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Peter Mattei & Anna Samuil Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim Recorded at the 2007 Salzburg Festival, this production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin features an excellent, young cast and the Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by maestro Daniel Barenboim. Inspired by the cinematic nature of the opera, director Andrea Breth has created an intimate production that mines the depths of expression and charisma of her singer-actors and integrates silent secondary episodes and miniature dramas to heighten the intensity of the story. The title role – a tour de force for any baritone – is taken by Peter Mattei, “a gifted actor blessed with debonair self-confidence” (Neue Zürcher Zeitung). He is joined by dazzling young Russian soprano Anna Samuil, a protégée of Daniel Barenboim who has been acclaimed as a vibrant new presence on the opera stage. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung described her Tatyana as being “ready to start a revolution”. The performances receive superb support from Daniel Barenboim and the Wiener Philharmoniker who capture the beguilingly dark sonorities of Tchaikovsky’s score and bring out its sudden flashes of brilliance, particularly during the passionate climax of the final act. The DVD has been filmed in HD, with 5.1 DTS surround sound and PCM stereo. “Such is the minutely detailed realism of the acting which German director Andrea Breth draws from all her singers at Salzburg that any nagging question of anachronism… have to be put on hold. This is, presumably, the Soviet empire in its decadence. …I was compelled from first note to last. You almost forget that Anna Samuil's Tatyana, the unfathomably strange Onegin of Peter Mattei, Joseph Kaiser's impulsive and loveable Lensky and Ferruccio Furlanetto's stricken Prince Gremin sing and phrase their set-pieces beautifully, so convincing are they as real people.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2008 ***** | 
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Randi Stene & Peter Mattei National Male Choir of Estonia & Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Järvi | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Peter Mattei, Gilles Cachemaille, Carmela Remigio, Véronique Gens, Lisa Larsson, Mark Padmore, Till Fechner, Gudjon Oskarsson, Jory Vinikour (harpsichord) & Ophélie Gaillard (cello continuo) Solistes de l’Académie Européenne de Musique d’Aix-en-Provence & Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Peter Mattei (baritone) & Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano) Gentlemen of the London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis "If any performance is needed to convince anyone of the early mastery of Sibelius, it is this one … this is a great performance. I have no doubt that the LSO at present is the greatest orchestra in the world" International Record Review  BBC Music Magazine
Choral & Song Choice - March 2006 |
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Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Peter Mattei, Gilles Cachemaille, Nathan Berg, Mark Padmore, Alexandra Deshorties Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Randi Stene, Peter Mattei, Solveig Kringelborn, Lilli PaasikiviLars-Erik Jonsson & Garry Magee Estonian National Male Choir, Ellerhein Girls’ Choir, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra & Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Folke Isaksson is one of Sweden's better-known writers and poets. Från mörker till ljus [From Darkness to Light]
is a book of poems paying tribute to the mural paintings by Albertus Pictor and the magnificent altarpiece of the
church in Gammelstad. When Peter Mattei, who himself grew up in the shadows of the great church in
Gammelstad, sings the poems, alongside orchestration by the Norrbotten Chamber Orchestra, the result is a
sonic richness that turns from Darkness to Light into a rare spiritual experience.
Peter Mattei & Sven Wollter Norbotten Chamber Orchestra, Petter Sundkvist | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Stage Director - Christoph MarthalerIllustrated Synopsis & Cast Gallery
Peter Mattei, Lorenzo Regazzo, Christiane Oelze, Heidi Grant Murphy & Christine Schäfer Orchestra and Chorus of The Opéra national de Paris, Sylvain Cambreling Subtitles EN/FR/DE/ES/IT ‘Update is the imperfect noun we use. Christoph Marthaler's production has transposed 18th-century upstairsdownstairs
to bridal retail in 2001. We get Mozart's music and Da Ponte's words, subject to Mr. Marthaler's cheerful
interventions and interpolations, but everyone onstage dresses like you and me. Christine Schäfer's Cherubino is
the most successful transplant. With her T-shirt, hip-hop jeans, mop wig and chewing gum, Ms. Schäfer sings
sweetly and argues well for the lovesick page as ghastly 21st-century teenager... Lorenzo Regazzo is a natural born
Figaro…’ New York Times | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Jaakko Ryhänen, Lars Cleveman, Peter Mattei, Bengt Rundgren, Hillevi Martinpelto, Ingrid Tobiasson, Iwa Sörenson, Klas Hedlund, Martti Wallén & Hilda Leidland Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, Alberto Hold-Garrido | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2007
