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This 2009 production from Baden-Baden with the Munich Philharmonic finds both Renée Fleming and Christian Thielemann in spectacular form, with an assisting cast that is
This is a great musical account of the note-complete (usually heavily cut) Die Frau ohne Schatten, produced at Salzburg in July, 2011. In fact, this
This concert, recorded at the Salzburg Festival on August 7-8, 2011, is a feast for Straussians. Since critics are supposed to be objective, or at
There are only a couple of reasons to hear this performance, and practically none for seeing it. I believe it is the only video remnant
The Staatskapelle Dresden certainly hasn’t lost its touch in Bruckner, and happily Christian Thielemann also does his best work in this live performance. He paces
Recorded during the 2008 Bayreuth Festival, Christian Thielemann’s Ring Cycle is sonically sumptuous, instrumentally dazzling, and vocally inconsistent. As Brünnhilde, Linda Watson’s huge voice battles
I had the opportunity to see Thielemann perform Brahms’ First Symphony a few years ago, and happily his interpretation has matured over time. He still
It probably was inevitable that just before the close of the “Mozart Year” one last Requiem would appear, and here it is. Not that the
This Parsifal surprised me somewhat. My dislike for Thielemann’s Tristan was pretty fierce and I expected little better here–but in fact, his reading is without
Do you have any problem with ecstasy? I don’t, says Christian Thielemann in the CD booklet. Tough talk from this conductor, but guess what? He
