Orchestral, Zemlinsky (composer)
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Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau & Schreker: Der Geburtstag der Infantin
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
This warmly recorded version not only goes to the top of the tree as the most satisfying account of Zemlinsky’s score in the current catalogue, but also trumps its closest rivals in offering... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Record Review, 1st May 2021, Record of the Week
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st May 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony Op. 18
RecommendedChristine Schafer & Matthais Goerne
Orchestra de Paris, Christoph Eschenbach
…Christoph Eschenbach has such an acute feeling for the musical line - whether it is carried by the voices or the orchestra - and such a fine ear for aural perspective, that it all comes together... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2006, Disc of the month
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Record Review, December 2006, Critics Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2006, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Award for Technical Excellence in Recording
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Building A Library, April 2022, Recommended Recording
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The work has an unmistakable cumulative power, and its iridescent orchestration is as beautiful as anyone’s. While the orchestra here is not as lustrous-toned as Zemlinsky would have reckoned... —
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Record Review, 20th June 2020, Record of the Week
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Conductor of the Year
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Overall, this is a gorgeous recital that makes excellent listening. Stefanescu's rich-toned playing rises with aplomb to all its challenges and she crowns the disc with an irresistibly exultant... —
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Szymanowski and Zemlinsky
RecommendedElina Vähälä (violin), Johanna Winkel (soprano) & Michael Nagy (baritone)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Liebreich
This is a very attractive pairing of two early 20th-century works distinguished by the opulence of their orchestral textures…a very recommendable offering. —
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Building A Library, April 2022, Also Recommended
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Vienne 1900
Eric Le Sage (piano), Zvi Plesser (cello), Daishin Kashimoto (violin), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
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Symphonic Psalms and Prayers
RecommendedBernstein • Schoenberg • Stravinsky • Zemlinsky
David Allsopp (countertenor)
Tenebrae, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Nigel Short
It’s good to hear Bernstein’s original design of the solo for a countertenor being respected for once. Allsopp makes much more of the words than most trebles, and there is an arresting immediacy... —
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Building A Library, July 2021, Also Recommended
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Zemlinsky: Symphony No. 2 in B flat & Psalm 23
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ernst Senff Chamber Choir, Riccardo Chailly
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Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau amd Psalms Nos. 13 & 23
Ernst Senff Chamber Choir, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Riccardo Chailly
