Orfeo
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Alison Hargan (soprano), Marjana Lipovšek (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Moser (tenor), Matthias Hölle (bass), Wiener Singverein, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen
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Gustav Mahler: Das Klagende Lied
Brigitte Poschner-Klebel (soprano), Marjana Lipovsek (mezzo-soprano), David Rendall (tenor), Manfred Hemm (baritone), Wiener Singakademie, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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Hindemith: Clarinet Concerto, Clarinet Quartet & Clarinet Sonata
Sharon Kam (clarinet), Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Cohen, Enrico Pace (piano)
The couplings are, to my mind, even finer than the concerto…I do not know of a stronger rival for the Quartet currently available. —
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Chamber Music
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Sofia Gubaidulina - Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello and Bayan & Rejoice! for Violin and Cello
Baiba Skride (violin), Harriet Krijgh (cello), Elsbeth Moser (bayan), NDR Radiophilharmonie, Andrew Manze
Those who want the Triple Concerto cannot go wrong with this Orfeo album, Andrew Manze securing a fearless response from the NDR Radiophilharmonie to make one hope he will tackle other contemporary... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Special offer. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Grace Hoffmann (alto), Josef Traxel (tenor), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Erik Sædén (baritone), Fritz Uhl (tenor), Josef Greindl (bass), Hermann Winkler (tenor), Egmont Koch (baritone)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Wolfgang Sawallisch
Nilsson is heard at a pre-Wieland staging of her Isolde – more flashily indulgent (the tope notes are presented as big events) but already loving and passionate in a unique way (try ‘Tod uns... —
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Every detail of Tchaikovsky's intricate and inventive score is captured in this live recording made in Symphony Hall's superb acoustic, with the CBSO players on top of their game. This is, more... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, Disc of the month
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R. Strauss: Four Last Songs
RecommendedAnne Schwanewilms (soprano), with Jutta Böhnert (Sophie) & Regina Richter (Octavian)
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Markus Stenz
There’s some wonderful singing [in the Capriccio extract]...She’s also excellent as Arabella. At the start of the solo her singing is touching and with a hint of vulnerability to it. Later...she... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th July 2012
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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Margaret Price (Fiordiligi), Brigitte Fassbaender (Dorabella), Peter Schreier (Ferrando), Wolfgang Brendel (Guglielmo), Reri Grist (Despina), Theo Adam (Don Alfonso)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Staatsoper, Wolfgang Sawallisch
The cast is stellar. Margaret Price's studio Cosi, made seven years earlier, finds her in wonderful form but greatly handicapped by Klemperer's marmoreal tempos. Here, however, she sounds interpretatively... —
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 & Brahms: Haydn-Variations, Symphony No. 3
Géza Anda (piano)
Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Knappertsbusch
Wonderfully characteristic late Hans Knappertsbusch performances: broad, flexible, the fruits of a lifetime’s devotion to the Viennese classics. The Beethoven concerto with Géza Anda is especially... —
