Weber - Der Freischütz
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Special offer. Weber: Der Freischütz
RecommendedMaximilian Schmitt (Max), Polina Pasztircsák (Agathe), Kateryna Kasper (Ännchen), Dimitry Ivashchenko (Kaspar), Yannick Debus (Kilian), Matthias Winckhler (Kuno), Christian Immler (Hermit), Max Urlacher (Samiel)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, René Jacobs
If it all convinces that’s because Jacobs has an absolute instinct for Weber’s score. The horns of the Freiburger Barockorchester are almost a character in their own right in this Romantic opera... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th April 2022
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Record Review, 29th April 2022, Record of the Week
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Opera, July 2022, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Opera
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RecommendedLise Davidsen (Agathe), Andreas Schager (Max), Sofia Fomina (Ännchen), Alan Held (Kaspar), Markus Eiche (Ottokar), Franz-Josef Selig (Eremit)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony, MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Marek Janowski
It is carefully done, and due attention is paid to Weber’s inventive score, but the result is frankly pedestrian…There’s good singing here, led by Lise Davidsen’s sweet-toned Agathe, who sings... —
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Record Review, 26th October 2019, Disc of the Week
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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RecommendedChristine Brewer (Agathe), Sally Matthews (Ännchen), Lars Woldt (Kaspar), Simon O’Neill (Max), Stephan Loges (Ottokar/Zamiel), Martin Snell (Kuno), Gidon Saks (A Hermit), Marcus Farnsworth (Kilian), Lucy Hall (Bridesmaids)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
This is a sincere reading of the work, but sincerity should not be confused with a lack of sophistication. The orchestral textures are pristine, the tempos and colours bracing and plaintive,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th May 2013
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Weber: Der Freischütz
Hildegard Behrens, Rene Kollo, Peter Meven
Bayerischen Rundfunks Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik
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Luba Orgonasova, Erich Wottrich, Christine Schäfer, Wolfgang Holzmair
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Radio Chorus, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Francisco Araiza (Max), Karita Mattila (Agathe), Ekkehard Wlaschina (Kaspar), Siegfried Lorenz (Ottokar), Thomas Thomaschke (Kuno), Andreas Scheibner (Kilian), Kurt Moll (Hermit), Will Quadflieg (Zamiel), Eva Lind (Ännchen)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Sir Colin Davis
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Special offer. Edition Staatskapelle Dresden - Volume 27
Arno Schellenberg, Heinrich Pflanzl, Margarete Teschemacher, Elfride Trötschel, Kurt Böhme, Lorenz Fehenberger, Sven Nilsson, Kurt Wessely, Charlotte Krassel & Edith Dietrich
Dresden State Opera Chorus & Staatskapelle of Dresden, Karl Elmendorff
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Weber: Der Freischütz
Irmgard Seefried (Agathe), Rita Streich (Ännchen), Richard Holm (Max), Kurt Böhme (Kaspar), Eberhard Waechter (Ottokar), Paul Kuen (Kilian), Ernst Ginsberg (Zamiel), Walter Kreppel (Hermit), Albrecht Peter (Kuno)
Chor und Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum
A classic 1959 recording, impeccably conducted by Eugen Jochum and with several excellently characterised performances by leading German artists of the day. The sound registers as very good... —
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Weber: Der Freischütz
Alfred Poell, Heiner Horn, Rita Streich, Kurt Marschner, Hans Hopf, Max Proebstl, Elisabeth Grümmer, Kurt Böhme
Westdeutschen Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester, Westdeutschen Rundfunk Chor, Erich Kleiber
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