Christian Thielemann
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Brahms: Piano Concertos & Solo Piano Op. 116-119
RecommendedIgor Levit (piano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Levit’s utterly compelling accounts of the late sets are the more impressive element in this collection. He does not put a foot wrong in any of them; each piece is perfectly shaped, its subtly... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Concerto
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Special offer. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
Stephen Gould (Der Kaiser), Camilla Nylund (Die Kaiserin), Wolfgang Koch (Barak, der Farber), Nina Stemme (Die Farberin), Evelyn Herlitzius (Die Amme), Sebastian Holecek (Geisterbote)
Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann
Stemme is focussed and expressive, and if Koch sometimes seems underpowered, that is only through comparison to her. Herlitzius is similarly impressive, and she and Stemme are sufficiently distinct... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2020, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Opera
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...this new Bruckner Fourth deserves a strong recommendation. It is a reading of undeniable power and presence. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana & Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (DVD)
RecommendedJonas Kaufmann (Turiddu), Liudmyla Monastyrska (Santuzza), Ambrogio Maestri (Alfio), Annalisa Stroppa (Lola), Stefania Toczyska (Mamma Lucia), Jonas Kaufmann (Canio), Maria Agresta (Nedda), Dimitri Platanias (Tonio), Alessio Arduini (Silvio), Tansel Akzeybek (Beppe)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Sachsischer...
We have plenty of the thrilling, untrammelled and ringing sound that the tenor is capable of at his best...Happily, Kaufmann’s outstanding central performances are well matched, both musically... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th March 2016
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2016, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
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Special offer. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Klaus Florian Vogt (Tristan), Camilla Nylund (Isolde), Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Brangaene), Martin Gantner (Kurwenal), Georg Zeppenfeld (King Mark)
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Staatsopernchor Dresden, Christian Thielemann, Marco Arturo Marelli
All acts in this Dresden Tristan are equally successful... Theatrically effective... this cast – in terms of voice and use of language – is among the best among current Wagnerians... The intimate... —
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Live from the Semperoper: Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D Minor WAB 109
Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
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Special offer. R. Strauss: Lieder
RecommendedDiana Damrau (soprano)
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Thielemann
What wins this disc the five stars are the facts that Damrau, singing in her native German, is poised ideally between dreamy haze and Schwarzkopfian fussiness...her hallowed pianissimos allow... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th January 2011
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2011, Choral & Song Choice
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Strauss: Capriccio
Camilla Nylund (Countess), Christoph Pohl (Count), Daniel Behle (Flamand), Nikolay Borchev (Olivier), Georg Zeppenfeld (La Roche)
Sachsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann, Jens-Daniel Herzog
[Behle] is simply perfect both vocally and dramatically...Nylund’s opulent soprano as a handsome Countess Madeleine is best when she can billow, and the final scene rises to something remarkable...Thielemann... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video Opera
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023, Blu-ray of the Month
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, WAB 109 (Edition Nowak)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
For Thielemann the Ninth is, it seems, less a universal theological meditation on last things and more a highly personal quest for spiritual quietude. His interpretation has intimacies hard... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winnter - Orchestra/Ensemble of the Year
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Wagner: Parsifal
RecommendedPlácido Domingo (Parsifal), Waltraud Meier (Kundry), Franz-Josef Selig (Gurnemanz), Wolfgang Bankl (Klingsor), Ain Anger (Titurel), Falk Struckmann (Amfortas), Janina Baechle (Alto Stimme)
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann
At one and the same time this is a beautiful Parsifal… a modern Parsifal… and a new look at Parsifal, informed by Thielemann's experience and knowledge of a great tradition. …Domingo's… commitment... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2006, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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