Symphonies 1-9/10 Adagio
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0094634023825 Number Of Discs: 11 Release Date: 2005-12-06 Running Time: 785 minutes UPC: 094634023825 Tracks: I. Langsam, Schleppend, Wie Ein Naturlaut - Im Anfang Sehr Gemachlich - Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester II. Kraftig [... more]
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Beethoven, Ludwig Van: Missa Solemnis
From Amazon.com: The extreme difficulties inherent in performing Beethoven's Missa Solemnis (which the very first performers complained about at an 1824 Vienna rehearsal) include Beethoven's imposing high notes for both the vocal soloists and members of [... more]
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Wagner: The Ring of the Nibelungen (Highlights)
Worst Ring I've heard in years: This is the worst recording of music from the Ring that I've heard in years. The singing is terrible, and the orchestral playing is boring and ugly. This is definitely the Ring to avoid. If you want some highlights, try a [... more]
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Das Lied Von Der Erde
Chronique amazon.fr: En 1907, Mahler doit démissionner de l'Opéra de Vienne, endure la mort de sa fille Putzi et apprend qu'il est cardiaque. Mais pas question de se laisser abattre par les coups du destin : l'été suivant, il [... more]
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Khovanshchina
Heart and soul: For those unfamiliar with this work or Mussorgsky in general, in my opinion he is one of the most sincere composers to have ever lived. He did not receive formal musical training and he was an alcoholic but the man had a passion that [... more]
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Richard Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten (Wiener ...
Awful acting by female "stars": Studer is great as long as she stands still and just sings. Her "acting" is humorous if nothing else. Lipovsek is painful to watch with those stupid facial expressions. Marton's voice is nearly [... more]
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Wagner, Richard: Tristan Und Isolde
Amazon.com Essential Video: Only Wagner could have penned an intimate opera that clocks in at over four hours (not including intermissions). But Tristan und Isolde, which contains some of the most stirringly emotional music ever composed, is merely a two- [... more]
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Sym 2/Alto Rhap
From Amazon.com: Another very fine performance in Claudio Abbado's Brahms cycle with the Berlin Philharmonic. The Second Symphony is the most sunny and lyrical of the four, and Abbado seems to have found a way to make the melodies sing while keeping the [... more]
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