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Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 & Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
RecommendedBerliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Karajan's 1968 Prokofiev Fifth is a great performance.
Whenever one compares it with later versions inevitably the DG account holds its place at the top of the list. The analogue recording was... —Awards:
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Building A Library, January 2022, Also Recommended - Prokofiev
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Overall, these two musicians are so confident and polished, it ’s hard to see why the much-adored girl isn’t besotted with this robust, healthy, velvet-voiced lover with his equally smooth and... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
RecommendedMirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Robert Gambill
Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli
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Building a Library, April 2006, Modern Choice
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No point trying to fault anything: the lightness and flexibility of her touch takes the breath away, and her sound is at every moment transparently controlled, each piece displaying insight... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2012, Editor's Choice
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Dvorak: Requiem & Biblical Songs
RecommendedMaria Stader (soprano), Sieglinde Wagner (contralto), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Kim Borg (bass), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Jörg Demus (piano)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Karel Ancerl
an inspired performance of Dvorak's Requiem, which here emerges with fiery intensity...The passionate singing of the chorus is unforgettable and the German soloists not only make fine individual... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 'The Age of Anxiety'
RecommendedKrystian Zimerman (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
[Zimerman’s] is a very wise, very seasoned, poetic take on it and from his very first solo is possessed of a thoughtful ‘inwardness’. He finds the heartache and disillusionment between the notes... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th August 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Abdrazakov’s fine bass voice draws out the best in reflective pieces such as ‘D’Egitto la sui lidi’ from Nabucco and ‘Che mai vegg’io’ from Ernani…But he sometimes tends to sing the melody rather... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht & Pelleas und Melisande
RecommendedBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
This is a very distinguished coupling, superbly played by the BPO – a truly 'legendary' reissue, quite unsurpassed on record. Karajan never approached contemporary music with the innate radicalism... —
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Building A Library, June 2022, Also Recommended
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