Orfeo
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Building a Library, March 2016, Also Recommended
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The voice has body, especially in the upper middle register, and an exciting ring on top. —
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Opera, August 2008, Recording of the Month
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Johan Botha: Wiener Staatsoper Live
1997 - 2014: Beethoven, Wagner, Strauss
Johan Botha (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (Wolfram), Cheryl Studer (Elsa), James Rutherford (Sachs), Angela Denoke (Kundry), Marjana Lipovšek (Amme), Ricarda Merbeth (Daphne), Soile Isokoski (Ariadne), Valentina Nafornită (Najade), Rachel Frenkel (Dryade), Olga Bezsmertna (Echo), Daniela Fally (Zerbinetta)
Orchester...
The recorded sound is produced to a consistently pleasing quality, and one does sense the special atmosphere of the live performance. Live at Wiener Staatsoper, this first-rate collection is... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2017
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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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Special offer. Lady Macbeth von Mzensk
Angela Denoke (Katerina Lwowna Ismailowa), Kurt Rydl (Boris Timofejewitsch Ismailow), Marian Talaba (Sinowi Borissowitsch Ismailow), Misha Didyk (Sergej Fillipitsch), Thomas Kober (Mühlenarbeiter), Donna Ellen (Axinja), Marcus Pelz (Hausknecht · Wächter), Michael Roider (Der Schäbige), Hans Peter...
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[Arutiunian] Ott’s trumpet sound has a consistent, pleasing tonal quality throughout its range.[Desenclos] The range of expression is very wide, and there is some lovely and tender slow music... —
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Winner - Concerto
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Cesare Siepi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Rafaele Arié, Elisabeth Grümmer
Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler
This is an immensely and immediately impressive performance… Furtwängler's interpretation of Mozart's equivocal opera is fraught with suspense, menace and… tension. Tempos are often on the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2005, Historical Choice
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
RecommendedPlacido Domingo (Hoffmann), Catherine Malfitano (Olympia, Antonia and Giulietta), Ann Murray (Niklausse, Hoffmann's Muse), Jose van Dam(Lindorf, Coppélius, Miracle, Dapertutto), Rémy Corazza (Andrès, Cochenille, Frantz, Pitichinaccio), Kurt Rydl (Luther, Crespel), Jocelyne Taillon (Antonia's mother),...
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Building a Library, May 2015, First Choice
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Peter Seiffert (Tristan), Nina Stemme (Isolde), Janina Baechle (Brangäne), Stephen Milling (König Marke), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Kurwenal)
Wiener Staatsoper, Franz Welser-Möst
This new/old set is of absorbing interest for the conductor’s work with the score and the special strengths of his Isolde. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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Special offer. Wagner: Tannhäuser
Wolfgang Windgassen (Tannhäuser), Gré Brouwenstijn (Elisabeth), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Wolfram), Hertha Wilfert (Venus), Josef Greindl (Hermann)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orchestra, Andre Cluytens
This is a revelatory interpretation of a work which isn't easy to bring off. André Cluytens had taken over the musical direction at Bayreuth from Eugen Jochum at short notice, and he seems energised... —
