Karl Ridderbusch
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Bruckner - Masses 1-3
RecommendedEdith Mathis, Marga Schiml, Wieslaw Ochman, Karl Ridderbusch, Maria Stader, Claudia Hellman, Ernst Haefliger, Kim Borg
Bavarian Radio Chorus & Symphony Orchestra, Eugen Jochum
Like Bruckner, Eugen Jochum came from a devout Catholic family and began his musical life as a church organist. He would have known the Mass texts more or less inside out, which explains why... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Building a Library, February 2002, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Bruckner: Masses Nos 1-3
RecommendedEdith Mathis, Marga Schiml, Wieslaw Ochman, Karl Ridderbusch, Maria Stader, Claudia Hellman, Ernst Haefliger, Kim Borg
Bavarian Radio Chorus & Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eugen Jochum
Like Bruckner, Eugen Jochum came from a devout Catholic family and began his musical life as a church organist. He would have known the Mass texts more or less inside out, which explains why... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2002, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier
Brigitte Fassbaender (Octavian), Claire Watson (Marschallin), Karl Ridderbusch (Ochs), Lucia Popp (Sophie), Benno Kusche (Faninal), Annelie Waas (Marianne), David Thaw (Valzacchi), Margarethe Bence (Annina) & Gerhard Unger (Italian singer)
Bavarian State Opera, Carlos Kleiber
This performance from 1973 is notable for its extraordinary textural clarity, in this densest of scores, and its rhythmic vitality. The vocal hero of the occasion is Brigitte Fassbaender as... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Archive
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2009, Editor's Choice
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Verdi: Macbeth RecommendedSherrill Milnes (Macbeth), Christa Ludwig (Lady Macbeth), Karl Ridderbusch (Banquo), Carlo Cossutta (Macduff), Gildis Flossman (Dama) & Ewald Aichberger (Malcolm)
Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm
Lady Macbeth has rarely seemed more of a Lady than in Ludwig’s hands on this live 1970 recording from Vienna – her arch-manipulator is regal, elegant and icily pragmatic right up until the final... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
2 CDs
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Wagner: Siegfried
RecommendedJess Thomas (Siegfried), Gerhard Stolze (Mime), Thomas Stewart (Wanderer), Helga Dernesch (Brünhilde), Zoltán Kéléman (Alberich), Oralia Domínguez (Erda), Karl Ridderbusch (Fafner), Catherine Gayer (Waldvogel)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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Grammy Awards, 12th Awards (1969), Best Opera Recording
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (excerpts) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Thomas Stewart, Josephine Veasey, Gundula Janowitz, Jon Vickers, Jess Thomas & Helga Dernesch
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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Wagner: Parsifal
RecommendedJames King (Parsifal), Gwyneth Jones (Kundry), Thomas Stewart (Amfortas), Franz Crass (Gurnemanz), Donald McIntyre (Klingsor), Karl Ridderbusch (Titurel)
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Pierre Boulez
Boulez refuses to wallow, but there's no lack of depth or profundity. He is aided by some fine singers...A fabulous, luminous recording of Wagner's final opera. — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
Edith Mathis, Hans Haselböck, Julia Hamari, Norbert Balatsch & Wieslaw Ochman
Konzertvereinigung, Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm
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Wagner: Siegfried
RecommendedHelga Dernesch (Brünnhilde), Catherine Gayer (Waldvogel), Oralia Dominguez (Erda), Jess Thomas (Siegfried), Gerhard Stolze (Mime), Thomas Stewart (Der Wanderer), Zoltan Kelemen (Alberich), Karl Ridderbusch (Fafner)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Karajan provides the seamless playing which characterizes his cycle. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 12th Awards (1969), Best Opera Recording
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
RecommendedHelga Dernesch (Brünnhilde), Helge Brilioth (Siegfried), Karl Ridderbusch (Hagen), Gundula Janowitz (Gutrune), Christa Ludwig (Waltraute/Zweite Norn), Catarina Ligendza (Dritte Norn), Thomas Stewart (Gunther), Lili Chookasian (Erste Norn), Zoltán Kéléman (Alberich), Liselotte Rebmann (Woglinde),...
This is in no way intended as damning with faint praise when I say that the main draw of this set conducted by Herbert von Karajan is the majesty and opulence of the performance by the Berliner... — More…
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