Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off
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Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off, Weber (composer)
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Weber: Der Freischütz RecommendedChristine Brewer (Agathe), Sally Matthews (Ännchen), Lars Woldt (Kaspar), Simon O’Neill (Max), Stephan Loges (Ottokar/Zamiel), Martin Snell (Kuno), Gidon Saks (A Hermit), Marcus Farnsworth (Kilian), Lucy Hall (Bridesmaids)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
This is a sincere reading of the work, but sincerity should not be confused with a lack of sophistication. The orchestral textures are pristine, the tempos and colours bracing and plaintive,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th May 2013
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Weber: Oberon Clemens Kerschbaumer (Oberon), Mirko Roschkowski (Huon), Dorothea Maria Marx (Rezia), Karola Pavone (Meermädchen), Grga Peroš (Sherasmin), Marie Seidler (Fatima), Roman Kurtz (narrator)
Chor und Extrachor des Stadttheater Giessen & Philharmonisches Orchester Giessen, Michael Hofstetter
Dorothea Maria Marx is an appealing Rezia...her soprano is light and clear, and her fairly tight vibrato adds to the impression of a young innocent girl. Hüon is a demanding role that cries... — More…
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Record Review, 13th July 2019, Record of the Week
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
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Weber: Euryanthe Stefan Cerny, Norman Reinhardt, Jacquelyn Wagner, Andrew Foster-Williams
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Constantin Trinks
The Arnold Schoenberg Choir is excellent: precise and accurate, the women sweet-toned, the men full and solid. Jacquelyn Wagner is an appealing, fresh-voiced Euryanthe; not as smooth or elegant... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
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Sutherland could indeed have made a serious career in the dramatic German Fach: she sounds an outstandingly fluent and natural exponent of the titlerole. Conductor Fritz Stiedry’s preserved... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Historic Recording
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Weber: Der Freischütz Maximilian Schmitt (Max), Jessica Muirhead (Agathe), Heiko Trinsinger (Kaspar), Tamara Banješević (Ännchen), Martijn Cornet (Ottokar)
Essener Philharmoniker, Tomáš Netopil
Der Freischütz requires a conductor who relishes the composer’s particular instrumentation; and Tomáš Netopil lets horns and strings and clarinet sing their own songs from the very start of... — More…
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sings Cornelius & Weber Oskar Czerwenka, Gerhard Unger, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda & Hermann Prey, Erich Witte & Michael Bohnen
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf, Leopold Ludwig
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Weber: Euryanthe Walter Kreppel (Ludwig VI), Josef Traxel (Adolar), Dorothea Siebert (Euryanthe), Marianne Schech (Eglantine) & Gustav Neidlinger (Lysiart)
Cologne Radio SO & Choir, Joseph Keilberth
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Semperoper Edition Volume 5: Weber Der Freischütz (1951) Bernd Aldenhoff (Max), Elfriede Trotschel (Agathe), Irma Beilke (Ännchen), Hannes Haegele (Zamiel), Hans Kramer (Hermit), Werner Faulhaber (Kuno), Karl-Heinz Thomann (Kilian), Karl Paul (Ottokar)
Dresden State Opera Chorus, Dresden Staatskapelle, Rudolf Kempe
The performance has class and interest but is no hi-fi wonder in embryo...Kempe, not so long out of playing the opera in the pit as principal oboist, predictably balances Weber's scoring to... — More…
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Weber: Silvana, J87 Franz Karl Hiemer, Dominik Wilgenbus Detlef Roth, Michaela Kaune, Ferdinand von Bothmer
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Muenchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmer
the music is well worth hearing. It's particularly fascinating to spot anticipations of the later, mature composer...The orchestration is delightful: particularly effective is Weber's use of... — More…
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