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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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Appl is not only a singer of boundless promise, he is already a great artist. This disc shows how versatile he is, with not only great Lieder but interesting rarities too...Appl sounds as if... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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Clair-Obscur
RecommendedStrauss - Berg - Zemlinsky
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté, Jean-François Verdier
Shunning the velvety voluptuousness of a Jessye Norman or the wide-eyed textual probing of a Schwarzkopf, she brings a freshness of perspective that encourages the reconsideration of cherished... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th March 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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These performers are in their element with pieces that contains hints of a narrative…In general, the Rachmaninov performances are better than those of Duparc where there is sometimes a problem... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Newcomer of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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Joyce DiDonato: Diva, Divo
RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (mezzo)
Orchestre et Choeur de L'Opéra National De Lyon, Kazuko Ono
Proof of DiDonato's consummate musicianship is everywhere here...For sheer beauty of tone, legato that defies gravity and singing that restores your faith in human nature, listen last of all... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Recital
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2011, Opera Choice
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Grammy Awards, 54th Awards (2011), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Opera, June 2011, Recording of the Month
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Miroir(s)
Opera Arias
Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée, Michael Schønwandt
This is [Dreisig’s] debut album and it is phenomenally good. First there is the concept of juxtaposing arias for the same dramatic character by different composers…Next, stylistic variety enables... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2018, Opera Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Jeune Talent
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Recital
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Winner - Vocal Recital
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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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Strauss, R: Elektra
RecommendedEvelyn Herlitzius (Elektra), Waltraud Meier (Klytämnestra), Adrianne Pieczonka (Chrysothemis), Mikhail Petrenko (Orest), Tom Randle (Aegisth), Franz Mazura (Der Pfleger des Orest)
Coro Gulbenkian & Orchestre de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Herlitzius as the vengeful daughter is vocally tireless...Chereau exacts similarity intense, realistic performance from Adrianne Pieczonka as Chrysothemis...Other crucial elements in a total... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2014, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Winner - Opera
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2014, Winner - Opéra
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R. Strauss: Lieder
RecommendedDiana Damrau (soprano)
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Thielemann
What wins this disc the five stars are the facts that Damrau, singing in her native German, is poised ideally between dreamy haze and Schwarzkopfian fussiness...her hallowed pianissimos allow... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th January 2011
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2011, Choral & Song Choice
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Richard Strauss: Orchestral Songs
RecommendedSoile Isokoski (soprano)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski
Strauss singing doesn't come much better than this. No doubt the composer himself, with his love of the soprano voice, would have been enthralled by Isokoski's glorious singing. He might also... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2002, Winner - Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2002, Disc of the Month
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