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Offer, 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... — More…
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Offer, Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Mauro Peter (Belmonte), Lenneke Ruiten (Konstanze), Sabine Devieilhe (Blonde), Maximilian Schmitt (Pedrillo), Tobias Kehrer (Osmin)
Chorus of Teatro alla Scala & Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Zubin Mehta, Giorgio Strehler
Strehler/Testi handles the balance between the comic and the serious astutely…Ruiten’s superb performance – touchingly acted, fluently sung – makes you both believe and care…Devieilhe soars effortlessly... — More…
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Offer, Juan Diego Flórez sings Mozart
Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Orchestra La Scintilla, Riccardo Minasi
Offer, Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Beethoven: Violin Concerto & Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Offer, Mozart: Die Zauberflöte ('The Magic Flute')
Matthias Goerne (Sarastro), Mauro Peter (Tamino), Albina Shagimuratova (Königin der Nacht), Christiane Karg (Pamina), Adam Plachetka (Papageno), Maria Nazarova (Papagena), Michael Porter (Monostatos), Tareq Nazmi (Sprecher)
Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Constantinos Carydis,...
Steier offers brilliant and convincing solutions to the perennial problems of Die Zauberflöte. — More…
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Offer, The UNESCO Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Erin Wall (soprano), Annika Schlicht (mezzo-soprano), Attilio Glaser (tenor), René Pape (bass)
Members of the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, World Orchestra for Peace & Würth Philharmonike, Donald Runnicles
Appeals for peace and unity in Europe may ring hollow soon enough but the performance itself bears repetition, unfailingly lucid and rhythmically sprung in the Toscanini mould…The sound-mixing... — More…
Offer, Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Elīna Garanča (mezzo), Michael Schade (tenor), Franz-Josef Selig (bass)
Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden & Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
Thielemann generally favours lively tempos and a lightness of touch. Details are clear and he elicits a remarkable luminosity from the substantial forces, making this a deeply engaging account...The... — More…
Offer, Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Anett Fritsch (Fiordiligi), Paola Gardina (Dorabella), Kerstin Avemo (Despina), Juan Francisco Gatell (Ferrando), Andreas Wolf (Guglielmo), William Shimell (Don Alfonso)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real de Madrid, Sylvain Cambreling
No lover of radical productions myself, I found it fascinating. You will, too, provided you forget that Cosi is an opera buffa: this is serious stuff...Within the limits of Haneke's very particular... — More…
