Münchner Philharmoniker
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Special offer. Elgar From the Archives, Vol. 2
André Navarra (cello), Munich Philharmonic, Tibor Varga (violin), Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Rieger, Jan Koetsier
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Special offer. R. Strauss: Lieder
RecommendedDiana Damrau (soprano)
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Thielemann
What wins this disc the five stars are the facts that Damrau, singing in her native German, is poised ideally between dreamy haze and Schwarzkopfian fussiness...her hallowed pianissimos allow... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th January 2011
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2011, Choral & Song Choice
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Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 2 & Cello Sonata
Sol Gabetta (cello), Michaela Urzuladea (piano)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Marc Albrecht
The Second Concerto can seem an oddly diffuse work in lesser hands and it is to Sol Gabetta's credit that she offers a distinctive, introspective approach, daringly spacious at times, deliberately... —
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
RecommendedAnne Schwanewilms (soprano) & Olga Borodina (mezzo)
Münchner Philharmoniker & Munich Philharmonic Choir, Valery Gergiev
It reminds me a little of Karajan at his paradoxical best/worst: magnificently convincing in its artistic overview, rather less persuasive when it comes to what Henry James called the ‘sharpness... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th September 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Bruckner From the Archives, Vol. 3
NDR Sinfonieorchester, Münchner Philharmoniker, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Volkmar Andreae
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Renée Fleming's first recording of the Last Songs, made in 1996 (on RCA), was distinctly mixed. Here Christian Thielemann is a much more natural Straussian, powerful and luxuriant, and Fleming's... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2008, Editor's Choice
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Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra & Piano Concerto No.3
Javier Perianes (piano)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Pablo Heras-Casado
[The Concerto] is Bartók In repose contemplating his homeland from afar, half-remembered melodies given a singing expressiveness to which Javier Perianes brings great warmth…The two Spaniards... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2018, Concerto Choice
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 (Live at Philharmonie am Gasteig, Munich, 1991)
RecommendedMünchner Philharmoniker, Sergiu Celibidache
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Building a Library, February 2021, Also Recommended
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Historic Recording
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Strauss has always been at the core of the Bavarian orchestra's repertoire, and his heroes swagger and strive with such engaging exuberance on this recording, made last September on the orchestra's... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2017
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