Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off
We're delighted to offer a more affordable way to begin or continue your opera journey, with up to 40% off selected titles on CD, SACD, Vinyl, DVD and Blu-ray, until 14th August 2024.
Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off, Ulf Schirmer (conductor)
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Saint-Saëns: Proserpine Véronique Gens (Proserpine), Marie-Adeline Henry (Angiola), Frédéric Antoun (Sabatino), Andrew Foster-Williams (Squarocca), Jean Teitgen (Renzo)
Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Flemish Radio Choir, Ulf Schirmer
Frédéric Antoun is a bright, not exactly nuanced Sabatino and Jean Teitgen a warm and sympathetic Renzo, but the main prize goes to Véronique Gens for her utterly superb singing of the title... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, Winner - Opera
2 CDs + Book
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Hartmann, K: Simplicius Simplicissimus Camilla Nylund (Simplicius), Christian Gerhaher (Farm Worker/Narrator), Will Hartmann (Hermit/Governor) & Michael Volle (Farmer/Sergeant)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmer
This edition sounds taut and pungent under Ulf Schirmer's baton. Camilla Nylund sings gleamingly as the idealist Simplicius, and there are incisive yet pliable performances from the three excellent... — More…
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Opera, August 2010, Recording of the Month
2 CDs
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Gounod: Cinq-Mars Mathias Vidal (Le Marquis de Cinq-Mars), Véronique Gens (La Princesse Marie de Gonzague), Tassis Christoyannis (Le Conseiller de Thou), Andrew Foster-Williams (Le Père Joseph), André Heyboer (Le Vicomte de Fontrailles), Norma Nahoun (Marion Delorme), Marie Lenormand (Ninon de L’Enclos, Un Berger),...
Extremely well performed by Ulf Schirmer and his Bavarian forces…Mathias Vidal has an ideal voice for this repertoire: slightly reedy, with a pleasing fast vibrato. Véronique Gens finds all... — More…
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Godard, B: Dante Edgaras Montvidas, Véronique Gens, Jean-François Lapointe, Rachel Frenkel
Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Ulf Schirmer
There is much that is strong and much that is beautiful…Edgaras Montvidas and Véronique Gens make a fine pair of lovers, their ardent duet in Act 2 being one of the high spots…There’s excellent... — More…
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Bernstein - Symphonic Dances & Trouble in Tahiti Kim Criswell (mezzo-soprano/Dinah), Rod Gilfry (baritone/Sam), Jazz Trio: Martene Grimson (soprano), Adrian Dwyer (tenor) & Ronan Collett (baritone)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmer
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Lehár: Giuditta Ralf Simon (Pierrino), Laura Scherwitzl (Anita), Rupert Bergmann (Manuele Biffi), Christian Eberl (Street singer), Nikolai Schukoff (Octavio), Mauro Peter (Sebastiano), Christiane Libor (Giuditta)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmer
Schukoff is a suitably heroic Antonio…Schwerwitzl [is] a sparkling Anita and Ralf Simon a sweet-toned Pierinno. In the pit Ulf Schirmer relishes Léhar’s lush orchestration — More…
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Lehár: Friederike Kristiane Kaiser, Sylvia Schwartz, Klaus Florian Vogt & Daniel Behle
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Muenchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmer
The glorious voice of the soprano Kristiane Kaiser in the title-role is matched by the powerful tenor of Klaus Florian Vogt as Goethe. The secondary leads are equally convincing. Sylvia Schwartz's... — More…
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Strauss, R: Intermezzo, Op. 72 Simone Schneider, Markus Eiche, Martina Welschbach, Peter Nice, Sophie Mitterhuber, Brigitte Fassbaender
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmir
Schneider is a dusky voice, with effortlessly bright and nuanced top notes when necesssary...She plays down her character's overbearing quality, as any soprano must if Pauline/Christine's 'beautiful... — More…
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Opera, February 2015, Recording of the Month
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Albert Lortzing: Zum Groß-Admiral Anett Fritsch (soprano), Julia Sophie Wagner (soprano), Matthias Ettmayr (bass), Bernhard Berchtold (tenor), Jonathan Michie (baritone), Lavinia Dames (soprano), Andreas Hirtreiter (tenor), Martin Blasius (bass)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Munich Radio Orchestra, Ulf Schirmer
it’s all swept cheerfully along by Ulf Schirmer, conducting an orchestra whose lucid, burnished sound could have been made for Lortzing’s score, and who play with considerable charm and class.... — More…
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