres included, deliver their music with a clear stylistic link to the great tragedies lyriques of Lully and Rameau ... This is probably the most successful recording of Mozart's opera we will ever see on disc; there is no doubt in my mind that it is the most exciting by a long stretch".


Jyllands-posten

d. 19. Apr. 2004

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d. 19. Apr. 2004


Jyllands-posten

d. 30. Nov. 2004

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d. 30. Nov. 2004


Jyllands-posten

d. 26. Sep. 2006

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John Christiansen

d. 26. Sep. 2006

"En anden værdifuld opgravning fra arkiverne er operaen Mitridate dirigeret af Roger Norrington i 1997 ... Her høres yngre sangere, som nu er forrest fremme, Bruce Ford som Mitridate, Christiana Oelze og Vesselina Kasarova, som i år var fantastisk som Sesto i Titus".


BBC music magazine

2006 November

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Anthony Pryer

2006 November

"Consequently we might need some special reasons to buy this live 1997 Salzburg Festival version with its inevitable balance issues, its cuts in the material, and its lack of a printed libretto. The first is that it is conducted by Roger Norrington who brings terrifically fresh and incisive orchestral detail to the score. The second is that in Bruce Ford it has the best Mitridate in the business. Beyond that, things are rather less persuasive".


BBC music magazine

2022 January

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Christopher Cook (musikanmelder)

2022 January

"Opera choice: Julie Fuchs is one of the excitements of this recording ... and so is Michael Spyres as Mitridate with a handsome account of the king's opening number ... Yet the hero here and throughout is the conductor Marc Minkowski with a crisp and considered account of this score. Frankly his Les Musiciens du Louvre make you forget when young Mozart is padding".


The gramophone

2010 June

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David Vickers

2010 June

"Vurdering: Recording of the month" - "A glorious performance of Mozart's youthful opera seria".


Berlingske tidende

d. 18. May 2004

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d. 18. May 2004


Operabladet Ascolta

(2004) 22. årgang nr. 8

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(2004) 22. årgang nr. 8


High fidelity (Kbh.)

Årg. 37, nr. 6 (2004)

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Årg. 37, nr. 6 (2004)


Klassisk

2021, nr. 63

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Andrew Mellor

2021, nr. 63

"Operaaen har måske ikke 'Figaros' glathed eller 'Don Giovannis' dramatik, men selv den purunge Mozart er altid værd at lytte til ... Indspilningen fandt sted under lockdown, og da det er oplagt at bruge gode sangere til en showpiece-opera som denne, benyttede pladeselskabet nedlukningen af operahuse rundt om i verdenen til at samle en række stjernesangere. Denne udgivelse byder derfor bl.a. på navne som Elsa Dreisig, Michael Spyres og Sabine Devieilhe".


The gramophone

2022 January

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Richard Lawrence

2022 January

"Right from the powerful opening to the Overture, you know that you are in good hands. Les Musiciens du Louvre play nobly for their conductor ... Sabine Devieilhe is well suited to the part of Ismene ... Elsa Dreisig is magnificent as Sifare ... [Spyres's] command of the role is absolute ... This is a fine account".


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Weekendavisen

d. 30. July 1999

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d. 30. July 1999