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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Renée Fleming in ConcertRecorded live at the Salzburg Festival, August 2011
Gloriously affirming the Salzburg Festival’s long-standing reputation as a supreme musical event, this concert honours one of its founding fathers, Richard Strauss. Renée Fleming, Christian Thielemann and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra unite for a programme of song, opera and tone poem, genres central to the composer’s extraordinarily fruitful career. Fleming interprets four of his songs with orchestra, including the deeply moving Befreit, and provides a substantial taste of perhaps her finest operatic role, Arabella. New vistas then open as Thielemann and the Vienna Philharmonic take the spectacular mountain journey mapped by the composer in his titanic Alpine Symphony. Running time: 84 minutes Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/ES Sound format: 2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS “This is a rare case of visuals enhancing the listening experience, and the Vienna Philharmonic’s Strauss tradition is there for all to see. Thielemann doesn’t push or pull the music, but he is not a pretty sight: his left hand remains inexpressive...there is still no soprano I would rather hear in the soaring lines of “Traum durch die Dämmerung” and “Gesang der Apollopriesterin”.” Financial Times, 19th May 2012 **** “You can immediately hear the classiness of the orchestral support...Thielemann's journey up the mountain is more a question of inner feeling than outward tone-painting...But the summit sequence and the epilogue rival Herbert von Karajan's Berlin Philharmonic for tonal opulence...the cameras always know what to pinpoint in order to highlight visually Strauss's most ingenious orchestral passages.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2012 ***** “Thielemann, whose reading is satisfyingly spacious, reveals the work's structural mastery in intermingling and transforming its many themes. The excellent video director Michael Beyer expertly lays out the orchestra in front of us, following the music sensibly so that we can relish Strauss's detailed scoring...[Fleming] sings gloriously and the result is ravishing” Gramophone Magazine “it is more fun to actually see the players (kudos to video director Michael Beyer) than merely to listen...And no one will accuse the reading [of Ein Alpensinfonie] of not being exciting and the playing superb...In all, this is clearly a treat for Straussians and Fleming fans; she has been both better and worse, but overall, she's lovely here.” International Record Review, September 2012  BBC Music Magazine
DVD/Blu-ray Choice - August 2012 |
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Strauss, R: | Nichts, Op. 10 No. 2 Die Zeitlose, Op. 10 No. 7 Die Verschwiegenen, Op. 10 No. 6 Sechs Lieder, Op. 17 Wozu noch, Mädchen Op. 19 No. 1 Schön sind, doch kalt die Himmelssterne, Op. 19, No. 3 Hoffen und wieder verzagen Op. 19 No. 5 Ach weh mir unglückhaftem Mann, Op. 21 No. 4 Die Frauen sind oft fromm und still Op. 21 No. 5 Heimliche Aufforderung, Op. 27 No. 3 Fünf Lieder, Op. 32 Für fünfzehn Pfennige Op. 36 No. 2 Anbetung, Op. 36 No. 4 Winterweihe, Op. 48 No. 4 Winterliebe Op. 48 No. 5 Freundliche Vision, Op. 48 No. 1 |
“Andrew Kennedy is an eager, bright-eyed lover: the bloom and the tenderness of the middle range of his voice, in particular, knows just how to bring a luxuriant Straussian intimacy to a song such as 'Seitdem dein Aug' in meines Schaute.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2008 *** “Hyperion is an old hand at programming attractively playable discs that make up complete Lied editions. Kennedy's selection has the earlier material, with the Opp 17 and 32 groups given complete. Strauss's choice of poets at this stage in his Lied career may not have been as sophisticated as it became but he never chose a text that didn't inspire a clear musical portrait. Especially well pointed are two Des Knaben Wunderhorn songs ('Himmelsboten' and the droll love-onthe- cheap story of 'Für fünfzehn Pfennige') and the dark, serious 'Sehnsucht'. The better-known 'Ständchen' and what Roger Vignoles's notes call the 'ebullient barnstormer' 'Heimliche Aufforderung' are placed cunningly within the recital order.
Vignoles's playing continues to achieve a maximum of freshness and invention and a chameleon- like closeness to his singer's tone and line. Kennedy's voice is young, sweet, fluent and has what some commentators call 'sap'. Greater naturalness (and especially inwardness) will come in his live and later performances of this repertoire. In the meantime, a lot of work and study has gone into this disc and the readings attain a consistently high standard of beautiful music-making.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 “Vignoles's playing continues to achieve a maximum of freshness and invention… Kennedy's voice is young, sweet, fluent and has what some commentators call "sap". A lot of work and study has gone into this disc and the readings attain a consistently high standard of beautiful music-making.” Gramophone Magazine, July 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Renée Fleming In ConcertRecorded live at the Salzburg Festival, August 2011
Gloriously affirming the Salzburg Festival’s long-standing reputation as a supreme musical event, this concert honours one of its founding fathers, Richard Strauss. Renée Fleming, Christian Thielemann and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra unite for a programme of song, opera and tone poem, genres central to the composer’s extraordinarily fruitful career. Fleming interprets four of his songs with orchestra, including the deeply moving Befreit, and provides a substantial taste of perhaps her finest operatic role, Arabella. New vistas then open as Thielemann and the Vienna Philharmonic take the spectacular mountain journey mapped by the composer in his titanic Alpine Symphony. Running time: 84 minutes Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/ES Sound format: 2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS “This is a rare case of visuals enhancing the listening experience, and the Vienna Philharmonic’s Strauss tradition is there for all to see. Thielemann doesn’t push or pull the music, but he is not a pretty sight: his left hand remains inexpressive...there is still no soprano I would rather hear in the soaring lines of “Traum durch die Dämmerung” and “Gesang der Apollopriesterin”.” Financial Times, 19th May 2012 **** “You can immediately hear the classiness of the orchestral support...Thielemann's journey up the mountain is more a question of inner feeling than outward tone-painting...But the summit sequence and the epilogue rival Herbert von Karajan's Berlin Philharmonic for tonal opulence...the cameras always know what to pinpoint in order to highlight visually Strauss's most ingenious orchestral passages.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2012 ***** “Thielemann, whose reading is satisfyingly spacious, reveals the work's structural mastery in intermingling and transforming its many themes. The excellent video director Michael Beyer expertly lays out the orchestra in front of us, following the music sensibly so that we can relish Strauss's detailed scoring...[Fleming] sings gloriously and the result is ravishing.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2012 “it is more fun to actually see the players (kudos to video director Michael Beyer) than merely to listen...And no one will accuse the reading [of Ein Alpensinfonie] of not being exciting and the playing superb...In all, this is clearly a treat for Straussians and Fleming fans; she has been both better and worse, but overall, she's lovely here.” International Record Review, September 2012 BBC Music Magazine DVD Choice - August 2012 |
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| |  | Richard Strauss - The Complete Orchestral Songs
Strauss, R: | Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1 Allerseelen, Op. 10 No. 8 Heimkehr, Op. 15 No. 5 Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2 Ruhe, meine Seele!, Op. 27 No. 1 Cäcilie, Op. 27 No. 2 Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4 Traum durch die Dämmerung, Op. 29 No. 1 Liebeshymnus, Op. 32 No. 3 Verfuehrung Op. 33 No. 1 Gesang der Apollopriesterin Op. 33 No. 2 Hymne Op. 34 No. 2 Pilgers Morgenlied, Op. 33 Das Rosenband, Op. 36 No. 1 Ich liebe dich Op. 37 No. 2 Meinem Kinde, Op. 37 No. 3 Mein Auge Op. 37 No. 4 Befreit, Op. 39 No. 4 Der Arbeitsmann, Op. 39, No. 3 Wiegenlied, Op. 41 No. 1 Winterliebe Op. 48 No. 5 Waldseligkeit, Op. 49 No. 1 Das Tal, Op. 51 Der Einsame, Op. 51 Frühlingsfeier Op. 56 No. 5 Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland Op. 56 No. 6 Die Nacht, Op. 10 No. 3 Ich wollt ein Sträusslein binden, Op. 68 No. 2 Säusle, Liebe Myrte, Op. 68 No. 3 Als mir dein Lied erklang, Op. 68 No. 4 Amor, Op. 68 No. 5 Lied der Frauen, Op. 68 Das Bächlein, Op. 88 No. 1 Drei Hymnen Op. 71 Four Last Songs Muttertändelei, Op. 43 No. 2 Notturno, Op. 44 No. 1 Nächtlicher Gang, Op. 44 No. 2 World premiere recording Des Dichters Abendgang, Op. 47 No. 2 Freundliche Vision, Op. 48 No. 1 |
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Strauss, R: | Sinfonia Domestica, Op. 53 Don Juan, Op. 20 Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 Don Quixote, Op. 35 Gregor Piatigorsky (cello) Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24 Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 11 Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Elektra Anny Konetzni (Elektra), Daniza Ilitsch (Chrysothemis), Martha Mödl (Clytemnestra), Franz Klarwein (Aegisth), Hans Braun (Orest) Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Op. 60 Der Rosenkavalier Viorica Ursuleac (Marschallin), Georgine von Milinkovic (Octavian), Adele Kern (Sophie), Ludwig Weber (Ochs), Georg Hann (Faninal), Joszy Trojan Reger (Valzacchi), Luise Willer (Annina), Franz Klarwein (Ein Sänger), Gertrud Riedner (Marianne Leitmetzerin) Waldseligkeit, Op. 49 No. 1 Liebeshymnus, Op. 32 No. 3 Verfuehrung Op. 33 No. 1 Winterliebe Op. 48 No. 5 Träumerei am Kamin (from Intermezzo) |
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