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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 / Symphony No. 39 / 9 Variations on a Minuet by Duport Clara Haskil (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra; Herbert von Karajan [ ICA Classics / CD - released 27/May/2022 ] "It's not just the tone and limpid phrasing, but the way that she imbues every note with meaning." BBC Music |
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MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 3 / Die erste Walpurgisnacht Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus. Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 28/May/2002 ] "a recording of high quality, musically and technically." —AmericanRecord Guide |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphonies Nos 4, 8 & 9 Cleveland Orchestra / Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Telarc Everybody's Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] Everybody's Classics is Telarc's new reissue series offering consumers 2 CDs For 1 Great Price! |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No 1, 2, 5 & 7 Cleveland Orchestra / Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Telarc Everybody's Classics / 2 CD - released 10/May/2009 ] x |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphonies No. 6 Pastorale & Leonore Overture No. 3 Cleveland Orchestra / Christoph von Dohnanyi (conductor) [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2003 ] "The magnificent Cleveland Orchestra plays this glorious music with truly stunning sonority." —Audio |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 'Choral' Carol Vaness, Janice Taylor, Siegfried Jerusalem, Robert Lloyd / Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2003 ] "This is a wonderful performance. The first movement truly moves. It is overwhelming, which is what it should be...As for the great Ode, chorus and soloists-conductor and orchestra-all are magnificent." -High Performance Review |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 The Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Decca / CD - released 20/Sep/1988 ] Recording location: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio, November 1987 (Tracks 1-4) and February 1988 (Tracks 5-8) |
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 / Polonaise from Eugene Onegin The Cleveland Orchestra / Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 16/Apr/2002 ] "The close attention Dohnanyi gives to coloristic detail is shown by the very opening...notable, too, are the clarity, almost never achieved, in the descending bass figuration...in the third movement." (Stereo Review) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 unfinished and 9 The Cleveland Orchestra / Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/2002 ] Top quality Telarc classics now at mid price |
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BRUCKNER / WAGNER / BEETHOVEN / R. STRAUSS / MOZART / etc
Eugen Jochum - The Orchestral Recordings on Philips Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bamberger Symphoniker, Eugen Jochum, with Veronica Jochum von Moltke, piano [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 15 CD Box Set - released 22/May/2020 ] According to one former violist in the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eugen Jochum was the type of conductor 'who doesn't "put on" spectacular performances, but whose music-making always bears the stamp of honesty. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No. 4 Dawn Upshaw (soprano) / The Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Decca / CD - released 20/Sep/1994 ] "Dawn Upshaw crowns Dohnányi's vision with beguiling lightness of touch" ClassicalMusic.com |
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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 |
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Delman/Von Bahr/Negro/Fagius
Martin:vocal Chamber Music [ Bis / CD ] |
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W. A. MOZART
4 Horn Concertos / Piano and Wind Quintet (rec 1953, 1955) Dennis Brain (horn) / Walter Gieseking (piano) / Philharmonia Wind Ensemble / Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 6/Feb/2007 ] "This disc is pure joy. At the price, it is almost a crime not to snap it up." Bargain of the Month MusicWeb May 2007 |
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ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Korngold: Das Wunder der Heliane (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Deutsche Oper Berlin / Sara Jakubiak, Brian Jagde, Josef Wagner, Okka von der Damerau, Derek Welton / Christof Loy [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 7/Jun/2019 ] "Marc Albrecht and his orchestra are familiar, so their excellence is no surprise. But the three lead singers are relative unknowns-and their stupendous performances leave you wondering why." Fanfare |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen [Highlights] Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Thomas Stewart, Josephine Veasey, Gundula Janowitz, Jon Vickers, Jess Thomas / Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 11/Dec/2013 ] Highlights from Herbert von Karajan's mighty 'Ring' cycle. The disc includes extended highlights from the four 'Ring' operas and allows us to sample Karajan's choice of different singers for the same character in different operas - Fischer-Dieskau's... |
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Dorothy Dorow/Von Bahr/Negro
Dorothy Dorow [ Bis / CD ] |
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JOHANN STRAUSS II
Die Fledermaus (The Bat) (rec 1955) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano), Nicolai Gedda (Tenor) / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Herbert von Karajan [ Naxos Historical Great Operas / 2 CD - released 11/May/2006 ] Historical 1955 recording of Die Fledermaus with Schwarzkopf, Gedda, and Karajan. |
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SCHUBERT
Lieder (with works by Beethoven) [recorded 1952-1954] Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) with Edwin Fischer (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] Although best remembered in the operatic rôles of the Marschallin (Der Rosenkavalier), Countess Madeleine (Capriccio), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), the Countess (Le nozze di Figaro) and Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf also enjoyed... |
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W.A. MOZART
Cosi fan tutte (complete opera recorded in 1954) Elisabeth Scwarzkopf / Sesto Bruscantini / Nan Merriman / Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert Von Karajan [ Naxos Historical Great Operas / 3 CD - released 15/Aug/2006 ] The Gramophone reviewer felt "the casting is ideal". He also commented that "Schwarzkopf is in splendid voice as the sentimental Fiordiligi, Merriman equally good as the practical Dorabella, and Otto is a good Despina and very amusing in her assumed... |