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Richard Strauss - Vier letzte Lieder and Other Lieder
RecommendedJessye Norman (soprano)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur
[Norman is] grand, impassioned, noble, dignified, unmannered in this unforgettable interpretation — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1984, Winner - Solo vocal
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, July 2019, Also Recommended
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Richard Strauss: Orchestral Songs
RecommendedSoile Isokoski (soprano)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski
Strauss singing doesn't come much better than this. No doubt the composer himself, with his love of the soprano voice, would have been enthralled by Isokoski's glorious singing. He might also... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2002, Winner - Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2002, Disc of the Month
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Lise Davidsen sings Wagner and Strauss
RecommendedLise Davidsen (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Davidsen is no ordinary singer. Throughout the whole album one marvels at the voice, its easy grandeur and sheer size, its steely focus and security… The timbre has a default cool beauty but... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st May 2019
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Record Review, 8th June 2019, Record of the Week
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Diapason d’Or, Summer Issue 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year
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When Night Falls ...
Elina Garanča (mezzo), Raphaël Feuillâtre (guitar), Raimonds Pauls (piano), Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria, Berlin Music Ensemble, Karel Mark Chichon
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Special offer. 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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Jessye Norman sings Strauss: Five Songs & Salome
Jessye Norman (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt
Norman adds lustre to the already burnished orchestral playing in five songs, familiar from her studio version with Masur. Interpretatively there’s not much to choose between them, but she’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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conjures up this utterly serene state of bliss — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th April 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Special offer. Kate Royal - Recital
Kate Royal (soprano)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Edward Gardner
This CD represents something of a triumph not for one young artist but for two. ENO's new music director, Edward Gardner, conducts the accompaniments, with the Academy of St Martin's on fine... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2007, Disc of the Month
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Special offer. The Record of Singing – The Very Best of Volumes 1-4
RecommendedFrom 1899 to the end of the 78 era: 1899-1952
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Historical
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Reissue
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Gramophone Awards, 1977, Winner - Historical
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Richard Strauss: 'Aber der Richtige'
Violin Concerto & Miniatures
Arabella Steinbacher (violin)
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
Steinbacher is predictably eloquent [in the song arrangements], the playing classy. But the violin itself struggles to project in what are already string-heavy orchestrations, at a tessitura... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2018
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