SACD, Gershwin (composer)
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Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Hilde Güden (Rosalinde), Waldemar Kmentt (Eisenstein), Giuseppe Zampieri (Alfred), Erika Köth (Adele), Regina Resnik (Orlofsky), Peter Klein (Blind), Walter Berry (Falke), Eberhard Wächter (Franke), Erich Kunz (Frosch)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan
Camp charm, beguiling lyricism, all the dialogue and star turns flown in for the traditional gala party, from Leontyne Price singing 'Summertime' to Birgit Nilsson trading a hit from My Fair... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2026, Archive Choice
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Well known for their witty, well crafted arrangements, the Calefax Quintet are on top form here in Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Barber’s jaunty Excursions. Azmeh and Hekkema’s Airports for... —
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Special offer. American Piano Concertos
Xiayin Wang (piano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian
You only have to hear the soloist's first entry [in the Barber] to know that in Xiayin Wang you have a virtuoso with all the power and pizzazz to encompass the work's demands - and more...This... —
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His first entry in the ambitious Concerto in F is a touch disappointing...But his playing after that combines dazzling articulation with a feeling for jazz rhythms and big Broadway-style tunes...Litton,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th August 2012
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Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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Piano Trios: Bernstein, Schnyder, Gershwin, Kapustin & Pritsker
Gudrun Pagel (violin), Julia Vaisberg (piano)
Trio Panta Rhei
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The SACD sound is first-class and the booklet notes by both artists attractive, not least in drawing attention to the great artists of the past whose performances and arrangements are saluted... —
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Suave New York sophistication … In terms of piano playing, the aura of shimmering beauty created by means of a seemingly infinite variety of touch is the disc’s summit achievement … Murtfield... —
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An intelligent, richly enjoyable performance of the Ravel Concerto —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2005, Orchestral Choice
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Calefax & Cora Burggraaf – The Roaring Twenties
Cora Burggraaf (mezzo-soprano)
Calefax (reed quintet)
