Opera
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Special offer. Nessler: Trompeter von Säkkingen
Hermann Prey, Franz Hawlata, Regina Klepper & Christoph Spath
WDR Rundfunkorchester Koln, Helmuth Froschauer
the folksy tale of the loyal trumpeter of Sackingen is attached to music of simple but genuine charm, appealingly delivered here. —
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Special offer. Zemlinsky: Der Kreidekreis
Renate Behle, Roland Hermann, Reiner Goldberg, Siegfried Lorenz & Celina Lindsley
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Stefan Soltesz
Zemlinsky's penultimate opera is surprisingly austere. Strong performances, but the lack of text and translations is disappointing as there's much spoken dialogue. —
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Marschner, H A: Der Vampyr
Jonas Kaufmann, Franz Hawlata, Regina Klepper & Thomas Dewald
WDR Rundfunkorchester Koln, Helmuth Froschauer
Kaufmann sings the hero to Hawlata's villain in this enjoyable account of Marschner's 1828 Gothic thriller, a work that influenced Wagner and which can still send a shiver down the spine. —
