Orfeo
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The singer is in good voice throughout and her technique is enviable as ever. —
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K 620 (Live)
Friederike Sailer (soprano), Hetty Plümacher (mezzo-soprano), Sieglinde Wagner (alto), Léopold Simoneau (tenor), Walter Berry (bass-baritone), Lisa Della Casa (soprano), Karl Donch (baritone), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Kurt Böhme (bass), Erich Majkut (tenor), Alfred Jerger (baritone), Erika Köth...
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 'Scottish' & Widmann: 180 Beats per minute, Fantasie
Irish Chamber Orchestra, Jörg Widmann
On paper, the programme planning seems incongruous, since there appears to be no obvious stylistic connection between the two composers. Yet in practice, the contrasts work surprisingly well... —
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Bartók: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
György Sándor (piano), Annie Fischer (piano)
Wiener Symphoniker, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Végh Quartett, Camerata Academica des Mozarteum Salzburg, Sándor Végh, Rafael Kubelik
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ORFEO 40th Anniversary Edition: 40 Ultimate Recordings
Carl Seemann, Rudolf Serkin, Gerhard Oppitz, Boris Pergamenschikow, Pavel Gililov, Dieter Klöcker, Luigi Magistrelli, Oleg Maisenberg, Baiba Skride, Lauma Skride, Daniel Müller-Schott, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Bruno Canino, Konstantin Lifschitz, Michael Rische, Arabella Steinbacher, Agnes Baltsa, Pavol...
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Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, K. 622 - Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 - Widmann: Drei Schattentänze
Jörg Widmann (clarinet)
Peter Ruzicka
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Edvard Grieg: the Cello Works - Transcriptions and Songs
Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Herbert Schuch (piano)
Müller-Schott has chosen a quintet of unrelentingly dark songs but this is apt for such an acutely dramatic programme. All five songs are astonishingly beautiful, but my favourite is ‘Den Forældreløse’... —
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Lifschitz's dry-ish Bechstein clarifies the intricacies of Bach's counterpoint. He picks out fugal and imitative entries subtly but clearly, effectively analysing the contrapuntal miracles for... —
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Braunfels: Te Deum, Op. 32
Gitta-Maria Sjöberg & Lars-Erik Jonsson
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Swedish Radio Choir & Swedish Radio Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
