Jochen Schmeckenbecher
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The new recording comes from concert performances at least year’s Salzburg Festival celebrating the composer’s centenary. It’s led with great gusto and accuracy by one of his leading pupils…The... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, Summer Issue 2019
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Wagner: Siegfried
RecommendedTomasz Konieczny (Der Wanderer/Wotan), Stephen Gould (Siegfried), Violeta Urmana (Brünnhilde), Anna Larsson (Erda), Matti Salminen (Fafner), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Alberich), Christian Elsner (Mime), Sophie Klußmann (Stimme eines Waldvogels)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski
This is a lively and enjoyable performance of what Wagner called his 'heroic comedy'...listen to the short but dense Prelude and you'll hear many things that you won't have heard on any other... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Renée Morloc, Barno Ismatullaeva, Annika Schlicht, Linda Watson, Corby Welch, Richard Šveda, Sami Luttinen, Anke Krabbe, Sarah Ferede, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Thomas Ulrich Lässig, Karl Thomas Schneider, Ingmar Klusmann, Heidi Elisabeth Meier, Anneli Sophie Müller, Ramona Zaharia
Duisburger...
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos
Johan Botha (Bacchus), Soile Isokoski (Ariadne), Daniela Fally (Zerbinetta), Sophie Koch (Komponist)
Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann
The set’s chief glory is arguably the playing of the musicians of the State Opera Orchestra: every solo line is exquisitely crafted and beautifully integrated, for which Thielemann must of course... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Opera
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Peter Seiffert (Tristan), Nina Stemme (Isolde), Janina Baechle (Brangäne), Stephen Milling (König Marke), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Kurwenal)
Wiener Staatsoper, Franz Welser-Möst
This new/old set is of absorbing interest for the conductor’s work with the score and the special strengths of his Isolde. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
Tomasz Konieczny (Wotan), Christian Elsner (Loge), Iris Vermillion (Fricka), Günther Groissböck (Fasolt), Timo Riihonen (Fafner), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Alberich), Ricarda Merberth (Freia), Andreas Conrad (Mime), Maria Radner (Erda), Julia Borchert (Woglinde), Katharina Kammerloher (Wellgunde),...
This is superbly recorded, mainly wonderfully played , interestingly conducted and reasonably well sung...dramatically gripping as only a well-conducted Rheingold can be...The best reason for... — More…
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Petra Lang (Brünnhilde), Matti Salminen (Hagen), Edith Haller (Gutrune), Markus Bruck (Gunther), Marina Prudenskaja (Waltraute), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Alberich), Susanne Resmark (Erste Norn), Christa Mayer (Zweite Norn), Jacquelyn Wagner (Dritte Norn), Julia Borchert (Woglinde),...
there is much to enjoy and a lot to write home about...The sound of the orchestra really gleams throughout. The brass sound fantastic at the big climaxes...[Salminen's] acting leaps out of the... — More…
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
Terje Stensvold (Wotan), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Alberich), Kurt Streit (Loge), Martina Dicke (Fricka), Barbara Zechmeister (Freia), Magnus Baldvinsson (Fafner), Alfred Reiter (Fasolt), Hans-Jurgen Lazar (Mime), Dietrich Volle (Donner), Richard Cox (Froh), Meredith Arwady (Erda), Britta Stallmeister...
Stensvold is a relatively late-starting but true-sounding baritone Wotan who phrases the god's pronouncements well. Kurt Streit has not lost the subtlety of his Ferrando in his refreshingly... — More…
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Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Cornel Frey, Corby Welch, Linda Watson, James Rutherford, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Lukasz Konieczny, Aisha Tuemmler, Renée Morloc
Duisburger Philharmoniker, Axel Kober
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen Jochen Schmeckenbecher (baritone), Julia Borchert, Katharina Kammerloher, Kismara Pessatti, Tomas Konieczny, Ricarda Merbeth (soprano), Christian Elsner (tenor), Iris Vermillion (mezzo-soprano), Günther Groissböck (bass), Timo Riihonen, Kor-Jan Dusseljee, Antonio Yang, Andreas Conrad, Maria Radner...
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