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Klaus Tennstedt
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Special offer. Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'
Júlia Várady, Jane Eaglen, Susan Bullock (sopranos), Trudeliese Schmidt, Jadwiga Rappé (mezzo soprano), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), Eike Wilm Schulte (baritone) & Hans Sotin (bass)
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, London Symphony Chorus & Eton College Boys’ Choir, Klaus Tennstedt
Even in the hour-long second movement, Tennstedt sustains such a high level of concentration and intensity that the attention is riveted throughout, culminating in a ecstatic peroration that... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2011, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic'
RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt
…Tennstedt goes for the jugular, accentuating the theatricality of Mahler's musical language. —
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Building a Library, January 2023, Recommended Recording
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Mahler - Symphonies
RecommendedLucia Pop, Elizabeth Connell, Edith Wiens, Felicity Lott, Trudeliese Schmidt, Nadine Denize, Richard Versalle, Jorma Hynninen & Hans Sotin
Tiffin School Boy’s Choir, London Philharmonic Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt
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Gramophone Awards, 1987, Winner - Orchestral
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Special offer. Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
RecommendedYvonne Kenny (soprano) & Jard Van Nes (mezzo soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & London Philharmonic Choir, Klaus Tennstedt
there are fine things: the focused, weighty playing; the charm of the childlike moments, the mighty storm that blows through the gentle pastures of the second movement, and some suitably hard-hitting... —
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Building a Library, May 2010, Featured
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Special offer. Wagner: Die Walküre: Act 1
René Kollo (Siegmund), Eva-Maria Bundschuh (Sieglinde) & John Tomlinson (Hunding)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt
The chief cause of ecstasy is the inspired playing of the LPO, whose intensity is electrifying: the opening storm is enough to show what we can expect, and despite the broad tempos – this is... —
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Special offer. Haydn: The Creation
(sung in German)
Lucia Popp (soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Klaus Tennstedt
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Special offer. Jessye Norman sings Strauss: Five Songs & Salome
Jessye Norman (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt
Norman adds lustre to the already burnished orchestral playing in five songs, familiar from her studio version with Masur. Interpretatively there’s not much to choose between them, but she’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Klaus Tennstedt conducts Bach & Bruckner
RecommendedThomas Brandis (violin)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Klaus Tennstedt
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Building a Library, February 2011, Featured
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Tennstedt’s Petrushka has a rugged feel…The orchestra really digs into the score, relishing its earthy, folklike qualities…The 1919 Firebird Suite is – forgive the pun – a slow burn of a performance.... —
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