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TROUBADISC
A most rewarding CD
Renate Eggebrecht violin

REFERENCE RECORDINGS

Nick Barnard review
Michael Cookson review


Acte Prealable returns
with New Releases


Anderson Choral music


colourful and intriguing


Artyomov
Pekarsky Percussion Ensemble


one of Berlioz greatest works


Rebecca Clarke Frank Bridge
High-octane performances


An attractive Debussy package


immaculate Baiba Skride


eloquent Cello Concerto


tension-filled work


well crafted and intense


Laangaard
another entertaining volume


reeking of cordite


Pappano with a strong cast


imaginatively constructed quartets


the air from another planet


vibrantly sung


NOT a budget performance


very attractive and interesting


finesse and stylistic assurance

REVIEW INDEX
Richard Wagner
The Ring Cycle (all operas)

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Complete (audio) 

Metropolitan Opera/Artur Bodanzky rec. 1936-41 Naxos 8.501106 review
O Teatro alla Scala di Milano/Wilhelm Furtwängler rec. 1950 Pristine PACO089/091-93 review
RAI SO/Wilhelm Furtwängler rec. 1953 EMI 9081612 review
English National Opera O/Reginald Goodall rec. 1973-7 Chandos CHUSB0005 review
Bayreuth Festival O/Joseph Keilberth rec. 1953 Documents LC12281 review
Bayreuth Festival O/Clemens Krauss rec. 1953 Opera d'Oro OPD1504 review
Pristine Audio PACO039-042 review
Bayreuth Festival O/Hans Knappertsbusch  rec. 1956 Music & Arts CD-4009 review
Vienna Philharmonic/Georg Solti rec. 1958-65 Decca Esoteric ESSD90021-34 review
Decca BDA 4786748 review
Bayreuth Festival O/Karl Böhm  rec. 1966-7 Decca 478 2367 review
Bayerischen Rundfunks/Bernard Haitink rec. 1988-91 EMI Classics 5194792 review
Badische Staatskapelle/Günter Neuhold Brilliant Classics 99801 review review
Tyrol Festival/Gustav Kuhn Arte Nova 74321 87075 2 review
Bayreuth Festival O/Christian Thielemann rec. 2008 Opus Arte OA CD9000B D review
Hong Kong PO/Jaap van Zweden rec. 2015-18 Naxos 8501403 review

 
Excerpts on CD 
 
Philadelphia Orchestra/Leopold Stowowski rec. 1927-39 Andante AND1130 review
Berlin Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan rec. 1967-70 DG Panorama 469 223-2 review
Adelaide SO/Asher Fisch rec. 2004 Melba MR301133/4 review
Bayerischen Rundfunks/Bernard Haitink rec. 1988-91 Classics for Pleasure 2283772 review
Chicago Symphony/Daniel Barenboim rec. 1991 Warner Elatus 0927467342 review
Ben Heppner, Staatskappelle Dresden/Peter Schneider  rec. 2005 DG 4776003 review
Hansjörg Albrecht (org) rec. 2006 Oehms Classics OC612 review
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Järvi rec. 2007 Chandos CHSA5060 review

 
Video 
 
Bayreuth Festival O/Daniel Barenboim  rec. 1991-2  Warner Classics 2564 62317-2 review
Gran Teatre del Liceu SO/Bertrand de Billy rec. 2004 Opus Arte OA1095BD review
Metropolitan Opera O/James Levine, Fabio Luisi rec. 2010-12 DG 0734770 review
DG 0734771 review
Royal Danish Opera/Michael Schønwandt rec. 2006 Decca 0743264 review review
Staatsorchester Stuttgart/Lothar Zagrosek rec. 2002-3 Euroarts 2057368 review
(orchestral) Berliner PO/Lorin Maazel (2000) Euroarts 2057604 review
(highlights) Comunitat Valenciana O/Zubin Mehta rec. 2007-9 Unitel 704608 review


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