SACD, Strauss, J, II (composer)
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Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Hilde Güden (Rosalinde), Waldemar Kmentt (Eisenstein), Giuseppe Zampieri (Alfred), Erika Köth (Adele), Regina Resnik (Orlofsky), Peter Klein (Blind), Walter Berry (Falke), Eberhard Wächter (Franke), Erich Kunz (Frosch)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan
Camp charm, beguiling lyricism, all the dialogue and star turns flown in for the traditional gala party, from Leontyne Price singing 'Summertime' to Birgit Nilsson trading a hit from My Fair... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2026, Archive Choice
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Special offer. Berg - Orchestral Works
Isabelle van Keulen (violin), Geraldine McGreevy (soprano) & Robert Murray (tenor)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago
Thanks to the lucid conducting of Mario Venzago, the magnificent and fearless playing of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, and a Chandos recording which combines clarity and enormous weight,... —
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Special offer. Strauss, J, II: Der Zigeunerbaron
Nikolai Schukoff (Sándor Barinkay), Heinz Zednik (Conte Carnero), Renate Pitscheider (Mirabella), Claudia Barainsky (Saffi), Markus Brüc (Graf Homonay), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Kálmán Zsupán), Jasmina Sakr (Arsena), Khatuna Mikaberidze (Czipra), Paul Kaufmann (Ottokar / Pali) & Lawrence Foster...
As Barinkay, Nikolai Schukoff has an agreeable swagger, even if his voice has a tendency to flare at the top. Claudia Barainsky is a red-blooded Saffi and Khatuna Mikaberidze provides depth... —
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Special offer. Christiane Iven sings Berg & Strauss
Christiane Iven (soprano)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Marc Albrecht
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Special offer. In Memoriam Yakov Kreizberg 1959-2011
Julia Fischer (violin), Yakov Kreizberg (piano)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, Russian National Orchestra
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Bruckner: Symphonie No. 2 (arr. Anthony Payne)
Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble, Trevor Pinnock
The scale of Bruckner’s symphonic vision and the weight of his musical ideas are certainly preserved, and the performance is indeed persuasive...There are too many sublime moments to pick out... —
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Gruber - Zeitstimmung
Martin Grubinger (percussion) & HK Gruber (chansonnier)
Tonkünstler Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi
Gruber performs the Artmann settings himself, in a fruitily rhetorical way that evokes the Viennese cabaret of the pre-war era… Martin Grubinger's performance of the percussion concerto is... —
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Special offer. Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus
Laura Aikin (Rosalinde), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Frank), Elisabeth Kulman (Prinz Orlofsky), Christian Elsner (Alfred), Matthias Hausmann (Dr. Falke), Alexander Kaimbacher (Dr. Blind), Annika Gerhards (Adele), Alice Waginger (Ida) & Kurt Rydl (Frosch); NDR Radiophilharmonie, Lawrence Foster
