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Strauss R: Four Last Songs
Recommendedand other works
Felicity Lott (soprano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi
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Building a Library, April 2002, First Choice
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This is passionate singing, sexy even – not for nothing has the German been described as resembling a flamenco artist. The best-known songs here are delivered with electrifying ease, and there... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2012, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Solo Vocal
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R. Strauss: Lieder
RecommendedDiana Damrau (soprano)
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Thielemann
What wins this disc the five stars are the facts that Damrau, singing in her native German, is poised ideally between dreamy haze and Schwarzkopfian fussiness...her hallowed pianissimos allow... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th January 2011
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2011, Choral & Song Choice
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Special offer. Strauss - Four Last Songs
Renee Fleming (soprano)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Renée Fleming's first recording of the Last Songs, made in 1996 (on RCA), was distinctly mixed. Here Christian Thielemann is a much more natural Straussian, powerful and luxuriant, and Fleming's... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2008, Editor's Choice
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Walter Gieseking: The complete Homocord recordings and other rarities
Walter Gieseking (piano), with L. Callimahos (flute), with G. Scheck (flute)
A welcome tribute to Giesking's smooth touch and sophisticated musicianship. With music from Bach to Roussel - and Gieseking himself - and audio lovingly restored, it's very special. — More…
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Best known as a Metropolitan diva in Verdi, Puccini ad Ponchielli roles, the Croatian soprano is captured rather late here in the song repertoire, including some of her native folk songs. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 3rd Awards (1960), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Heimliche Aufforderung: Lieder by Richard Strauss
RecommendedChristiane Karg (soprano) & Malcolm Martineau (piano), Felix Klieser (horn)
The Bavarian soprano is a delectably light, idiomatic Straussian, and the covered, pearly underside of her voice is the perfect instrument with which to recreate the secret moments and intimacy... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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This is an essential set for lovers of piano playing. The vast majority of the transfers are superior to anything that has been issued previously, there are a number of recordings appearing... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Historical
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Andrew Kennedy is an eager, bright-eyed lover: the bloom and the tenderness of the middle range of his voice, in particular, knows just how to bring a luxuriant Straussian intimacy to a song... — More…
