Karl Ridderbusch
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Bruckner - Masses 1-3
RecommendedEdith Mathis, Marga Schiml, Wieslaw Ochman, Karl Ridderbusch, Maria Stader, Claudia Hellman, Ernst Haefliger, Kim Borg
Bavarian Radio Chorus & Symphony Orchestra, Eugen Jochum
Like Bruckner, Eugen Jochum came from a devout Catholic family and began his musical life as a church organist. He would have known the Mass texts more or less inside out, which explains why... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Building a Library, February 2002, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier
Brigitte Fassbaender (Octavian), Claire Watson (Marschallin), Karl Ridderbusch (Ochs), Lucia Popp (Sophie), Benno Kusche (Faninal), Annelie Waas (Marianne), David Thaw (Valzacchi), Margarethe Bence (Annina) & Gerhard Unger (Italian singer)
Bavarian State Opera, Carlos Kleiber
This performance from 1973 is notable for its extraordinary textural clarity, in this densest of scores, and its rhythmic vitality. The vocal hero of the occasion is Brigitte Fassbaender as... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Archive
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2009, Editor's Choice
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Bruckner: Masses Nos 1-3
RecommendedEdith Mathis, Marga Schiml, Wieslaw Ochman, Karl Ridderbusch, Maria Stader, Claudia Hellman, Ernst Haefliger, Kim Borg
Bavarian Radio Chorus & Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eugen Jochum
Like Bruckner, Eugen Jochum came from a devout Catholic family and began his musical life as a church organist. He would have known the Mass texts more or less inside out, which explains why... —
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Building a Library, February 2002, First Choice
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
RecommendedThomas Stewart, Gwyneth Jones, Karl Ridderbusch, Hermin Esser, Wagner & Harald Ek
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Karl Böhm
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Building a Library, March 2000, First Choice
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Verdi: Macbeth
RecommendedSherrill Milnes (Macbeth), Christa Ludwig (Lady Macbeth), Karl Ridderbusch (Banquo), Carlo Cossutta (Macduff), Gildis Flossman (Dama) & Ewald Aichberger (Malcolm)
Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm
Lady Macbeth has rarely seemed more of a Lady than in Ludwig’s hands on this live 1970 recording from Vienna – her arch-manipulator is regal, elegant and icily pragmatic right up until the final... —
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Helen Donath (soprano), René Kollo (tenor), Ruth Hesse (mezzo-soprano), Peter Schreier (tenor), Geraint Evans (bass-baritone), Karl Ridderbusch (bass), Eberhard Büchner (tenor), Hans-Joachim Rotzsch (tenor), Heinz Reeh (bass), Hermann Christian Polster (bass), Horst Hiestermann (tenor), Horst Lunow...
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Wagner: Parsifal
RecommendedJames King (Parsifal), Gwyneth Jones (Kundry), Thomas Stewart (Amfortas), Franz Crass (Gurnemanz), Donald McIntyre (Klingsor), Karl Ridderbusch (Titurel)
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Pierre Boulez
Boulez refuses to wallow, but there's no lack of depth or profundity. He is aided by some fine singers...A fabulous, luminous recording of Wagner's final opera. —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Peter Schreier (tenor), Jon Vickers (tenor), Walter Berry (bass-baritone), Bernd Weikl (bass-baritone), Karl Ridderbusch (bass), Martin Vantin (bass-baritone), Berliner Philharmoniker, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Herbert von Karajan
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
RecommendedHelga Dernesch (Brünnhilde), Helge Brilioth (Siegfried), Karl Ridderbusch (Hagen), Gundula Janowitz (Gutrune), Christa Ludwig (Waltraute/Zweite Norn), Catarina Ligendza (Dritte Norn), Thomas Stewart (Gunther), Lili Chookasian (Erste Norn), Zoltán Kéléman (Alberich), Liselotte Rebmann (Woglinde),...
This is in no way intended as damning with faint praise when I say that the main draw of this set conducted by Herbert von Karajan is the majesty and opulence of the performance by the Berliner... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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100 Best Karajan
James Galway (flute), Fritz Helmis (harp), Bernard Walton (clarinet), Dennis Brain (french horn), Erich Kunz (baritone), Wilma Lipp (soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Nan Merriman (contralto), Sesto Bruscantini (baritone), Lothar Koch (oboe), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Maurice André (trumpet),...
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