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Berg: Wozzeck
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Matthias Goerne (Wozzeck), Asmik Grigorian (Marie), John Daszak (Tambourmajor), Mauro Peter (Andres), Gerhard Siegel (Hauptmann), Jens Larsen (Doktor), Frances Pappas (Margret), Tobias Schabel (Erster Handwerksbursche), Huw Montague Rendall (Zweiter Handwerksbursche), Heinz Göhrig (Narr)
Wiener...
[Goerne] gives a masterly portrayal of a simple man whose life is destroyed by things he can do nothing about…Grigorian’s Marie offers a similar masterclass in how to truly sing her role, avoiding... — More…
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DVD Video + Blu-ray
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Enthusiasts of Thielemann’s work will be impressed by the result – though there’s plenty here to please anyone who loves this music…the Ritter Pásmán csárdás has the verve and headlong momentum... — More…
Offer, Brahms: The Piano Concertos
Wiener Musikverein, 2015
Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta
There's always something heroic about Rudolf Buchbinder's exploits...He never takes the easy route when an option exists to duck a score's extreme technical demands, and his readings are unfailingly... — More…
Here is music and music-making in which elegance, dash and lightness of spirit sit side by side with pools of emotional quiet which can haunt the mind for days to come. — More…
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Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos (original 1912 version)
Emily Magee (Prima Donna/Ariadne), Elena Moșuc (Zerbinetta), Jonas Kaufmann (The Tenor/Bacchus), Eva Liebau (Naiad/A Shepherdess), Marie-Claude Chappuis (Dryad/A Shepherd), Eleonora Buratto (Echo/A Singer), Gabriel Bermúdez (Harlequin), Michael Laurenz (Scaramuccio), Tobias Kehrer (Truffaldino), Martin...
Verdi: Don Carlo
Five-act version, sung in Italian
Jonas Kaufmann (Don Carlo), Anja Harteros (Elisabetta), Matti Salminen (Filippo II), Thomas Hampson (Rodrigo), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Eboli), Eric Halfvarson (Il Grande Inquisitore), Robert Lloyd (Un frate)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Antonio Pappano, Peter Stein
Strauss, R: Die Frau ohne Schatten
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Stephen 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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New, Mozart: Da Ponte Operas
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Anna Netrebko, Dorothea Röschmann, Bo Skovhus, Christopher Maltman, Erwin Schrott, Annette Dasch, Matthew Polenzani, Miah Persson, Isabel Leonard, Florian Boesch, Topi Lehtipuu, Patricia Petibon; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Bertrand de Billy, Ádám Fischer, Wiener Philharmoniker
Muti’s conducting of the old favourites, Strauss Jr’s Blue Danube and Sr’s Radetzky March, bristles with Italianate swagger and brio. — More…