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Review of Verdi Aida

Verdi Aida

Adám Fischer | Christiane Kohl | Günther Groissböck | Juan Pons | Luciana d'Intino | Matti Salminen | Miroslav Christoff | Nina Stemme | Salvatore Licitra | Zurich Opera House Chorus

Bel Air Classiques

At last an Aida on DVD that can hold its head high and surpass its lesser rivals. Last year’s production...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/2007

Review of Schubert Sacred Choral Works

Schubert Sacred Choral Works

Adolf Dallapozza | Bavarian Radio Chorus | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Capella Bavariae | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Erika Rüggeberg | Gudrun Griendl-Rosner | Juliana Falk | Lucia Popp | Wolfgang Sawallisch

EMI

Roger Fiske was less than enthusiastic about the Deutsche Messe, D872, when he reviewed the LP issue. It is, as...

Reviewed in issue 3/1987

Review of Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro

(John) Alldis Choir | Andreas Schmidt | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Berlin RIAS Chamber Choir | Birgit Finnilä | Cecilia Bartoli | Daniel Barenboim | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Elizabeth Gale | English Chamber Orchestra

Erato

Peter Diamand has been the eminence grise behind both Barenboim's recordings of this opera. He was in charge of the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 5/1991

Review of Bach Cantata No 203; Cantata Arias

Bach Cantata No 203; Cantata Arias

(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Edith Picht-Axenfeld | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf | Geraint Jones | Gerald Moore | Heinz Rehfuss | Herbert von Karajan | Irmgard Poppen

Références

This Bach triptych represents a major consolidation of recorded material, most of it previously languishing on the furthest shelf of...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 3/2000

Review of Dame Janet Baker - Song Recital

Dame Janet Baker - Song Recital

André Previn | Cecil Aronowitz | Daniel Barenboim | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Janet Baker | John Barbirolli | London Symphony Orchestra | New Philharmonia Orchestra

EMI

There comes a time in each great singer’s career when they are at the peak of their form: artistry, voice,...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 6/1996

Review of Mendelssohn Die beiden Pädagogen

Mendelssohn Die beiden Pädagogen

(Louis de) Froment Chamber Orchestra | Adolf Dallapozza | Anneliese Rothenberger | Bavarian Radio Chorus | Bavarian State Opera Chorus | Bavarian State Opera Orchestra | Benno Kusche | Dieter Miserre | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Edda Moser

CPO

Here are delights. None of these pieces is often staged, and only alert record collectors will have caught up with...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 4/1998

Review of Erlkönig - The Art of the Lied

Erlkönig - The Art of the Lied

Christa Ludwig | Christoph Eschenbach | Daniel Barenboim | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Fritz Wunderlich | Gerald Moore | Hubert Giesen | Irwin Gage | Jessye Norman | Jörg Demus

CD-pluscore

Anybody in the early stages of investigating the German Lied will find this a useful disc. The selection of songs...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 1/2001

Review of Schubert Choral Works

Schubert Choral Works

Adolf Dallapozza | Atlanta Symphony Chamber Chorus | Atlanta Symphony Chorus | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | Bavarian Radio Chorus | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Benita Valente | Brigitte Fassbaender | David Gordon | Dawn Upshaw

Studio

The Sawallisch reissue sounds every bit as fine as I remember it, and the CD transfer does it full justice....

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 9/1990

Review of Britten War Requiem

Britten War Requiem

Bach Choir | Benjamin Britten | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Galina Vishnevskaya | Highgate School Choir | London Symphony Chorus | London Symphony Orchestra | Melos Ensemble | Peter Pears | Simon Preston

Decca

Decca has used the most recent digital and CEDAR technology to improve the original sound of this classic under the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/1985

Review of Teresa Berganza

Teresa Berganza

Christa Ludwig | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Eugen Jochum | Felix Lavilla | Gerald Moore | Hans Hotter | Julius Patzak | ORTF National Orchestra | ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra | Serge Baudo

EMI

What television channel today would dare to put out a regular live programme in which singer and accompanist give an...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 6/2003

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