Franz-Josef Selig
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Special offer. Wagner: Parsifal
RecommendedEvgeny Nikitin (Amfortas), Christian Elsner (Parsifal), Franz-Josef Selig (Gurnemanz), Michelle DeYoung (Kundry/Stimme aus der Hohe), Dimitry Ivaschenko (Titurel), Eike Wilm Schulte (Klingsor)
Rundfunkchor Berlin & Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski
It has spontaneity of something which has sunk so deeply into the performers' minds and souls that they can throw caution to the wind and still be accurate...Elsner is a wonderfully sensitive... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th March 2012
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Award for Technical Excellence
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Opera, August 2012, Recording of the Month
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Bruckner: Te Deum & Mass No. 3 in F Minor
Christina Landshamer (soprano), Sophie Harmsen, Daniel Behle (tenor), Franz-Josef Selig (bass), Erika Baikoff, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Matthew Rose (bass), SWR Vokalensemble, WDR Rundfunkchor, SWR Symphonieorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
This new version [of the Mass] by Pablo Heras-Casado features fine singing by the two radio choirs and four soloists. In particular, soprano Erika Baikoff impresses with her purity of tone and... —
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Special offer. Wagner: Siegfried
Simon O'Neill (Siegfried), Michael Volle (Der Wanderer), Peter Hoare (Mime), Anja Kampe (Brünnhilde), Franz-Josef Selig (Fafner), Gerhild Romberger (Erda), Danae Kontora (Waldvogel), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Simon Rattle
Rattle shows a keen awareness of orchestral colour and brings an impressive dynamism to the music. His tendency is to be quite speedy – and there is certainly virtue in such an approach. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Orchestra of the Year
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Special offer. Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Axel Kohler (countertenor), Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Matthias Goerne (baritone), Franz-Josef Selig (bass)
RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Rene Jacobs
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Special offer. Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Regine Hangler (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (alto), Christian Elsner (tenor) and Franz-Josef Selig (bass)
MDR-Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester, Marek Janowski
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Record Review, 29th July 2017, Recording of the Week
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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Ian Bostridge (Evangelist), Franz-Josef Selig (Christus), Sibylla Rubens (soprano), Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Werner Güra (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (baritone)
Cantate Domino Schola Cantorum, Collegium Vocale & Collegium Vocale Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123
A Concert on the occasion of the XX World Youth Day
Bozena Harasimowicz, Monica Groop, Jerry Hadley & Franz-Josef Selig
London Philharmonic Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Gilbert Levine
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Bruckner: Mass No. 3 in F Minor, WAB 28
Hanna-Elisabeth Muller (soprano), Anke Vondung (alto), Dominik Wortig (tenor), Franz-Josef Selig (bass)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bamberger Symphoniker, Robin Ticciati
Ticciati's feel for Bruckner intricate structure...runneth over with instinctive wisdom, and he marshals a top-notch team of vocal soloists. Every time I hear the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra... —
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JS Bach: Johannes und Matthäus Passionen
Sibylla Rubens (soprano), Andreas Scholl (Alto), Mark Padmore (tenor), Sebastian Noack (bass), Ian Bostridge (Evangelist), Franz-Josef Selig (Christus), Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Werner Güra (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (baritone)
Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
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Mendelssohn: Die Erste Walpurgisnacht
Simone Schröder (alto), Burkhard Fritz (tenor), Detlef Roth (tenor), Franz-Josef Selig (bass)
Bavarian State Orchestra, Audi Young Persons’ Choral Academy, Kent Nagano
all three works on the disc are cast with flavoursome soloists, none more so than the excellent bass, Franz-Josef Selig...[Königssohn] like all these live performances, is given a bright, immediate... —