Vocal, Lieder, Beethoven (composer)
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Lise Davidsen: Beethoven - Wagner - Verdi
RecommendedLise Davidsen (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder
Her voice reminds me now of Birgit Nilsson’s at the same stage, an Elsa and Sieglinde who is a Brünnhilde in waiting, with the same thrilling edge to her top register, though she isn’t lacking... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd April 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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A souvenir-document that all Schubert and Goerne/Brendel fanciers will itch to acquire. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2005, Finalist - Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2005, Disc of the Month
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Beethoven: Lieder & Bagatellen
Christoph Berner (fortepiano J. B. Streicher, 1847), Werner Güra (tenor)
Güra's noble and beautifully enunciated tenor recreates the sheer energy and spiritual struggle within the microcosm of Beethoven's songs…Berner's 1847 Streicher fortepiano captures well the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2015, Choral & Song Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Vocal Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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For youthful ardor I will still turn to Fritz Wunderlich in An die ferne Geliebte, yet this new release is the best Beethoven song recital I’ve heard, and it bids fair to be one of the treasures... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th March 2020
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2020, Nouveauté
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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The voice – a distinctive instrument offering a hint of Christian Gerhaher’s refined artlessness and some of the pleasingly acidic tang of Wolfgang Holzmair – changes according to the accompaniment:... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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Building a Library, September 2005, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Winner - Solo Vocal
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Christian Gerhaher: Ferne Geliebte (Distant Beloved)
Christian Gerhaher (baritone) & Gerold Huber (piano)
a recital of rare and compelling musical intelligence and integrity of response...But as well as the intellectual satisfaction of this recital, there is also the sheer delight of Gerhaher's... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Vocal Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2012, Editor's Choice
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The Record of Singing – The Very Best of Volumes 1-4
RecommendedFrom 1899 to the end of the 78 era: 1899-1952
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Historical
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Reissue
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Gramophone Awards, 1977, Winner - Historical
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Songs by Schubert’s friends and contemporaries
Eighty-one songs by forty composers who lived and worked during Schubert’s lifetime
Susan Gritton, Ann Murray, Stella Doufexis (soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Gerald Finley (bass) & Graham Johnson (piano)
Abetted by Johnson's lucid pianism, the singers nicely judge the scale and character of their allotted songs. Susan Gritton, her timbre, richer and more flavoursome than a decade ago, is equally... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2006, Editor's Choice
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