Kurt Masur
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Special offer. Richard Strauss - Vier letzte Lieder and Other Lieder
RecommendedJessye Norman (soprano)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur
[Norman is] grand, impassioned, noble, dignified, unmannered in this unforgettable interpretation —
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Gramophone Awards, 1984, Winner - Solo vocal
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, July 2019, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Strauss - Four Last Songs
RecommendedJessye Norman (soprano)
Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig, Kurt Masur
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Gramophone Awards, 1984, Winner - Solo vocal
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Nelson Freire: Radio Days
Nelson Freire (piano)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Orchestre Philharmonique de l'ORTF, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Reinhard Peters, Kurt Masur, Yuri Ahronovitch, Eleazar de Carvalho, David Zinman
What is most notable about this collection is the way Freire finds exactly the right idiom for each composer: a perfumed suggestion in the theatre for Tchaikovsky's First, elfin charm for the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, Concerto Choice
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Jessye Norman - The Unreleased Masters
Strauss, Wagner, Berlioz, Haydn & Britten
Jessye Norman (soprano), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur, Berliner Philharmoniker, James Levine, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Norman possessed one of the great voices in modern times, and she matured into an artist almost at the height of that voice. When the two came together, as they do throughout these performances,... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Special offer. Shostakovich - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Sergey Khachatryan (violin)
Orchestre National de France, Kurt Masur
Do we need another pairing of the Shostakovich violin concertos? The answer is an unequivocal yes when the playing is as sensational as this.
Not just a preternaturally gifted teen, Sergey Khachatryan... —Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2006, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, November 2006, Budget Choice
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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Christine Brewer (soprano), Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor) & Gerald Finley (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir & Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Kurt Masur & Neville Creed (chamber orchestra)
arguably the finest trio of soloists since the original performance under the composer...Christine Brewer, Gerald Finley, and Anthony Dean Griffey are all superb in their clean focus, pure and... —
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Special offer. Maxim Vengerov - Great Violin Concertos
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich, Kurt Masur, Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim
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