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Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Felicity Palmer (sopranos), Elizabeth Laurence (mezzo-soprano), Michael George, John Tomlinson, Brindley Sherratt (basses), Ian Caley, Ian Kennedy, Gareth Roberts (tenors), Neil Howlett (baritone) BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Pierre Boulez | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Giuseppe Sinopoli conducts Berg, Schoenberg & Webern
Berg: | Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel' (1935) Reiko Watanabe (violin) Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments Reiko Watanabe (violin) & Andrea Lucchesini (piano) Lyric Suite for soprano and string quartet Alessandra Marc (soprano) 3 Wozzeck-Fragments Alessandra Marc (soprano) Lulu-Symphonie - Soprano and orchestra Alessandra Marc (soprano) Sieben frühe Lieder Orchestral version 1928 Juliane Banse (soprano) 5 Orchesterlieder nach Ansichtskartentexten von Peter Altenberg, Op. 4 Alessandra Marc (soprano) Der Wein Doborah Voigt (soprano) Drei Orchesterstücke, Op. 6 | Schoenberg: | Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21 Luisa Castellani (voice) & Andrea Lucchesini (piano) Erwartung, Op. 17 live recording Alessandra Marc (soprano) 6 Lieder for soprano and orchestra, Op. 8 Alessandra Marc (soprano) Accompaniment to a Cinematographic Scene, Op. 34 A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46 John Tomlinson (narrator) Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E major, Op. 9 Gurrelieder live from the Semper Opera, Dresden Deborah Voight, Jennifer Larmore, Bernd Weikl & Kenneth Riegel | Webern: | Im sommerwind (Idyl for large orchestra) (1904) Idyll after a poem by Bruno Wille Passacaglia for Orchestra, Op. 1 Six Pieces for Orchestra Op. 6 arr. For reduced orchestra 1928 Five Pieces for Orchestra Op. 10 Symphony, Op. 21 Concerto for Nine Instruments Op. 24 Variations for Orchestra, Op. 30 |
Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli This set shows the so-called bogey-men of the Second Viennese School, from their hyper Romantic height, through Expressionism and onto the more entertaining aspects of Serialism, as entertainers of a great order. The Nineteenth-Century heritage of Schubert, Brahms and Wagner are never far from Schoenberg, Berg and Webern in these 8 CDs, which concentrate on the earlier, more approachable (and often finest) products of three distinct composers, rather than any school. The performers reflect the composers' Romantic leanings here; Sinopoli bringing in artists at the height of their early careers: Deborah Voigt, Alessandra Marc and Juliane Banse. The ever-approachable Berg is seen at his kindest and Webern, a figure who looked as far back as he did forward is as finely tuned in Im Sommerwind as in the Op.21 Symphony – a simply and fascinating journey. Schoenberg is in full splendour, too. Sounding more like Mahler's heir than a prophet of total change. “In his highly compelling live recording, Sinopoli conducts a most sensuous reading of Gurrelieder, bringing out all it’s romantic voluptuousness… anyone who has ever thought of Schoenberg as cold should certainly hear this, magnetic from first to last…" Penguin Guide *** “It would be hard to imagine more romantic readings of Berg’s principal orchestral works than those under Giuseppe Sinopoli. The atonal arguments of Berg have never been presented more sinuously, cocooning the ear, helped by sumptuous playing and recording” Penguin Guide *** | 
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| |  | Puccini - The Legendary Recordings
Puccini: | Tosca Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Richard Van Allan, Italo Tajo, Michel Senechal, Paul Hudson, John Tomlinson & Walter Baratti London Opera Chorus, Wandsworth Boys Choir & National Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno La Bohème Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Rolando Panerai, Elizabeth Harwood, Nicolai Ghiaurov & Gianni Maffeo Schoneberger Sangerknaben, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Madama Butterfly Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Christa Ludwig, Robert Kerns, Michel Senechal & Marius Rintzler Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Manon Lescaut Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Dwayne Croft, Giuseppe Taddei, Ramon Vargas & Cecilia Bartoli Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, James Levine Turandot Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballe, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Peter Pears, Tom Krause, Francesco Poli, Piero de Palma & Sabin Markov John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta |
For the climax of the Puccini Year - The ultimate collection of the greatest recordings of his most popular operas! |
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Anthony Rolfe Johnson & John Tomlinson London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Franz Welser-Möst | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Martinu based on the novel by Nikos
Kazantzakis „Christ Recrucified“
John Mitchinson, Helen Field, John Tomlinson & Catherine Savory Prague Philharmonic Choir, Kühn Children´s Chorus & Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras Supraphon 1981 Sung in English, subtitles: Czech, German, French “Supraphon's film… was made for Czech Television… as a kind of outside broadcast, set around a real stone-built village and church. The recording still sounds sumptuous, the elision of certain segments has been done expertly and for those unfamiliar with Martinu's radiant score, this film - ending with the iconic image of the dead Manolios on the church steps, should prove a compelling and moving experience.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2008 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Opera Highlights - The Collector’s Edition
Beethoven: | Fidelio, Op. 72 (highlights) Libretto by Josef Sonnleithner & Friedrich Treitschke, after Bouilly Helga Dernesch, Jon Vickers, Karl Ridderbusch, Zoltan Kélémen, José Van Dam, Helen Donath, Horst R. Laubenthal, Werner Hollweg & Siegfried Rudolf Frese Berliner Philharmoniker & Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Herbert von Karajan | Bellini: | I Puritani (highlights) Libretto by Carlo Pepoli Montserrat Caballé, Alfredo Kraus, Matteo Manuguerra, Julia Hamari, Agostino Ferrin, Stefan Elenkov & Dennis O’Neill Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti Norma (highlights) Libretto by Felice Romani. Recorded live at the Ravenna Festival Jane Eaglen, Eva Mei, Vincenzo La Scola & Dimitri Kavrakos Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Riccardo Muti | Berlioz: | Les Troyens (highlights) Libretto by Berlioz, after Virgil’s Aeneid Régine Crespin, Guy Chauvet, Jane Berbié, Marie-Luce Bellary, Jean-Pierre Hurteau, Gérard Dunan & Lucien Vernet Fanfare du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Choeurs du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris & Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Georges Prêtre | Bizet: | Carmen (highlights) Libretto by Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy, after Mérimée Grace Bumbry, Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, Eliane Lublin, Viorica Cortez, Kostas Paskalis, Claude Meloni & Bernard Gontcharenko Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois, Choeurs du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris & Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Les Pêcheurs de Perles (highlights) Libretto by Eugène Cormon & Michel Carré Barbara Hendricks, John Aler, Gino Quilico & Jean-Philippe Courtis Choeurs de Capitole de Toulouse & Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson | Debussy: | Pelléas et Mélisande (highlights) Text from Maurice Maeterlinck’s play, adapted by Debussy Jacques Jansen, Victoria de Los Angeles, Gérard Souzay, Pierre Froumenty, Jeannine Collard, Françoise Ogéas & Jean Vieuille Choeurs Raymond St Paul & Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, André Cluytens | Delibes: | Lakmé (highlights) Libretto by Edmond Gondinet & Philippe Gille, after Loti Mady Mesplé, Danielle Millet, Charles Burles, Roger Soyer & Jean-Christophe Benoît Choeurs du Théâtre National De l’Opéra-Comique & Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra-Comique, Alain Lombard | Donizetti: | L'elisir d'amore (highlights) Libretto by Felice Romani, after Scribe Rosanna Carteri, Luigi Alva, Rolando Panerai, Giuseppe Taddei & Angela Vercelli Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, Tullio Serafin Lucia di Lammermoor (highlights) Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, after Scott Edita Gruberova, Alfredo Kraus, Renato Bruson, Robert Lloyd, Kathleen Kuhlmann, Bruno Lazzaretti & Bonaventura Bottone Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno | Gershwin: | Porgy and Bess (highlights) Libretto by Du Bose Heyward. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin, after Du Bose & Dorothy K. Heyward Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans, Cynthia Clarey, Bruce Hubbard, Harolyn Blackwell, Marietta Simpson, Gregg Baker, Barrington Coleman, Johnny Worthy, Mervin Wallace, Maureen Braithwaite, Autris Paige, Paula Ingram, Linda Thompson & Wayne Marshall Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle | Gluck: | Orfeo ed Euridice (highlights) Libretto by Ranieri de Calzabigi Agnes Baltsa, Margaret Marshall & Edita Gruberova Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti | Gounod: | Faust (highlights) Libretto by Jules Barbier & Michel Carré, after Goethe David Bell (organ), Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, r Thomas Allen, Michèle Command & Marc Vento Choeurs de l’Opéra National de Paris & Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris, Georges Prêtre Roméo et Juliette (highlights) Libretto by Jules Barbier & Michel Carré, after Shakespeare Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, José van Dam, Marie-Ange Todorovitch, Simon Keenlyside, Alain Fondary, Claire Larcher, Guy Fechter & Alain Vernes Choeur du Capitole de Toulouse & Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson | Handel: | Alcina (highlights) Anonymous libretto, after Ariosto Arleen Augér, Eiddwen Harrhy, Della Jones & Kathleen Kuhlmann Opera Stage Chorus & City of London Baroque Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | Leoncavallo: | Pagliacci (highlights) Libretto by Leoncavallo José Carreras, Renata Scotto, Kari Nurmela, Ugo Benelli & Thomas Allen Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Southend Boys’ Choir & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti | Mascagni: | Cavalleria Rusticana (highlights) Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti & Guido Menasci, after Verga Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Matteo Manuguerra, Julia Hamari & Astrid Varnay Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Southend Boys’ Choir & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti | Massenet: | Manon (highlights) Libretto by Henri Meilhac & Philippe Gille, after Prévost Ileana Cotrubas, Alfredo Kraus, Gino Quilico, Ghyslaine Raphanel, Colette Alliot-Lugaz, Martine Mahe & José van Dam Choeurs du Capitole du Toulouse & Orchestre du Capitole Toulouse, Michel Plasson Werther (highlights) Libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Millet & Georges Hartmann, after Goethe Alfredo Kraus, Tatiana Troyanos, Christine Barbaux, Matteo Manuguerra & Jules Bastin London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michel Plasson | Monteverdi: | L'Orfeo (highlights) Libretto by Alessandro Striggio Nigel Rogers, Patrizia Kwella, Emma Kirkby, Jennifer Smith, Catherine Denley, Guillemette Laurens, Mario Bolognesi, John Potter, Stephen Varcoe, Terry Edwards & Geoffrey Shaw London Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble & London Baroque, Nigel Rogers | Mozart: | Così fan tutte, K588 (highlights) Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. Recorded live at the Salzburg Festival Margaret Marshall, Agnes Baltsa, James Morris, Francisco Araiza, Kathleen Battle & José Van Dam Konzertvereinigung der Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384 (highlights) Libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie, after Bretzner Anneliese Rothenberger, Lucia Popp, Nicolai Gedda, Gerhard Unger & Gottlob Frick Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Philharmoniker, Josef Krips Le nozze di Figaro, K492 (highlights) Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, after Beaumarchais Thomas Allen, Kathleen Battle, Jorma Hynninen, Margaret Price, Ann Murray, Kurt Rydl, Mariana Nicolesco, Alejandro Ramirez, Ernesto Gavazzi, Patrizia Pace & Franco de Grandis Konzertvereinigung der Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti Die Zauberflöte, K620 (highlights) Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder Siegfried Jerusalem, Lucia Popp, Wolfgang Brendel, Roland Bracht, Edita Gruberova, Heinz Zednik & Brigitte Lindner Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink Don Giovanni, K527 (highlights) Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte William Shimell, Cheryl Studer, Carol Vaness, Samuel Ramey, Frank Lopardo, Natale de Carolis & Susanne Mentzer Konzertvereinigung der Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti | Mussorgsky: | Boris Godunov (highlights) Version by Rimsky-Korsakov. Libretto by Mussorgsky, after Pushkin & Karamzin Boris Christoff, Ana Alexieva, John Lanigan, Boris Christoff, Dimitr Ouzounov, Evelyn Lear, Nicolai Christov, Bojan Katzarsky, Vasil Benchev, Christina Hadjikoleva & Kina Kosseva Chorus of the National Opera of Sofia & Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, André Cluytens | Offenbach: | Les Contes d'Hoffmann (highlights) Libretto by Jules Barbier, after Hoffmann: Oeser edition Neil Shicoff, Ann Murray, Luciana Serra, Rosalind Plowright, Jessye Norman, José Van Dam, Robert Tear, Jocelyn Taillon, Marcel Vanaud, Dale Duesing & Thierry Dran Choeurs de l’Opéra National du Théâtre Royale de la Monnaie & Orchestre Symphonique de l’Opéra National du Théâtre Royale de la Monnaie, Sylvain Cambreling | Puccini: | La Bohème (highlights) Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica, after Murger Nicolai Gedda, Mirella Freni, Mario Sereni, Mario Basiola Jr., Paolo Montarsolo, Mariella Adani & Ferruccio Mazzoli Chorus of Rome Opera House & Orchestra of Rome Opera House, Thomas Schippers Madama Butterfly (highlights) Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica Victoria de los Angeles, Miriam Pirazzini, Jussi Björling, Mario Sereni, Piero de Palma & Antonio Sacchetti Coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma & Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Gabriele Santini Manon Lescaut (highlights) Libretto by Domenico Oliva & Luigi Illica, after Prévost Montserrat Caballé, Placido Domingo, Noël Mangin, Vicente Sardinero, Robert Lloyd & Delia Wallis Ambrosian Opera Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Bruno Bartoletti Tosca (highlights) Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica, after Sardou Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Andrea Velis, Renato Capecchi, Paul Hudson & Itzhak Perlman Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, James Levine Turandot (highlights) Libretto by Giuseppe Adami & Renato Simoni, after Gozzi Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Mirella Freni, Paul Plishka, Vicente Sardinero, Remy Corazza, Riccardo Cassinelli & Michel Sénéchal Maîtrise de la Cathédrale de Strasbourg, Choeurs de l’Opéra du Rhin & Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Alain Lombard | Rossini: | Guillaume Tell (highlights) Libretto by Étienne de Jouy & Hippolyte Bis, after Schiller Andréa Guiot, Nicolai Gedda & Ernest Blanc Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Alain Lombard Il barbiere di Siviglia (highlights) Libretto by Cesare Sterbini, after Beaumarchais Sherrill Milnes, Beverly Sills, Nicolai Gedda, Renato Capecchi, Ruggero Raimondi, Fedora Barbieri, Joseph Galiano & Michael Rippon John Alldis Choir & London Symphony Orchestra, James Levine | Saint-Saëns: | Samson et Dalila (highlights) Libretto by Ferdinand Lemain Rita Gorr, Jon Vickers, Ernest Blanc, Anton Diakov, Remy Corazza, Jacques Potier & Jean-Pierre Hurteau Choeurs René Duclos & Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Georges Prêtre | Strauss, R: | Der Rosenkavalier (highlights) Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal Kiri Te Kanawa, Kurt Rydl, Anne Sofie von Otter, Franz Grundheber, Barbara Hendricks, Claire Powell, Richard Leech & Alfred S?ramek Staatsopernchor Dresden & Staatskapelle Dresden, Bernard Haitink | Verdi: | Aida (highlights) Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Grace Bumbry, Mario Sereni, Ferruccio Mazzoli & Bonaldo Giaiotti Coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma & Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Zubin Mehta Il Trovatore (highlights) Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano Robert Merrill, Gabriella Tucci, Giulietta Simionato, Franco Corelli, Ferruccio Mazzoli, Luciana Moneta, Angelo Mercuriali & Mario Rinaudo Coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma & Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Thomas Schippers La Traviata (highlights) Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Dumas Beverly Sills, Nicolai Gedda, Rolando Panerai, Delia Wallis, Robert Lloyd, Mirella Fiorentini & Richard Van Allan John Alldis Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Aldo Ceccato La Forza del Destino (highlights) Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Giorgio Zancanaro, Dolora Zajic, Paul Plishka & Silvestro Sammaritano Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, Riccardo Muti Nabucco (highlights) Libretto by Temistocle Solera Matteo Manuguerra, Veriano Luchetti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Renata Scotto, Elena Obraztsova, Robert Lloyd, Kenneth Collins & Anne Edwards Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti Otello (highlights) Libretto by Arrigo Boito, after Shakespeare James McCracken, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gwyneth Jones, Piero de Palma, Florindo Andreolli, Alfredo Giacomotti, Anna di Stasio & Leonardo Monreale Ambrosian Opera Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Rigoletto (highlights) Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Nicolai Gedda, Cornell MacNeil, Reri Grist, Agostino Ferrin, Anna di Stasio, Limbania Leoni, Benito di Bella, Franco Ricciardi & Alfredo Giacomotti Coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma & Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli | Wagner: | Der Fliegende Holländer (highlights) Libretto by Wagner José Van Dam, Kurt Moll, Dunja Vejzovic, Peter Hofmann, Thomas Moser & Kaja Borris Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan The Ring (highlights) Libretto by Wagner James Morris, Andreas Schmidt, Peter Seiffert, Heinz Zednik, Marjana Lipov?sek, Julie Kaufmann, Silvia Herman, Susan Quittmeyer, Cheryl Studer, Reiner Goldberg, James Morris, Anita Soldh, Ruth Falcon, Ute Walther, Ursula Kunz, Silvia Herman, Margaretha Hintermeier, Carolyn Watkinson, Margartia Lilowa, Siegfried Jerusalem, Peter Haage, Kiri Te Kanawa, Eva Marton & John Tomlinson Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (highlights) Libretto by Wagner Theo Adam, Karl Ridderbusch, Eberhard Büchner, Horst Lunow, Geraint Evans, Zoltan Kélémen, René Kollo, Peter Schreier, Helen Donath & Ruth Hesse Chor der Staatsoper Dresden, Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert von Karajan Lohengrin (highlights) Libretto by Wagner René Kollo, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Siegmund Nimsgern, Dunja Vejzovic, Karl Ridderbusch & Robert Kerns Chor der Deutschen Oper, Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Parsifal (highlights) Libretto by Wagner Warren Ellsworth, Phillip Joll, Donald McIntyre, Waltraud Meier & William Mackie Chorus of Welsh National Opera & Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Reginald Goodall Tannhäuser (highlights) Libretto by Wagner Waltraud Meier, Klaus König, Lucia Popp, Bernd Weikl, Kurt Moll, Siegfried Jerusalem, Walton Grönroos, Donald Litaker & Rainer Scholze Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink Tristan und Isolde (highlights) Libretto by Wagner Helga Dernesch, Jon Vickers, Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry & Karl Ridderbusch Chor der Deutschen Oper, Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan | Weber: | Der Freischütz (highlights) Libretto by Friedrich Kind Elisabeth Grümmer, Lisa Otto, Karl Christian Kohn, Rudolf Schock, Wilhelm Walter Dicks & Fritz Hoppe Chor der Deutschen Oper, Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker, Joseph Keilberth |
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Das Rheingold John Tomlinson (Bass); Bodo Brinkmann (Baritone); Graham Clark (Tenor); Linda Finnie (Mezzo Soprano); Kurt Schreibmayer (Tenor); Eva Johansson (Soprano); Birgitta Svendén (Mezzo Soprano); Günter von Kannen (Baritone); Helmut Pampuch (Tenor); Matthias Hölle (Bass); Philip Kang (Bass); Hilde Leidland (Soprano); Annette Küttenbaum (Mezzo Soprano); Jane Turner (Mezzo Soprano) Die Walküre Matthias Hölle (Bass); Poul Elming (Tenor); Anne Evans (Soprano); Nadine Secunde (Soprano); John Tomlinson (Bass); Linda Finnie (Mezzo Soprano); Linda Finnie (Mezzo Soprano); Eva Johansson (Soprano); Ruth Floeren (Soprano); Shirley Close (Mezzo Soprano); Hitomi Katagiri (Mezzo Soprano); Eva-Maria Bundschuh (Soprano); Birgitta Svendén (Mezzo Soprano); Hebe Dijkstra (Mezzo Soprano) Siegfried Siegfried Jerusalem (Tenor); Graham Clark (Tenor); John Tomlinson (Bass); Günter von Kannen (Bass); Philip Kang (Bass); Anne Evans (Soprano); Birgitta Svendén (Alto); Hilde Leidland (Soprano) Götterdämmerung iegfried Jerusalem (Tenor); Bodo Brinkmann (Baritone); Philip Kang (Bass); Günter von Kannen (Bass); Anne Evans (Soprano); Eva-Maria Bundschuh (Soprano); Waltraud Meier (Mezzo Soprano); Birgitta Svendén (Alto); Linda Finnie (Mezzo Soprano); Ute Priew (Soprano); Hilde Leidland (Soprano); Annette Küttenbaum (Mezzo Soprano); Jane Turner (Alto) Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim Directed by Harry Kupfer, with designs by Hans Schavernoch
This legendary Bayreuth Festival production of Wagner’s 'Der Ring des Nibelungen', directed by Harry Kupfer, with designs by Hans Schavernoch, and conducted by Daniel Barenboim, is considered perhaps the finest video recording of these four operas ever made. For their innovative modernist staging, Kupfer and his team turned away from the work’s time of origin and located The Ring at a “road of history”, a meeting-place of past, present and future, which sets the scene for the story’s struggles of power and love. Barenboim’s authoritative yet highly responsive reading of the immense score and the extraordinary performances of the cast help to make this a truly memorable Ring. “If a cycle is going as well as the Harry Kupfer/Daniel Barenboim Ring was, the super-test of Götterdämmerung brings out the best in everyone… Barenboim manipulates his orchestra with Furtwänglerian virtuosity, huge rits, pauses and all, tailor-made to the stage drama. This is the strongest of Hohlfeld’s four Ring filmings. It captures the Fritz Lang-like atmosphere of terror that Kupfer gets from this work, and is at the right angles for the moving depiction of Siegfried’s death and funeral march…” Gramophone 2007 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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