Choral, Oratorios & Passions, Beethoven (composer)
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Beethoven: Christ On the Mount of Olives
Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Pavol Breslik (tenor), David Soar (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Chorus
...the full chorus acquits itself well as commentators on one of the angel’s arias and in the rousing finale; and the male chorus of well-drilled soldiers takes the listener right into the Garden... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2020
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Warner Classics has reissued a complete set of Wilhelm Furtwängler’s studio recordings, reuniting for the first time Deutsche Grammophon, Polydor, HMV, Decca and Telefunken in one release. This... —
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Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Réédition
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Winner - Historical
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Je n'aime pas le classique, mais ça j'aime bien!
Alicia de Larrocha (piano), Nelly Kokinos (piano), Vladimir Spivakov (violin), Sergei, Steven Isserlis (cello), Xavier De Maistre (piano), Julian Bream (guitar), Johns Williams (guitar), James Galway (flute), Lorenzo Ghielmi (organ), Samuel Lipman & Leo Litwin (pianos), Martin Hoherman (xylophone),...
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Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge, Op. 85
RecommendedLuba Orgonasova (Seraph), Plácido Domingo (Jesus) & Andreas Schmidt (Petrus)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Rundfunkchor Berlin, Kent Nagano
Nagano is often very expressive… Both Fritz Wunderlich and Keith Lewis are more apt with their lighter, smoother, more beautiful voices… Orgonasova’s big, creamy, rounded voice provides its... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Backhaus's own transcriptions of the Serenade from Don Giovanni and the E flat Marche militaire of Schubert warrant pride of place…Technical display, as it were, is almost hidden, so that the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2019, Reissue/Archive of the Month
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Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge, Elegischer Gesang
Hanna-Leena Haapamäki, Jussi Myllys, Niklas Spångberg
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus Cathedralis Aboensis, Leif Segerstam
Segerstam’s sure pacing ensures that this performance never flags, while ensuring room to breathe in poetic moments…Jussi Myllys is an admirably clear-voiced Jesus, and Hanna-Leena Haapämaki... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
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These re-mastered radio recordings remind us what was lost when Fritz Wunderlich, the finest German tenor of the post-war period, died so young. —
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Diapason d’Or, December 2017, Collectionneur
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Concert of the Century
RecommendedIsaac Stern (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Vladimir Horowitz (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), The Oratorio Society
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, Lyndon Woodside
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Grammy Awards, 20th Awards (1977), Classical Album of the Year
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