BR Klassik
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Mariss Jansons conducts Richard Strauss
RecommendedThe 100th release of BR-KLASSIK Label!
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
Live recordings…with character and excitement. The Alpine Symphony storm is impressively gutsy. —
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Building A Library, November 2021, Also Recommended - Eine Alpensinfonie
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Puccini: I Canti - Orchestral Songs & Works
RecommendedCharles Castronovo (tenor), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ivan Repušić
The most worthwhile element of this collection is the vocalism of American Charles Castronovo, whose tonal qualities are as Italianate as his name and who is in easy command of his appealing... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th January 2024
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Solo Vocal Recording of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Sally Matthews (soprano), Gerhild Romberger (contralto), Mark Padmore (tenor), Gerald Finley (bass)
Chor und Symphonieorchester der Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink
This is a big, impressive performance of the Ninth that will appeal to any listener who wants their Beethoven served up that way. Haitink’s admirers, it goes without saying, will not want to... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (Romberger)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year (Padmore)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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New. Brahms: Variationen über ein Thema von Joseph Haydn and extracts from the rehearsal
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Herbert Blomstedt
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André Caplet: Le Miroir de Jésus (The Mirror of Jesus)
Anke Vondung (mezzo-soprano), Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Howard Arman
It’s ravishingly played and sung by Howard Arman’s Bavarian forces – taut without being tense, subtle without being unclear, and luminous in its lyricism and warmth. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Winner - Choral
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Holst: The Planets
Frauenchor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Harding
It's thrilling stuff, all tightly marshalled by Harding, though at times that control holds back the work ’s surging energ y. But it’s a small criticism —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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The baritone’s voice, not a large, juicy or powerful instrument, is helped by the engineers (in performance, balance can be a major issue with these arrangements), allowing us to hear plenty... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Vocal Recording of the Year
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[Jansons's] concern with clean, lean but intense articulation is just what is needed...[He] pays a lot of attention to structure, and only puts on the brakes or accelerates where Tchaikovsky... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2011, Orchestral Choice
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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
Christina Landshamer (soprano), Anke Vondung (mezzo-soprano), Kenneth Tarver (tenor) & Andreas Wolf (bass-baritone)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Concerto Köln, Peter Dijkstra
This is a classy, large-scale Bach, a live recording with real depth and passion. The choral singing and orchestral playing both possess tremendous heft and shape – the Gloria, in particular,... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Beethoven: The Symphonies
and reflections
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
Jansons adopts...an approach which takes into consideration the historically informed approach of the last 30 years, but is still aware of what performances were like in the great German tradition...If... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2013, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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