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Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alfredo Simonetto, Ernest Bour | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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Paul Schöffler (baritone) | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Grand Opera
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| |  | Munich Opera Gala
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Recorded in Munich in 1966 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Great Organ Classics
Virtuoso sounds from the King of Instruments! Famous toccatas by Bach and Widor frame an album of fast and furious organ music interspersed with gentle melodies from great organists of the past. Martin Souter presents the magnificent organ of Winchester cathedral in a thrilling sonic spectacular. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival, Germany, in 2008.
Endrik Wottrich (Siegmund), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde), Albert Dohmen (Wotan), Linda Watson (Brünnhilde), Kwangchul Youn (Hunding), Michelle Breedt (Fricka), Sonja Mühleck (Gerhilde), Anna Gabler (Ortlinde), Simone Schröder (Schwertleite), Edith Haller (Helmwige), Wilke te Brummelstroete (Siegrune), Annette Küttenbaum (Grimgerde), Manuela Bress (Rossweisse) Bayreuther Festspiele Chorus & Bayreuther Festspiele Orchestra, Christian Thielemann (director) & Tankred Dorst (director) Recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival in 2008, this is the second part of Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle. Christian Thielemann, one of the most sought-after conductors in the world, takes the baton with the Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra. “ ... there is no doubt that this year's Ring at Bayreuth belongs to... Thielemann... [who] creates a musical experience epic in its scale and inexorable in its apocalyptic, shattering power.” The Guardian “Thielemann’s conducting again creates the opera’s unique mystery… The first scene between Sieglinde, Siegmund and Hunding is really dramatic with Eva-Maria Westbroek’s vividly sung Sieglinde, Kwangchul Youn’s fine Hunding and Endrik Wottrich’s Seigmund now dramatically developed. …the wholeness of music, performance and human joy and suffering leaves the audience deeply moved and passionately enthusiastic.” The Stage | | | (also available to download from $24.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Jonas Kaufmann’s sensational role debut as Wagner’s Lohengrin was the talk of the 2009 Munich Festival. Filmed in high-def widescreen, Jonas Kaufmann’s bow as Lohengrin is a logical follow-up to the success of his German arias album (4781463), described by Hugh Canning in International Record Review as “one of the vocal records of the year [2009], if not the decade” His sound, a unique combination of torrid sensuality and radiant, crystalline purity, serves a musico-dramatic intelligence that makes a unity of Lohengrin’s often difficult to reconcile heroic and lyric elements. No wonder La Scena Musicale saluted Jonas Kaufmann “. . . the finest Heldentenor since Jon Vickers . . .” Partnered by Anja Harteros – per The Opera Critic, “an exceptional Elsa” – Kaufmann heads a stellar cast conducted by Kent Nagano “Nothing clutters Jones’s focus on the opera’s heart...When Kaufmann’s tenor dips to pianissimo for the Grail narrative, we’re putty in his hands. Physically noble and charismatic, subtly acting and interacting, he’s never a star on a pedestal...Nagano adopts a refreshingly temperate approach, avoiding juggernaut blasts but delighting in details and phrasing.” The Times, 21st May 2010 **** “Richard Jones's and designer Ultz's stage, set in the 1930s, shows an autocratic country where the law is preluded by military fanfares and announced by a single speaker (the Herald). The young cast is led superbly by Jonas Kaufmann and Anja Harteros.” Gramophone Magazine, July 2010 “This is the Lohengrin voice of dreams; both romantic and heroic, with a gentle, well-nourished warmth, capable of a perfectly graduated diminuendo...a major contribution is no doubt made by Kent Nagano's sympathetic conducting and the fine playing of his Munich orchestra.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2010 “Without question, the musical performance is very good, and in the case of the title role, sung by Jonas Kaufmann, I would say it is perfect, and easily the best account of this tricky role I have ever heard. Kaufmann is also noble-looking, handsome and acts with natural grace and conviction...Kent Nagano is the often inspired and at all times fine conductor.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2010 **** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Gramophone Awards 2010
Gramophone Magazine
