Browse: Johan Botha (tenor)
This page lists all recordings performed by Johan Botha.
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Wagner: Lohengrin
RecommendedJohan Botha (Lohengrin), Adrianne Pieczonka (Elsa), Falk Struckmann (Telramund), Petra Lang (Ortrud), Kwangchul Youn (King Heinrich), Eike Wilm Schulte (Herald)
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, NDR Chor & Prager Kammerchor, Semyon Bychkov
Semyon Bychkov conducts a robustly powerful yet airily textured performance, keenly dramatic yet finely detailed. His Cologne orchestra and various choruses, focused and involved, sound tremendous... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Collection
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th April 2010
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Disc of the Year & Opera Award Winner
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Opera, June 2009, Recording of the Month
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Boulez Conducts Mahler
RecommendedComplete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon
Rainer Keuschnig (organ), Christine Schäfer (soprano) & Michelle Deyoung (mezzo-soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (contralto), Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Anna Larsson (contralto), Johan Botha (tenor), Juliane Banse, Twyla Robinson, Erin Wall, Adriane Queiroz, Michelle DeYoung, Simone Schröder,...
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Building a Library, June 2016, Also Recommended
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Grammy Awards, 46th Awards (2003), Best Orchestral Performance
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Building a Library, May 2023, Also Recommended
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Mariss Jansons conducts Gustav Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9 Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
The SACD sound is excellent throughout and absolutely no audience noise is discernible... Overall, the high standard of playing and Jansons’ attachment to clarity and detail are this sets greatest... — More…
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Strauss, R: Daphne Renée Fleming (Daphne), Johan Botha (Apollos), Michael Schade (Leukippos), Kwanchul Youn (Peineios), Anna Larsson (Gaea)
Orchestra & Chorus of West Deutscher Rundfunk, Semyon Bychkov
Renée Fleming's many admirers should be pleased enough with her gracious performance. She deals idiomatically with Strauss's long phrases and points the text well… — More…
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'
RecommendedTwyla Robinson, Erin Wall, Adriane Queiroz, Michelle DeYoung, Simone Schröder, Johan Botha, Hanno Müller-Brachmann & Robert Holl
Staatskapelle Berlin, Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin & Aurelius Sängerknaben Calw, Pierre Boulez
Boulez’s Mahler is revelatory in its leanness . . . a life-changing experience for anyone who thought they knew their Mahler — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd October 2007
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Boulez conducts Mahler & Berg
RecommendedDorothea Röschmann (soprano), Anna Larsson (contralto), Johan Botha (tenor), Anna Prohaska (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Pierre Boulez
The Vienna Philharmonic strings bring dewy beauty to the late-Romantic canvas [of the Mahler], but there's little Götterdämmerung-like wildness...Boulez is more assured in the Lulu Suite: irradiating... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th March 2013
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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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Johan Botha: Wiener Staatsoper Live
1997 - 2014: Beethoven, Wagner, Strauss
Johan Botha (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (Wolfram), Cheryl Studer (Elsa), James Rutherford (Sachs), Angela Denoke (Kundry), Marjana Lipovšek (Amme), Ricarda Merbeth (Daphne), Soile Isokoski (Ariadne), Valentina Nafornită (Najade), Rachel Frenkel (Dryade), Olga Bezsmertna (Echo), Daniela Fally (Zerbinetta)
Orchester...
The recorded sound is produced to a consistently pleasing quality, and one does sense the special atmosphere of the live performance. Live at Wiener Staatsoper, this first-rate collection is... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2017
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Barenboim's Complete Wagner Operas (34 CD)
RecommendedThe Ten Major Operas
Waltraud Meier, Emily Magee, Deborah Polaski, Anne Evans, Siegfried Jerusalem, Johan Botha, John Tomlinson, Falk Struckmann, Robert Holl
Daniel Barenboim
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th October 2011
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Verdi: Otello
Johan Botha (Otello), Renée Fleming (Desdemona), Falk Struckmann (Iago) & Michael Fabiano (Cassio), Renée Tatum (Emilia), James Morris (Lodovico), Eduardo Valdes (Roderigo)
The Metropolitan Opera, Chorus & Ballet, Semyon Bychkov
