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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Bach - St. Matthew Passion & Mass in B Minor
Bach, J S: | St Matthew Passion, BWV244 Munich February 23, 1951 Hans Braun, Peter Pears, Hermann Uhde & Elisabeth Grümmer Mass in B minor, BWV232 Munich, June 9, 1955 Elisabeth Grümmer, Gertrude Pitzinger, Peter Pears & Hans Braun |
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Eugen Jochum | 
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| |  | Offenbach - Belle Nuit
Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo-soprano) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Ulf Schirmer The collection includes excerpts from well-known works such as Orpheus in the Underworld, La Périchole and La Belle Hélène. On this live recording from October 2007 in the Philharmonic Hall in Munich, she is accompanied by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Ulf Schirmer “A Bulgarian voice to blast you off your feet…Her vocal range is stunning” The Independent |
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Dorothea Röschmann, Bernarda Fink, Werner Güra & Christian Gerhaher Symphony Orchestra & Choir of the Bavarian Radio, Nikolaus Harnoncourt Das Paradies und die Peri tells the story of the Peri, a creature from Persian and Islamic mythology. She has been expelled from Paradise and tries to regain entrance by giving the gift that is most dear to heaven. Eventually, the Peri is admitted after bringing a tear from the cheek of a repentant old sinner who has been moved by a child praying. Live recording “Hugely popular in the 19th century, then hijacked as Nazi propaganda, this oratorio "for cheerful people" (Schumann's description) has been making something of a comeback. Adapted from Thomas Moore's perfumed oriental epic Lalla Rookh, it tells of a Peri's attempts to enter Paradise with a series of gifts.
The ultra-sentimental tale offered Schumann minimal scope for dramatic contrast. But the score has many beauties: shimmering, exotic choruses for the Nile spirits and houris, poignant solos for the eponymous heroine, and delicately imagined instrumental colours - so much for the cliché that Schumann was a dud orchestrator.
Nikolaus Harnoncourt rivals John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv) in his acute feeling for pacing and atmosphere, and his sympathetic handling of Schumann's potentially square rhythmic structures.
Chorus, orchestra and soloists could hardly be bettered, with Christoph Strehl a lyrically eloquent narrator and Dorothea Röschmann by turns tender and fierily intense as the questing heroine.” Richard Wigmore, Daily Telegraph, 28th June 2008 |
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Keith Lewis (tenor) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Colin Davis | | | Arthaus Musik - 102027 (DVD Video) Normally: £19.99 (£17.01 ex. VAT) Special: £14.99 (£12.76 ex. VAT) |
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Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Grace Hoffmann (alto), Albert Gassner (tenor), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Franz Crass (bass) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Rafael Kubelik Recorded live 1968.
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| |  | From the Herkulessaal in Munich 1984
Edith Mathis, Trudeliese Schmidt, Peter Schreier, Gwynne Howell The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Colin Davis | | | Arthaus Musik - 100449 (DVD Video) Normally: £19.99 (£17.01 ex. VAT) Special: £14.99 (£12.76 ex. VAT) |
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Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Richard Strauss - The Great Tone Poems
Strauss, R: | Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,Georg Solti Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti Don Juan, Op. 20 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti |
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| |  | Bruckner - Masses 1-3
Edith Mathis, Marga Schiml, Wieslaw Ochman, Karl Ridderbusch, Maria Stader, Claudia Hellman, Ernst Haefliger, Kim Borg Bavarian Radio Chorus & Symphony Orchestra, Eugen Jochum Judged to perfection, Jochum's mass series holds in exquisite balance the choral line, the perfect tempo and a keen feeling for the works' spiritual dimension - James Jolly, Gramophone 1000th issue | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Janacek - Piano Works
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