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ELIZABETH MACONCHY
The Sofa / The Departure Nicholas Sharratt (tenor) Sarah Tynan (sop) Anna Leese (sop) George von Bergen (baritone) Louise Poole (mezzo-soprano) / Independent Opera Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] "Independent Opera's young singers do full justice to both works, with good diction and a real sense of ensemble performance, finely honed under Dominic Wheeler's incisive direction. There's some fine instrumental playing, and an exceptionally clear... |
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J. S. BACH
Mass in B minor BWV 232 (recorded 1952-53) Nicolai Gedda / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Von Karajan (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical / 2 CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] Critical comment on this recording when it first appeared in 1954 was virtually unanimous. The Record Guide (Collins, 1955) remarked “The principal qualities of Karajan’s reading are lightness, absolute clarity of sound and rhythmic buoyancy, all of... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
4 letzte Lieder (4 Last Songs) / Arabella (highlights) (Rec 1953/54) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra / Otto Ackermann (Conductor) Lovro von Matacic (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Recordings / CD - released 11/May/2006 ] (Schwarzkopf) had all the requisite vocal qualities for a first-rate singer of the music of Richard Strauss: radiance, tenderness, vocal colour, always alive to the nuances of the text, and very observant of what the composer demanded. |
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Ozawa/Von Dohnanyi
Best Of Beethoven [ Telarc / CD - released 25/Jul/2005 ] |
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BRUCKNER
Symphony No 9 (Live at the Salzburg Festival) Philharmonia Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Signum Classics / CD - released 10/Sep/2015 ] Recorded in 2014 at the beginning of a series marking his 85th birthday season, Christoph von Dohnányi leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in a rousing live performance of Bruckner's monumental Ninth Symphony, which stands alongside the other... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche / Ein Heldenleben Philharmonia Orchestra / Christoph Von DohnAInyi [ Signum Philharmonia Orchestra / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] The fourth release in Signum's hugely successful collaboration with the Philharmonia Orchestra combines two favourite tone poems by Richard Strauss, Til Eulenspiegel and a blistering Ein Heldenleben, conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi. |
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SCHUBERT
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 Philharmonia Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi conductor [ Signum / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "The Andante adds mellifluous intimacy, the Scherzo a boisterous joy, and in the finale a resolute finesse epitomises the spritely, judicious precision of Dohnányi's lively reading." (The Scotsman) |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 "Pathetique" / Swan Lake - Suite Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics Redline / CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] Great romantic emotion coupled with vigorous temperament was the trademark of conducting legend Herbert von Karajan. His readings of Tchaikovsky's dramatic last symphony and the thrilling "Swan Lake" suite are perfect examples of his approach. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.1 & 3 Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 5/Oct/2009 ] Herbert von Karajan established himself as one of the 20th century's greatest conductors, both in live performances and on recordings. Taken from the first of Karajan's four Beethoven symphony cycles, made in the splendid acoustic of London's... |
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Krenek, Er
Spätwerk: Zwei Zeitlieder op. 215, Drei Lieder op. 216, Opus 231 für Violine und Orgel, Streichtrio in zwölf Stationen o Phyllis Bryn-Julson; The Southwest Chamber Music Society, Jeff von der Schmitt [ ORFEO / CD - released 4/Apr/1997 ] |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (highlights) Theo Adam, Sir Geraint Evans, Rene Kollo / Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Studio / CD - released 23/Mar/1988 ] "For some, the finest Meistersinger recorded; for others, too self-consciously 'chamber' in style. There's enough punch in the big moments, though." BBC Music Five Stars |
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Bedrich Sm
Má Vlast RSO Wien, Lovro von Matacic [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony 3 & 6 / Fantasia in C for piano, chorus & orchestra Rudolf Serkin (piano) / Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ 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! This series is a great way for the classical connoisseur to update their collection with high quality and great sounding performances. |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers [Orpheus in the Underworld] (complete operetta recorded in 2019) Salzburg Festival / Kathryn Lewek, Joel Prieto, Anne Sofie von Otter, Martin Winkler / Enrique Mazzola (cond) [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 17/Jul/2020 ] "A frantic and fabulous show" (New York Times) |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers [Orpheus in the Underworld] (complete operetta recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Kathryn Lewek, Joel Prieto, Anne Sofie von Otter, Martin Winkler / Enrique Mazzola (cond) [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 17/Jul/2020 ] Operetta enthusiast Barrie Kosky has landed a gigantic success with Offenbach's subversive and hilarious reversion of the Orpheus myth at the Salzburg Festival. Kosky created a magically precise and witty staging with numerous extravagant costumes in... |
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MOZART
Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Naxos Historical / 3 CD - released 3/Jul/2006 ] |
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BEETHOVEN
The Best of Beethoven Seiji Ozawa / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Christoph von Dohnanyi & others [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 14/Jul/2005 ] Excerpts from Beethoven's best known works performed by several of the world's finest recording artists make this a superb compilation release. Critics have raved about this recording, calling the symphonic portions, "impressive throughout for its... |
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BARTOK / STRAVINSKY / BERNSTEIN / SHOSTAKOVICH / MAHLER / R. STRAUSS / etc
Orchestral Music in the 20th Century Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, with Felicity Palmer, Gidon Kremer, Anne Sofie von Otter, Willard White, etc [ Arthaus Musik DVD / 7 DVD Box Set - released 1/Jan/1999 ] "The series was one of the last intelligent contributions to classical music by British television and, even by 1996, one suspects that only a musician of Rattle's stature and determination could have got it made." Gramophone |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / WAGNER / STRAUSS / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / SCHOENBERG / etc
450 Years Staatskapelle Berlin Staatskapelle Berlin, Richard Strauss, Leo Blech, Otto Klemperer, Erich Kleiber, Herbert von Karajan, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Joseph Keilberth, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 15 CD Box Set - released 3/Apr/2020 ] As the Staatskapelle Berlin celebrates its 450th anniversary, Deutsche Grammophon presents 15 discs of sound recordings of outstanding artistic merit from the venerable, world-class orchestra under its great conductors. |