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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 (with Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488) Babette Hierholzer (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Klaus Tennstedt [ Testament / CD - released 20/Apr/2011 ] In October 1980 Klaus Tennstedt conducted three evenings of classical and romantic music. The opening work was Hans Pfitzner's rarely-heard overture to Heinrich von Kleist's play Das Käthchen von Heilbron. |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann [The Tales of Hoffmann] (Complete Opera) (recorded 1964-65) Nicolai Gedda, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Victoria de los Angeles, Gianna d'Angelo, Nicola Ghiuselev, Ernest Blanc / Concerts du Conservatoire, Andre Cluy [ Warner Classics The Opera Series / 2 CD - released 1/May/2010 ] 'In a celebrated cast, Gedda, as Hoffmann, sings beautifully and with dramatic feeling, Victoria de los Angeles is a delightful Antonia, Schwarzkopf brings sumptuous creamy tone to Giulietta, Blanc is a splendid Dapertutto, and the smaller parts,... |
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WAGNER
Parsifal (Complete opera recorded in 1985) Sir Donald McIntyre, Waltrud Meier, Phillip Joll, Warren Ellsworth, Chorus and orchestra of the Welsh National Opera / Reginald Goodall [ EMI The Opera Series / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2011 ] Parsifal was Wagner's last and many say most accomplished opera, the culmination of the development of the emotional intensity of the German Romantic movement. |