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Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Marschallin), Christa Ludwig (Octavian), Teresa Stich-Randall (Sophie), Otto Edelmann (Ochs), Eberhard Wächter (Faninal), Ljuba Welitsch (Marianne), Paul Kuen (Valzacchi/Tierhändler), Nicolai Gedda (Italian Singer)
Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
a recording of Strauss's operatic masterpiece that, today, remains unbettered. The Philharmonia is on sparkling form and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf gives the performance of her life. Karajan's passion... — More…
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The disc that alerted international audiences to Kaufmann’s gifts as both a superb singer and outstanding interpreter of the German art-song repertoire. — More…
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Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier
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Gwyneth Jones (Marschallin), Brigitte Fassbaender (Octavian), Lucia Popp (Sophie), Manfred Jungwirth (Baron Ochs), Benno Kusche (Faninal), Francisco Araiza (Italian Singer), David Thaw (Valzacchi), Gudrun Wewezow (Annina)
Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Carlos Kleiber
Kleiber's conducting is spacious, transparent and warm. Brigitte Fassbaender is ideal as Octavian, Gwyneth Jones a moving Marschallin, Lucia Popp a sweet-voiced if mature Sophie, and Manfred... — More…
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The Alpensinfonie is no longer a rarity on disc, but there are still grounds for preferring the famous Karajan version to subsequent digital rivals, especially in this successful remastering.... — More…
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Offer, Strauss R: Four Last Songs
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Felicity Lott (soprano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi
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Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos
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Deborah Voigt (Ariadne/Prima Donna), Natalie Dessay (Zerbinetta), Susanne Mentzer (The Composer), Richard Margison (Bacchus/The Tenor), Wolfgang Brendel (The Music Master), Waldemar Kmentt (The Major-Domo)
The Metropolitan Opera, James Levine, Laurie Feldman
...two prima donnas [Voigt and Mentzer] at the peaks of their careers having fun with the liveliest Elijah Moshinsky production I've seen...Dessay slips between complex human truth and the commedia... — More…
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Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Berliner Philharmoniker & Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica
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Jonathan Small (oboe), Nicholas Cox (clarinet), Alan Pendlebury (bassoon)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz
Sheer heaven...remarkable performance — More…
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Strauss, R: Don Quixote, Op. 35, etc.
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Thomas Grossenbacher, Michel Rouilly
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, David Zinman