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This is passionate singing, sexy even – not for nothing has the German been described as resembling a flamenco artist. The best-known songs here are delivered with electrifying ease, and there... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2012, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Solo Vocal
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A Simple Song Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Sharon Bezaly (flute), Fabian Fredriksson (electric guitar), Margareta Nilsson (harp), Bengt Forsberg (organ), Nils-Erik Sparf (violin), Marie McLeod (cello), Ellen Nisbeth (viola)
Von Otter’s generous personality is reflected in the way she puts over every item, with care for text and a honeyed sweetness of tone…Admirers of the singer will certainly want it; and, if you’re... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2018
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R. Strauss: Lieder
RecommendedDiana Damrau (soprano)
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Thielemann
What wins this disc the five stars are the facts that Damrau, singing in her native German, is poised ideally between dreamy haze and Schwarzkopfian fussiness...her hallowed pianissimos allow... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th January 2011
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2011, Choral & Song Choice
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Heimliche Aufforderung: Lieder by Richard Strauss RecommendedChristiane Karg (soprano) & Malcolm Martineau (piano), Felix Klieser (horn)
The Bavarian soprano is a delectably light, idiomatic Straussian, and the covered, pearly underside of her voice is the perfect instrument with which to recreate the secret moments and intimacy... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Miraculous longbreathed phrases in the slower winter and wood meditations, big near-heroic outbursts and a unique way with inward reflection all mark out the highest artistry. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th March 2021
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Richard Strauss: 'Aber der Richtige' Violin Concerto & Miniatures
Arabella Steinbacher (violin)
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
Steinbacher is predictably eloquent [in the song arrangements], the playing classy. But the violin itself struggles to project in what are already string-heavy orchestrations, at a tessitura... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2018
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Lotte Lehmann – A 125th Birthday Tribute (Live)
Lotte Lehmann (soprano), Ernö Balogh (piano), Paul Ulanowsky (piano), Bruno Walter (narrator), Bruno Walter (piano), Lotte Lehmann (reader), Lotte Lehmann (narrator)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Chorus, RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra, Frank Black, Nathaniel Shilkret, Richard Lert
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2014, Re-issue of the Month
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Renée Fleming and Christian Thielemann in Concert
Renée Fleming (soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
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Ernestine Schumann-Heink - Opera Arias & Songs
Recordings 1900-1935
Ernestine Schumann-Heink (contralto)
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R. Strauss: Salzburg Lieder Evenings 1956-2010
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Lisa Della Casa, Irmgard Seefried, Nicolai Gedda, Christa Ludwig, Hermann Prey, Leontyne Price, Peter Schreier, Edita Gruberova, Jessye Norman, Edith Mathis, Marjana Lipovsek, Heinz Zednik, Frederica von Stade, Francisco Araiza, Thomas Hampson, Diana Damrau, Michael Volle,...
Many favourites feature but there are also comparative rarities to experience and savour...a valuable collection, both artistically and historically. — More…
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