RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Parsifal (the complete opera recorded in 1981) Bayreuth Festival / Siegfried Jerusalem / Eva Randova / Bernd Weikl / Horst Stein (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 DVD - released 26/Feb/2009 ] G : - "A production and performance that showed the festival at its finest" (The New York Times) |
LISZT
A Faust Symphony / Dante Symphony / Les Preludes / Prometheus Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor) Chicago Symphony / London Philharmonic / Georg Solti [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 12/Jul/2000 ] A 2-CD set offering Liszt's two powerful and dramatic symphonies. With their vivid "programme" material they make a strong coupling with two of the most famous pieces in the genre of "programme" music: the symphonic poems Les Préludes and Prometheus |
Suuns And Jerusalem In My Heart
Suuns And Jerusalem In My Heart (LP) [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 8/May/2015 ] Beginning in November 2012, Suuns and longtime friend Radwan Ghazi Moumneh of Jerusalem In My Heart rented a studio in Montreal for seven days. The idea was to collaborate on rough sketches of song ideas and to complete as much recording as possible... |
WAGNER
The Essential Wagner Hildegard Behrens, Jessye Norman, Helga Dernesch, Cheryl Studer, Birgit Nilsson, Marjana Lipovsek, Christa Ludwig, Siegfried Jerusalem, Jon Vickers, e [ Emi Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2014 ] The best-loved and most popular works by Richard Wagner, performed by the world's leading artists, in an accessible format at budget price. |
W. A. MOZART
The Masterworks [8 CD set incls 'Cosi fan Tutte', 'Requiem', 'Piano Concertos 21 & 24', 'Clarinet Quintet', etc] Veronique Gens; Werner Gura; Rene Jacobs; Jerusalem Quartet, Andrew Manze, Bernarda Fink, Werner Gura, etc [ Harmonia Mundi / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2013 ] "...deep understanding, individual interpretations, vivacious performances and, for the most part, a playful approach to this music. What you also hear is a particular sensitivity to the exquisite layering of Mozart's scoring...a recording that is th |
MAHLER
Das Lied von der Erde Waltraud Meier, Siegfried Jerusalem / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Teldec Maestro / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "I think this is the most compelling and most spontaneous of performances recorded in the past few years, and I shall want it by me for the sheer beauty of the sound, often in that respect surpassing any other version." (Gramophone) |
WAGNER
Parsifal (Complete Opera recorded in 1991) Waltraud Meier, Siegfried Jerusalem, Jose Van Dam, John tomlinson / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2016 ] "For a studio performance my vote would go now-just-to the new version, largely on the strength of the recording and the performances of Meier and Jerusalem. (Gramophone) |
WAGNER
Parsifal (the complete opera) Waltraud Meier / Siegfried Jerusalem / Metropolitan Opera / James Levine [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 16/Aug/2004 ] G :- "Meier's Kundry is electrifying ... she simply is Kundry, having thought herself voice, body and soul into the part, a wholly remarkable achievement which is the stuff of legends" (Gramophone) |