Sebastian Weigle
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Special offer. Flotow: Martha
Maria Bengtsson, Katharina Magiera, Barnaby Rea, AJ Glueckert, Franz Mayer
Frankfurter Opern-und Museumsorchester & Chor und Extra-Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Sebastian Weigle
The cast seems a just mixture of novelty and experience, with Bengtsson’s note-spinning both pure and dramatically apt, and Rea managing the non-part of Tristan…with aplomb. Glueckert’s tenor... —
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Opera, August 2018, Recording of the Month
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Handel Gold
RecommendedKiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Cecilia Bartoli, Plácido Domingo, Joan Sutherland, Anne Sofie von Otter, Luciano Pavarotti, Renée Fleming, Rolando Villazón, Joyce DiDonato, Russell Oberlin, Nigel Robson, Kathleen Ferrier, Bryn Terfel, Janet Baker, Magdalena Kozena, Grace...
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Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve
Julia Muzychenko (Oksana), Enkelejda Shkoza (Solokha), Andrei Popov (Devil), Georgy Vasiliev (Vakula), Alexey Tikhomirov (Chub), Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Frankfurter Opern-Und Museumsorchester, Sebastian Weigle
Some will doubtless be glad to enjoy Rimsky’s ravishing score without Loy’s visuals... It’s also hugely enjoyable in its own right, throwing a particular spotlight on Sebastian Weigle’s affectionate,... —
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Complete Opera)
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The Romantic Cello Concerto, Vol. 4: Pfitzner
Alban Gerhardt (cello), with Gergana Gergova (violin)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Sebastian Weigle
Gerhardt holds it all together with his sustained singing lines, while Weigle and his Berlin band provide vividly pointillist backing. —
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Special offer. Wagner: Rienzi
Peter Bronder (Rienzi), Christiane Libor (Irene), Falk Struckmann (Steffano Colonna), Claudia Mahnke (Adriano), Daniel Schmutzhard (Paolo Orsini), Alfred Reiter (Kardinal Orvieto)
Frankfurter Opern-und Museums-orchester & Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Sebastian Weigle
If Bronder lacks the last ounce of heroic razzmatazz...there is not a note or tone in this impressive reading which is not convincingly struck. His colleagues are in like form...Recording quality... —
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Special offer. Schreker: Der ferne Klang
Jennifer Holloway, Ian Koziara, Nadine Secunde, Barbara Zechmeister, Magnús Baldvinsson, Anthony Robin Schneider, Iurii Samoilov, Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Dietrich Volle, Gordon Bintner, Bianca Andrew, Julia Moorman, Julia Dawson, Kelsey Lauritano, Iain MacNeil, Theo Lebow, Anatolii Suprun, Hans-Jürgen...
This is now a clear first choice for anyone wanting to listen to this fascinating opera. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Opera
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Weigle’s is not an Alpine Symphony in the wide-screen, Technicolor mode but a performance defined by a wonderful lyrical generosity, complete control of the work’s 50-minute span and orchestral... —
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Special offer. Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos
Camilla Nylund (Primadonna/Ariadne), Brenda Rae (Zerbinetta), Michael König (The Tenor/Bacchus), Claudia Mahnke (The Composer), Elizabeth Reiter (Najade), Katharina Magiera (Dryade), Maren Favela (Echo), Daniel Schmutzhard (Harlequin), Michael McCown (Scaramuccio), Alfred Reiter (Truffaldin), Martin...
This is a fluid and flexible account of the score, light on its feet in the comedy but also willing to explore the mysterious Hofmannsthalian depths...[Nylund] sings securely and communicates... —
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Special offer. Puccini: Die Welt zum Weinen bringen - eine Hörbiografie
Mirella Freni (soprano), Liuwe Tamminga (organ), Thomas Albus (narrator), Udo Wachtveitl (narrator), Katja Schild (narrator), Stefan Hunstein (narrator), Robert Dölle (narrator), Max Simonischek (narrator), Jerzy May (narrator), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Tomislav Mužek, George Petean, Shenja Lacher...
