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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Cesare Siepi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Rafaele Arié, Elisabeth Grümmer
Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler
This is an immensely and immediately impressive performance… Furtwängler's interpretation of Mozart's equivocal opera is fraught with suspense, menace and… tension. Tempos are often on the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2005, Historical Choice
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
RecommendedWolfgang Windgassen (Tannhäuser), Victoria de los Angeles (Elisabeth), Grace Bumbry (Venus), Josef Greindl (Landgraf), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Wolfram), Gerhard Stolze (Walther), Franz Crass (Biterolf), Gerhard Paskuda (Heinrich), Theo Adam (Reinmar)
Orchesta of the Bayreuth Festival, Wolfgang...
Bumbry's über-sensuous Venus [is] a feline Carmen transported to the Horselborg...This performance is all the more treasurable because it is the first of de Los Angeles’s three Wagner roles…to... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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R. Strauss: Salzburg Lieder Evenings 1956-2010
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Lisa Della Casa, Irmgard Seefried, Nicolai Gedda, Christa Ludwig, Hermann Prey, Leontyne Price, Peter Schreier, Edita Gruberova, Jessye Norman, Edith Mathis, Marjana Lipovsek, Heinz Zednik, Frederica von Stade, Francisco Araiza, Thomas Hampson, Diana Damrau, Michael Volle, Deutsch...
Many favourites feature but there are also comparative rarities to experience and savour...a valuable collection, both artistically and historically. — More…
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there is certainly a frisson about this extremely well recorded Salzburg performance. — More…
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The Austrian take time to settle in Bernstein's own composition...but sit spellbound throughout the fiery, finally hell-for-leather interpretation of the Shostakovich...what a relief to revisit... — More…
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Giordano, U: Andrea Chénier
Franco Corelli (Chénier), Renata Tebaldi (Maddalena di Coigny), Ettore Bastianini (Carlo Gérard), Elisabeth Höngen (Contessa di Coigny), Hilde Konetzni (Madelon) & Margareta Sjöstedt (Bersi)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Lovro von Matacic
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Milhaud: Violin Concerto No. 1 and 2, etc.
Arabella Steinbacher (violin)
Munich Radio Orchestra, Pinchas Steinberg
magnificently played, the soloist literally tossing off the fearful difficulties of the piece seemingly without a care in the world - the characterization is superb. The violin and orchestra... — More…
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Jessye Norman's Wesendonck Lieder is remarkable for the lush depth of vocal beauty and James Levine's attentive accompaniment. — More…
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Spohr: Lieder
Hartmut Höll (piano), Julia Varady (soprano), Hans Schöneberger (clarinet), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Dmitry Sitkovetsky (violin)
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