DVD Video, Christian Thielemann (conductor)
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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana & Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (DVD)
RecommendedJonas Kaufmann (Turiddu), Liudmyla Monastyrska (Santuzza), Ambrogio Maestri (Alfio), Annalisa Stroppa (Lola), Stefania Toczyska (Mamma Lucia), Jonas Kaufmann (Canio), Maria Agresta (Nedda), Dimitri Platanias (Tonio), Alessio Arduini (Silvio), Tansel Akzeybek (Beppe)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Sachsischer...
We have plenty of the thrilling, untrammelled and ringing sound that the tenor is capable of at his best...Happily, Kaufmann’s outstanding central performances are well matched, both musically... — More…
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th March 2016
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2016, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
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New,
Richard Wagner: Die Walküre Anja Kampe (Brünnhilde), Michael Volle (Wotan), Robert Watson (Siegmund), Vida Miknevičiūtė (Sieglinde), Claudia Mahnke (Fricka), Mika Kares (Hunding)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Christian Thielemann, Dmitri Tcherniakov
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New,
Wagner: Das Rheingold Michael Volle (Wotan), Rolando Villazón (Loge), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich), Claudia Mahnke (Fricka), Vida Miknevičiūtė (Freia), Mika Kares (Fasolt), Peter Rose (Fafner)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Christian Thielemann, Dmitri Tcherniakov
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Enthusiasts of Thielemann’s work will be impressed by the result – though there’s plenty here to please anyone who loves this music…the Ritter Pásmán csárdás has the verve and headlong momentum... — More…
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Puccini: Tosca
Anja Harteros, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Ludovic Tézier
Salzburger Bachchor & Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
This production does a fine job of underlining just what a resonant opera Tosca is for our times…Harteros is a chic, grown-up, no-nonsense Tosca…She is on top form vocally, particularly rich... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2019, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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33 CDs + 19 DVD Videos
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Wagner: Kaufmann Sings
Recorded at the Semper Oper Dresden, 2013
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Staatskapelle Dresden & Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Christian Thielemann
aside from his musical achievement [Kaufmann] has both natural presence and the ability to put over the content of the narrations in gripping but unhistrionic fashion...The music-making is absolutely... — More…
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Wagner: Die Walküre
Johan Botha (Siegmund), Kwangchul Youn (Hunding), Albert Dohmen (Wotan), Edith Haller (Sieglinde), Linda Watson (Brünnhilde), Mihoko Fujimura (Fricka)
Bayreuther Festspiele, Christian Thielemann, Tankred Dorst
The sets, reflecting the blue-grey and orange hues of the Festspielhaus foyer, create some striking stage pictures...Botha as Siegmund is ungainly, yet gives this dark character unusual innocence... — More…
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Richard Strauss Gala
Anja Harteros, Camilla Nylund, Christine Goerke (sopranos)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
the Staatskapelle Dresden, with its distinctively mellow sound, is ideal for Strauss, and the singers are mostly well chosen for their appointed arias...Goerke has emerged as a true dramatic... — More…
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Samuel Youn (Der Holländer), Franz-Josef Selig (Daland), Ricarda Merbeth (Senta), Tomislav Muzek (Erik), Christa Mayer (Mary), Benjamin Bruns (Der Steuermann)
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Christian Thielemann (conductor) & Jan Philipp Gloger (director)
Musically, this performance is on such a high level that, if released in an audio-only format, it wuold be among the best live recordings out there. Youn is a particular revelation, with bass... — More…
