Posts Tagged ‘Deutsche Grammophon’
Tuesday, February 27th, 2018
By ANDREW POWELL Published: February 27, 2018 MUNICH — Sometimes the revival has the better cast. So it was for La Favorite at Bavarian State Opera on Sunday, when Giacomo Sagripanti, Clémentine Margaine and Ludovic Tézier made more sense of the music than their counterparts in the 2016 production’s first run (a Deutsche Grammophon DVD) […]
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Tags: Amélie Niermeyer, Bavarian State Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Clémentine Margaine, Deutsche Grammophon, DVD, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Sagripanti, Kritik, Matthew Polenzani, Mika Kares, München, Munich, Review, Tézier
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Sunday, November 26th, 2017
By ANDREW POWELL Published: November 26, 2017 MUNICH — Post is under revision. Photos © Arthaus, BelAir Classiques, Querstand, Supraphon, Warner Classics Related posts: Winter Discs Time for Schwetzingen Ives: Violin Sonatas on CD Chung to Conduct for Trump Manon, Let’s Go
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Tags: Agnieszka Rehlis, Aida, Aldo Protti, Aleksandra Kurzak, Andrea Chénier, Anja Harteros, Anton Bruckner, Antonino Votto, Antonio Pappano, Arthaus, Artur Ruciński, Badischer Staatsopernchor, Bavarian State Orchestra, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bayreuther Festspiele, BelAir Classiques, Bellini, Berg, Berlioz, Birgit Nilsson, Bo Skovhus, Bohumil Gregor, Callas, CD, Cesare Valletti, Choeur de l’Opéra du Rhin, Choeur Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Cigánské melodie, Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Coro della Cappella Musicale Pontificia, Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Cypresses, Cypřiše, Daniela Sindram, Deutsche Grammophon, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Dmitry Korchak, DVD, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Enzo Mascherini, Erato, Erwin Schrott, Eugenia Ratti, Fiorenza Cossotto, Gewandhaus-Orchester, Gino Penno, Giordano, Giuseppe Modesti, Giuseppe Verdi, Gypsy Melodies, Hanna Hipp, Haydn, Herbert Blomstedt, Herbert von Karajan, Italo Tajo, Ivo Žídek, Jacek Kaspszyk, John Nelson, Joyce DiDonato, Karel Berman, Karl Böhm, Kaufmann, Kirill Petrenko, La sonnambula, Leif Ove Andsnes, Leoš Janáček, Les Troyens, Libuše Prylová, Litany to the Virgin Mary, Macbeth, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Mario del Monaco, Marlis Petersen, Martti Talvela, Massimo Palombella, Matthias Klink, Michael Spyres, Missa Papae Marcelli, Nicolas Courjal, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Palestrina, Pavol Breslik, Piero Cappuccilli, Plácido Domingo, Prague National Theatre, Premysl Kočí, Querstand, Raina Kabaivanska, Review, Róbert Pechanec, Rudolf Vonásek, Sistine Chapel Choir, Stéphane Degout, Supraphon, Szymanowski, Teatro alla Scala, Tézier, Tristan und Isolde, Věc Makropulos, Victor de Sabata, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Warner Classics, Warsaw Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wolfgang Windgassen
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Friday, August 19th, 2016
By ANDREW POWELL Published: August 19, 2016 BAYREUTH — Clouds over Europe’s festivals this summer are as figurative as they are literal. The trouble is not lower standards or Regietheater, or even money, but has to do with Europe itself and macabre shifts that are gradually threatening the way of life accepted since 1945. Last […]
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Tags: Bayreuth, Bayreuther Festspiele, BR Klassik, Bühnenweihfestspiel, Christian Thielemann, Claudia Mahnke, Deutsche Grammophon, DVD, Elena Pankratova, Georg Zeppenfeld, Gerd Grochowski, Hartmut Haenchen, Iain Paterson, Klaus Florian Vogt, Kritik, Petra Lang, Review, Ryan McKinny, Stephen Gould, Tristan und Isolde, Uwe Eric Laufenberg
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2015
By ANDREW POWELL Published: March 31, 2015 MUNICH — Arts projects in Europe with any visual aspect to them nowadays migrate to DVD whether or not there is a need, partly to justify public subsidy through distribution. Many are operas filmed too often, like Nationaltheater Mannheim’s just-released Der Ring des Nibelungen, which joins DVD tetralogies […]
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Tags: Alessandro Corbelli, Alvis Hermanis, Anne Sofie von Otter, Antifonale Ambrosiano, Antonio Pappano, Archiv, Armonia Atenea, Bartoli, Bejun Mehta, Benoît Jacquot, Berlin Philharmonic, Bernadette Manca di Nissa, B’Rock Orchestra Ghent, CD, Daniel Behle, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Die Soldaten, DVD, Edgardo Rocha, Emmanuelle Haïm, Erato, EuroArts, Frédéric Antoun, Georg Friedrich Händel, George Petrou, Gluck, Hippolyte et Aricie, Ingo Metzmacher, Iphigénie en Aulide, Iphigénie en Tauride, Ivan Alexandre, Javier Camarena, Jean-François Lapointe, John Osborn, Kaufmann, Kolokola, Konstantin Wolff, Kristina Hammarström, Laura Aikin, Laurent Alvaro, Le comte Ory, Le Concert d’Astrée, Libreria Musicale Italiana, Liliana Nikiteanu, Lo frate ’nnamorato, London Symphony Orchestra, Luciana d’Intino, Marc Minkowski, Massenet, Michel Plasson, Mikhail Petrenko, Mireille Delunsch, Moshe Leiser, Muhai Tang, Nicolas Testé, Nuccia Focile, Oliver Widmer, Opéra National de Paris, Opernhaus Zürich, Opus Arte, Orlando, Otello, Patrice Caurier, Pergolesi, Peter Kálmán, Pierre Audi, Rachmaninoff, Rameau, Rebeca Olvera, René Jacobs, Review, Riccardo Muti, Roberto de Simone, Rolando Villazón, Rossini, Simon Rattle, Sophie Karthäuser, Sophie Koch, Stéphane Degout, Sunhae Im, Teatro alla Scala, Ugo Guagliardo, Véronique Gens, Vienna Philharmonic, Warner Classics, Werther, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yann Beuron, Zimmermann
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Monday, November 24th, 2014
By ANDREW POWELL Published: November 24, 2014 MUNICH — It took him 39 years, but Maurizio Pollini has now completed his recorded survey of Beethoven sonatas here in the Herkulessaal, where the project began. The final sessions, for the Opp. 31 and 49 pieces, were held in June this year, and the resulting CD set […]
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Tags: Beethoven, CD, Deutsche Grammophon, Herkulessaal, Maurizio Pollini, München, Munich, News, Piano
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Friday, March 14th, 2014
By Rebecca Schmid The Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin presented what was announced as a “French evening” on March 12 featuring the German premiere of Dutilleux’s Le temps l’horloge. The RSB has its share of competition between the Berlin Philharmonic, Deutsche-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (another orchestra with broadcast roots), the Staatskapelle and others. But it was a surprise to see […]
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Tags: Baudelaire, Bohuslav Martinu, Claude Debussy, Deutsche Grammophon, Henri Dutilleux, Konzerthaus Berlin, Laura Aikin, Le temps l’horloge, Ludovic Morlot, MusicalAmerica.com, Rebecca Schmid, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
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Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
By ANDREW POWELL Published: September 25, 2013 MUNICH — Hilary Hahn threw a spotlight recently on benchmark American chamber music: the four violin sonatas of Charles Ives. Fond of the Third Sonata (1914), she recorded the whole cycle for Universal Music Group in 2009, up the Hudson Valley accompanied by Internet pianist Valentina Lisitsa. The […]
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Tags: CD, Children’s Day at the Camp Meeting, Daniel Cholette, Deutsche Grammophon, ECM Records, Hansheinz Schneeberger, Hilary Hahn, Ives, München, Munich, Review, Universal Music Group, Valentina Lisitsa
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Friday, May 18th, 2012
By Rebecca Schmid Hillary Hahn’s taste for the unconventional has in recent years taken her career onto a trajectory unlike that of most violin prodigies. Last October, she appeared on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert Series improvising to traditional American melodies that inspired the works of Charles Ives, donning a fedora for the occasion. She maintains […]
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Tags: Christina Landshamer, concerti, Deutsche Grammophon, Gerschwin, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Hauschka, Hélène Grimaud, Hillary Hahn, Mahler, mozart, NPR, Ravel, Riccardo Chailly, Silfra, Tom Brosseau, Yellow Lounge
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