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Mozart: Così fan tutte
Elsa Dreisig (Fiordiligi), Marianne Crebassa (Dorabella), Lea Desandre (Despina), Bogdan Volkov (Ferrando), André Schuen (Guglielmo), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Don Alfonso), Wiener Philarmoniker, Joana Mallwitz, Christof Loy (stage director)
It’s frankly difficult to imagine a better-cast Così today...Mallwitz really makes Mozart’s score zing, keeping the Vienna Philharmonic light on their toes. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2021, DVD of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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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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The highlight is a champagne account of Johann Strauss’s Fledermaus overture…Barenboim, in his third appearance, is an urbane emcee, delivering his speech in English for the “international public”. — More…
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Verdi: La Traviata
Anna Netrebko (Violetta), Rolando Villazón (Alfredo), Thomas Hampson (Germont), Helene Schneiderman (Flora), Diane Pilcher (Annina), Salvatore Cordella (Gastone), Paul Gay (Barone), Herman Wallén (Marchese), Luigi Roni (Grenvil)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Rizzi, Brian Large
One of the finest available versions of La traviata available on video. — More…
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Bernard Haitink Farewell
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 & Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Emanuel Ax (piano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Bernard Haitink
Rather than invoking a sacred-Wagnerian source for this music in the manner of Barenboim or Thielemann, his broader tempos, allied to some striking rhetorical cadences and the Vienna Philharmonic’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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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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Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus
Gundula Janowitz, Eberhard Wächter, Wolfgang Windgassen, Heinz Holecek & Erich Kunz
Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm
A glittering account of the most perfect of all operettas, with an incredibly starry cast, all in peak condition. Karl Böhm's conducting is relaxed but sparkling. — More…
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Offer,
Hans Werner Henze: The Bassarids Sean Panikkar (Dionysus), Russell Braun (Pentheus), Willard White (Cadmus), Nikolai Schukoff (Tiresias/ Calliope), Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Agave/Venus), Károly Szemerédy (Captain/Adonis), Vera-Lotte Böcker (Autonoe/Proserpine), Anna Maria Dur (Beroe), Rosalba Guerrero Torres (Bassarid - Dancer)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Video Performance
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Diapason d’Or, March 2020, Vidéo
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Strauss, R: Die Frau ohne Schatten
RecommendedStephen Gould (The Emperor), Anne Schwanewilms (The Empress), Michaela Schuster (The Nurse), Wolfgang Koch (Barak, the Dyer) & Evelyn Herlitzius (Barak’s Wife)
Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus, Salzburg Festival Children's Choir & Vienna Philharmonic, Christian Thielemann...
Evelyn Herlitzius and Wolfgang Koch inject drama as a couple experiencing marital difficulties...[the Empress] is central throughout, compellingly acted and luminously sung by the marvellous... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th July 2012
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - DVD Performance
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 & Symphony No. 39
RecommendedLeonard Bernstein (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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