Naxos
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Here is another, indeed the next-to-last, release in the complete Bruckner Symphony edition conducted by the late Georg Tintner. Again avoiding the extremes of imperial grandeur or deeply religious... —
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Special offer. Mayr: David in spelunca Engaddi
David, a shepherd, son of Jesse from Bethlehem… Merit Ostermann (mezzo-soprano), Saul, first king of Israel…Cornelia Horak (soprano), Michol/Michal, his daughter…Ai Ichihara (soprano), Jonathas/Jonathan, his son, Phalti, adviser to the king… Sibylla Duffe (soprano), Abner, commander of the king’s...
This performance sounds like everyone has come together for the avowed purpose of rescuing Simon Mayr from the clutches of anonymity. The energy never flags…courtesy of Herr Hauk. The period... —
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Fassbender is an understanding, sympathetic and, above all, straightforward guide to this music. The recording… deserves hearing for both its interesting juxtaposition of repertoire and the... —
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Onuté Narbutaité: no yesterday, no tomorrow
Jovita Vaskeviciute (mezzo-soprano) & Tomas Pavilionis (tenor)
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee
A poet and painter as well as a composer, [Narbutaite] is visceral and evocative rather than ‘pure’ and abstract…All three works, captured in atmospheric sound, are vividly performed by the... —
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Special offer. Daron Hagen: Orson Rehearsed
Omar Mulero (tenor), Robert Frankenberry (tenor), Robert Orth (baritone), Peter Marshall (piano), Daron Aric Hagen, Fifth House Ensemble, Roger Zahab
It’s a hectic 60 minutes with a tendency to cliché (‘we are all alone’) and codmetaphysics (‘eye equals I’). But the collage of ragtime, synth effects and post-romantic arioso engages. —
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Marvellous Mezzo-soprano and Contralto
Best-Loved Opera Arias
Marjana Lipovsek (mezzo-soprano), Michelle Breedt (mezzo-soprano), Ewa Podles (contralto), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Nidia Palacios (contralto), Sonia Ganassi (mezzo-soprano), Sonia Prina (alto), Lyudmila Shemchuk (mezzo-soprano), Barbara Dever (mezzo-soprano), Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano),...
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Beethoven the 5th: 13 Times the Same and 13 Times Different
Konstantin Scherbakov (piano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Pro Musica Orchestra, SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Hanover Band, SWR Symphonieorchester, Kölner Kammerorchester, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Danish Chamber Orchestra, Dresdner...
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Albrecht Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Songs for Lena
Julianne Baird (soprano), Ryan de Ryke (baritone), Eva Mengelkoch (piano)
