SWR Music
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[2013 performance] This isn’t a slow march to nowhere. Once you adjust, you find yourself hearing Mahler’s music as Celibidache might
have conducted it. An extreme treatment matches extreme... —Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Sergiu Celibidache Conducts Haydn and Tchaikovsky
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Sergiu Celibidache
Extremes of tempo characterised the performances of his later years, but in 1959, these were less pronounced, even if the opening Largo of Haydn’s Symphony No. 102 is on the stately side...It’s... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, Historical Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Historical
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Bruckner: Te Deum & Mass No. 3 in F Minor
Christina Landshamer (soprano), Sophie Harmsen, Daniel Behle (tenor), Franz-Josef Selig (bass), Erika Baikoff, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Matthew Rose (bass), SWR Vokalensemble, WDR Rundfunkchor, SWR Symphonieorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
This new version [of the Mass] by Pablo Heras-Casado features fine singing by the two radio choirs and four soloists. In particular, soprano Erika Baikoff impresses with her purity of tone and... —
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The SWR Vokalensemble’s atmospheric performance is sensitive to the minutiae of the dynamics, and the sound is bright and weighty. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral Recording of the Year
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Hans Rosbaud Conducts French Music
Monique Haas (piano), Südwestfunkorchester Baden-Baden, Hans Rosbaud
The transfers are more than satisfactory. An extremely fine collection, much to be recommended, and not only to the aficionado. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Historical
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Kirill Kondrashin conducts Mahler Symphony No. 6
Südwestfunk Orchestra Baden-Baden., Kirill Kondrashin
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Diapason d’Or, June 2018, Réédition
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Special offer. Bloch: Works For Piano & Orchestra
Jenny Lin (piano)
SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, Jiří Stárek
Bloch’s style is far-reaching, from the laconic Concerto Grosso No. 1 to the Prokofievian fizz of the Concerto symphonique. Lin’s performances are precise and engaging. —
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Schnittke’s Concerto is among his mostrecorded works, this latest version from the SWR Vocal Ensemble and Principal Conductor Yuval Weinberg closer in tonal accuracy and textural clarity to... —
