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Edition Staatskapelle Dresden
The ”Edition Staatskapelle Dresden” launched in autumn 2005 is expanding in leaps and bounds. Volume 20, a breathtaking live concert recording of Berlioz's Requiem in Dresden's Kreuzkirche conducted by Sir Colin Davis, was launched at a Semperoper press discussion which took place in the opera house foyer on April 24, 2007.
Sir Colin Davis, who will be celebrating his eightieth birthday this year, was there in person and was presented with the very first CD. The CD samples necessary for such a press event had been delivered to the Dresden opera house only a few minutes earlier by overnight courier from the CD manufacturing plant.
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 'Eroica' (Live)
Staatskapelle Vol. 41
Dresden Staatskapelle, Myung-Whun Chung
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Nézet-Séguin has got this huge, seemingly sprawling score better than anyone else I’ve heard…somehow lush Wagnerian ardour and a much older kind of mystical austerity don’t just cohabit, they... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, Orchestral Choice
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Thielemann favours a monumental approach to Bruckner...The sublime slow movement is quite glorious...Any lover of this great work will want to add this issue to their collection. —
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Building a Library, February 2011, Featured
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This immensely grand, exciting account of the First Symphony… is a truly passionate reading, not only majestic at the biggest moments but much of the time swift-winged, living on its nerves.... —
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Building a Library, March 2007, First Choice
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Langbein’s lyricism and panache suit [the First Horn Concerto] down to the ground, while Thielemann’s conducting is admirably taut yet supple. It’s a superb performance…[in Metamorphosen] Thielemann... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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Edition Staatskapelle Dresden - Volume 21
Juliane Banse (soprano)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli
'Glorious' and 'sublime' were among the epithets applied to the playing of Dresden's 'Royal Chapel' ensemble when Mahler's Fourth Symphony was first performed in the city in 1908. Both epithets... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2008, Editor's Choice
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The Bruckner Eighth… a valuable addition to the Haitink discography. …this is both vital and grand. The Dresden playing is superb, mellow and golden-toned, caught in an acoustic that has warmth... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2009
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Edition Staatskapelle Dresden - Volume 20
Keith Ikaia-Purdy (tenor)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Sir Colin Davis
The Grande Messe des morts was recorded one year short of the 50th anniversary of the day that dawned to reveal to Dresdeners the devastation of their city. For many years, Dresden was not an... —
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…Davis's… his approach is warmly traditional, exploiting the resonance and natural expressiveness of this great orchestra. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2006, Editor's Choice
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Edition Staatskapelle Dresden - Volume 33
Charlotte Margiono (soprano) & Jard van Nes (alto)
Chor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden, Sinfoniechor Dresden & Staatskapelle Dresden, Bernard Haitink
the strings have a warmly cosseting quality, the winds are mellifluous, the brass powerful but cleanly focused...The voices are well balanced and Haitink's willingness to let the music breathe... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2012, Editor's Choice
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