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Brahms: Die schöne Magelone, Op. 33
Peter Schreier (tenor), Andras Schiff (piano), Gert Westphal (speaker)
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Herbert von Karajan conducts Mozart
ORF, Austrian Radio 1956
Clara Haskil (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
a lovely performance … Haskil is on superb form throughout, her playing notable for its purity of tone, clarity of line and beautifully shaped phrasing. Karajan is a most attentive accompanist,... —
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Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21
Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Barbara Sukowa (Sprechgesang), Marina Piccinini (flute), Anthony McGill (clarinet), Mark Steinberg (violin), Clemens Hagen (cello)
this new [recording] is clearly the work of someone who has thought about the peice for a long time. Her voice is ethereal, otherworldly, haunted. We feel the air from another planet. Anthony... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2015, DVD of the Month
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Special offer. Wagner: The Ring of the Nibelung (abridged)
Salzburger Marionettentheater
Puppeteers: Philippe Brunner, Edouard Funck, Heide Hölzl
Eva Wiener, Emanuel Paulus, Michaela Obermayr u.a.
Actors: Christiani Wetter, Tim Oberließen
Carl Philip von Maldeghem
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Richard Strauss: Don Quixote & Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Wen Xiao Zheng (viola) & Anton Barakhovsky (violin)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
It’s the Dvorak that’s the real draw here. The symphony’s rapturous reception – the genuine rapture of an audience bowled over and ablaze with joy – says it all. —
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (soprano), Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Wiener Singverein & The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst
It is the quality of humble devotion so germane to the work that distinguishes the sober but never staid conducting of Franz Welser-Möst. Pacing is well-nigh perfect…there are no extras, and... —
