Melanie Diener
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'
RecommendedMelanie Diener, Julianne Banse, Lisa Larsson (sopranos), Yvonne Naef, Birgit Remmert (mezzos), Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor), Stephen Powell (baritone), Askar Abdrazakov (bass)
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Schweizer Chamber Choir, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, David Zinman
It sounds tall, wide and handsome in that wonderfully open Zinman way, and in the central development section he and his engineers ensure that we hear right into the texture, our ears led on... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2010, Featured
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Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Stephen O’Mara (tenor), Melanie Diener (sopano), Jennifer Lane (mezzo-soprano), David Wilson-Johnson (bass), Martyn Hill (tenor), Ernst Haefliger
Simon Joly Chorale, Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Craft
On the evidence of this superb performance we've quite clearly been underestimating Robert Craft. Precision and finely moulded detail are evident throughout, at least as clearly as in Chailly's... — More…
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Mahler: Complete Symphonies Melanie Diener (soprano - No. 2), Barbara Bonney (soprano - No. 4), Petra Lang (mezzo - Nos. 2 & 3), Jane Eaglen, Anne Schwanewilms, Ruth Ziesak (sopranos - No. 8), Sara Fulgoni, Anna Larsson (contraltos - No. 8), Ben Heppner (No. 8), Peter Mattei (baritone - No. 8), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass...
Chailly's strong, satisfying approach to Mahler, without eccentricity, is supported by the superb playing of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra throughout and the demonstration quality of the... — More…
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Melanie Diener, Petra Lang, Endrik Wottrich, Dietrich Henschel
Orchestre des Champs Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe
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Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Robert Dean Smith (Waldemar), Yvonne Naef (Waldtaube), Andreas Schmidt (Narrator), Melanie Diener (Tove), Ralf Lukas (Peasant), Gerhard Siegel (Klaus-Narr)
Bavarian Radio Chorus, Middle German Radio Choir Leipzig, South German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen
This 'Gurrelieder is grand opera. It might even be thought of as "modern Wagner" and, in fact, sounds more Wagnerian in terms of sound, styling, and phrasing than any reading I've heard. It... — More…
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Liszt: Die Legende von der Heiligen Elisabeth
Renatus Mészár, Dagmar Peckova, Mario Hoff, Melanie Diener & Alexander Guenther
Chor »Die Ameisenkinder« des Goethegymnasiums Weimar, Chor des Ungarischen Rundfunks & Staatskapelle Weima, Carl St. Clair
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen Jochen Schmeckenbecher (baritone), Julia Borchert, Katharina Kammerloher, Kismara Pessatti, Tomas Konieczny, Ricarda Merbeth (soprano), Christian Elsner (tenor), Iris Vermillion (mezzo-soprano), Günther Groissböck (bass), Timo Riihonen, Kor-Jan Dusseljee, Antonio Yang, Andreas Conrad, Maria Radner...
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Puccini: Le Villi
Mélanie Diener, Aquiles Machado, Ludovic Tézier, Sylvie David
Choeur de Radio France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Marco Guidarini
Puccini's first two operas may have been written before he came to full maturity, but they do not deserve the neglect that they have suffered on disc.
If the complications of Edgar detract from... — More…Downloads
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Schoenberg: Die glückliche Hand & works by Berg, Webern, Steuermann & Gielen
John Brocheler (baritone), Melanie Diener (soprano), Christiane Oelze (soprano)
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus, Anton-Webern-Chor Freiburg, Michael Gielen
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 & Totenfeier Melanie Diener (soprano), Petra Lang (mezzo)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
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