Yvonne Minton
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'
RecommendedHeather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger (sopranos), Yvonne Minton (mezzo), Helen Watts (contralto), Rene Kollo (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Martti Talvela (bass)
Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Sängerknaben & Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Now at last Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand can be heard on record at something approaching its full, expansive stature. Here is a version from Solti which ... conveys the feeling of a great... —
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Grammy Awards, 15th Awards (1972), Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 15th Awards (1972), Classical Album of the Year
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'
RecommendedHeather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger (sopranos), Yvonne Minton (mezzo), Helen Watts (contralto), Rene Kollo (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Martti Talvela (bass)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Sir Georg Solti
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Grammy Awards, 15th Awards (1972), Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 15th Awards (1972), Classical Album of the Year
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Berg: Lulu
RecommendedTeresa Stratas (Lulu), Yvonne Minton (Gräfin Geschwitz), Franz Mazura (Dr Schön), Kenneth Riegel (Alwa), Toni Blankenheim (Schigolch/Der Medizinalrat/Ein Polizeikommissär), Robert Tear (Der Maler/Der Neger)
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris, Pierre Boulez
Boulez's intelligently authoritative conducting and Teresa Stratas's stunning performance in the title role prove to be an unbeatable combination. —
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Opera
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Grammy Awards, 23rd Awards (1980), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 23rd Awards (1980), Best Opera Recording
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Grammy Awards, 23rd Awards (1980), Classical Album of the Year
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
RecommendedPilar Lorengar (soprano), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Burrows (tenor), Martti Talvela (bass)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Sir Georg Solti
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Grammy Awards, 30th Awards (1987), Best Orchestral Performance
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
RecommendedChicago Symphony Chorus (chorus), Gwynne Howell (bass), Mallory Walker (tenor), Lucia Popp (soprano), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano)
Sir Georg Solti
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Grammy Awards, 21st Awards (1978), Best Choral Performance
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 'Choral'
RecommendedChicago Symphony Chorus (chorus), Martti Talvela (bass), Stuart Burrows (tenor), Pilar Lorengar (soprano), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano)
Sir Georg Solti
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Grammy Awards, 30th Awards (1987), Best Orchestral Performance
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Special offer. Mozart - Great Choral Works
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis
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Building a Library, Highly Recommended
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Strauss, R: Elektra
Recorded: Sofiensaal, Vienna, September 1966
Birgit Nilsson (Elektra), Regina Resnik (Klytämnestra), Marie Collier (Chrystothemis), Gerhard Stolze (Aegisth), Tom Krause (Orest)
A classic superbly remastered, with Nilsson's searing anti-heroine and Solti building almost unbearable tension. Includes Resnik's raddled Klytaemnestra, Krause's heroic Orest and Marie Collier,... —
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This set gives an invaluable historical cross-section of Antipodean singers in both commercial and rare archive recordings. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Re-issue of the Month
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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
RecommendedPeter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Yvonne Minton
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Adrian Boult
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Building a Library, March 2016, Also Recommended
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