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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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Special offer. Strauss & Respighi: Violin Sonatas
RecommendedKyung-Wha Chung (violin), Krystian Zimerman (piano)
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Gramophone Awards, 1990, Winner - Chamber
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Richard Strauss: The Complete Songs 8
RecommendedRoger Vignoles (piano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Rebecca Evans (soprano)
Evans weaves a special magic in the dying falls, with magnificent breath control at the end of 'September'. Gold, though, goes to Nicky Spence and Roger Vignoles, making a remarkable statement... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th August 2017
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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These militant, tightly controlled, sometimes breathtaking performances demand to be heard and may divide opinion. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Orchestral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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New. Richard Strauss: Salome
Malin Byström (Salome), Johan Reuter (Jochanaan), Katarina Dalayman (Herodias), Gerhard Siegel (Herodes), Bror Magnus Tødenes (Narraboth), Hanna Hipp (Herodias's Page)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Strauss’s score remains one of the most astounding of all time, operatic and otherwise, and it’s a high achievement indeed that the Bergen Philharmonic’s playing under Edward Gardner, stunningly... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2025, Recording of the Month
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Lise Davidsen sings Wagner and Strauss
RecommendedLise Davidsen (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Davidsen is no ordinary singer. Throughout the whole album one marvels at the voice, its easy grandeur and sheer size, its steely focus and security… The timbre has a default cool beauty but... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st May 2019
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Record Review, 8th June 2019, Record of the Week
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Diapason d’Or, Summer Issue 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year
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Strauss’s revision (in 1883) may be masterly, but his first try is impressive. In this persuasive performance by Raphaela Gromes and Julian Riem, the early work bursts into irrepressible life…There... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, Chamber Choice
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Diapason d’Or, May 2020, Nouveauté
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Hewitt’s spacious, uncluttered approach revels unashamedly in the pianism while still letting the original songs sing. The real treats are Hewitt’s own arrangements...In all, this beautifully... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, Instrumental Choice
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Strauss, R: Die Frau ohne Schatten
RecommendedHildegard Behrens (Die Färberin), Julia Varady (Die Kaiserin), Plácido Domingo (Der Kaiser), José van Dam (Barak), Reinhild Runkel (Die Amme), Sumi Jo (Stimme des Falken)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti
This was the most ambitious project on which Strauss and his librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal collaborated. It's both fairy tale and allegory with a score that's Wagnerian in its scale and breadth.... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Opera
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Grammy Awards, 35th Awards (1992), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 35th Awards (1992), Best Opera Recording
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Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Tod und Verklärung, Till Eulenspiegel & Salome's Dance
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
Interpretatively, it’s Riccardo Chailly business as usual: exemplary textures…but not as much forward movement or flying through the air as there should be. — More…
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Diapason d’Or, October 2019, Nouveauté
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2019, Winner - Artiste de l'année
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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