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Blu-Ray Video, Strauss, R (composer)
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Special offer. 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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Special offer. Strauss: Salome
Asmik Grigorian (Salome), John Daszak (Herod), Anna Maria Chiuri (Herodias), Gábor Bretz (Jokanaan), Julian Prégardien (Narraboth)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Franz Welser-Möst
Grigorian’s voice is on the lighter side of dramatic soprano, but it gleams from the mid-range to the top with a bright timbre that doesn’t grow shrill as it ascends. She uses her voice fearlessly—as... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2019, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Video Performance
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Opera
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Coming soon. Richard Strauss: Intermezzo
Maria Bengtsson (Christine), Philipp Jekal (Robert Storch), Thomas Blondelle (Baron Lummer), Clemens Bieber (Stroh), Markus Brück (Notary), Nadine Secunde (His Wife)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sir Donald Runnicles,Tobias Kratzer
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Special offer. Strauss: Elektra
Aušrinė Stundytė (Elektra), Asmik Grigorian (Chrysothemis), Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Klytemnaestra), Michael Laurenz (Aegisth), Derek Welton (Orest)
Wiener Staatsoper, Franz Welser-Möst, Krzysztof Warlikowski
The playing, as one might expect, is matchless. Despite its eccentricities, I found the whole thing utterly compelling. Highly recommended. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Special offer. Strauss, R: Salome
Angela Denoke (Salome), Kim Begley (Herodes), Doris Soffel (Herodias), Alan Held (Jochanaan) & Marcel Reijans (Narraboth)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Stefan Soltesz (conductor) & Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director)
Denoke wins her place in the sun as a lithe if hardly sex-kittenish Salome. She has an expressive, secure and slightly dark-timbred voice...Held is a physically and vocally powerful prophet...It's... — More…
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Richard Strauss: Arabella
Sara Jakubiak (Arabella), Russell Braun (Mandryka), Elena Tsallagova (Zdenka), Doris Soffel (Adelaide), Robert Watson (Matteo), Albert Pesendorfer (Count Waldner), Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Tobias Kratzer, Sir Donald Runnicles
Sara Jakubiak is more a dramatic than lyric soprano, but phrases gloriously; she’s well matched with Russell Braun’s ardent baritone as a Mr Right from a far Austrian province who learns through... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2025, Opera & Stage Choice
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Strauss: Capriccio
Camilla Nylund (Countess), Christoph Pohl (Count), Daniel Behle (Flamand), Nikolay Borchev (Olivier), Georg Zeppenfeld (La Roche)
Sachsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann, Jens-Daniel Herzog
[Behle] is simply perfect both vocally and dramatically...Nylund’s opulent soprano as a handsome Countess Madeleine is best when she can billow, and the final scene rises to something remarkable...Thielemann... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video Opera
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023, Blu-ray of the Month
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Special offer. Inbrunst im Herzen: Famous German Arias & Scenes
Franz Hawlata (bass), Christine Schäfer (soprano), Paul Groves (tenor), Brigitte Fassbander (mezzo), Eva Marton (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), René Kollo (tenor), Waltraud Meier (mezzo)
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 & Wolf: Lieder
Recorded live at Semperoper Dresden, September 2012
Renée Fleming (soprano)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
Thielemann's interpretation of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony is majestic and clean, as expected, though it falls just short of the cumulative power that the audience's warm reception suggests.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2013, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos
Soile Isokoski (Ariadne), Laura Claycomb (Zerbinetta), Sergey Skorokhodov (Bacchus), Thomas Allen (Music Master), Kate Lindsey (Composer)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski, Katharina Thoma
Ariadne and Bacchus have rarely been so 'absolutely human'. Soile Isokoski's suicidal patient rings truer than any heroine I've ever seen - and perhaps this is the role's most luminously sung... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, Opera Choice
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