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Mozart: Chamber Works
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41
Verdi: Macbeth / Bohm, Milnes, Ridderbusch, Ludwig, Et Al
Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Richard Strauss: Elektra, Op. 58, Trv 223 (Orfeo D'Or) [Live]
Mozart: Arias / Breslik, Lange, Munich Radio Orchestra
Born in Slovakia in 1979, Pavol Breslik made his professional singing debut at the age of twenty-one. Since his debut, he has progressively added more and more to his repertoire however he continually finds himself returning to Mozart. Warmly praised by critics, he has no qualms with his decision to return to Mozart: "When I go back to Mozart after excursions into other repertoire - like Lensky or bel canto - and feel at home with Tamino, I know I have done the right thing."
Faure, Strauss, Mahler, Copland, Ives, Canteloube: Lieder / Von Stade, Katz
Besides her Cherubino in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, Frederica von Stade also enjoyed repeated successes in Salzburg with her song recitals. In 1986, accompanied by Martin Katz, she offered a programme that knew no boundaries, ranging from the florid poesy of settings by Fauré and Strauss to Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer, the moderate American Modernism of Charles Ives, Copland and Pasatieri, then to Canteloube's French folk song adaptations. Schoenberg's early cabaret songs served to round off the evening in ebullient fashion.
Schumann: Violin Concertos / Skride, Storgårds, Danish National Symphony
Puccini: Soprano Arias
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Norwegian Dances, Lyric Suite / Kultyshev, Jensen
Wagner / Schnitzer, Seiffert, Schirmer, Munich Radio Orchestra
RICHARD WAGNER Petra Maria Schnitzer, soprano; Peter Seiffert, tenor; Munchner Rundfunkorchester/Ulf Schirmer; Live recording: Munich, January 14-17, 2008. RICHARD WAGNER: Arias from Lohengrin; Tannhauser; Die Walkure.
Danzi: Septets & Potpourris / Consortium Classicum
A product of the Mannheim School, he was extensively involved in orchestral advances in Munich, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe. In particular the two Clarinet Potpourris featured on the present CD are performed by Dieter Klöcker and his colleagues with a virtuoso delight in the composer's melodic vein, which ranges from songlike simplicity to elaborate examples of variation form. Danzi reveals himself as a true master in his two Septets which explore a wide expressive range between strings and winds and between dance-like rhythms and lively hunting fanfares. In recording these works the Consortium Classicum render outstanding service to a composer whose works are unjustly neglected but deserve to be far better known.
Hartmann: Symphonische Hymnen, Etc / Kubelik
Includes work(s) by Karl Amadeus Hartmann. Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubelik. Soloists: Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Maria Bergmann.
Mozart: Don Giovanni Fassung Fur Streichquartett
Dvorák Und Seine Zeit
Klavierkonzert No. 3, Sinfonie
Khatchaturian: Cello Concerto In E Minor & Violin Concerto In D Minor
Anna Tomowa-Sintow Sings Famous Opera Arias
Dvorak: Rusalka / Welser-most, Nylund, Magee, Held
The fairytale narrative gains in psychological focus and depth, aided and abetted by the team of soloists headed by Camilla Nylund as Rusalka and Piotr Beczala as the Prince. To the role of the water nymph, Nylund brings a beautiful lyric soprano voice that retains its focus and penetrating power even in the score's most dramatic outbursts, while the bright tenor voice of Piotr Beczala produces a convincing vocal portrait of the hapless heroine's inconstant lover, following her decision to enter the world of mortals. The remaining roles were cast from strength, notably the admonitory figure of the Water Goblin, taken here by Alan Held, whose powerful Wagnerian bass-baritone lends the role an impressive profile; Birgit Remmert, with her dark-hued, impressively full-toned voice and Emily Magee's burnished soprano, with its brilliant upper register.
Particularly gratifying in a Salzburg Festival production is the casting of minor roles with promising young singers including Eva Liebau as the Turnspit, Adam Plachetka as the Gamekeeper and the three well-modulated wood nymphs of Anna Prohaska, Stephanie Atasanov and Hannah Esther Minutillo. Appearing alongside this team of singers is the Vienna State Opera Chorus on outstanding form. All in all, then, it comes as no surprise to know that the response to the musical side of this production was extremely positive, a response which it is hoped will be repeated in the case of the present live recording.
