Siegfried Jerusalem
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Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
RecommendedSiegfried Jerusalem, Susan Dunn, Brigitte Fassbaender, Hermann Becht, Peter Haage, Hans Hotter
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Städtischer Musikverein Düsseldorf, Riccardo Chailly
This vast cantata, a direct descendant of Wagnerian music-drama, was for the turn-of-the- century musical scene the ultimate gorgeous sunset. Schoenberg's forces are, to put it mildly, extravagant.... —
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Building a Library, February 2005, First Choice
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Building a Library, March 2017, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Siegfried Jerusalem (Waldemar), Sharon Sweet (Tove), Marjana Lipovšek (Wood Dove), Hartmut Welker (Peasant), Philip Langridge (Klaus the Jester) & Barbara Sukowa (Speaker)
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
… Abbado's interpretation, is the most Expressionistically detailed of all. The textures shimmer and then glint to reveal Schoenberg's' own sea-change in orchestral writing over a decade … Abbado... —
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Wagner: Lohengrin
RecommendedSiegfried Jerusalem (Lohengrin), Cheryl Studer (Elsa), Waltraud Meier (Ortrud), Hartmut Welker (Telramund), Kurt Moll (King Heinrich)
Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado
Abbado's first large-scale Wagner eschews romantically over-emphasised phrasing and relishes the experimental wind writing and chord-balancing...Hartmut Welker and Waltraud Meier sing and inflect... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
RecommendedSiegfried Jerusalem (Tristan), Waltraud Meier (Isolde), Marjana Lipovsek (Brangaene), Matti Salminen (König Marke), Falk Struckmann (Kurwenal), Johan Botha (Melot)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Chor der Berliner Staatsoper, Daniel Barenboim
Böhm's recording is a live Bayreuth performance of distinction, for on stage are the most admired Tristan and Isolde of their time, and in the pit the 72-year-old conductor directs a performance... —
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Building a Library, June 2011, First Choice
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
RecommendedDas Rheingold
James Morris (Wotan), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Siegfried Jerusalem (Loge), Heinz Zednik (Mime), Kurt Moll (Fasolt), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Fafner), Mark Baker (Froh), MarieAnne Häggander (Freia), Hei-Kyung Hong (Woglinde), Diane...
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Grammy Awards, 32nd Awards (1989), Best Opera Recording
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Grammy Awards, 33rd Awards (1990), Best Opera Recording
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Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Best Opera Recording
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Liszt: A Faust Symphony
RecommendedChicago Symphony Chorus (chorus), Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor)
Sir Georg Solti
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Grammy Awards, 29th Awards (1986), Best Orchestral Performance
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Liszt: A Faust Symphony, Dante Symphony, Les Préludes & Prometheus
RecommendedSiegfried Jerusalem
London Philharmonia and Suisse Romande Orchestra, Georg Solti and Jesus Lopez-Cobos
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Grammy Awards, 29th Awards (1986), Best Orchestral Performance
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Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
RecommendedSharon Sweet, Marjana Lipovsek, Siegfried Jerusalem, Philip Langridge, Hartmut Welker & Barbara Sukowa
Schoenberg Choir, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus & Vienna State Opera Chorus, Claudio Abbado
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Building a Library, September 2003, First Choice
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Wagner: Tannhäuser (Dresden version)
RecommendedKlaus König (Tannhäuser), Lucia Popp (Elisabeth), Waltraud Meier (Venus), Bernd Weikl (Wolfram), Kurt Moll (Landgraf)
Bernard Haitink
Haitink charts a leisurely course through Wagner's Tannhauser...Best of the principals is Lucia Popp's fresh Elisabeth. Waltraud Meier's Venus is potent yet sounds a touch stretched...Kurt Moll's... —
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Building a Library, May 2013, First Choice on CD (Dresden version)
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New. In the Heat of Classics
Thomas Adès (piano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Terry Wey (countertenor), Paul O'Dette (lute), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Viktoria Postnikova (piano), Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Marcel Reyans (tenor), Nicolas Courjal (bass), Samuel...
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