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Rundfunkchor Berlin/Strobel
Schnittke:music For The Movies [ Cpo / CD - released 3/Dec/2001 ] |
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ERNST TOCH
Symphonies Nos 1 & 4 Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Alun Francis [ CPO / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "Francis' affection for and dedication to Toch's music is clearly evident in his stirring performances with the Berlin Radio Symphony, which plays with power and precision. CPO's spacious recording reproduces the music with impressive... |
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WEIGL
Symphony No 5 'Apocalyptic Symphony' (1945) / Phantastisches Intermezzo Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin conducted by Thomas Sanderling [ BIS / CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Aug 2002) |
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BEDRICH SMETANA
Smetana: Festive Symphony / The Bartered Bride & Overture and Dances Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Darrell Ang [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2018 ] Bedrich Smetana's 'Festive Symphony' was composed in 1854 when hopes for Emperor Franz Joseph becoming King of Bohemia were high. The splendid sounds of Smetana's only formal symphony pre-echo later masterpieces such as 'Ma Vlast,' but his use of the... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Michael Volle Michael Volle, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Georg Fritzsch [ Orfeo / CD - released 23/Jun/2017 ] |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Highlights from the ballet) Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin, Heinz Rogner [ Berlin Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] |
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Cesar FRANCK / Ernest CHAUSSON
Franck/Chausson: Symphonies Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Jean-Luc Tingaud [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] César Franck's only symphony came at a time when the French music world was seeking to rival the great Austro-German tradition. The 'darkness-to-light' narrative of the Symphony in D minor owes a debt to Beethoven and there is a unique power within... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie (Alpine Symphony) Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Vladimir Jurowski [ Pentatone / CD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester continue their PENTATONE journey through the heights of German late-Romantic repertoire with a recording of Richard Strauss's Eine Alpensinfonie. The Alpine Symphony was inspired by the composer's... |
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Sanderling/Rso Berlin
Pettersson: Symphony No.8 [ Cpo / CD ] |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Solomon (complete oratorio) Sarah Connolly (alto) Susan Gritton (sop) Carolyn Sampson (sop) Mark Padmore (ten) / Akademie fAr Alte Musik Berlin / Daniel Reuss (dir) [ Harmonia Mundi HMHeritage / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] Handel was 63 years old when he composed Solomon, one of his final masterpieces. This monumental oratorio depicts the three highpoints of the biblical king's life: the building of the temple, the famous judgment, and the visit of the Queen of Sheba.... |
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Schafer/Berlin So/Salemkour
Various: Arias [ Sony Classical / CD - released 5/Dec/2011 ] |
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CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Der Freischütz Sharon Sweet, Ruth Ziesak, Peter Seiffert, Andreas Schmidt, Kurt Rydl, Roman Trekel / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Marek Janowski [ Sony RCA Classical Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2017 ] This memorable version of Weber's Der Freischütz from 1994 returns to the catalogue. It offers some outstanding vocal contributions, opined BBC Music Magazine, "sung with a genuine feeling for melodic shape and verbal emphasis: Peter Seiffert's... |
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WAGNER
Opera Arias Simon Estes (bass) / Staatskapelle Berlin / Heinz Fricke [ Newton Classics / CD - released 25/Aug/2011 ] "As Amfortas Estes is once again at his very best, bringing out the anguish and pity in the music, both in his rich, intense tone and his well-considered diction - the cries of "Erbarmen" truly searing; again, this must rank with the best... |
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Schulhoff,
Landschaften, Menschheit, Der Bürger als Edelmann Soffel, Rische; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Gerd Albrecht [ ORFEO / CD - released 17/Oct/2003 ] |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Four Last Songs and other Lieder Soile Isokoski (soprano) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Marek Janowski, conductor [ Ondine 20th Anniversary / CD - released 10/Jun/2004 ] "Strauss singing doesn't come much better than this. I suspect that the composer him∆self‚ with his love of the soprano voice‚ would have been enthralled by Isokoski's glorious singing." (Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2002) |
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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Septem verba a Christo (in cruce moriente prolata) Sophie Karthäuser, Christophe Dumaux, Julien Behr, Konstantin Wolff / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] "this hybrid cycle of seven early-18th-century cantatas based on the Seven Last Words is deeply impressive...The mood ranges wide, from fiery, coloratura-laden anger to a touching lyricism." Sunday Times |
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ANTON ARENSKY
Arnesky: Chamber Music Spectrum Concerts Berlin [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jan/2015 ] Anton Arensky belonged to the generation between Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, his early flair leading Tolstoy to state that, "among the new composers he is the best, he is simple and melodious". Lacking a Russian tradition for the genre, Arensky's... |
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PAUL HINDEMITH
Clarinet Quintet / Clarinet Quartet / Clarinet Sonata / Three Easy Pieces Spectrum Concerts Berlin [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] "Naxos is to be thanked for this slightly unusual issue - the Quintet is such a rarity - and the performances are excellent. Everything about this issue is exemplary. I loved every minute and it shows us yet another side of this multi-faceted and... |
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ERNO DOHNANYI
Dohnanyi: Serenade for String Trio / Sextet Spectrum Concerts Berlin [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Dec/2003 ] Rosette (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
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SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEYEV
Taneyev: String Trio, Op. 31 / Piano Quartet, Op. 20 Spectrum Concerts Berlin [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jun/2022 ] With this album, Naxos and Spectrum Concerts wish to champion a composer who was universally respected and admired during his life, but whose work has for the most part languished unheard since his death over a century ago. |