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Special offer. Verdi: Macbeth
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Macbeth), Peter Lagger (Banco), Grace Bumbry (Lady Macbeth), Bozena Ruk-Focic (Dama), Ermanno Lorenzi (Macduff), Francisco Lazaro (Malcolm) & Alois Pernerstorfer (Medico)
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Kammerchor der Salzburger Festspiele & Wiener Philharmoniker,...
Though the title-role brings a gruff weight to Fischer-Dieskau's lower range, his innate vocal refinement is bound to make Macbeth a bit more regal, while his Lieder-influenced readings give... —
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 & Missa solemnis (Live)
Helen Donath (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano), Horst Rüdiger Laubenthal (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass), Peter Schreier (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelík
Immediately establishes itself among the front-runners for a stereo Ninth which, although analogue, sounds wholly excellent…but what makes this double-pack unmissable is Kubelik’s inspired 1977... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2019, Reissue/Archive of the Month
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Verdi: Macbeth
RecommendedSherrill Milnes (Macbeth), Christa Ludwig (Lady Macbeth), Karl Ridderbusch (Banquo), Carlo Cossutta (Macduff), Gildis Flossman (Dama) & Ewald Aichberger (Malcolm)
Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm
Lady Macbeth has rarely seemed more of a Lady than in Ludwig’s hands on this live 1970 recording from Vienna – her arch-manipulator is regal, elegant and icily pragmatic right up until the final... —
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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Schumann: Spanische Liederspiel & Brahms: Liebeslieder-Walzer
Edith Mathis (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Peter Schreier (tenor), Walter Berry (baritone), Paul Schilhawsky (piano), Erik Werba (piano)
Salzburger Festspiele, 25. August 1974
The historical value is undeniable and of considerable musical value as well. —
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Diapason d’Or, June 2019, Collectionneur
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Julia Varady sings Wagner
RecommendedJulia Varady (soprano)
Deutsches Symphonieorchester Berlin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
This is a truly riveting recital of Wagner from Varady (magnificent singing) and Fischer- Dieskau. Varady's reading of the Wesendonk Lieder is remarkable, enthralling. There's nothing here of... —
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Building a Library, September 2017, First Choice
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Skride’s championship of a fellow Latvian [Eduard Erdmann] is welcome, but she is unpartisan and brings the same affection and sense of authority to his music as the rest of the programme. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Special offer. Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621
Werner Hollweg (Tito), Carol Neblett (Vitellia), Catherine Malfitano (Servilia), Tatiana Troyanos (Sesto), Anne Howells (Annio), Kurt Rydl (Publio)
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine
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Diapason d’Or, December 2017, Nouveauté
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Special offer. Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Sena Jurinac (Butterfly), Ermanno Lorenzi (Pinkerton), Kostas Paskalis (Sharpless), Hilde Rössel-Majdan (Suzuki) & Gundula Janowitz (Kate Pinkerton)
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Berislav Klobucar
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Building a Library, March 2016, Also Recommended
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
George London (Dutchman), Josef Greindl (Daland), Leonie Rysanek (Senta), Fritz Uhl (Erik), Res Fischer (Mary), Georg Paskuda (Steuermann)
Bayreuther Festspiele, Wolfgang Sawallisch
A blistering mono performance live from Bayreuth. Wolfgang Sawallisch takes no musical prisoners as Leonie Rysanek tears through Senta, all but incinerating George London’s Dutchman. —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2018, Reissue/Archive of the Month
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