★★★★★
From Euroarts this is a spectacular (though never showy) DVD of the production (directed by the Latvian, Alvis Hermanis) at the Salzburg Festival in August 2012 of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's (1918-1970) opera in four acts, Die Soldaten ("The Soldiers"). The composer's only completed opera was written from 1958 basing his own libretto on the original work by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751-1792) but introducing so many even then innovative techniques (multiple simultaneous scenes, multimedia,...
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2013-09-17
★★★★★
It's great to see this magnificent recording on one overstuffed disc. Since this performance was released in 1989, only a full-priced two-disc set has been in circulation. Now at mid-price and on the generally laudable "Originals" series, anyone interested in Bruckner, Karajan, the orchestra, or even simply eliminating the disc change should pick this up...
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2013-04-04
★★★★★
Classical Net on Facebook & TwitterAffiliates CD ReviewAnton BrucknerSymphony #7June 1943, Guttman EditionVienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Karl Böhm Preiser CD 90192 September 1976, Nowak EditionVienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Karl Böhm Deutsche Grammophon Galleria CD 419858-2 May 1977, Nowak EditionBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Karl Böhm Audite CD 95...
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2012-08-07
★★★★★
Classical Net on Facebook & TwitterAffiliates CD ReviewAnton BrucknerSymphony #7June 1943, Guttman EditionVienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Karl Böhm Preiser CD 90192 September 1976, Nowak EditionVienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Karl Böhm Deutsche Grammophon Galleria CD 419858-2 May 1977, Nowak EditionBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Karl Böhm Audite CD 95...
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2012-08-07
★★★★★
Classical Net on Facebook & TwitterAffiliates CD ReviewAnton BrucknerSymphony #7June 1943, Guttman EditionVienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Karl Böhm Preiser CD 90192 September 1976, Nowak EditionVienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Karl Böhm Deutsche Grammophon Galleria CD 419858-2 May 1977, Nowak EditionBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Karl Böhm Audite CD 95...
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2012-08-07
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