Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 RecommendedGalina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Simon Preston (organ)
London Symphony Orchestra, Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Highgate School Choir & The Bach Choir, Benjamin Britten
Britten was writing personally for three muses who had all shared the wartime experience...His incandescent commitment to pacificism and horror at the failure of humanism blazes forth...As you... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2009, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Grammy Awards, 6th Awards (1963), Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 6th Awards (1963), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Grammy Awards, 6th Awards (1963), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Britten: War Requiem Recommended2023 remastering
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Simon Preston (organ), London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Melos Ensemble, Highgate School Choir & The Bach Choir, Benjamin Britten
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Technical Achievement
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Haydn: The Creation
RecommendedGundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, Werner Krenn, Walter Berry, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Wiener Singverein & Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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Building a Library, July 2004, Mid-Price Choice
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Orff: Carmina Burana
Gundula Janowitz (soprano) Gerhard Stolze (tenor) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin Schoneberger Sangerknaben, Eugen Jochum
Since its original release, Jochum's performance has consistently been a prime recommendation for this muchrecorded piece. Listening to it again in the superbly remastered sound, one can easily... — More…
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Mendelssohn: Elias
Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano), Peter Schreier (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Chor des Städtischen Musikvereins zu Düsseldorf, Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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J S Bach: St Matthew Passion
RecommendedPeter Pears (Evangelist), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Christus), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Christa Ludwig (alto), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Walter Berry (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Otto Klemperer
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Grammy Awards, 5th Awards (1962), Best Choral Performance
3 CDs
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A phenomenal interpretation of the Choral Symphony from the Berlin Philharmonic under Ferenc Fricsay, with a truly bewitching slow movement, and some exceptional singing from both the chorus... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Britten: Cello Symphony and Other Works RecommendedMstislav Rostropovich (cello), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
The Cello Symphony, written in 1963 as part of a series for the great Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, was the first major sonata-form work written since the Sinfonia. The idea of a struggle... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2005, First Choice
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Building a Library, June 2017, First Choice
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Dvorak: Requiem & Biblical Songs
RecommendedMaria Stader (soprano), Sieglinde Wagner (contralto), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Kim Borg (bass), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Jörg Demus (piano)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Karel Ancerl
an inspired performance of Dvorak's Requiem, which here emerges with fiery intensity...The passionate singing of the chorus is unforgettable and the German soloists not only make fine individual... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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150th Anniversary Box - Mahler Complete Works
RecommendedCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, New Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Carlo Maria Giulini, Otto Klemperer, Paavo Järvi,...
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th July 2010
16 CDs
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