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Julia Varady sings Wagner
RecommendedJulia Varady (soprano)
Deutsches Symphonieorchester Berlin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
This is a truly riveting recital of Wagner from Varady (magnificent singing) and Fischer- Dieskau. Varady's reading of the Wesendonk Lieder is remarkable, enthralling. There's nothing here of... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2017, First Choice
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Massenet: Werther
Brigitte Fassbaender (Charlotte), Marianne Seibel (Sophie), Plácido Domingo (Werther), Hans Günther Nöcker (Albert), Keith Engen (Le Bailli), Karl Christian Kohn (Johann), Georg Paskuda (Schmidt), Hermann Sapell (Brühlmann), Helena Jungwirth (Kätchen)
Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Chor...
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Szymanowski: Violin Concertos 1 and 2 & Myths Op. 30
Baiba Skride (violin), Lauma Skride (piano)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
The First Concerto's opening here is vigorous and cleanly etched, with detailed recording...Skride's performance...is full of tonal variety, and fearless in the often vertiginous tessitura.... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Concerto Choice
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Schumann: Violin Concertos & Phantasie
Baiba Skride (violin)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, John Storgårds
[the Concerto] has a slow movement of otherworldly beauty… Baiba Skride negotiates it admirably… her silky pianissimo playing in the Violin Concerto is a decided asset. It’s a valuable and enterprising... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2013, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, March 2016, Also Recommended
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Hindemith: Clarinet Concerto, Clarinet Quartet & Clarinet Sonata
Sharon Kam (clarinet), Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Cohen, Enrico Pace (piano)
The couplings are, to my mind, even finer than the concerto…I do not know of a stronger rival for the Quartet currently available. — More…
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Chamber Music
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Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621
Werner Hollweg (Tito), Carol Neblett (Vitellia), Catherine Malfitano (Servilia), Tatiana Troyanos (Sesto), Anne Howells (Annio), Kurt Rydl (Publio)
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine
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Diapason d’Or, December 2017, Nouveauté
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Grieg’s Second Sonata sounds gorgeously, openly melancholic. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, Chamber Choice
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Skride’s championship of a fellow Latvian [Eduard Erdmann] is welcome, but she is unpartisan and brings the same affection and sense of authority to his music as the rest of the programme. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
RecommendedMargaret Price (soprano) & Thomas Allen (baritone)
Chor und Orchestra des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Building a Library, September 2012, First Choice
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