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Special offer. Weber: Der Freischütz
RecommendedMaximilian Schmitt (Max), Polina Pasztircsák (Agathe), Kateryna Kasper (Ännchen), Dimitry Ivashchenko (Kaspar), Yannick Debus (Kilian), Matthias Winckhler (Kuno), Christian Immler (Hermit), Max Urlacher (Samiel)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, René Jacobs
If it all convinces that’s because Jacobs has an absolute instinct for Weber’s score. The horns of the Freiburger Barockorchester are almost a character in their own right in this Romantic opera... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th April 2022
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Record Review, 29th April 2022, Record of the Week
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Opera, July 2022, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Opera
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Special offer. Haydn: Stabat Mater
Steve Davislim (tenor), Kristina Hammarström (mezzo-soprano), Birgitte Christensen, Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Basel Chamber Orchestra, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, René Jacobs
Jacobs is a conductor who always strives to inject as much drama as possible into his performances, and he vividly conveys the sobbing effects and the stabs of pain that run through the Stabat... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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Beethoven: Leonore
RecommendedMarlis Petersen (Leonore), Maximilian Schmitt (Florestan), Dimitry Ivashchenko (Rocco), Johannes Weisser (Pizarro), Robin Johannsen (Marzelline), Johannes Chum (Jaqino), Tareq Nazmi (Don Fernando), Florian Feth, Julian Popken (Two Prisoners)
Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs
Of the principals only Johannes Weisser’s Don Pizarro disappoints, and even he is strong in the dialogue. Jacobs’s tempos are fast – sometimes a bit skittishly so – and the sublimity one looks... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Record Review, 7th December 2019, Record of the Week
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th December 2019
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Complete Opera Recording
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Opera, March 2020, Disc of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (Petersen)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 & Choral Fantasy
Christiane Karg (soprano), Sophie Harmsen (mezzo), Werner Güra (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Pablo Heras-Casado
It goes beyond [Hogwood and Norrington], not in the remarkable speed at which it all moves, but in the intensity with which every player invests his part in its fury and wildness…I hadn’t heard... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2020, Orchestral Choice
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Orff: Carmina Burana
Russell Braun (baritone), Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor), Alina Wunderlin (soprano)
Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Zürcher Sängerknaben, Paavo Järvi
The choir’s articulation is razor-sharp and urgent, and Orff’s booming percussion writing rattles the rafters...But ultimately the real star here is Paavo Järvi, whose leanly energised direction... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Choral
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Ravel: Complete Orchestral Works
RecommendedYuja Wang (piano), Ray Chen (violin)
Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Lionel Bringuier
When it comes to the works common to all sets – Pavane pour un infante defunte, Rapsodie espagnole, La valse, Valses nobles et sentimentales…Bringuier’s ear for style and mood, shaping and phrasing,... —
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Building A Library, February 2022, Also Recommended
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Haydn: Missa Cellensis
Mark Milhofer, Mari Eriksmoen (soprano), Kristina Hammarström (mezzo-soprano), Christian Senn, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Basel Chamber Orchestra, René Jacobs
The orchestral playing is everything you would expect from a band currently halfway through a thrilling recorded cycle of the symphonies (with Giovanni Antonini), and the choir acquit themselves... —
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Fritz Stussi, A Swiss Romantic
Hannah Morrison (soprano), Ingeborg Danz (vocalist), Fabio Trümpy (tenor), Krešimir Stražanac (bass-baritone), Johanna Soller, Florian Helgath (chorusmaster), Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Zürcher Kammerphilharmonie
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 & Brahms: Nänie
Mauro Peter (tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass baritone), Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano), Rachel Harnisch (soprano)
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, James Gaffigan
Gaffigan is meticulous in his observance of the composer’s dynamic markings…The drama in the finale is vividly captured by Gaffigan. His tempo for the Symphony’s slow movement, too, is ideal,... —
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