Orfeo
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Special offer. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
Stephen Gould (Der Kaiser), Camilla Nylund (Die Kaiserin), Wolfgang Koch (Barak, der Farber), Nina Stemme (Die Farberin), Evelyn Herlitzius (Die Amme), Sebastian Holecek (Geisterbote)
Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann
Stemme is focussed and expressive, and if Koch sometimes seems underpowered, that is only through comparison to her. Herlitzius is similarly impressive, and she and Stemme are sufficiently distinct... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2020, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Opera
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New. Echoes of My Childhood
Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Irina Zahharenkova (piano), Anderson Fiorelli
Childhood revisited with flair, playfulness and abiding affection. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2026, Editor's Choice
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Müller-Schott has the technique to project the disc’s multitude of moods and to move seamlessly from virtuosity to sensuousness and back again...The Saint-Saëns Concerto is a joy from start... —
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Record Review, 25th September 2021, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Concerto
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Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier
Brigitte Fassbaender (Octavian), Claire Watson (Marschallin), Karl Ridderbusch (Ochs), Lucia Popp (Sophie), Benno Kusche (Faninal), Annelie Waas (Marianne), David Thaw (Valzacchi), Margarethe Bence (Annina) & Gerhard Unger (Italian singer)
Bavarian State Opera, Carlos Kleiber
This performance from 1973 is notable for its extraordinary textural clarity, in this densest of scores, and its rhythmic vitality. The vocal hero of the occasion is Brigitte Fassbaender as... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Archive
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2009, Editor's Choice
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Duo Sessions: Julia Fischer & Daniel Müller-Schott
Julia Fischer (violin) & Daniel Müller-Schott (cello)
There’s plenty to enjoy here —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, Chamber Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Chamber Music
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Liszt: Années de pélerinage; Première année - Suisse & Légende 2
RecommendedFrancesco Piemontesi (piano)
Piemontesi’s pianism can hold its own alongside anyone’s in terms of absolute technical facility. He also has a special affinity with the lyrical directness in Liszt’s idiom…You can’t really... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th June 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Fritsch’s Mozart is a sheer delight. This is no bland essay of the usual suspects painted in anonymous colours but a vivid portrait gallery of characters that Fritsch has actually played on... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Recital
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Antal Doráti: Der Künder
Tomasz Konieczny (bass-baritone), Marek Gasztecki, Joo-Hoon Shin, Michael Schade (tenor), Mi-Young Kim, Yuval Oren, Tomasz Koneiczny, Yoval Oren, Rachel Frenkel, Makar Pihura, Ron Silberstein, Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Teatr Wielki Choir in Poznán, Martin Fischer-Dieskau
Dorati was no Handel, as he would have readily admitted. For its individual synthesis of 20th-century styles, and abruptly uncovered moments of beauty, the piece is nevertheless well worth investigation. —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year (Konieczny)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Young Talent (Frenkel)
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Eugen Engel: Grete Minde
Raffaela Lintl, Anna Skryleva, Magdeburgische Philharmonie, Jadwiga Postrożna, Zoltan Nyari, Opernchor des Theaters Magdeburg, Johannes Wollrab, Benjamin Lee, Na’ama Shulman, Karina Repova, Paul Sketris, Jan Arik Redmer, Johannes Stermann, Kristi Anna Isene, Marko Pantelić, Frank Heinrich
The world premiere performance by the Magdeburg Theater is excellent. Soprano Raffaela Lintl brings a radiant voice and dramatic intensity to the title role. Tenor Zoltán Nyári is convincing... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera Recording of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - World Premiere Recording of the Year
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