Tag: Ferenc Fricsay
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Bartók: Complete Piano Concertos, Nos. 1-3
“Anda’s recordings of the concertos have acquired classic status. Anda seems ideally cast as soloist and Fricsay is a natural Bartókian. Performances are refined yet urgent, incisive but red-blooded too….The Berlin Radio Orchestra plays with considerable virtuosity” (Penguin Guide 3 stars) “At long last we have a worthy recording of the Bartók Second Concerto ……
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Mozart: Great Mass in C Minor; Exsultate, Jubilate
(Exsultate, jubilate) “Miss Stader gives an even more assured performance now and manages to keep the feeling of exaltation up to the end ..an excellent performance.” (Mass) “both the cathedral choir and the symphony orchestra produce glorious sonorities surpassed only by the fine team of soloists. Of these, Maria Stader is outstanding for her supremely…
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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Opera Arias
“This collection shows how directly he transplants Lieder-style into another genre…on the Mozart side the results are both convincing and intensely memorable. Fischer-Dieskau has twice recorded the part of Papageno, these earlier Fricsay versions have been preferred to the later Bohm …and in the Don Giovanni items….the Don’s Champagne Aria and Serenade are more mellifluous….…
