C Major
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Iolanta and The Nutcracker
Olesya Golovneva (Iolanta), Stefan Cerny (Rene), Georgy Vasiliev (Count Vaudemont), Andrei Bondarenko (Robert), Wiener Staatsballett, Orchester der Volksoper Wien, Lotte de Beer, Andrey Kaydanovskiy, Omer Meir Wellber
Two important things you need to know: as this is the Volksoper, Iolanta is sung in German rather than Russian; and neither work is complete…de Beer does have something special to say about... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Special offer. Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier
Krassimira Stoyanova (Marschallin), Sophie Koch (Octavian), Mojca Erdmann (Sophie), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (Annina), Günther Groissböck (Ochs), Adrian Eröd (Faninal), Kresimir Spicer (Valzacchi), Stefan Pop (Italian Singer)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Franz Welser-Möst
Hooray for director Harry Kupfer!...[he] knows that Rosenkavalier is a supreme exercise in nostalgia...This is also Freud's Vienna. Stoyanova's Marschallin is a scrupulous analyst of her own... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2015, Opera Choice
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Thoughts range from the philosophical to the finer points of interpretative detail that make key viewing for pianists —
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - DVD Documentary
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Schumann: The Complete Symphonies & Discovering Schumann
and Discovering Schumann - Christian Thielemann about Schumann's Symphonies
Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
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Diapason d’Or, February 2020, Vidéo
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a terrific memento of a marvellous concert...The performance of the New World...is out of the top drawer, with the same outstanding qualities as their audio recording....Nelsons makes the Symphony... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2013, DVD of the Month
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LA Phil 100
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Centennial Birthday Gala
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gustavo Dudamel
Plenty of the Phil’s strengths are on show, chief among them the rhythmic sophistication and clarity instilled during 17 seasons under Esa-Pekka Salonen and his diet of 20th-century music including... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2020, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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Special offer. Verdi: Otello
RecommendedAleksandrs Antonenko (Otello), Marina Poplavskaya (Desdemona), Carlos Àlvarez (Iago), Barbara Di Castri (Emilia), Stephen Costello (Cassio), Antonello Ceron (Roderigo), Mikhail Petrenko (Lodovico)
Wiener Philharmoniker & Wiener Staatsopernchor, Riccardo Muti
Otello is played by Aleksandrs Antonenko, who is tremendous in all respects. His Desdemona is the lovely Marina Poplovskaya...an expert in suffering. Carlos Àlvarez's Iago and Stephen Costello's... —
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Building a Library, February 2012, First Choice (DVD & Blu-ray)
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Special offer. Goldschmidt: Beatrice Cenci
Christoph Pohl, Gal James, Dshamilja Kaiser, Christina Bock
Prague Philharmonic Choir Wiener Symphoniker, Johannes Debus
Christoph Pohl has an athletic frame, and his fast, slick movements make the character of the Count all the more maniacal and menacing. His voice is a little light, but Goldschmidt’s clear orchestration... —
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Opera, October 2019, Disc of the Month
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Marlis Petersen (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (contralto), Werner Güra (tenor) & Gerald Finley (bass)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Netherlands Radio Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
This is exceptional. There are certainly many different valid ways to perform the Missa solemnis, but it's hard to imagine they will surpass this outstanding version...The Royal Concertgebouw... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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Love Songs By Schumann and Brahms
Diana Damrau (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Performance & Documentaries
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