Browse: José van Dam (bass-baritone)
This page lists all recordings performed by José van Dam.
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Wagner: Parsifal
RecommendedPeter Hofmann (Parsifal), Dunja Vejzovic (Kundry), Kurt Moll (Gurnemanz), José van Dam (Amfortas), Siegmund Nimsgern (Klingsor), Victor von Halem (Titurel), Hanna Schwarz (Alto Stimme)
Berlin German Opera Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
In most respects this is the most perfect, atmospheric Parsifal yet committed to disc or cassette. Admitting the vocal imperfections, few as they are, the set attempts an artistic, or at least... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1981, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1981, Winner - Opera
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Strauss, R: Die Frau ohne Schatten RecommendedHildegard Behrens (Die Färberin), Julia Varady (Die Kaiserin), Plácido Domingo (Der Kaiser), José van Dam (Barak), Reinhild Runkel (Die Amme), Sumi Jo (Stimme des Falken)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti
This was the most ambitious project on which Strauss and his librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal collaborated. It's both fairy tale and allegory with a score that's Wagnerian in its scale and breadth.... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Opera
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Grammy Awards, 35th Awards (1992), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 35th Awards (1992), Best Opera Recording
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Massenet: Manon
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (Manon), Roberto Alagna (Le Chevalier Des Grieux), Earle Patriarco (Lescaut), José van Dam (Le Compte des Grieux), Sophie Koch (Javotte), Anne Maria Panzarella (Poussette), Susanne Schimmack (Rosette), Nicolas Rivenq (De Brétigny), Nicolas Cavallier (L'Hôtelier), Gilles Ragon (Guillot...
In Act 1 Gheorghiu instantly establishes the heroine as a vivacious, wilful character with a great sense of fun and her singing is both imaginative and technically flawless...while Alagna, always... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2000, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Opera
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
RecommendedPiero Cappuccilli (Boccanegra), Mirella Freni (Amelia/Maria), José van Dam (Paolo), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Jacopo Fiesco), José Carreras (Gabriele)
La Scala Chorus & Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
This famous recording has become a classic, a studio performance following a series of performances at La Scala in the Strehler staging. The close, slightly claustrophobic recording exactly mirrors... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2000, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Ravel: L'enfant et les Sortileges & L'heure Espagnole
RecommendedBerlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de la RTF, Berliner Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel
The singing is delightful: neoclassical crispness of articulation goes with refined textures that convey the ripe humour of the one piece, the tender poetry of the other.The inclusion of [the... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Remastered CD
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, September 2018, Also Recommended
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
RecommendedGundula Janowitz (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Walter Berry (bass)
Wiener Singverein & Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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Building A Library, July 2022, First Choice
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Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
RecommendedJose Van Dam (Le Marquis de la Force), Catherine Dubosc (Blanche de la Force), Jean-Luc Viala (Le Chevalier de la Force), Rita Gorr (La Prieure du Carmel), Rachel Yakar (La Nouvelle Prieure), Martine Dupuy (Mere Marie), Brigitte Fournier (Constance), Michel Senechal (L'Aumonier), Francois Le Roux...
It's… good to welcome back EMI's reissue of the 1992 Virgin Classic's Dialogues… superbly cast. Catherine Dubosc is Blanche par excellence, Rita Gorr graduates from Mere Marie in 1958 to the... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2006, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1993, Winner - Opera
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Pierre Boulez conducts Ravel
RecommendedPhilippe Entremont (piano), Jill Gomez (soprano), Jose van Dam (baritone), Heather Harper (soprano), Jessye Norman (soprano)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Camerata Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra (members), Cleveand Chorus, Members of the Ensemble intercontemporain,...
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Grammy Awards, 18th Awards (1975), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 18th Awards (1975), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 27th Awards (1984), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Massenet: Manon
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (Manon), Roberto Alagna (Des Grieux), Earle Patriarco (Lescaut), José van Dam (Comte des Grieux)
Orchestre Symphonique et Chœurs de la Monnaie, Antonio Pappano
In Act 1 Gheorghiu instantly establishes the heroine as a vivacious, wilful character with a great sense of fun and her singing is both imaginative and technically flawless...while Alagna, always... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2000, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Opera
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Building a Library, March 2018, First Choice
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Verdi: Don Carlos (Five-act French version)
José Van Dam (Philippe II), Roberto Alagna (Don Carlos), Thomas Hampson (Rodrigue), Eric Halfvarson (Le Grand Inquisiteur), Csaba Airizer (Un moine), Karita Mattila (Élisabeth de Valois), Waltraud Meier (La princesse Eboli), Anat Efraty (Thibault), Scot Weir (Le Comte de Lerme) & Donna Brown (Une...
3 CDs
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