 | Ludwig van Beethoven: 9 Symphonien [Read More ...]
Description: By general consensus, Herbert von Karajan's first (1963) Beethoven cycle for Deutsche Grammophon is the best of the four (!) that he recorded. The Berlin Philharmonic was in top form, and they had not yet made an artistic fetish out of the bland smoothness that typified the co... |
 | Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro [Read More ...]
Review: Mozart's Real Figaro: Bohm's "German Dream" Version:Hermann Prey (Figaro) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Count) Gundula Janowitz(Countess), Edith Mathis (Susanna) Tatiana Troyanos (Cherubino) Patricia Johnson (Marcellina) Erwin Wohlfahrt (Basilio) Martin Vantin (Don Curzio) Peter Lag... |
 | Verdi - Don Carlo / Corelli · Janowitz · Ghiaurov · Verrett · Wächter · H. Stein [Read More ...]
Description: Tenor Franco Corelli never recorded the role of Don Carlo commercially, so this release is instantly valuable. Indeed, the tenor is in magnificent voice: pungent, emotionally forward, thrilling, and only occasionally sloppy. His Elisabetta is Gundula Janowitz, hardly a Verdi sopr... |
 | Bach: Sacred Masterpieces [Read More ...]
Can't beat a set like this!:Just look at this set, you can't beat a set like this! All with the great Karl Richter! Thanks DG! |
 | Wagner - Parsifal / Knappertsbusch [Read More ...]
THE Amfortas:I never appreciated Amfortas until I heard George London here. If a pneumatic drill or jackhammer could sing, this is what it would sound like. |
 | Wagner: Parsifal [Read More ...]
Great cast. Good conducting. Passable sound quality.:This recording has a magnificent cast under the direction of von Karajan. It's too bad the sound quality isn't better. Nonetheless, for the very reasonable price this is worth the money. It's a very enjoyable performance. |
 | The Beethoven Box [Read More ...]
Description: Spectacular performances offer the best of Beethoven from DG's Originals series. You get Carlos Kleiber's legendary recordings of the Fifth and Seventh Symphonies with the Vienna Philharmonic, Karajan's first DG Beethoven Ninth (he did three of them, with decreasing success), and... |
 | Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Janowitz, Gedda, Popp, Berry, Frick, Schwarzkopf, Ludwig; Klemperer [Read More ...]
Review: Do you like Mozart in the Romantic style?:There are a number of very good recordings of The Magic Flute. If you are not bothered by the missing dialog (after many years with this opera, I find myself impatient to get back to the music after two or three lines of the rather silly... |
 | Schubert: Lieder (Box Set) [Read More ...]
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 | Wagner: Tannhäuser [Read More ...]
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 | Mozart Portrait [Read More ...]
Description: If you've ever wondered why people consider Mozart the greatest composer of all time, these six hours of music will explain. Here, on period instruments played by the Hanover Band, we're offered his last two symphonies, his glorious clarinet concerto, the horn concertos, Eine Kle... |
 | Mozart: Don Giovanni [Read More ...]
Description: This is an odd performance, not altogether satisfying (and certainly not up to the level of Giulini's magnificent EMI recording with Wächter and Sutherland) but with much to offer. Nicolai Ghiaurov is in his most luxurious voice as the Don, and Sesto Bruscantini is a fine foil f... |
 | Palestrina [Read More ...]
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 | The Golden Voices of the 3 Tenors [Read More ...]
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![]() | Strauss: Die Fledermaus [Read More ...]
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 | Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier [Read More ...]
Review: Strauss Fan:This is a wonderful live recording of Rosenkavalier, with a gorgeous cast - especially for those who, like me, think Janowitz, Popp, Streich, Della Casa, Schwarzkopf, etc brought Strauss' music into its own. The sound is good, despite being live. Pavarotti's solo as... |
![]() | Mozart: Don Giovanni [Read More ...]
Review: Enjoyable version with a star cast:Maybe Ghiaurovs' bass is just too forceful for the Don in this enjoyable live recording but he is on top form dominating the opera like only Siepi can and with the added bonus of the sublime Janowitz cooly seeking revenge in the most lustrous t... |
 | Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten [Read More ...]
Review: Wonderful Générale! (not the Première with Rysanek):All connoisseurs wished this recording had existed and here it is at last! In 1964, Karajan gave his own vision of that opera for the season re-opening. A famous recording with nearly the same cast excepted Rysanek, Ludwig an... |
 | The Greatest Voice in Opera: Highlights from La Traviata, Manon, Idomeneo (Collectors Edition) [Read More ...]
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 | Coronation of Poppea - L'incoronazione di Poppea [Read More ...]
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