Tag: Wiener Philharmoniker
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Leontyne Price: Personal Choice
Gramophone Hall of Fame: LEONTYNE PRICE, “possessor of one of the most glorious voices of our time, was one of the first black singers to scale the heights of international opera. The bulk of her great roles were captured on disc. … Without doubt Leontyne’s glorious voice should be included in Gramophone’s Hall of Fame…
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 – Bruno Walter, Wiener Philharmoniker (Toblach Ausgabe)
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Mahler: Symphony No. 9 – Mitropoulos, Wiener Philharmoniker (Toblach Ausgabe)
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A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra
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Twenty Gems of Viennese Operetta
re ALC1049 Golden Operetta) “for listeners wanting the lollipops sung by famous singers …With Schwarzkopf, Loose, Kunz and Gedda on top form they are self-recommending and so is Rita Streich … But there are many other tracks to treasure: Wunderlich, fresh & ardent; Rudolf Schock brilliant & heroic; Wilma Lipp, lively & charming; Jussi Björling…
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The Very Best of Kathleen Ferrier Centenary Collection
“Klever Kaff or The Lass from Blackburn, originally a telephonist then pianist who yearned to sing, combined two things: the personality to communicate with the widest audience, and encourage them in great music, with world-class artistic quality. Bruno Walter, Mahler’s pupil, said: The greatest thing in music in my life has been to have known…
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Kathleen Ferrier sings Lieder
“In the Brahms and Mahler everything benefits from the loveliness of voice and sincerity of approach. Finest of all, I think, are the Vier ernste Gesänge, the voice at its most sumptuous and utterly right for the songs, the style having noble breadth and authority as well as keeping compassionate personal contact.” -Gramophone “I adore…
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Die Fledermaus
“The performance has all the sparkle one could ask for. If anything Karajan is even more brilliant than before and the Decca recording scintillating. Hilde Gueden is a deliciously vivacious Rosalinde, a beautifully projected interpretation. The Karajan ‘gala performance’ featured Decca stars appearing in their turn at the cabaret -in the Orlovsky Ball sequence. This…
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Lisa Della Casa sings Richard Strauss
“these classic performances made when della Casa was in her glorious prime, the voice glowing, creamy and ideally produced” -Gramophone
