Konstantin Wolff
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Mozart: Die Singspiele (The Magic Flute & The Abduction from the Seraglio)
RecommendedAkademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs, RIAS Kammerchor
This is a total experience, perfectly tailored for private listening. René Jacobs thinks of it as a Hörspiel: it's a play to be heard - I don't know a recorded Zauberflöte more thrillingly alive... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th September 2010
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Building a Library, November 2010, Recommended Recording (Die Zauberflöte)
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year (Die Zauberflöte)
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Opera (Die Zauberflöte)
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2010, Opera Choice (Die Zauberflöte)
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year (Die Zauberflöte)
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010, Editor's Choice (Die Zauberflöte)
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015, (Die Entführung)
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Winner - Opera (Die Zauberflöte)
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
RecommendedDaniel Behle (Tamino), Marlis Petersen (Pamina), Daniel Schmutzhard (Papageno), Sunhae Im (Papagena), Anna-Kristiina Kaappola (Königin der Nacht), Marcos Fink (Sarastro), Kurt Azesberger (Monostatos)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs
...this is a total experience, perfectly tailored for private listening. René Jacobs thinks of it as a Hörspiel: it's a play to be heard - I don't know a recorded Zauberflöte more thrillingly... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th September 2010
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2010, Opera Choice
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Opera Award Winner
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Building a Library, November 2020, Recommended Recording
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
RecommendedIldebrando D'Arcangelo (Don Giovanni), Luca Pisaroni (Leporello), Diana Damrau (Donna Anna), Joyce DiDonato (Donna Elvira), Rolando Villazón (Don Ottavio), Mojca Erdmann (Zerlina), Konstantin Wolff (Masetto), Vitalij Kowaljow (Commendatore)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
D'Arcangelo's full bass allows this Giovanni to register as a vocal heavyweight, a dominant male who's also an expert seducer...Nézet-Séguin supplies plenty of character, with effective tempos... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Opera Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th September 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2012, Editor's Choice
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Opera, December 2012, Recording of the Month
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Building a Library, July 2018, Recommended Recording
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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
RecommendedSimone Kermes (Fiordiligi), Malena Ernman (Dorabella), Anna Kasyan (Despina), Kenneth Tarver (Ferrando), Christopher Maltman (Guglielmo), Konstantin Wolff (Don Alfonso)
MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis
There's an undeniably a strong sense of personality to everything the conductor does...Most notable of all is the interventionist nature of the continuo, with the fortepiano, in particular,... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Handel: Orlando
RecommendedBejun Mehta (Orlando), Sophie Karthäuser (Angelica), Kristina Hammarström (Medoro), Sunhae Im (Dorinda), Konstantin Wolff (Zoroastro)
B'Rock Orchestra, René Jacobs
Mehta brings lively characterisation to the mythical hero's subtle duality. I the uppermost notes of his vocal range sound a little pinched, there is ample compensation in bravura passagework...Im... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2014, First Choice
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Les grandes eaux musicales de Versailles (2016 Edition)
Capella Cracoviensis (early music ensemble), Le Poème Harmonique (early music ensemble), Café Zimmermann (early music ensemble), Capriccio Stravagante Orchestra, Michael Greenberg, Les Enfants d’Apollon, Anders J. Dahlin, Emöke Barath, Sébastien d'Hérin, Les Nouveaux Caractères, Alain Buet, Erwin...
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Here’s a bright, buoyant compilation to celebrate three decades of William Christie’s pioneering period-instrument ensemble...showcas[ing] an elegant conductor-scholar with more than a touch... — More…
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Ries, Ferdinand: Die Räuberbraut
Ruth Ziesak, Julia Borchert, Thomas Blondelle, Jochen Kupfer, Christian Immler, Konstantin Wolff & Yorck Felix Speer
WDR Rundfunkchor Köln & WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Howards Griffiths
The Robber Bride, by a pupil of Beethoven's, shows his influence but doesn't share his genius. It has a general level of amiable competence, and gets at least as good a performance here as it... — More…
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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588 (highlights)
Simone Kermes (Fiordiligi), Malena Ernman (Dorabella), Anna Kasyan (Despina), Kenneth Tarver (Ferrando), Christopher Maltman (Guglielmo), Konstantin Wolff (Don Alfonso)
MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis
there's an undeniably a strong sense of personality to everything the conductor does...Most notable of all is the interventionist nature of the continuo, with the fortepiano, in particular,... — More…
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Les Grandes Eaux
Musicales de Versailles
Emöke Barath (Scylla), Anders J. Dahlin (Glaucus), Caroline Mutel (Circé), Benoît Arnould (Tancrède), Isabelle Druet (Clorinde), Chantal Santon (Herminie), Eric Martin-Bonnet (Isménor), Alain Buet (Argant), Erwin Aros (un sage enchanteur/un sylvain/un guerrier/La Vengeance), Anne-Marie Beaudette...
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