Cornelius Meister
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Paul Hindemith: Cardillac
Evgeny Solodovnikov, Stephanie Houtzeel, Daniel Jenz, Tomasz Konieczny (bass-baritone), Wolfgang Bankl, Vera-lotte Boecker, Herbert Lippert, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna State Opera Stage Orchestra, Cornelius Meister
If this is a study in obsession then it's left to the musicians in the pit to direct us. And the Bühnenorchester der Wiener Staatsoper conducted by Cornelius Meister, do their very best negotiating... —
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Special offer. Hans Abrahamsen: The Snow Queen
Barbara Hannigan (Gerda), Rachael Wilson (Kay, Katarina Dalayman (Grandmother / Old Lady / Finn Woman), Peter Rose (Snow Queen / Reindeer / Clock)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Cornelius Meister, Andreas Kriegenburg
Kriegenburg’s production, cleanly shot by Christoph Engel, suggests it was all in the mind anyway. His is not a show for kids, even if Abrahamsen’s opera might be – getting close to Andersen’s... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Contemporary
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Winner - Video: Opera
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Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, Opera Choice
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Opera, April 2017, Recording of the Month
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Special offer. Hans Abrahamsen: The Snow Queen
Barbara Hannigan (Gerda), Rachael Wilson (Kay, Katarina Dalayman (Grandmother / Old Lady / Finn Woman), Peter Rose (Snow Queen / Reindeer / Clock)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Cornelius Meister, Andreas Kriegenburg
Kriegenburg’s production, cleanly shot by Christoph Engel, suggests it was all in the mind anyway. His is not a show for kids, even if Abrahamsen’s opera might be – getting close to Andersen’s... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Contemporary
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Winner - Video: Opera
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Special offer. Massenet: Werther
Juan Diego Flórez (Werther), Anna Stéphany (Charlotte), Mélissa Petit (Sophie), Audun Iversen (Albert), Cheyne Davidson (Le Bailli), Martin Zysset (Schmidt)
Philharmonia Zürich, Chor der Oper Zürich, Kinderchor der Oper Zürich, Cornelius Meister, Tatiana Gurbaca (dir).
Director Tatjana Gürbaca and designer Klaus Grünberg have transformed Massenet’s masterpiece into a compelling drama that glues you to the edge of your seat from start to finish…Flórez gives... —
Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, Opera Choice
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Special offer. Massenet: Werther
Juan Diego Flórez (Werther), Anna Stéphany (Charlotte), Mélissa Petit (Sophie), Audun Iversen (Albert), Cheyne Davidson (Le Bailli), Martin Zysset (Schmidt)
Philharmonia Zürich, Chor der Oper Zürich, Kinderchor der Oper Zürich, Cornelius Meister, Tatjana Gurbaca (dir).
Director Tatjana Gürbaca and designer Klaus Grünberg have transformed Massenet’s masterpiece into a compelling drama that glues you to the edge of your seat from start to finish…Flórez gives... —
Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, Opera Choice
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Clay Hilley (Siegfried), Iréne Theorin (Brünnhilde), Albert Dohmen (Hagen), Elisabeth Teige (Gutrune), Michael Kupfer-Radecky (Gunther), Christa Mayer (Waltraute), Olafur Sigurdarson (Alberich)
Bayreuther Festspielorchester, Cornelius Meister, Valentin Schwarz
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 & Mass No. 3
Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Janina Baechle (alto), Benjamin Bruns (tenor) & Günther Groissböck (bass)
ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Singakademie, Cornelius Meister
warmly expressive and spontaneous —
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Stravinsky: Chant Funèbre; L'Oiseau de feu & Shostakovich: Symphony No. 12 'The Year 1917'
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cornelius Meister
It’s not exactly subtle stuff and the only convincing way to treat it is to go at it hammer and tongs. The ORF VRSO has a wonderfully dark sound, particularly its lower strings, but is occasionally... —
