Weber - Der Freischütz
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Weber: Der Freischütz
RecommendedLise Davidsen (Agathe), Andreas Schager (Max), Sofia Fomina (Ännchen), Alan Held (Kaspar), Markus Eiche (Ottokar), Franz-Josef Selig (Eremit)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony, MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Marek Janowski
It is carefully done, and due attention is paid to Weber’s inventive score, but the result is frankly pedestrian…There’s good singing here, led by Lise Davidsen’s sweet-toned Agathe, who sings... — More…
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Record Review, 26th October 2019, Disc of the Week
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Weber: Der Freischütz
RecommendedMaximilian Schmitt (Max), Polina Pasztircsák (Agathe), Kateryna Kasper (Ännchen), Dimitry Ivashchenko (Kaspar), Yannick Debus (Kilian), Matthias Winckhler (Kuno), Christian Immler (Hermit), Max Urlacher (Samiel)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, René Jacobs
If it all convinces that’s because Jacobs has an absolute instinct for Weber’s score. The horns of the Freiburger Barockorchester are almost a character in their own right in this Romantic opera... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th April 2022
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Record Review, 29th April 2022, Record of the Week
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Opera, July 2022, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Opera
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Weber: Der Freischütz
RecommendedChristine Brewer (Agathe), Sally Matthews (Ännchen), Lars Woldt (Kaspar), Simon O’Neill (Max), Stephan Loges (Ottokar/Zamiel), Martin Snell (Kuno), Gidon Saks (A Hermit), Marcus Farnsworth (Kilian), Lucy Hall (Bridesmaids)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
This is a sincere reading of the work, but sincerity should not be confused with a lack of sophistication. The orchestral textures are pristine, the tempos and colours bracing and plaintive,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th May 2013
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Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz
Mauro Peter (tenor), Nikola Hillebrand, Christof Fischesser, Katharina Ruckgaber, Moritz von Treuenfels, Bregenzer Festspielchor, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Wiener Symphoniker, Philipp Stölzl, Enrique Mazzola
The Austrian director has sought creatively to bring the work to life for a modern audience, not just through theatrical wizardry – and there’s plenty of that, given Bregenz’s unprecedented... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Weber: Der Freischütz
Mauro Peter (tenor), Nikola Hillebrand, Christof Fischesser, Katharina Ruckgaber, Moritz von Treuenfels, Bregenzer Festspielchor, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Wiener Symphoniker, Philipp Stölzl, Enrique Mazzola
The Austrian director has sought creatively to bring the work to life for a modern audience, not just through theatrical wizardry – and there’s plenty of that, given Bregenz’s unprecedented... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Weber: Der Freischütz
Gundula Janowitz (Agathe), Edith Mathis (Ännchen), Peter Schreier (Max), Theo Adam (Kaspar), Franz Crass (Hermit), Siegfried Vogel (Kuno), Bernd Weikl (Ottokar), Günther Leib (Kilian), Gerhard Paul (Zamiel)
Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Carlos Kleiber
Carlos Kleiber's fine set of Der Freischütz earns reissue on CD for a number of reasons. One is the excellence of the actual recorded sound with a score that profits greatly from such attention.... — More…
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Weber: Der Freischütz
Luba Orgonasova, Erich Wottrich, Christine Schäfer, Wolfgang Holzmair
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Radio Chorus, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Hildegard Behrens, Rene Kollo, Peter Meven
Bayerischen Rundfunks Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik
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Weber: Der Freischütz
Hermann Prey, Elisabeth Grümmer, Lisa Otto, Karl Christian Kohn & Rudolf Schock
Berliner Philharmoniker, Joseph Keilberth
Keilberth, even more than Jochum and Kubelík, captures the darkly magical forest atmosphere with a Romantic power that escapes recent recordings. Splendidly cast. — More…
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Weber: Der Freischütz
Elisabeth Grummer (Agathe), Rudolf Schock (Max), Hermann Prey (Ottokar), Gottlob Frick (Hermit), Lisa Otto (Ännchen), Ernst Wiemann (Kuno), Wilhelm Dicks (Kilian), Fritz Hoppe (Zamiel)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Städtische Opernchor Berlin, Joseph Keilberth
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