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Offer, Strauss, R: Salome
Emily Magee (Salome), Wolfgang Koch (Jochanaan), Michaela Schuster (Herodias), Peter Bronder (Herodes), Benjamin Bruns (Narraboth)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Andres Orozco-Estrada
What we gain here in exemplary clarity of Strauss’s sonic spider-web we lose in momentum for, say, the climactic welter which ends in Jokanaan’s curse…Magee as the spoiled princess propels the... — More…
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Offer, Soirée
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Magdalena Kožená (mezzo), Sir Simon Rattle (piano), Rahel Rilling (violin), Wolfram Brandl (violin), Yulia Deyneka (viola), David Adorjan (cello), Andrew Marriner (clarinet)
There is some lovely singing from Kožená, whose fawn-tinted mezzo retains its attractive quality from her earliest discs…She sings the two Brahms collections well, especially the Ophelia Songs,... — More…
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The night opening is evocatively veiled, the mountain theme especially, and moves organically to its spiritual sunrise. Throughout there's a natural sense of pace between vigorous clambering... — More…
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Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier
Brigitte Fassbaender (Octavian), Claire Watson (Marschallin), Karl Ridderbusch (Ochs), Lucia Popp (Sophie), Benno Kusche (Faninal), Annelie Waas (Marianne), David Thaw (Valzacchi), Margarethe Bence (Annina) & Gerhard Unger (Italian singer)
Bavarian State Opera, Carlos Kleiber
This performance from 1973 is notable for its extraordinary textural clarity, in this densest of scores, and its rhythmic vitality. The vocal hero of the occasion is Brigitte Fassbaender as... — More…
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Offer, Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite, Tod und Verklärung & Macbeth
Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui
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Offer, Richard Strauss: 'Aber der Richtige'
Violin Concerto & Miniatures
Arabella Steinbacher (violin)
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
Steinbacher is predictably eloquent [in the song arrangements], the playing classy. But the violin itself struggles to project in what are already string-heavy orchestrations, at a tessitura... — More…
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Strauss: Salome
Malin Byström (Salome), Doris Soffel (Herodias), Lance Ryan (Herodes), Evgeny Nikitin (Jochanaan), Peter Sonn (Narraboth)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Daniele Gatti
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Offer, Richard Strauss: Symphonia Domestica & Die Tageszeiten
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Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Rundfunkchor Berlin, Marek Janowski
those who don't know the least often heard of the symphonic poems should be amazed by Marek Janowski's sympathetic, detailed interpretation; but even Straussians don't often get to hear Die Tageszeiten…I... — More…
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Strauss - Don Juan & Eine Alpensinfonie
Recorded Live at Concertgebouw 19, 20, 21 & 23 September 2007 (Alpensinfonie); 18, 21 October 2007, 16, 17 January 2008 (Don Juan)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (chief conductor)
…Mariss Jansons's… great lover is beefier if less nimble-footed than George Szell's (on Sony), with the woodwind repeated-note support crystal clear behind spacious strings. …Jansons's…Alpine... — More…
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I can’t remember the last time I was so thrilled by a Beethoven symphony performance as by this brilliantly-recorded release. On a technical level alone, the orchestra’s playing is absolutely... — More…
