RICHARD STRAUSS
Also sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan / Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils New York Philharmonic / Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Staatskapelle Dresden / Giuseppe Sinopoli [ DG Entrae / CD - released 6/Oct/2003 ] Entrée is a new reduced-price series offering a basic library of essential repertoire. It seeks to present classical music through some of the most popular repertoire and best known artists in the DG catalogue. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Antonio Pappano Plays & Explains Sergei Rachmaninoff Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Antonio Pappano [ EuroArts / DVD - released 1/Dec/2018 ] Antonio Pappano and the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden are presenting a symphonic work with particular relevance for Dresden: Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2, which was written during the composer's years at the Saxon residency. The Petersburg... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elina Garanca - Aria Cantilena Elina Garanca (mezzo) / Staatsopernchor Dresden / Staatskapelle Dresden / Fabio Luisi [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 25/Jan/2007 ] 'Debuts like this are rare...a radiantly lovely voice, elegant phrasing...sheer vocal beauty.' Die Presse |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Ariadne auf Naxos (Complete opera) [Recorded in 2000] Deborah Voigt, Natalie Dessay, Anne Sofie von Otter (sopranos) Ben Heppner (tenor) / Staatskapelle Dresden / Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] 'Any opera house in the world would think themselves fortunate to assemble this cast … A landmark in the history of the gramophone … this really does triumph over them all.' Gramophone |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss (R.): Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Staatskapelle Dresden / Renée Fleming, Robert Dean Smith, Sophie Koch / Christian Thielemann (cond) [ Decca Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2015 ] Filmed live in Baden-Baden by the veteran director Brian Large, Renée Fleming makes her debut in the role of Ariadne together with fellow key Strauss interpreters Sophie Koch and Christian Thielemann, following on from their Rosenkavalier... |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Edition: Complete works [Symphonies, chamber, concertos, dances, operas, songs, instriumental & incidental music] Alfred Brendel, Staatskapelle Dresden, Elly Ameling, Suske Quartett, Janet Baker, Yefim Bronfman, Walter Klien, Academy St Martins-in-the-Fields, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 86 CD Box Set ] t would not be an overstatement to declare that Ludwig van Beethoven stands as one of the most significant figures in Western civilisation: a composer who shaped the course of music history through his mastery of rhythm, melody and harmonic... |
Staatskapelle Dresden/Keilbert
Beethoven: Fidelio Semperoper [ Profil / CD - released 29/Aug/2011 ] |
Staatskapelle Dresden/Bohm
Beethoven: Symphony No 9 [ Profil / CD - released 30/Oct/2006 ] |
Staatskapelle Dresden/Blomsted
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 [ Profil / CD - released 29/Nov/2010 ] |
WAGNER
Ben Heppner sings Wagner Ben Heppner (tenor) / Staatskapelle Dresden, Peter Schneider [ Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] "This is a stunning CD, sure to delight and tease Wagnerians. It gets the highest recommendation." (International Record Review) |
Staatskapelle Dresden/Davis
Berlioz: Requiem [ Profil / 2 CD - released 27/Aug/2007 ] |
BEETHOVEN
The Best Of Beethoven (Includes the complete Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67) Staatskapelle Dresden, Berliner Symphoniker, and others [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 21/Jul/2006 ] Beethoven is one the pillars of classical music who cannot be ignored. Some of his works have become all time favourites. On this double CD we have compiled most of them . |
BRAHMS / SCHULHOFF / TCHAIKOVSKY / LISZT
Brahms: Double Concerto / Liszt: Liszt: Les Préludes BLU-RAY Lisa Batiashvili (violin) Gautier Capuçon (cello), Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 12/Feb/2021 ] Violinist Lisa Batiashvili, cellist Gautier Capuçon, Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Dresden present a sophisticated concert programme of three great composers: Johannes Brahms, Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky and Franz Liszt. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms; Double Concerto / works by Tchaikovsky & Liszt Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Gautier Capuçon (cello) / Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 25/Jan/2020 ] "The real highlight of this well-produced DVD is the Tchaikovsky, which is a winner from start to finish." Gramophone |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Concerto (with Clara Schumann - Violin Sonatas) Lisa Batiashvili (violin) / Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann, with Sara Ott (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 24/Jan/2013 ] "Batiashvili can always justify revisiting a popular work such as the Brahms Violin Concerto. Her reading of this tough masterpiece is more lyrical than combative, but there is a tensile quality throughout. Speeds are well judged and the Dresden band... |
Staatskapelle Dresden/Bohm
Bruckner: Symphonies No 4/5 [ Profil / 2 CD - released 30/Jan/2012 ] |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No 3 in D minor 'Wagner Symphony' Staatskapelle Dresden, Yannick Nezet-Seguin [ Hanssler Profil / CD - released 25/Mar/2017 ] "[the Dresden Staatskapelle] bring a feeling for the special sound world of this version that beats all rivals" BBC Music Five Stars Orchestral Choice March 2017 |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D minor 'Wagner Symphony' BLU-RAY Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Oct/2017 ] "Thielemann's approach to tempos is slightly more flexible than in [his recording of] the Fourth Symphony, although his choices are judiciously handled and do not detract from the overall sense of line…the orchestral playing is in a class of its own |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major 'Romantic' Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann [ Hanssler Profil / CD - released 10/May/2017 ] Even when Dresden lay in ruins after the Second World War, Bruckner was performed. Between 1945 and 1950, the young GMD Joseph Keilberth conducted what may have been the first complete cycle of all "original" Bruckner symphonies. |
Staatskapelle Dresden/Haitink
Bruckner: Symphony No 6 [ Profil / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] |