Eric Halfvarson
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Special offer. Wagner: Das Rheingold
Michael Volle (Wotan), Tomasz Konieczny (Alberich), Burkhard Ulrich (Loge), Elisabeth Kulman (Fricka), Herwig Pecoraro (Mime), Peter Rose (Fasolt), Eric Halfvarson (Fafner), Annette Dasch (Freia), Janina Baechle (Erda), Christian van Horn (Donner), Benjamin Bruns (Froh), Mirella Hagen (Woglinde),...
His conducting is fast, as Wagner preferred and intensely dynamic but he avoids Boulez's glibness, illuminating the drama of the moment in a mercurial, almost Solti-like fashion...he seems to... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Opera
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141, etc.
RecommendedJonathan Deutsch, Eric Halfvarson, Julian Rodescu, Andre Wentzel (bass)
Cleveland Orchestra, Choral Arts Society of Washington, Kurt Sanderling, Mstislav Rostropovich
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Building a Library, December 2009, First Choice
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Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
John Tomlinson (The Dutchman), Nina Stemme (Senta), Eric Halfvarson (Daland), Kim Begley (Erik), Patricia Bardon (Mary), Peter Wedd (Steersman)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry
Tomlinson, a favourite in the title-role at Bayreuth, now a veteran, is masterful as the Dutchman, exploiting his wide tonal and expressive range, with few signs of wear on the voice...[Stemme... —
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Special offer. Wagner: Die Walküre
Stuart Skelton (Siegmund), Eric Halfvarson (Hunding), James Rutherford (Wotan), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde), Iréne Theorin (Brünnhilde), Elisabeth Kulman (Fricka), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Simon Rattle
The orchestral playing is predictably excellent—the woodwind solos always have character, and the low brass have an ability to add menace and bite without overpowering the orchestra—but Rattle... —
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Record Review, 18th April 2020, Record of the Week
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Highlights)
Matthias Goerne (Wotan), Petra Lang (Brünnhilde - Die Walküre), Heidi Melton (Sieglinde/Brünnhilde - Siegfried), Gun-Brit Barkmin (Brünnhilde - Götterdämmerung), Daniel Brenna (Siegfried - Götterdämmerung), Simon O’Neill (Siegfried - Siegfried); Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
With excellent sound, singing that is often way above average and a production team that appreciates the stormier elements of Wagner’s humbling rhetoric, we have a Ring that shoots straight... —
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Special offer. Britten: Billy Budd
Thomas Hampson (Billy Budd), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Captain Vere), Eric Halfvarson (John Claggart), Russell Smythe (Mr Redburn), Gidon Saks (Mr Flint), Martyn Hill (Red Whiskers), Christopher Maltman (Donald), Richard Van Allan (Dansker), Andrew Burden (Novice), Christopher Gillett (Squeak), Matthew...
Hampson bring to the title-role an extra beauty alongside heroic power...Rolfe Johnson has some grit in his voice, creating a believable character at once rugged and introspective...[Halfvarson's]... —
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One of the finest basso cantantes of this generation, rich-toned yet powerfully characterised, in live excerpts from various Vienna State Opera performances, featuring two of his greatest roles. —
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Anna Netrebko: Live at the Metropolitan Opera
Anna Netrebko (soprano), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Andrei), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Sonya), Mariusz Kwiecien (Malatesta), Simone Alaimo (Don Pasquale), Juan Diego Florez (Ernesto), Nancy Fabiola Herrera (Maddalena), Eric Halfvarson (Sparafucile), Roberto Alagna (Romeo), Ildar Abdrazakov (Raimondo), Michael...
There is an alert sense of drama, which is where Netrebko really scores as a singing actress...While her bel canto is judged 'could do better', it's worth considering that, at 40, Netrebko is... —
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Britten: Billy Budd
Bo Skovhus (Billy Budd), Neil Shicoff (Captain Vere), Eric Halfvarson (John Claggart), Robert Bork (Mr Redburn), Wolfgang Bankl (Mr Flint), David Cale Johnson (Mr Ratcliffe), John Dickie (Red Whiskers), Geert Smits (Donald), Alfred Sramek (Dansker), John Nuzzo (Novice), Cosmin Ifrim (Squeak), Janusz...
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Special offer. Billy Budd (Wiener Staatsoper, Austrain Premiere, 21 February 2001)
Neil Shicoff (tenor), Wiener Staatsoper (opera company), Boaz Daniel (baritone), Marcus Pelz (bass-baritone), Wolfgang Bankl, Geert Smits, Janusz Monarcha, John Nuzzo, Cosmin Ifrim, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Peter Jelosits, Cosmin lfrim, Choralschola der Wiener Hofburgkapelle, Robert Bork, Eric...
