Strauss, R - Intermezzo, Op. 72
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New. Richard Strauss: Intermezzo
Philipp Jekal, Maria Bengtsson, Thomas Blondelle, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sir Donald Runnicles
It's difficult to account for the comedy's neglect. Done as well as it is here, with the entire cast entering into the spirit of the material, it simply lifts into the air. —
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Special offer. Strauss, R: Intermezzo, Op. 72
Simone Schneider, Markus Eiche, Martina Welschbach, Peter Nice, Sophie Mitterhuber, Brigitte Fassbaender
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmir
Schneider is a dusky voice, with effortlessly bright and nuanced top notes when necesssary...She plays down her character's overbearing quality, as any soprano must if Pauline/Christine's 'beautiful... —
Awards:
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Opera, February 2015, Recording of the Month
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Special offer. Richard Strauss: Intermezzo
Maria Bengtsson (Christine), Philipp Jekal (Robert Storch), Thomas Blondelle (Baron Lummer), Clemens Bieber (Stroh), Markus Brück (Notary), Nadine Secunde (His Wife)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sir Donald Runnicles,Tobias Kratzer
In short, unless you'd be too irritated by the updating and plot alterations, the result is sheer joy from start to finish, a top-notch realisation of one of the composer's lesser-known masterpieces. —
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Special offer. Strauss, R: Intermezzo, Op. 72
Hanny Steffek (Christine), Hermann Prey (Robert Storch), Ferry Gruber (Baron Lummer), Anny Felbermayer (Anna), Alfred Poell (Notar), Judith Hellwig (his wife), Waldeman Kmentt (Stroh), Oskar Czerwenka (Kommerzienrat), Alois Pernerstorfer (Justizrat) & Ludwig Welter (Kammersänger)
Choir...
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Special offer. Richard Strauss: Intermezzo
Maria Bengtsson (Christine), Philipp Jekal (Robert Storch), Thomas Blondelle (Baron Lummer), Clemens Bieber (Stroh), Markus Brück (Notary), Nadine Secunde (His Wife)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sir Donald Runnicles,Tobias Kratzer
In short, unless you'd be too irritated by the updating and plot alterations, the result is sheer joy from start to finish, a top-notch realisation of one of the composer's lesser-known masterpieces. —
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Special offer. Strauss, R: Intermezzo, Op. 72
Sung in English
Elisabeth Söderström (Christine), Marco Bakker (Storch), Richard Allfrey (Frantzl), Elizabeth Gale (Anna), Alexander Oliver (Baron Lummer), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Stroh), Thomas Lawlor (Der Notar)
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard
Alas, yet hooray all the same, that it has taken the loss of one of opera's loveliest personalities to lure this recording out of the Radio 3 archives...Söderström finally gets to pull out all... —
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