Christian Thielemann
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Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
Stephen Gould (Der Kaiser), Camilla Nylund (Die Kaiserin), Wolfgang Koch (Barak, der Farber), Nina Stemme (Die Farberin), Evelyn Herlitzius (Die Amme), Sebastian Holecek (Geisterbote)
Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann
Stemme is focussed and expressive, and if Koch sometimes seems underpowered, that is only through comparison to her. Herlitzius is similarly impressive, and she and Stemme are sufficiently distinct... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2020, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Opera
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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana & Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (DVD)
RecommendedJonas Kaufmann (Turiddu), Liudmyla Monastyrska (Santuzza), Ambrogio Maestri (Alfio), Annalisa Stroppa (Lola), Stefania Toczyska (Mamma Lucia), Jonas Kaufmann (Canio), Maria Agresta (Nedda), Dimitri Platanias (Tonio), Alessio Arduini (Silvio), Tansel Akzeybek (Beppe)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Sachsischer...
We have plenty of the thrilling, untrammelled and ringing sound that the tenor is capable of at his best...Happily, Kaufmann’s outstanding central performances are well matched, both musically... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th March 2016
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2016, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
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Wagner: Das Rheingold Michael Volle (Wotan), Rolando Villazón (Loge), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich), Claudia Mahnke (Fricka), Vida Miknevičiūtė (Freia), Mika Kares (Fasolt), Peter Rose (Fafner)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Christian Thielemann, Dmitri Tcherniakov
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Wagner: Parsifal
RecommendedPlácido Domingo (Parsifal), Waltraud Meier (Kundry), Franz-Josef Selig (Gurnemanz), Wolfgang Bankl (Klingsor), Ain Anger (Titurel), Falk Struckmann (Amfortas), Janina Baechle (Alto Stimme)
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann
At one and the same time this is a beautiful Parsifal… a modern Parsifal… and a new look at Parsifal, informed by Thielemann's experience and knowledge of a great tradition. …Domingo's… commitment... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2006, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Richard Wagner: Die Walküre Anja Kampe (Brünnhilde), Michael Volle (Wotan), Robert Watson (Siegmund), Vida Miknevičiūtė (Sieglinde), Claudia Mahnke (Fricka), Mika Kares (Hunding)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Christian Thielemann, Dmitri Tcherniakov
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New,
Richard Wagner: Die Walküre Anja Kampe (Brünnhilde), Michael Volle (Wotan), Robert Watson (Siegmund), Vida Miknevičiūtė (Sieglinde), Claudia Mahnke (Fricka), Mika Kares (Hunding)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Christian Thielemann, Dmitri Tcherniakov
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New,
Wagner: Das Rheingold Michael Volle (Wotan), Rolando Villazón (Loge), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich), Claudia Mahnke (Fricka), Vida Miknevičiūtė (Freia), Mika Kares (Fasolt), Peter Rose (Fafner)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Christian Thielemann, Dmitri Tcherniakov
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Strauss - Four Last Songs Renee Fleming (soprano)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Renée Fleming's first recording of the Last Songs, made in 1996 (on RCA), was distinctly mixed. Here Christian Thielemann is a much more natural Straussian, powerful and luxuriant, and Fleming's... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2008, Editor's Choice
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
RecommendedAlbert Dohmen, Ralf Lukas, Clemens Bieber, Andrew Shore, Gerhard Siegel, Kwangchul Youn, Hans-Peter König, Michelle Breedt, Edith Haller, Christa Mayer, Fionnuala McCarthy, Ulrike Helzel & Simone Schröder
Bayreuther Festspiele Orchestra, Christian Thielemann
Christian Thielemann must surely be counted amongst the finest current Wagner conductors, and this 2008 live Rheingold from Bayreuth shows why. It's paced perfectly, and he draws some fantastic... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Richard Wagner: Winterstürme
Staatskapelle Dresden, Anja Kampe, Stephen Gould, René Pape, Christian Thielemann
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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