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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin & WinterreiseContains ODE7192 and ODE7252
On the occasion of its 25th anniversary in 2010, Ondine releases a series of five twofers, containing best-selling titles from the back catalogue. The focus is on five of Ondine’s star artists: sopranos Soile Isokoski and Karita Mattila, baritone Jorman Hynninen, violinist Pella Kuusisto and clarinettist Kari Kriikku. These releases are specially priced (2 CDs for the price of 1) and are limited edition, running through 2010 only. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Fritz Wunderlich’s voice had an unmistakable sheen and a powerful radiance which breathed life into each and every performance. His deep understanding of the texts he was singing gave his interpretations a sense of presence rarely found in other singers. This recording dates from 1964 and is one of the most beautiful “Müllerin” cycles ever recorded; to be treasured by all Wunderlich fans. “The career of the eternally ardent and fresh-voiced Fritz Wunderlich was tragically foreshortened by a fatal domestic accident. All the more reason to cherish this 1964 Schöne Müllerin.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2010 *** | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Hermann Prey: The Schubert Song Cycles
'In his best interpretations, Prey presented Winterreise and Die schöne Müllerin with a natural, organic flow of voice that stands in high contrast to the more intellectual approach of his rival Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.' (Zeit online 1998) plus Documentary (38 minutes) 255 minutes 4:3. color DD 5:1, PCM Stereo German (original language), French, English, Spanish NTSC: Amaray 2 DVD German, French, English “Schwanengesang sees Prey summoning all his energy and focus for a performance of visionary insight and concentration. Helmut Deutsch takes over [from Hokanson] for Winterreise, and immediately the bonding is more rewarding, the pacing revelatory, and the ache of the mortally wounded heart palpable.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2010 **/**** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D795
Renowned British tenor, James Gilchrist, presents his first recording for Orchid Classics, “Die Schöne Müllerin” (The Beautiful Maid of the Mill”), Schubert’s classic a setting of poems by Wilhelm Müller – generally accepted to be a masterpiece of the song genre. Gilchrist has performed this cycle many times, to great acclaim, in concert in the UK and abroad – usually in partnership with Anna Tilbrook. He is one of Britain’s most popular and sought after singers. This is the first time he has recorded “t Die Schöne Müllerin “ and will make a wonderful addition to his already extensive discography The CD booklet contains full German text with English translation, and an essay by Richard Morrison of The Times giving a fascinating insight into both Schubert and Die Schöne Müllerin. “he is now unsurpassed amongst lyric tenors in sweetness and technical security, and for his musical intelligence” The Independent “…worthy to stand with the best. Gilchrist's light tenor, with its springing rhythmic life, makes us feel that the young lad is living very much in a wide-eyed emotional present, as elusive and ever-shifting as the delightful chiaroscuro of Anna Tilbrook's piano accompaniment.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2009 **** “…in place of the youthful impetuosity of Werner Güra is the anxiety of a man to seize what he can while he can. His jealousy - "Eifersucht and Stolz" - gains thereby a specially manic edge, and leaves him almost shouting at the end of "Die Böse Farbe" before he takes his leave of love and life in both sorrow and anger over the ever-more-painful course of the last triptych. How aptly Anna Tilbrook's pedalling poses the question to the brook at the beginning of "Die Neugierige", and how graciously Gilchrist waits until the last verse before slowing down to ask himself.” Gramophone Magazine, November 2009 “There’s a touching simplicity to Gilchrist’s delivery...“Eifersucht und Stolz” and the “liebe/böse Farbe” songs are riveting…” The Independent on Sunday, 15th November 2009 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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plus bonus: The story behind the cycle - interviews with Christoph Prégardien
Christoph Prégardien is one of the most established singers of our time. He has especially excelled in his interpretations of German Romantic Lieder and won Orphée d'Or der Académie du Disque Lyrique - Prix Georg Solti, Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, Edison Award, Cannes Classical Award and Diapason d'Or for these interpretations, easy to understand when one hears his controlled, beautifully-phrased yet emotional and tender singing. Prégardien states, himself, that he believes that the listener is important for the development of material and one can feel how much he enjoys the intimate setting of this concert - which is not unlike the original setting in which Schubert, amidst his friends, created and developed the pieces. Michael Gees and Christoph Prégardien have been working together for a long time and one can feel their strong musical connection. Beautifullighting and filming complete this highly appealing production. The bonus documentary is based on interviews with Christoph Prégardien and allows us truly understand the intellectual and musical basis of Prégardien's work, his approach to Schubert whilst offering us many gripping facts about Schubert's life and work. "His lyric tenor voice had a youthful glow, yet he sang with plaintive beauty and piercing insight." The New York Times "The result is an incredibly gripping night full of pieces with which both musicians have clearly worked physically as well as mentally until they were ideal in form, colour, size and texture." Stuttgarter Zeitung “Prégardien's baritone-like tenor has the customary spring in its step… But watching rather than merely listening also reveals the human gestural minutiae within the nerve system of a performance which is so sensitively tailored by both Prégardien and his pianist, Michael Gees, to every second of Schubert's score. Throughout the recital, the variety of gently paced and mixed camera shots is never distracting, and the performance is lit to perfection. In the excellent 25-minute bonus interview here Prégardien is both relaxed and succinct as he reveals something of the psychology within the narrative and his own performance.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2009 ***** “Prégardien's honey-toned tenor with its moments of darker baritonal colouring is ideal to express the sadness of this moving journey...the performance is full of subtly graded variety of feeling...The recording is resonant but beautifully balanced and truthful.” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition **** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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In this new recording the great lyric tenor Christoph Prégardien gives an outstanding performance of Franz Schubert’s immortal song cycle “Die Schöne Müllerin” in a version that incorporates elements of the Diabelli edition of 1830. “Prégardien brings ever new revelation to the songs, and though his pianist, Michael Gees, plays a modern piano, both vocal and keyboard parts are ornamented in the performing practice of Schubert's time. Prégardien and Gees give time and space for every nuance and rhythmic pulse in the emotional life of the lovelorn miller's experience.” BBC Music Magazine, June 2008 **** “… intensely moving” Gramophone Magazine | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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Andreas Post & Tatjana Dravenau | |
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| |  | Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D795
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| |  | Great Singers - Lotte LehmannLieder Recordings Volume 5 (1941-1942)
“When performing reaches this transcendent degree of greatness, it becomes impossible to listen to more than a few songs at a time. Lehmann is at the height of her powers, completely in possession of each song, her expression setting standards that may never be equalled.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2008 ***** | | | (also available to download from $8.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D795with prologue and epilogue
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