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(Siegfried) Wolfgang Windgassen, (Brünnhilde) Astrid Varnay, (Wanderer) Hans Hotter, (Alberich) Gustav Neidlinger, (Mime) Paul Kuen & (Erda) Maria von Ilosvay Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth These 'live' Bayreuth performances were taped by a Decca team led by Peter Andry and including the noted engineers Kenneth Wilkinson and Roy Wallace, with Gordon Parry as assistant. Using a new six-channel mixer designed by Wallace, the team made both stereo and mono recordings of each opera. Three microphones were placed in the sunken orchestra pit and three hung from a lighting bridge about 20 feet above the stage. "This was brilliant; it worked beautifully", remembers Wallace. The company prepared for an expected release, but John Culshaw, recently returned to Decca, vetoed the project. He disliked 'live' recordings and already had plans for a studio Ring with Solti which began four years later. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Schubert: | Bei dir allein, D866/2 Abendbilder, D650 Himmelsfunken, D651 Dass sie hier gewesen! D775 (Rückert) Drang in die Ferne, D770 Am Fenster, D878 Auf der Bruck, D853 Des Fischers Liebesgluck, D933 (Leitner) Der Winterabend (Es ist so still), D938 Das Zugenglocklein D871 (Seidl) Alinde, D904 Fischerweise, D881 (Schlechta) Im Abendrot, D799 Der Musensohn, D764 (Goethe) Du bist die Ruh D776 (Rückert) Greisengesang, D778 Willkommen und Abschied, D767 |
Christian Gerhaher (baritone) & Gerold Huber (piano) “An exhilarating recital from this superb lieder singer” Gramophone | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Kari Kriikku (clarinet) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (World première recording) “A marvellous vehicle for the amazing virtuosity of clarinettist Kari Krikku, this is a shiny, sophisticated, nostalgic cultural artefact….a stunning disc” BBC Music Magazine *****/***** “Lindberg composed his Clarinet Quintet for Kriikku in 1992, and it is hard to imagine that this fabulously attractive work would ever have appeared without him to play it so brilliantly.” The Guardian Classical CD of the Week***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Karol Szymanowski - Works For Solo Piano
Piotr Anderszewski (piano) “Anderszewski out-classes his rivals in his Szymanowski recital” BBC Music Magazine, Proms Issue 2005  BBC Music Magazine
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René Pape, Erika Miklósa, Dorothea Röschmann & Christoph Strehl Mahler Chamber Orchestra & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Claudio Abbado  CD Review
Critics Disc of the Year - December 2006 |
BBC Music Magazine Disc of the month - June 2006 |
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Gerald Finley (baritone) BBC National Chorus of Wales & BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Recorded live at the Glyndebourne Opera House, East Sussex, on 14th & 17th August 2005.
Sarah Connolly, Angelika Kirchschlager, Danielle de Niese, Christophe Dumaux, Patricia Bardon, Christopher Maltman & Rachid Ben Abdeslam The Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, William Christie (conductor) & David McVicar (stage director) David McVicar’s production of Giulio Cesare manages to combine serious insight with entertainment, bringing Handel’s masterpiece to life in a powerful, convincing and highly intelligent way. In every line of the complex narrative the subtle nuances are apparent, reflecting perfectly the transparent and exquisite nature of Handel’s musical expression. Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true surround sound, the outstanding singing of the all-star cast, led by a superb Sarah Connolly, and the vivid playing of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under the energising baton of William Christie reveal the colour and dramatic character of Handel’s music in a most delightful manner. ‘…a production with performances to savour, led from the pit by William Christie and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment on stylish form. Sarah Connolly… gave a ‘complete’ performance full of intelligence and subtlety. Danielle de Niese stole the show as a wily, fun-filled sex kitten who renders men helpless with her irresistible charms.’ Opera Now Specials:
"Entertainment is not a Dirty Word" - documentary about the opera including interviews with William Christie, David McVicar and the cast.
"Danielle de Niese & the Glyndebourne experience" - an informal portrait of Danielle de Niese in her first-ever Glyndebourne season.
PICTURE FORMAT: 16:9
LENGTH: 295 Mins
SOUND: DTS SURROUND / LPCM STEREO
SUBTITLES: EN/FR/DE/ES/IT
BBC Music Magazine DVD Choice - June 2006 |
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Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini “Alessandrini has opened a window on to Bach's music and let a refreshing current of air run through it” BBC Music Magazine, 1st November 2005 BBC Music Magazine Disc of the month - November 2005 |
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| Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Berliner Philharmoniker, Antonio Pappano | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Rosemary Joshua, Emma Bell, Lawrence Zazzo, Jeremy Ovenden, Gidon Saks, Michael Slattery, Finnur Bjarnason & Henry Waddington RIAS-Kammerchor & Concerto Köln, René Jacobs "a must for all Handelians..by a whisker, surely the Saul to have on your shelves " Hugh Canning, IRR “A highly charged account of one of the greatest of all English language music dramas” BBC Music Magazine, 1st October 2005 BBC Music Magazine Disc of the month - October 2005 |
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| |  | David Oistrakh - Violin Concertos
Bartók: | Violin Concerto No. 1, BB48a, Sz 36 | Beethoven: | Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 | Bruch: | Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 | Chausson: | Poème for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 25 | Dvorak: | Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 | Glazunov: | Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82 Mazurka-Oberek in D major for violin and rochestra | Hindemith: | Violin Concerto | Kabalevsky: | Violin Concerto in C major, Op. 48 | Lalo: | Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 | Mendelssohn: | Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 | Miaskovsky: | Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 44 | Prokofiev: | Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19 | Ravel: | Tzigane | Shostakovich: | Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99 Violin Concerto No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 129 | Sibelius: | Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 | Stravinsky: | Violin Concerto in D | Szymanowski: | Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 | Taneyev: | Suite de Concert Op. 28 | Tchaikovsky: | Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 |
David Oistrakh (violin) (Various orchestras) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Veronique Gens - Tragediennes 1French Operatic Tragedies
Campra: | Mes yeux, fermez-vous à jamais from Carnaval de Venise | Gluck: | Dieux puissants que j'atteste… Jupiter, lance la foudre from Iphigénie en Aulide Enfin, il est en ma puissance from Armide | Leclair: | Ouverture, Et toi, dont les embrasements… Noires divinités & Brillante fille de Latone from Scylla et Glaucus | Lully: | Ouverture, Enfin il est en ma puissance, Venez, venez, Haine implacable & Passacaille from Armide | Mondonville: | Désirs toujours détruits from Isbé | Rameau: | Prélude de l'Acte III, Cruelle mère des amours & Chaconne from Hippolyte et Aricie Tristes apprêts & Chaconne from Castor et Pollux Que ses regrets m'ont attendrie from Fêtes de Polymnie | Royer: | Dieu des amants fidèles from Zaïde L'objet qui règne dans mon âme from Le Pouvoir de l'Amour |
Ensemble les Talens Lyrique, Chrisophe Rousset BBC Music Magazine Opera Choice |
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René Jacobs, Rosemary Joshua, Emma Bell, Lawrence Zazzo, Jeremy Ovenden, Gidon Saks, Michael Slattery, Finnur Bjarnason & Henry Waddington RIAS-Kammerchor & Concerto Köln | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Tallis - Gaude gloriosaand other choral music
The Cardinall’s Musick, Andrew Carwood ‘This superbly sung selection of some of his finest Latin church music will surely prove to be one of Tallis’s very best 500th birthday presents. It is hard to imagine a better performance of the magnificent six-part votive antiphon Gaude gloriosa’ (The Daily Telegraph) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Gramophone Awards 2006
Penguin Guide
Gramophone Magazine
BBC Music Magazine Awards 2007