Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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Strauss, R: Capriccio
RecommendedElisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eberhard Wächter, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Nicolai Gedda, Hans Hotter, Christa Ludwig
Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch
Not only is Capriccio a source of constant and none-too-demanding delight but its performance and recording, especially in this CD reincarnation, are wellnigh faultless. Walter Legge assembled... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Grace Hoffmann (alto), Josef Traxel (tenor), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Erik Sædén (baritone), Fritz Uhl (tenor), Josef Greindl (bass), Hermann Winkler (tenor), Egmont Koch (baritone)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Wolfgang Sawallisch
Nilsson is heard at a pre-Wieland staging of her Isolde – more flashily indulgent (the tope notes are presented as big events) but already loving and passionate in a unique way (try ‘Tod uns... —
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Viktor Kalabis: Symphonies and Concertos
Petr Škvor (violin), Miroslav Kejmar (trumpet), Zuzana Růžičková (harpsichord), Josef Suk (violin), Milan Langer (piano), Jiří Formáček (bassoon)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Wind Ensemble,...
this excellent collection, despite the variable age and quality of some recordings, will do very nicely in bringing [Kalabis's] name before a wider audience —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2013, Re-issue of the Month
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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Margaret Price (Fiordiligi), Brigitte Fassbaender (Dorabella), Peter Schreier (Ferrando), Wolfgang Brendel (Guglielmo), Reri Grist (Despina), Theo Adam (Don Alfonso)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Staatsoper, Wolfgang Sawallisch
The cast is stellar. Margaret Price's studio Cosi, made seven years earlier, finds her in wonderful form but greatly handicapped by Klemperer's marmoreal tempos. Here, however, she sounds interpretatively... —
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Bruckner: From the Archives, Vol. 6 (Remastered 2025)
Hilde Ceska (soprano), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Vienna Akademie Kammerchor, Wiener Symphoniker, Eugen Jochum, Henry Swoboda, Wolfgang Sawallisch
The Bavarian Radio Symphony and Eugen Jochum play Symphony No. 8 with rugged grandeur and fervent immediacy in a live radio recording from Munich (1957)...What a journey, a superbly conceived... —
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Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70
RecommendedMichael Volle (bass), Andrea Rost (soprano), Marjana Lipovsek (alto), Herbert Lippert (tenor), Letizia Scherrer (soprano), Thomas Cooley (tenor) & Barbara Fleckenstein (soprano)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wolfgang Sawallisch
[Volle] is supported by an orchestra rightly wedded to extremes and a chorus with high energy levels and the crispest enunciation. Wolfgang Sawallisch's speeds may be sensible, but he does his... —
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Building a Library, April 2018, Recommended Recording
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
RecommendedMargaret Price (soprano) & Thomas Allen (baritone)
Chor und Orchestra des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Building a Library, September 2012, First Choice
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Brahms: Piano Concertos
RecommendedStephen Kovacevich (piano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Nobuko Imai (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Gramophone Awards, 1993, Winner - Concerto
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