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Recorded 1928 | | | (also available to download from $12.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Ludwig Suthaus (Tristan), Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Blanche Thebom (Brangaene), Josef Greindl (Konig Marke), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Kurwenal), Edgar Evans (Melot), Rudolf Schock (Hirt), Rhoderick Davies (Steuermann), Rudolf Schock (Stimme eines jungen Seemanns) Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler Recorded 1952 “There were no contemporary Isoldes to better Flagstad’s any more than there was a contemporary Hamlet to outshine Gielgud’s” Gramophone Magazine “Furtwängler's concept is spacious from the opening Prelude onwards, but equally the bite and the drama are vividly conveyed, matching the nobility of Flagstad's portrait of Isolde...It stands among Furtwängler's finest memorials, still unsurpassed by later versions in its spacious concentration and intensity.” Penguin Guide, 2010 **/* | | | (also available to download from $16.25) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Wolfgang Millgram, Lennart Forsén, Hedwig Fassbender, Gunnar Lundberg, Magnus Kyhle, Martina Dike Royal Swedish Opera Male Chorus, Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra, Leif Segerstam “... a trump card in the ravishing Isolde of Hedwig Fassbender, sung with a tenderness and girlish freshness … What is remarkable about Fassbender’s singing is the beauty and evenness of her production over the widest dynamic range, from the pinging accuracy of Isolde’s Act 1 curse … to hushed pianissimo flawlessly sustained. I cannot remember an account of Isolde’s brief, tender solo at the end of Act 2 quite so moving as hers.” Gramophone | | | (also available to download from $12.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Flagstad’s Isolde is one of the many Wagnerian roles that have won her much critical acclaim, her 1936 Royal Opera House performance described as having “a sensuous ease, a purity of line and a supreme voluptuousness of tone that eradicates all competition.” The Guardian “This is an improved remastering by Ward Marston of a VAI set which received a warm welcome for preserving the rewarding partnership of Flagstad and Melchior, some would say unsurpassed in their respective roles and here on great form. The soprano, though at the start of her career in the part, is already a fully formed Isolde, and one marvels at Melchior, confirming his stature as the greatest Wagner tenor of all time. The rest of the cast are nothing special.
Reiner, after a slow start, provides the right breadth and vitality to the work even when the playing leaves a little to be desired. The thencustomary cuts are made in Acts 2 and 3. At superbargain price (the VAI was at full price) this is an essential purchase for Wagnerians.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | (also available to download from $12.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Recorded 1926 - 49 | | | (also available to download from $8.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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A native of Leipzig and steeped in the musical tradition of J. S. Bach, Helmut Walcha was one of the most influential organists of the 20th century. Building on Baroque examples, Walcha started composing the Chorale Preludes during the war years and they became popular teaching pieces as well as ideal vehicles for expressing the clarity and colour of organs both historic and new. As one of Walcha’s most renowned students, Wolfgang Rübsam’s interpretations are uniquely authoritative. This is the first of four volumes of Walcha’s complete Chorale Preludes. | | | (also available to download from $5.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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A native of Leipzig and steeped in the musical tradition of J. S. Bach, Helmut Walcha was one of the most influential organists of the 20th century. Building on Baroque examples, Walcha started composing the Chorale Preludes during the war years and they became popular teaching pieces as well as ideal vehicles for expressing the clarity and colour of organs both historic and new. As one of Walcha’s most renowned students Wolfgang Rübsam is uniquely authoritative in his interpretations. This is the second of four volumes of Walcha’s complete Chorale Preludes. | 
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Delbert Disselhorst (organ) Helmut Walcha was one of the most influential organists of the 20th century. His Chorale Preludes stand as a testament to his enrichment of the Lutheran tradition, building on the inheritance of Baroque masters to create works of great expressive clarity and contrapuntal transparency, as well as introducing highly individual organ colours and sonorities. Volumes 1 and 2 of this four volume complete collection can be found on Naxos 8572910 and 8572911. |
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| |  | Stanley Walden - Maquettes for Two PianosWorld Première Recordings
Ya-Fei Chuang (piano), Robert Levin (piano), Julia-Maria Kretz (violin) Jens Peter Maintz (cello) & Bernhard Krug (horn) Spectrum Concerts Berlin, Frank S. Dodge (Founder and Artistic Director) A native of Brooklyn, New York, the composer, clarinetist, conductor, actor, film director and educator Stanley Walden has written orchestral, chamber and solo works, as well as operas and musicals including Oh! Calcutta! This disc of chamber and instrumental works features Maquettes or “models” for two pianos, the five miniatures for solo piano Similes, Sh’mah for violin and cello, developed from sources of traditional Jewish music, and the Horn Trio, written “out of a controlled sadness and rage at the events of Sept. 11, 2001”. Walden’s affiliation with Spectrum Concerts Berlin began in 1997. | | | (also available to download from $5.75) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Waldteufel: Famous Waltzes
“an attractive programme....a delightful disc” Fanfare | | | (also available to download from $5.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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