WEBER
Der Freischutz (Complete opera) Siegfried Lorenz, Karita Mattila, Eva Lind, Thomas Thomaschke / Staatskapelle Dresden / Sir Colin Davis [ Decca Classic Opera / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] "The actual sound in this new recording is, especially in the Wolf's Glen, vivid and detailed, well capturing the eloquence of Weber's wonderful scoring." (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Opera Overtures, Choruses and Duets Staatskapelle Berlin, Dresdner Philharmoniker, Staatsoperette Dresden, Berliner Staatsoper, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/Jun/2019 ] The ultimate starter's kit for the aspiring opera lover: a generous selection of highlights from famous operas: Overtures, Duets and Choruses by Verdi, Wagner, Donizetti, Gounod, Bizet, Mozart, Smetana, Lortzing, Suppé, Strauss, Nicolai, Mascagni,... |
Staatskapelle Dresden
Hindemith/Toch: Die Junge Magd [ Profil / CD - released 27/Oct/2008 ] |
Staatskapelle Dresden
Reger/Schumann/Weber/Naumann [ Profil / CD - released 29/Jan/2007 ] |
Staatskapelle Dresden
Shostakovich: Symphony No 15 [ Profil / CD - released 28/May/2007 ] |
Staatskapelle Dresden
Tippett: A Child Of Our Time [ Profil / CD - released 31/Dec/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 . |
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. |
WAGNER
Overtures Staatskapelle Dresden / Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 17/May/2000 ] A mighty collection of Wagner Overtures |
Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli
Schubert - Symphonies Nos 8 Unfinished & 9 [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 17/May/2000 ] Two giant symphonies by Franz Schubert |
Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli
Strauss, Richard - An Alpine Symphony (Eine Alpensinfonie) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 17/May/2000 ] Sinopoli conducts Strauss's mighty Alpine |
Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli
Strauss, Richard - The Legend of Joseph (Josephs Legende) : Scenario in one act [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 17/May/2000 ] Unusual music of Richard Strauss |
MAHLER
Symphony No 4 (with bonus introductory commentary by Sinopoli) Staatskapelle Dresden / Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Hanssler Profil / CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "There isn't an ugly note or gratuitously unpleasant sound in the Scherzo yet no jot of the music's wit, grace and sinister humour is lost. After which, the playing of the slow movement really I a glimpse of musical heaven on earth, the string... |
PIETRO MASCAGNI / RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci (complete operas recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Staatskapelle Dresden / Jonas Kaufmann, Maria Agresta, Dimitri Platanias, Liudmyla Monastyrska, Stefania Toczyska / Christian Thielemann (cond) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2016 ] "Kaufmann's outstanding central performances are well matched, both musically and scenically...on his own terms, Stölzl creates a drama of real intensity...Thielemann is always aware of the drama and the beauties of the playing are many." Gramophone |
BEDRICH SMETANA
Smetana: Ma Vlast Staatskapelle Dresden, Paavo Berglund [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "Best of the non-Czech Ma vicars, by some considerable distance, is Paavo Berglund's 1978 Staatskapelle Dresden recording for EMI. Berglund's greatest virtue (and he has many) is his attentiveness to the score." (Gramophone) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Ein Heldenleben / Tod und Verklarung Staatskapelle Dresden / Rudolf Kempe [ EMI Great Recordings of the Century / CD - released 21/Oct/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - The special relationship of both the conductor and the orchestra with the music of Richard Strauss is apparent in every glowing bar of these two popular works. |
BERLIOZ
Overtures [Including Le Carnaval Romain & Benvenuto Cellini] Staatskapelle Dresden / Sir Colin Davis [ RCA Red Seal Classic Library / CD - released 1/Jun/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1801-1850) - "Mercurial, full of vitality and poetic feeling, wonderfully light in articulation, and superbly played and recorded. A glorious issue, outstanding in every way, and now the best... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Symphonies Nos 1-4 / Overture, Scherzo & Finale Staatskapelle Dresden / Wolfgang Sawallisch [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / 2 CD - released 21/Aug/2015 ] 'Outstandingly good. I count these performances of the Schumann Symphonies as among the best things Sawallisch has ever done. The playing of the Staatskapelle Dresden is superlative in every department. Not to be missed.' - Gramophone |
Staatskapelle Dresden/Blomsted
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 [ Profil / CD - released 29/Nov/2010 ] |