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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / CHERUBINI / DVORAK / MOZART / ROSSINI / SMETANA / RICHARD STRAUSS / etc
Herbert von Karajan: The first recordings 1938-1943 Herbert von Karajan (conductor) with various orchestras [ DG Original Masters / 6 CD - released 20/Jul/2006 ] Karajan's fascinating first essays in the classical repertoire from Mozart (Symphony no. 40) to Richard Strauss (Don Juan), with Beethoven (Symphony no. 7) , Tchaikovsky (Pathétique Symphony), Dvorak (New World Symphony) and a beautiful CD of Opera... |
JOHANN STRAUSS
Strauss, (J.) - Die Fledermaus (complete opera recorded in 1960) Hilde Gueden, Walter Berry, Erich Kunz, Regina Resnik / Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Herbert von Karajan [ ALTO / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "Hilde Gueden is by no means vocally perfect; but how ravishingly she plays the part! Regina Resnik, too, is convincing in Orlovsky's couplets, Walter Berry is an excellent Falke." (Gramophone) |
JAKE HEGGIE
Passing By: Songs by Jake Heggie Isabel Bayrakdarian / Zheng Gao / Susan Graham / Joyce diDonato / Frederica von Stade / Paul Groves / Keith Phares / etc. [ Avie Records / CD - released 12/Oct/2010 ] "...the composer's own fluent piano-playing, an expert string group and a good if sometimes over-glossy recording provide support for some world-class singers...who are clearly revelling in the opportunities that Heggie has offered them here." BBC... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Octet D.803 / Fünf Menuette mit sechs Trios D. 89 Isabelle Faust (Violin) with Anne Katharina Schreiber (violin), Danusha Waskiewicz (viola), Kristin von der Goltz (cello), Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 18/May/2018 ] In response to a commission from Count Troyer, who wanted a work closely modelled on Beethoven's famous Septet op.20, Schubert - despite his fervent admiration for the older composer - resolutely struck out on his own by delivering an . . . Octet.... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Mass in B minor Janowitz / Ludwig / Schreier / Berlin Philharmonic / Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 29/Apr/2000 ] "There is a strong sense of the works's architecture, and the highly polished surfaces do not obscure the depths of the music." Penguin Guide |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Missa in C Major 'Coronation' K 317 / Vesperae solennes de confessore K 339 Joan Rodgers, Josef Protschka, Laszlo Polgar, Elisabeth von Magnus / Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] "..Harnoncourt's fascinating exploratory way with the music: he never treats it simply for what it seems to be but looks more deeply into the score to see if he can bring out something fresh" Gramophone |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (Complete Opera recorded in 1967) [Remastered CDs plus Blu-ray Audio] Jon Vickers, Martti Talvela, Thomas Stewart, Gundula Janowitz, Régine Crespin / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Remastered CDs plus Blu-ray audio / 4 CD Box Set - released 12/Jun/2020 ] Remastered at Emil Berliner Studios in 24 bit/192kHz. Blu-ray Audio in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. CDs are produced from the new remastering. |
MASSENET / VERDI / ROSSINI / MASSENET / BERLIOZ / DONIZETTI / TRADITIONAL / etc
Jose Carreras - The Philips Years Jose Carreras (tenor), with Montserrat Caballé, Katia Ricciarelli, Agnes Baltsa, Frederica von Stade, etc [ Philips / 21 CD Box Set - released 22/Dec/2023 ] Celebrating one of the most remarkable tenors of our time, this 21-CD set brings together the legendary Philips recital recordings of José Carreras: 17 CDs of recitals discs including Spanish and popular songs, plus highlights from complete operas. |
JACK HEGGIE
Dead Man Walking (complete opera) Joyce DiDonato, Philip Cutlip, Frederica von Stade / Houston Grand Opera & Chorus, Patrick Summers [ Virgin Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] "If the opera seemed good before, it's rather better now...DiDonato [comes to the vocal lines almost as heightened speech...[and] leaves no question that she'll get a confession out of the killer." (Gramophone) |
C. P. E. BACH
Bach, CPE: Cello Concertos Julian Steckel (violoncello), Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Susanne von Gutzeit [ Hanssler Classic / CD - released 26/Feb/2016 ] C.P.E. Bach began writing his three cello concertos in 1750, not for his royal employer, but for middle-class musical society in Berlin and Potsdam. The works were later also published in versions for harpsichord and flute. Concertos for the cello... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Gotterdammerung (complete opera) [Recorded in stereo live at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival] Jutta Vulpius, Elisabeth Schartel, Maria Graf, Wolfgang Windgassen, Georgine von Milinkovic / Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orchestra / Joseph Keilberth [ Testament / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2007 ] "Windgassen may be more vocally secure for Solti but nowhere else is he so tender, so moving as here. Josef Greindl is a far more saturnine, charismatic Hagen here than elsewhere. But it is Astrid Varnay who is the great revelation." Recording of... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos, K.413-15 [Nos 11 - 13] Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] In January 1783 Mozart advertised in the Vienna press "the publication of three new, recently completed piano concertos", which could even be played with quartet accompaniment - thus enabling him to reach a wider public. In similar vein, he told his... |
MENDELSSOHN
Double Concerto for violin & piano / Piano Concerto in A minor Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz (violin & director) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "the double concerto of 1823 marks an advance on the earlier piano concerto (1822), the brilliant piano writing in both shows the fruitful influence of Weber and Hummel, and the playing of the soloists and the period-instrument Freiburg band is nice... |
SIBELIUS
The Essential Sibelius (15 CDs at a budget price) Leonidas Kavakos / Anne Sofie von Otter / Monica Groop / Jorma Hynninen / Helsinki University Choir / Lahti Symphony Orch / Gothenburg Symphony Orch [ BIS / 15 CD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] "The Essential Sibelius...will provide hours of pleasure, discovery and rediscovery for not very much money. If this were your only Sibelius you would have his best music. Alongside this you will become acquainted with some pieces which although not... |
GISEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Messa da Requiem (recorded in 1962) Leontyne Price, Giulietta Simionato, Giuseppe Zampieri, Nicolai Ghiaurov / Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Testament / CD - released 1/Mar/2014 ] "Price and an inflamed, contrapuntal vocal ensemble and full orchestra collaborate in ecstatic terms for the final Libera me whose triumphal, almost Baroque tenor may recall aspects of the old Venetian style." (Four Stars AudAud.com) |
PIETRO LOCATELLI
Locatelli: Concerti grossi op.1 Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 26/Aug/2016 ] "The one cause for regret is that these forces do not seem to have recorded the remaining concertos in this set. But this still a worthwhile means to explore the work of a composer and violinist whose fame, in his day, stretched around Europe more... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (On Period Instruments) Mahler Academy Orchestra, Philipp von Steinaecker [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 28/Aug/2026 ] Following the critical and public success of Mahler's Symphony no.9, Philipp von Steinaecker and the Mahler Academy Orchestra continue their recording of Mahler's symphonies on period instruments with the Fifth Symphony. For this recording, the new... |
VERDI
Il Trovatore (complete opera recorded in 1956) Maria Callas, Nicola Zaccaria, Giuseppe di Stefano / Milan La Scala Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan [ Naxos Historical Opera / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2008 ] Before Maria Callas made this August 1956 recording of Il Trovatore, at La Scala, Milan, she had been singing it often since 1950 and with notable success. Her 1953 Covent Garden performances earned golden opinions. The Times critic considered the... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Complete opera recorded in 1955) Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Enrico Campi / Milan La Scala Orchestra / Von Karajan (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Operas / 2 CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] When EMI [Columbia/Angel] recorded Callas as Madama Butterfly in August 1955, she had not yet sung it in the theatre, nor would she ever do so at La Scala, Milan, where it was made and her career based. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Complete Opera recorded in 1955) Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Mario Borriello / Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] "Callas's view, aided by superbly imaginative and spacious conducting from Karajan, gives extra dimension to the Puccinian little woman" Penguin Stereo Guide |
