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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Serse (Opera in Three Acts) Anne Sofie von Otter, Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, Sandrine Piau / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, director [ Virgin Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2011 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - "Christie masterminds an entertaining performance … This recording captures a theatrical flow and affectionate atmosphere that is deeply satisfying" (Gramophone) |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bluebeard's Castle (complete opera) Anne Sofie von Otter, John Tomlinson / Berliner Philharmoniker, Bernard Haitink [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/1996 ] Originally recorded in February 1996 |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (The Damnation of Faust) - From the Royal Albert Hall 1989 Anne Sofie Von Otter, Keith Lewis, Jose Van Dam, Peter Rose / The Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ AWD DVD / DVD - released 20/Jan/2006 ] Sir Georg Solti conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a magnificent performance of Berlioz's concert cantata. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berlioz: Harold In Italy / Les Nuits d'ete Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Antoine Tamestit (viola) / Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Naive Classique / CD - released 20/Oct/2011 ] "Minkowski gives an energetic, crisp, emphatic reading. The sinewy sound of the Louvre players' period instruments, though, lends it a rougher, almost folkier texture, against which the viola's individual voice stands out more sharply than usual."... |
LARSSON / ALFVEN / NYSTROEM / RANGSTROM / LINDE / AULIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anne Sofie von Otter - Swedish Songs Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Bengt Forsberg (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Nov/2003 ] The composers featured here are a happily diverse lot, from Gösta Nystroem (1890-1966), a student of Vincent D'Indy, to Lars-Erik Larsson, who found his compositional voice in Vienna under the tutelage of Alban Berg. Exploring this rare repertoire... |
CECILE CHAMINADE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chaminade - Mots d'Amour: Lieder (Songs) Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Bengt Forsberg (piano) Peter Jablonski (piano II), Nils-Erik Spar (violin)f [ Deutsche Gramophone / CD - released 10/Aug/2001 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2002 - Vocal |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Summer's Day - Swedish Romantic Songs Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) Bengt Forsberg (piano), with Fredrik Zetterström, baritone [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2012 ] Anne Sofie von Otter, accompanied by Bengt Forsberg and joined by baritone Fredrik Zetterström for two duets, performs works by four Swedish composers whose works were all composed within a century of each other. |
W. A. MOZART / CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK / JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anne Sofie von Otter - Opera Arias Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) / English Concert, Trevor Pinnock [ Archiv / CD - released 6/Oct/1997 ] This disc, an entirely personal selection of arias from the Viennese Classical period, means all the more to her including, arias sung by dramatic and passionate women 'most of whom', she admits ''I have never performed on stage" Gramophone |
MONTEVERDI / VIVALDI / PURCELL / BERTALI / LEGRENZI
Lamenti Anne Sofie von Otter (soprano) / Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 12/Dec/2011 ] "The range of von Otter's musical interests . . . is remarkable, and she brings to it all a combination of probing intelligence and lushly gleaming vocalism." San Francisco Chronicle, 2004 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Songs (Songs orchestrated by: Berlioz-Britten-Brahms-Liszt-Offenbach-Reger-Webern ) Anne Sofie von Otter / Thomas Quasthoff / The Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Apr/2003 ] "Von Otter remains one of the most searching, verbally aware of Lieder interpreters. Quasthoff, with his warm noble baritone, is just as compelling. Abbado is a near-ideal accompanist, alive to any special felicities of scoring but always considerate... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 3 Anne Sofie von Otter / Women's Chorus of the Vienna Singverein / Wiener Philharmoniker; Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 24/Mar/2003 ] "A leading contender in the anti-theatrical Mahler stakes, in superlative sound, too" - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (August 2003) |
BRAD MEHIDAU / LEO FERRE / BARBARA / JONI MITCHELL / RICHARD RODGERS / MICEL LEGRAND / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Love Songs Anne Sophie Von Otter (mezzo) & Brad Mehldau (piano) [ Naive / 2 CD - released 22/Nov/2010 ] In the most exciting classical crossover project of the year, Anne Sofie von Otter has recorded an album with the jazz pianist Brad Mehldau... |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Offenbach: Arias and Scenes Anne Sophie von Otter (soprano) / Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Oct/2002 ] Recording of the Month: Gramophone Magazine (March 2003) GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2003 - recital |
BRAHMS / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH / TCHAIKOVSKY
Complete recordings on Deutsche Grammophon Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2012 ] From 1976, when Herbert von Karajan - the most famous conductor in the world - met the prodigiously gifted 13-year-old Anne-Sophie Mutter until his death 13 years later, she was the only violinist to appear with him in concert and on disc. These... |
W.A. MOZART
Violin Concertos Nos 3 K216 & No 5 K219 (rec 1978) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 20/Oct/2004 ] "This is where Mutter's recording career and relationship with DG all began: her first recording alongside Karajan, just one year after the maestro invited the young prodigy to work with him." Gramophone Magazine, October 2008 |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Christmas Oratorio (complete oratorio) Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Nancy Argenta, Anne Sofie von Otter, Olaf Bar / The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Archiv Collectors Edition / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] Gardiner's celebrated Christmas Oratorio, first released in 1987, offered at mid-price for the first time. With soloists including Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Evangelist), Nancy Argenta and Anne Sofie von Otter. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito (complete opera with libretto) Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Sylvia McNair, Julia Varady, Anne Sofie von Otter / The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD Box Set - released 9/Jun/2011 ] With starring roles from Ann Sophie Von Otter, Sylvia McNair, the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir all under the baton of Sir John Eliot Gardiner. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (Complete Oratorio) Arleen Auger, Sophie von Otter, Michael Chance / English Consort / Trevor Pinnock [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2006 ] "With full, atmospheric and well-balanced recording, this set is not to be missed." (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A - Z of Conductors [300 biographies & selected recordings] Arturo Toscanini, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Leopold Stokowski, Thomas Beecham, Willem Mengelberg, Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, etc [ Naxos Educational / 4 CD/Book - released 1/Mar/2010 ] The A-Z of Conductors surveys the history of recording during the twentieth century, from the earliest days of capturing orchestral music on disc to the present era of the iPod, through the biographies of 310 of the most significant conductors whose... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Bavarian State Opera / Piotr Beczala, George Petean, Anja Harteros, Okka von der Damerau, Sofia Fomina / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "Musically things are more than fine. Beczała pulls off this one hell of a tenor role…with style and confidence. Harteros gives her usual tightly focused emotional performance." Gramophone Magazine - Blu-ray of the Month - May 2017 |
