LoginPoulenc: Les Dialogues des Carmelites
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If there's one reason why Dialogues of the Carmelites had to wait more than 30 years for a new recording, it's because the original one on EMI left nothing to be desired. This one from the Opera de Lyon is just as good, which isn't as faint praise as it sounds. Conductor Kent Nagano projects a special rapport with Poulenc's orchestral palette, giving it a rhythmic vitality and focusing its sense of dramatic purpose, aided by state-of-the-art sound that reveals all sorts of orchestral subtleties. The vocal casting in this story of mass execution among Carmelite nuns feels more international than the original. Despite the presence
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Manufacturer: Virgin Classics
Release date: 21 November 2000
EAN: 0077775922721 UPC: 077775922721
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Release date: 21 November 2000
EAN: 0077775922721 UPC: 077775922721
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