classical music: Martti Talvela     classical music:     Martti Talvela      Fidelio (Deutsche Oper Berlin) Gwyneth Jones, Martti Talvela Deutsche Grammophon, 2008 HOME RUN FOR BOHM AND BEETHOVEN !!! I have watched several different DVD productions of "FIDELIO" and have owned a couple but this 1970 performance is the GREATEST and most fulfilling which I have experienced! I have had the great joy of being at several live performances at the Metropolitan Opera of ...             Verdi: Requiem; Quattro pezzi sacri Giuseppe Verdi, Georg Solti, ... Decca, 2006 An Energetic and highly Dramatic Verdi Requiem Of all of Verdi's latter works, the Verdi requiem is perhaps my favorite after Otello. Although it was written as a Requiem mass, I find that Verdi's composition recalls something that sounds more operatic than parochial, and for this reason, I don't think that it ...             Essential Beethoven Hans Sotin, Martti Talvela, ... Decca, 2001 Wonderful selections My kids and I have really enjoyed this CD. This is a great collection of music with high quality performances.             Tristan Und Isolde Richard Wagner, Karl Böhm, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1997 Alone in the top OK fellows I don`t know Furtwangler celebrated recording. But having listened to this it is difficult not to accept this is THE ULTIMATE TRISTAN. Why? Look at the conducting. Like a storm. Not a weak moment. Truly propulsive. Look at how balanced is the orchestra. In ...             Missa Solemnis in D major, op.123 L.V. Beethoven, Otto Klemperer, ... EMI Classics, 2001 Should you buy the latest remastering of this classic recording? By any measure the Missa Solemnis is almost impossible to faithfully record, given that the engineers must find a way to balance orchestra, solo quartet, and a large chorus, a total of two hundred performers trying to live up to Beethoven's cosmic conception. Recording ...             Verdi: Requiem / Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti, Talvela, Solti Giuseppe Verdi, Vienna Philharmonic, ... Decca, 1990 A monumental Masterpiece!! I love this. Is by far the best version. And incredibly good production for something recorde in the late 60s. How they were able to make it sound like this? Who knows, but is here and all we have to do is enjoy. The only thing missing is Miss Price. Southerland will ...             Verdi - Rigoletto / Sutherland, Pavarotti, Milnes, LSO, Bonynge Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Bonynge, ... Decca, 1990 The Definitive Rigoletto I have owned this recording for years, and now I can't listen to any other recording. I've even performed in this opera. While Sutherland is indeed too old for Gilda, these are still the glory days for her (early 70s). However, Pavarotti and Milnes are simply ...             Mozart - Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail [Abduction from the Seraglio] Edita Gruberova, Francisco Araiza Deutsche Grammophon, 2005 Golden age Mozart from a master conductor Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail or The Abduction from the Seraglio was composed by Mozart in 1782 during his first heady days in Vienna. He'd recently thrown off the shackles of provincial Salzburg and his odious servitude under the Prince-Archbishop Colloredo. This ...             Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer Richard Wagner, Otto Klemperer, ... EMI Classics, 2000 Best Flying Dutchman This is the best Flying Dutchman ever!! The fantastically intense Otto Klemperer brings his famed intensity to this masterpiece. Klemperer was performing the Flying Dutchman at Convent Garden at about the same time this recording was made. The stage experience and ...             Mahler - Symphony No. 8 / Popp · Auger · Minton · Harper · Kollo · Shirley-Quirk · Talvela · Chicago SO · ... Gustav Mahler, Sir Georg Solti, ... Decca, 1999 Before you buy this older release... I'm a huge fan of the original Solti performance. Decca did this CD release in 1999 and the newer one in 2006 with a different cover. (Amazon carries the later one.) I find the 2006 release a far, far better remastering of an already amazing recording and I recommend ...             A Tribute to Martti Talvela Martti Talvela, Yryo Henrik Kilpinen, ... Ondine, 1999             Beethoven: Fidelio Ludwig van Beethoven, Karl Böhm, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2005 An exceptional performance on CD at last I had better "declare an interest," because a previously published and enthusiastic review of this recording, in its original LP version, written by me (using the pseudonym "Roland Graeme") is quoted on the back of the CD's box and on a sticker affixed to its front. ...             Mahler - The Symphonies / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti Kiri Te Kanawa, Georg Solti, ... Decca, 1992 It's all about Mahler So many Mahler performances, both in concert and on record, are mannered to the extent that one senses a conductor trying to convey the impression that it is his personal suffering, not the composer's vision, which is producing such beautiful music. Not Solti's. He ...             Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy: My Favorite Opera in the Movies Sherrill Milnes, Michael William Balfe, ... Decca, 1994             Wagner: Parsifal Richard Wagner, Hans Knappertsbusch, ... Philips, 2006 KNA\Parsifal-the one to get Alright, first things first, this is the Parisal to get. Kubelik, Barenboim, Solti, and even Karajan are all good, but this is sublime. It is in Bayreuth-which is important due to the fact that Wagner intentionally cultured the score to the Bayreuth acoustics which ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music beethoven, entfuhrung, rigoletto, shirley-quirk, sutherland, symphonies      toavi.com    web we recommend HOME RUN FOR BOHM AND BEETHOVEN !!! randomly chosen book: No God But God