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Schumann - Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO 3
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Special offer. Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO 3
Christiane Karg (soprano), Mari Eriksmoen (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Andrew Staples (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Alastair Miles (bass), Tareq Nazmi (bass), Kurt Rydl (bass)
Chor & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Harding
[Harding] shapes some elegant playing and clear choral textures, and there's some fine solo singing, notably from Christiane Karg, Bernarda Fink and Andrew Staples. —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2014, Disc of the Month
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Pfitzner: Symphony in C-Sharp Minor - Schumann: Szenen Aus Faust
Lore Hoffmann, Walther Ludwig, Karl Schmitt-Walter
Orchester des Deutschen Opernhauses, Chor des Deutschen Opernhauses, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
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Schumann: Complete Symphonic Works Vol. VI
Symphony in G minor ‘Zwickauer’ & Overtures
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Heinz Holliger
Easily one of the most attractive collections of this music…Holliger’s clear-sighted interpretations, revealed in sound that is focused without being over-analytical —
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Most of the works are making first ever appearances or first appearances on CD and the breadth of repertory makes this an insightfully chosen selection that will make a direct appeal to Gielen’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Re-issue of the Month
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DEVIL'S MUSIC (The)
Oliver de Mones (cello), Artur Pizarro (piano), Bin Huang (violin), Hyun-Sun Kim (piano), Phyllis Bryn-Julson (piano), Richard Moredock (piano), Giuseppe Andaloro (piano), Christopher Gekker (trumpet), Gordon Gottlieb (percussion), Rolf Schulte (violin), Frank Morelli (bassoon), John Feeney (double...
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Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO 3
Iwona Hossa (soprano I), Christiane Libor (soprano II), Anna Luban´ska (alto I), Ewa Marciniec (alto II), Daniel Kirch (tenor), Jaakko Kortekangas (baritone) & Andrew Gangestad (bass)
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra & Warsaw Boys’ Choir, Antoni Wit
Wit's new version concedes little or nothing to Harnoncourt except sound - excellent, nevertheless - and improves on his interpretation with less mannered, more natural pacing. The soloists... —
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For Schumann's admirers the bargain disc is a must. —
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Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO 3
Karita Mattila, Barbara Bonney, Brigitte Poschner-Klebel, Susan Graham (sopranos), Iris Vermillion (mezzo), Endrik Wottrich, Hans-Peter Blochwitz (tenors), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Harry Peeters (basses)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
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Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO 3
Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Christiane Iven (soprano), Alastair Miles (bass), Werner Güra (tenor), Mojca Erdmann (soprano), Birgit Remmert (alto), Elisabeth von Magnus (alto) & Franz-Josef Selig (bass)
Netherlands Radio Choir, Netherlands Children's Choir & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra,...
…Harnoncourt…music, but he's in unusually fluent form here, with airy orchestral and choral textures… Christian Gerhaher is an intellectual, strong-toned Faust, relishing Goethe's robust language… —
