Jessye Norman
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Special offer. Richard Strauss - Vier letzte Lieder and Other Lieder
RecommendedJessye Norman (soprano)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur
[Norman is] grand, impassioned, noble, dignified, unmannered in this unforgettable interpretation —
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Gramophone Awards, 1984, Winner - Solo vocal
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, July 2019, Also Recommended
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Verdi: Messa Da Requiem
Jessye Norman (soprano), Agnes Baltsa (alto), Jose Carreras (tenor), Yevgeny Nesterenko (bass), Chor und Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Riccardo Muti
At 35 José Carreras was nearly in the prime bloom of his voice; he sings the “Ingemisco” with style and no signs of operatic excess. Baltsa is also memorable for her musical, totally sincere... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Historical
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3
RecommendedJessye Norman (soprano)
Konzertvereinigung, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Sängerknaben & Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
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Building a Library, November 2019, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
RecommendedJessye Norman (soprano), Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo), James McCracken (tenor), David Arnold (baritone), Kim Scown (tenor), Werner Klemperer (speaker)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Seiji Ozawa
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Choral
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Building a Library, March 2017, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Berlioz: Les nuits d'été & Ravel: Shéhérazade
RecommendedJessye Norman (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
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Building A Library, November 2024, Recommended Recording (Les nuits d'été)
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Building A Library, July 2025, Recommended Recording (Les nuits d'été)
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Wagner: Lohengrin
RecommendedPlácido Domingo (Lohengrin), Jessye Norman (Elsa), Siegmund Nimsgern (Telramund), Eva Randová (Ortrud), Hans Sotin (Landgraf), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Herald)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Wagner-wise this is new Solti, a more contemplatively mellow interpreter, returning to a score that he hadn't led since earlier days in German repertoire houses...Norman had worked hard, and... —
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Grammy Awards, 31st Awards (1988), Best Opera Recording
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Special offer. Strauss - Four Last Songs
RecommendedJessye Norman (soprano)
Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig, Kurt Masur
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Gramophone Awards, 1984, Winner - Solo vocal
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Jessye Norman sings Strauss: Five Songs & Salome
Jessye Norman (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt
Norman adds lustre to the already burnished orchestral playing in five songs, familiar from her studio version with Masur. Interpretatively there’s not much to choose between them, but she’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Pierre Boulez conducts Ravel
RecommendedPhilippe Entremont (piano), Jill Gomez (soprano), Jose van Dam (baritone), Heather Harper (soprano), Jessye Norman (soprano)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Camerata Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra (members), Cleveand Chorus, Members of the Ensemble intercontemporain,...
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Grammy Awards, 18th Awards (1975), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 18th Awards (1975), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 27th Awards (1984), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Special offer. Wagner: Wesendonk Lieder
Jessye Norman (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
