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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Rosa Feola (soprano), Alisa Kolosova (contralto), Dmitry Korchak (tenor), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass-baritone), Wiener Staatsoper (opera company)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Performance & Documentaries
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Leonard Bernstein conducts Beethoven & Haydn
RecommendedJudith Blegen (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Claes H. Ahnsjö (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Leonard Bernstein
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Building A Library, October 2021, Recommendation with modern instruments
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Marlis Petersen (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (contralto), Werner Güra (tenor) & Gerald Finley (bass)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Netherlands Radio Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
This is exceptional. There are certainly many different valid ways to perform the Missa solemnis, but it's hard to imagine they will surpass this outstanding version...The Royal Concertgebouw... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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Elbphilharmonie Hamburg: Grand Opening Concert Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, 11.01.2017
Philippe Jaroussky, Sir Bryn Terfel, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Pavol Breslik, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Ensemble Praetorius, NDR Choir, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Thomas Hengelbrock
There are plenty of musical highlights – oboist Kalev Kuljus’s exquisite ‘Pan’, from Britten’s Six Metamorphoses after Ovid; a lithe, light-textured finale from Messiaen’s Turangalila Symphony;... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2017, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration
Yo-Yo Ma (solo cello/director), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Peter Serkin (piano), Emanuel Ax (piano), James Taylor (vocals/guitar)
Boston Pops Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Keith Lockhart, Andris Nelsons, David Zinman,...
If this all sounds rather eclectic, well, yes it is – but it all hangs together beautifully as a celebration of the festival’s diversity and joie de vivre. The performance styles, too, come... — More…
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The UNESCO Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Erin Wall (soprano), Annika Schlicht (mezzo-soprano), Attilio Glaser (tenor), René Pape (bass)
Members of the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, World Orchestra for Peace & Würth Philharmonike, Donald Runnicles
Appeals for peace and unity in Europe may ring hollow soon enough but the performance itself bears repetition, unfailingly lucid and rhythmically sprung in the Toscanini mould…The sound-mixing... — More…
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Beethoven Symphony No. 9: Ode to Freedom
Venceslava Hruba-Freiberger, Doris Soffel, James Wagner, Gwynne Howell
Gewandhaus Chorus and Orchestra, Kurt Masur
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Elīna Garanča (mezzo), Michael Schade (tenor), Franz-Josef Selig (bass)
Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden & Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
Thielemann generally favours lively tempos and a lightness of touch. Details are clear and he elicits a remarkable luminosity from the substantial forces, making this a deeply engaging account...The... — More…
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Mozart: Mass in C minor, K427 'Great'
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Camerata Salzburg, Salzburger Bachchor, Andrew Manze
The two sopranos acquit themselves well...The Camerata Salzburg field modern instruments but with natural trumpets and shallow timpani with hard sticks. Filming is not particularly imaginative...although... — More…
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Beethoven: Symphonies 7/8/9
Live from Suntory Hall, Tokyo, 2012
Christiane Karg (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo-soprano), Michael Schade (tenor), Michael Volle (baritone)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
