Hans Knappertsbusch
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 & Brahms: Haydn-Variations, Symphony No. 3
Géza Anda (piano)
Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Knappertsbusch
Wonderfully characteristic late Hans Knappertsbusch performances: broad, flexible, the fruits of a lifetime’s devotion to the Viennese classics. The Beethoven concerto with Géza Anda is especially... —
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Ludwig Weber (Daland), Astrid Varnay (Senta), Wolfgang Windgassen (Erik), Elisabeth Schärtel (Mary), Josef Traxel (Der Steuermann) & Hermann Uhde (Der Holländer)
Chorus & Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Hans Knappertsbusch
Maestro Knappertsbusch is on the concentrated form of his 1951 Munich Tristan. …all is steely strength, realised through dynamic sensitivity and spacious tempi… Any suspicion that Astrid Varnay…... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2010, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Wagner: Parsifal
Bayreuther Festspiele 1955
Ramón Vinay (Parsifal), Martha Mödl (Kundry), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Amfortas), Gustav Neidlinger (Klingsor), Ludwig Weber (Gurnemanz), Hermann Uhde (Titurel), Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orchestra, Hans Knappertsbusch
Because of my reservations regarding Vinay, I would not rank this on quite the same place as the 1951 and 1962 performances; but it is a very close second to those, with terrific performances... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Historical
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Wagner: Parsifal
Jon Vickers (Parsifal), Hans Hotter (Gurnemanz), Thomas Stewart (Amfortas), Gustav Neidlinger (Klingsor), Barbro Ericson (Kundry), Heinz Hagenau (Titurel), Anja Silja, Dorothea Siebert, Liselotte Rebmann, Rita Bartos, Else-Margrete Gardelli, Sylvia Lindenstrand (flower maidens) & Ruth Hesse (voice...
The (to date) 11 released recordings of Hans Knappertsbusch's Parsifal performances at Bayreuth between 1951 and 1964 constitute a unique record of one conductor's work on a favoured score in... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, Editor's Choice
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
RecommendedAstrid Varnay, Brünnhilde, Bernd Aldenhoff, Siegfried, Hermann Uhde, Gunther, Elisabeth Höngen, Waltraute, Heinrich Pflanzl, Alberich, Ludwig Weber, Hagen, Martha Mödl, Gutrune et troisième Norne, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Woglinde, Hanna Ludwig, Wellgunde, Hertha Töpper, Floßhilde, Ruth Siewert, Première...
Testament awakened this sleeping Brünnhilde after half a century in Decca's vaults, held there because of an age-old dispute over rights between that company and EMI. This is a fitting memorial,... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Special Achievement Award
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Hans Knappertsbusch conducts Beethoven
Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch
Here is Beethoven, Viennese Beethoven, under a conductor who remained impervious to all fads and fashions…this is a species of conducting you will seek out in vain today, the set is the perfect... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Historic Reissue
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Special offer. Wagner: Parsifal
Martha Mödl (Kundry), Wolfgang Windgassen (Parsifal), George London (Amfortas), Ludwig Weber (Gurnemanz), Hermann Uhde (Klingsor), Kurt Böhme (Titurel)
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Hans Knappertsbusch
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Special offer. The Decca & Westminster Bruckner Recordings
Knappertsbusch conducts Bruckner
Wiener Philharmoniker, Münchner Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch
