RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (highlights) Rene Kollo, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Siegmund Himsgern / Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Studio / CD - released 23/Mar/1988 ] Original recorded in 1981 |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (highlights) Theo Adam, Sir Geraint Evans, Rene Kollo / Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert von Karajan [ EMI Studio / CD - released 23/Mar/1988 ] "For some, the finest Meistersinger recorded; for others, too self-consciously 'chamber' in style. There's enough punch in the big moments, though." BBC Music Five Stars |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Pelleas and Melisande (Complete Opera recorded in 1978) Richard Stilwell, Frederica von Stade, Josa van Dam. Berlin Philharmonic / Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2017 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "a very characteristically Karajan performance, deeply committed and full of beautiful things. The casting is excellent." (Gramophone) |
WAGNER
Der fliegende Holländer [The Flying Dutchman] (Complete Opera) Robert Hale, Hildegard Behrens, Josef Protschka, Kurt Rydl / Wiener Philharmoniker, Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Decca Opera! / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "Singers, conductor, chorus, orchestra and engineers combine to make this the most successful recording of the work to date." (Gramophone) |
SMETANA
Ma Vlast / Overtures / Bartered Bride [excerpts] Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Antal Doráti / The Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "The sound is resonant and full-bodied,..this remains an enjoyable programme." (Gramophone on the Overtures & Dances) |
Bedrich Sm
Má Vlast RSO Wien, Lovro von Matacic [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony 3 & 6 / Fantasia in C for piano, chorus & orchestra Rudolf Serkin (piano) / Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Telarc Everybody's Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] Everybody's Classics is Telarc's new reissue series offering consumers 2 CDs For 1 Great Price! This series is a great way for the classical connoisseur to update their collection with high quality and great sounding performances. |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas Vol 6 (BWV 50, 59, 69, 69a, 75, 76, 104, 179, 186, 190) Ruth Ziesak (soprano) Elisabeth von Magnus (alto) Paul Agnew (tenor) Klaus Mertens (bass) / Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir / Ton Koopman [ Challenge Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] “Ton Koopman once again seems to be able to express the whole range of Bach’s sacred music from spiritual exaltation to religious terror, from giddiest joy to deepest sorrow, from festive celebration to personal mortification." - All Music Guide |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers [Orpheus in the Underworld] (complete operetta recorded in 2019) Salzburg Festival / Kathryn Lewek, Joel Prieto, Anne Sofie von Otter, Martin Winkler / Enrique Mazzola (cond) [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 17/Jul/2020 ] "A frantic and fabulous show" (New York Times) |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers [Orpheus in the Underworld] (complete operetta recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Kathryn Lewek, Joel Prieto, Anne Sofie von Otter, Martin Winkler / Enrique Mazzola (cond) [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 17/Jul/2020 ] Operetta enthusiast Barrie Kosky has landed a gigantic success with Offenbach's subversive and hilarious reversion of the Orpheus myth at the Salzburg Festival. Kosky created a magically precise and witty staging with numerous extravagant costumes in... |
MOZART
Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Naxos Historical / 3 CD - released 3/Jul/2006 ] |
BEETHOVEN
The Best of Beethoven Seiji Ozawa / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Christoph von Dohnanyi & others [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 14/Jul/2005 ] Excerpts from Beethoven's best known works performed by several of the world's finest recording artists make this a superb compilation release. Critics have raved about this recording, calling the symphonic portions, "impressive throughout for its... |
BARTOK / STRAVINSKY / BERNSTEIN / SHOSTAKOVICH / MAHLER / R. STRAUSS / etc
Orchestral Music in the 20th Century Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, with Felicity Palmer, Gidon Kremer, Anne Sofie von Otter, Willard White, etc [ Arthaus Musik DVD / 7 DVD Box Set - released 1/Jan/1999 ] "The series was one of the last intelligent contributions to classical music by British television and, even by 1996, one suspects that only a musician of Rattle's stature and determination could have got it made." Gramophone |
TCHAIKOVSKY / WAGNER / STRAUSS / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / SCHOENBERG / etc
450 Years Staatskapelle Berlin Staatskapelle Berlin, Richard Strauss, Leo Blech, Otto Klemperer, Erich Kleiber, Herbert von Karajan, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Joseph Keilberth, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 15 CD Box Set - released 3/Apr/2020 ] As the Staatskapelle Berlin celebrates its 450th anniversary, Deutsche Grammophon presents 15 discs of sound recordings of outstanding artistic merit from the venerable, world-class orchestra under its great conductors. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Staatsoper Stuttgart / Michaël König, Simone Schneider, Martin Gantner, Okka von der Damerau / Cornelius Meister [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 20/Nov/2020 ] What are heroes made of and why do our societies need them so badly ? At the Staatsoper Stuttgart, stage director Árpád Schilling tries to answer this mythological, political and existential question, lying at the core of Richard Wagner's Lohengrin.... |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: On The Town Frederica von Stade, Tyne Daley, Thomas Hampson, Samuel Ramey, Cleo Laine / London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, Michael Tilson Thomas [ Deutsche Grammophon First Choice / CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "The energy and fun make this irresistable" (Five Stars BBC Music) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 4 Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Claudio Abbado [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "this has a gleaming Vienna Philharmonic and a most touching soloist in von Stade" (Five Stars BBC Music) |
Verdi, Giu
Messa da Requiem Stella, Dominguez, Gedda, Modesti, Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien; Wiener Symphoniker, Herbert von [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 12/Mar/2008 ] |
Steve Von Till
As The Crow Flies (LP) [ Neurot / LP - released 23/Oct/2015 ] Steve Von Till's first solo album, from 2000, on vinyl (180gram) for the first time! The sixth-ever release on the band's own Neurot Recordings, Steve Von Till's solo debut was the first in what has become a long and illustrious line of solo... |