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Salzburger Festspieldokumente
Live recordings from the Salzburg Festival.
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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. —
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Diapason d’Or, June 2019, Collectionneur
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Special offer. 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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Building a Library, June 2012, Also Recommended
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Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 (Live)
Robert Kerns (baritone), Mirella Freni (soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Anton Diakov (bass), Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Olivera Miljaković (soprano), Júlia Hamari (mezzo-soprano), Justino Díaz (bass-baritone), John van Kesteren (baritone), Milen Paunov (tenor)
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper,...
There’s some extremely potent singing from three of the leads (Bumbry, Vickers and Freni’s Micaëla), not least from Bumbry with a subtle range of dynamics that truly suggest both the almost... —
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Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms: Emil Gilels
Live Recording August 9, 1976, Großes Festspielhaus
Emil Gilels (piano)
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
RecommendedKathleen Battle (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo)
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine
Levine's 1989 Salzburg account would seem to have been fashioned with the delicate sensibilities of the glamorous festival audience in mind. It's a reading which dutifully pushes most of the... —
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Building a Library, April 2017, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Arthur Grumiaux plays Beethoven, Brahms, Stravinsky, Debussy
Mozarteum, Salzburg 27/7/1961
Arthur Grumiaux (violin) & István Hajdu (piano)
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Special offer. Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Bach/Busoni & Beethoven
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
Michelangeli’s Bach/Busoni Chaconne is dispatched with angular dispassion on this second Salzburg Festival concert recording. The similarly cool attention to detail in the Beethoven is tempered... —
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Special offer. Schubert: Lieder & Schwanengesang
Mozarteum, Salzburg 17/8/1964
Hermann Prey (baritone) & Gerald Moore (piano)
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Special offer. Schumann: Symphony No. 2 & Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
there is only one word for the performance - electrifying. Readers should try to hear this powerful reading. —
