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Franz Mazura, Philip Langridge, Aage Haugland, Barbara Bonney, Mira Zakai, Daniel Harper, Thomas Dymit & Herbert Wittges Chicago Symphony Chorus & Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti Recorded - Orchestra Hall, Chicago, May 1984 "Solti gives Schoenberg's masterly score a dynamism and warmth which set it firmly - if perhaps surprisingly - in the grand romantic tradition ... As Aaron, Philip Langridge is lighter and more lyrical ... Aage Haugland with his firm, dark bass makes his mark in the small role of the Priest; Barbara Bonney too is excellent as the Young Girl. Above all, the brilliant singing of the Chicago Symphony Chorus matches the playing of the orchestra in virtuosity. More than ever the question-mark concluding Act II makes a pointful close, with no feeling of a work unfinished. The brilliant recording has an even sharper focus on CD."
The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs “Superbly recorded and played under the baton of Georg Solti, this suffers from soloists who are too approximate and often two close. The crown scenes, however, are thrilling.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2007 *** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Wolfgang Schöne, Chris Merritt, Irena Bespalovaite, Bernhard Schneider, Michael Ebbecke, Karl-Friedrich Dürr, Ulrich Frisch, Saša Vrabac, Stephan Storck, Emma Curtis & Alois Riedel Stuttgart State Orchestra, Stuttgart State Opera Chorus, Polish Radio Choir, Kraków & Stuttgart State Opera Children’s Chorus, Roland Kluttig | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Jennifer Welch-Babidge (soprano) & David Wilson-Johnson (rabbi-narrator) Philharmonia Orchestra & Simon Joly Chorale, Robert Craft “Craft proves that fastidious balance and a lightness of touch are all that's required to uncork Schoenberg's ecstatic lyricism.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2008 “There are few alternative versions of most of these pieces, and the disc is well worth acquiring by any Schoenbegian.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2008 **** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Franz Grundheber & Thomas Moser Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Daniele Gatti World Premiere “Despite the flood of brilliant music that evokes God, Moses, Aron, Israelites, an orgy, and everyone and everything else, the music is essentially only a messenger. And that is the radical, reflexive idea here: that even this opera itself is probably inadequate to convey the basic unknowability of a higher power. That Schoenberg even attempted to address all of this -- using a multiplicity of techniques in the same piece -- is a bit formidable. He tackles a project with dimensions and implications that are far beyond what most of us can even conceive.” MusicWeb | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Merritt, Pittman-Jennings, Fontana, Naef & Graham-Hall Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Pierre Boulez | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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