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Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier
RecommendedElisabeth 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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Building a Library, June 2014, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Remastered CD
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2011, Collection Winner
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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Richard Strauss - Vier letzte Lieder and Other Lieder
RecommendedJessye Norman (soprano)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur
[Norman is] grand, impassioned, noble, dignified, unmannered in this unforgettable interpretation — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1984, Winner - Solo vocal
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, July 2019, Also Recommended
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Richard Strauss - The Great Tone Poems
RecommendedVienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Orchestral Performance
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Building a Library, October 2019, Also Recommended
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Dennis Brain: The Horn Player
RecommendedDennis Brain (horn), Colin Horsley (piano), Manoug Parikian (violin), Neill Sanders (horn), Dennis Brain Ensemble, Gerald Moore (piano), Denis Matthews (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble, Morley College Symphony Orchestra, London Baroque Ensemble, Herbert von Karajan,...
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Building a Library, December 2020, Recommended Historical Recording
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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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Building a Library, January 2011, First Choice
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[Zarathustra] Karajan’s 1973 version is definitive in a way that few recordings are: a seamless meeting of minds between composer and conductor. — More…
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Building a Library, December 2008, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Strauss: Orchestral Songs & Four Last Songs
RecommendedKarita Mattila (soprano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
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Building a Library, July 2019, Recommended Recording
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Mozart: Clarinet Concertos & Duett-Concertino
RecommendedRichard Hosford (basset clarinet), Richard Hosford (clarinet), Matthew Wilkie (bassoon)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Alexander Schneider, Thierry Fischer
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Building a Library, May 2004, First Choice
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R. Strauss: Don Quixote & Horn Concerto No. 2
RecommendedPierre Fournier (cello), Giusto Cappone (viola), Norbert Hauptmann (horn)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
The Berlin players clearly enjoy the orchestral effects Strauss calls for, including the bleating wind and brass in the episode where Don Quixote encounters a flock of sheep and mistakes them... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2020, Recommended Recording
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Ein Heldenlebenwas always a favourite party-piece of Herbert von Karajan, so the challenge to his successor, Simon Rattle, is all the more formidable.
It says much for Rattle's achievement in... — More…Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2006, Disc of the Month
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