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Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'
RecommendedBayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos Kleiber
If you are a connoisseur of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony...then this reissue is imperative. There is a caveat: the recording has been saved from an audio cassette version, the original master... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2011, First Choice
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Schumann: Spanische Liederspiel & Brahms: Liebeslieder-Walzer
Edith Mathis (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Peter Schreier (tenor), Walter Berry (baritone), Paul Schilhawsky (piano), Erik Werba (piano)
Salzburger Festspiele, 25. August 1974
The historical value is undeniable and of considerable musical value as well. — More…
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Diapason d’Or, June 2019, Collectionneur
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[Arutiunian] Ott’s trumpet sound has a consistent, pleasing tonal quality throughout its range.[Desenclos] The range of expression is very wide, and there is some lovely and tender slow music... — More…
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Winner - Concerto
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Fritsch’s Mozart is a sheer delight. This is no bland essay of the usual suspects painted in anonymous colours but a vivid portrait gallery of characters that Fritsch has actually played on... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Recital
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Müller-Schott has the technique to project the disc’s multitude of moods and to move seamlessly from virtuosity to sensuousness and back again...The Saint-Saëns Concerto is a joy from start... — More…
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Record Review, 25th September 2021, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Concerto
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Verdi: Macbeth
RecommendedSherrill Milnes (Macbeth), Christa Ludwig (Lady Macbeth), Karl Ridderbusch (Banquo), Carlo Cossutta (Macduff), Gildis Flossman (Dama) & Ewald Aichberger (Malcolm)
Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm
Lady Macbeth has rarely seemed more of a Lady than in Ludwig’s hands on this live 1970 recording from Vienna – her arch-manipulator is regal, elegant and icily pragmatic right up until the final... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Ludwig Weber (Daland), Astrid Varnay (Senta), Wolfgang Windgassen (Erik), Elisabeth Schärtel (Mary), Josef Traxel (Der Steuermann) & Hermann Uhde (Der Holländer)
Chorus & Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Hans Knappertsbusch
Maestro Knappertsbusch is on the concentrated form of his 1951 Munich Tristan. …all is steely strength, realised through dynamic sensitivity and spacious tempi… Any suspicion that Astrid Varnay…... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2010, Editor's Choice
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Grace Hoffmann (alto), Josef Traxel (tenor), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Erik Sædén (baritone), Fritz Uhl (tenor), Josef Greindl (bass), Hermann Winkler (tenor), Egmont Koch (baritone)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Wolfgang Sawallisch
Nilsson is heard at a pre-Wieland staging of her Isolde – more flashily indulgent (the tope notes are presented as big events) but already loving and passionate in a unique way (try ‘Tod uns... — More…
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Stravinsky & Martin: Violin Concertos
Baiba Skride (violin)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer
Skride's way with Stravinsky's Violin Concerto confirms it as a masterpiece of grace, charm and scintillating joie de vivre...Skride engages happily with the [Martin's] beguiling range of light... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012, Editor's Choice
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Duo Sessions: Julia Fischer & Daniel Müller-Schott
Julia Fischer (violin) & Daniel Müller-Schott (cello)
There’s plenty to enjoy here — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, Chamber Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Chamber Music
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