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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Jephtha - oratorio in three acts John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Michael George (bass) Catherine Denley (mezzo-soprano) RIA Kammerchor . Akademie fer Alte Musik Berlin. Marcus Creed [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "this new recording, at super budget price, allows us to appreciate a new team of soloists. And for those who do not know this moving work, this new recording is a good place to start exploring." (MusicWeb July 2003) |
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HANS WINTERBERG
Winterberg: Symphony No. 1 / Piano Concerto No. 1 / Rhythmophonie Jonathan Powell (piano) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Johannes Kalitzke [ Capriccio / CD - released 2/Sep/2022 ] "...It certainly receives persuasive advocacy from Johannes Kalitzke and the Berlin Radio Symphony, and Jonathan Powell does a terrific job in projecting the piano concerto's dynamic energy." -BBC Music Magazine |
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DVORAK / STRAVINSKY / RICHARD STRAUSS / BERNSTEIN / SHOSTAKOVICH
New Year's Eve Concert 2017 Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2018 ] With her flexible, slender but dark-timbred mezzo-soprano, Joyce DiDonato is the star guest at Sir Simon Rattle's side during the New Year's Eve Concert, singing Richard Strauss's lavishly beautiful orchestral songs. The programme also includes works... |
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah Julia Doyle, Justin Doyle, Thomas Hobbs, Roderick Williams, Tim Mead , RIAS Kammerchor Berlin [ Pentatone / 2 CD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] The RIAS Kammerchor Berlin and its chief conductor Justin Doyle present Handel's Messiah, together with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and an all-British quartet of outstanding soloists, consisting of Julia Doyle (soprano), Tim Mead... |
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Wagner, Ri
Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Mathilde Wesendonk, Tristan und Isolde: Vorspiel zum 1. Aufzug, Isoldes Liebestod; Götter Julia Varady, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau [ ORFEO / CD - released 4/May/1998 ] |
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Meyerbeer,
Gli Amori di Teolinda Julia Varady, Jörg Fadle, RIAS Kammerchor; RSO Berlin, Gerd Albrecht [ ORFEO / CD - released 8/Jun/1984 ] |
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Puccini, G
Berühmte Opernarien Julia Varady; Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marcello Viotti [ ORFEO / CD - released 29/Jun/1994 ] |
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HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Prometheus / Orchestral Songs Juliane Banse (soprano) & Dietrich Henschel (baritone) / Rundfunkchor Berlin & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 10/Jul/2014 ] "Wolf's own orchestrations, in these splendid performances, are startling. They transform his songs into quasi-Wagnerian music dramas." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
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Kammerensemble Oper Berlin
Neukomm: Quintet/Septet/Octet [ Cpo / CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] |
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J.S. BACH
Brandenburg Concertos Nos 1-3 / Orchestral Suite No 4 Kammerorchester Berlin / Helmut Koch [ Berlin Classics Basics / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] |
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Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic
Beethoven:wellington's Victory [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ] |
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BRAHMS
Piano Concertos / 16 Waltzes / etc [2 CD set] Karin Lechner (piano) / Berlin Symphony, Eduardo Marturet [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] A special priced edition of the popular piano works of Brahms in magnetic performances from Brilliant Classics. |
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W.A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem / Vesperae solennes de confessore in C, K339 / etc Karita Mattila / Sara Mingardo / Bryn Terfel / Berlin Philharmonic / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Jun/2000 ] "I would happily recommend this disc to anyone wanting a modern version of the Requiem" (Gramophone) |
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BEETHOVEN
Introducing Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Documentary and full performance) Karita Mattila (soprano), Violeta Urmana (contralto), Thomas Moser (tenor), Thomas Quasthoff (bass) / Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "An exceptionally good introduction to the Choral Symphony, succinctly providing insight into the music and a sense of how it confounded the expectations of Beethoven's contemporaries." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Kate Royal (soprano), Magdalena Kozena (mezzo) / Berliner Philharmoniker & Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 1/May/2011 ] "Kožená brings her customary depth of feeling to the still maternal voice of "Urlicht"...Rattle's famous piano-pianissimos are deployed to breathtaking effect." (Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice March 2011) |
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Kempe/Berlin Philharmonic
Brahms:symphonies 1 - 4 [ Testament / 3 CD ] |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin [complete opera] Klaus Florian Vogt, Annette Dasch, Susanne Resmark / Rundfunkchor Berlin & Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski [ Pentatone SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Opera |
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BACH / BEETHOVEN / MOZART
Otto Klemperer conducts Bach, Mozart & Beethoven Orchestre Philharmonique de Berlin, Otto Klemperer [ Testament / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2003 ] |
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ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK
Symphonic Works Vol 4 [Incls Symphony No. 10] Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Lukasz Borowicz [ CPO Records / CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] "Borowicz clearly has the expressive geometry of Panufnik's thinking under his fingers...Borowicz understands perfectly when Panufnik's dual-purpose material needs dramatising and when best to leave well alone." (Gramophone) |
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ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK
Symphonic Works Volume 5 [Incls Symphony No. 8 'Sinfonia Votiva'] Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Lukasz Borowicz [ CPO / CD - released 3/Dec/2012 ] "Magnificently played, Panufnik's music could not have finer advocates and the sound is cool, crystal clear and well balanced. Indispensable listening for those interested in late-twentieth century music." (MusicWeb) |