classical music: Matthias Holle

classical music: Matthias Holle

classical music:

Matthias Holle

Haydn: Missa Cellensis; Paukenmesse; Schöpfungsmesse

Matthias Holle, Robert Holl, ...

EMI Classics, 2005

Another Haydn cliche shot down
I adore Haydn and consider him every bit as fine as Mozart, even finer. I readily admit that there are certain Mozart pieces that are better than all of Haydns music, but I think, when considering there entire output, Haydn is the better composer. Yet I have always ...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen

Richard Wagner, Daniel Barenboim, ...

Warner Classics, 2005

NIBELUNGEN "BEST BUY"
Here's a staggering bargain. These much-praised Bayreuth performances have been available on Teldec since 1994; now Warner has reissued them in a single box and they're an irresistible value: 1/2 the cost, 1/3 the shelf space, still accompanied by 4 deluxe booklets ...

Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg / Bernd Weikl, Siegfried Jerusalem, MariAnne Haggander, Hermann Prey, ...

Richard Wagner, Marga Schiml

Deutsche Grammophon, 2006

A great example of what a good production is!
Wagner is not funny... Not even here, in his only comedy. Well, maybe a little funny... I mean Hans Sachs (Bernd Weikl) teaches Sir Walther Von Stolzing (Siegfried Jerusalem) to be a Mastersinger in one day and Sixtus Beckmesser (Hermann Prey) tries to sing a love ...

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Siegfried Jerusalem, Waltraud Meier

Deutsche Grammophon, 2008

Best Tristan on DVD
Wagner's operas are well represented on DVD. There are three excellent Rings, several superb Meistersingers, Parsifals in all flavours, Lohengrins by the ton, and a couple of good Hollanders. Up until now there has only been one Tristan worth watching - the 1983 ...

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Symphonies; Overtures; Concertos

Anton Scharinger, Matthias Holle, ...

RCA, 2005

Triumphant return of Flor's Mendelssohn
At last Claus Peter Flor's Mendelssohn symphonies, overtures and piano concertos (with Edelmann) have returned. On the basis of these recordings (all previously issued) Flor, who is probably in his early 50s now, is still one of the better Mendelssohn conductors out ...

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg [DVD Video]

Euroarts, 2008

Another excellent Meistersinger for the collection
There are two statues of Hans Sachs in Nürnberg. The more familiar one, in Hans-Sachs-Platz, emphasises his poetic side. He sits there, paper and pen in hand, gazing pensively at the passers by, with a slightly magisterial air. Many of his operatic portrayals seem ...

Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 3-9; Mass in F minor; Te Deum [Box Set]

Karl Helm, Matthias Holle, ...

Emd Int'l, 2002

Bruckner as cosmic spirituality
Sergiu Celibidache's Bruckner is like no other. Some want no part of it, to them it is just wrong. True, in his quest to find the heart of the music, Celi often slowed the tempo, and this could be extreme. Celibidache was a follower of Furtwangler in believing in ...

Wagner - Parsifal / Meier, Jerusalem, Hölle, van Dam, von Kannen, Tomlinson, Berlin Phil., Barenboim

Richard Wagner, Daniel Barenboim, ...

Teldec, 1991

The best digital Parsifal that I know.
Wagner's interpretation has a lot of fans that are not very open-mind to new ways of performing the works of the great Richard. This affects conducting, playing and singing and those listeners use to be much more closed to a kind of performances that come from the ...

Wagner - Die Walkure / Secunde, Elming, Tomlinson, Evans, Holle, Finnie, Close, Johansson, Kupfer, Barenboim, ...

Daniel Barenboim, Poul Elming

Warner Classics, 2005

Powerful stuff, utterly compelling ...
As I have written in other reviews for this production of Der Ring des Nibelungen in both its CD/audio-only and DVD formats, I must here say again that I am truly captivated and ultimately quite bowled over by this production of Der Ring des Nibelungen, making me ...

Beethoven for Relaxation

Matthias Holle, Ralph Kirshbaum, ...

RCA, 1999

Number of discs
The ad above shows 2 discs with the same track names... this item has only 1 disc with 11 tracks (names as shown above).

Only Opera CD You'll Ever Need

Alan Titus, Christian Boesch, ...

RCA, 1997

Perfect for "drop the needle" style tests
If you want to hear full recordings of arias, then this disc is not for you. It plays only tidbits of 99 arias. Contrary to the title, this is definitely not the only opera disc you'll ever need. You shouldn't take it seriously. This disc has next to no value for ...

CELIBIDACHE / Münchner Philharmoniker - Bruckner: Mass No. 3 in F minor

Anton Bruckner, Sergiu Celibidache, ...

EMI Classics, 2005

A stunning performance
Bruckner's Mass in f, like nearly all of his music, goes beyond being spiritual in the broadest sense, to literally reaching for infinity. This performance by Sergiu Celibidache and the Munich Philharmonic comes as close to scaling the heights of the infinite as any ...

Operatically Incorrect

Alan Titus, Leonard Warren, ...

RCA, 1997

great!
This is a great little sampler about the world of opera. I love the little speech on the back of the CD case...I whole heartilty agree...opera is not for sissies. This lovely Operatic sampler includes the beautiful music of Puccini, the light hearted music of Mozart, ...

Wagner - Parsifal

Richard Decker, Matthias Holle

Dynamic Italy, 2006

Good enough - if you own other copies
Marred by weird staging in the second act ( where the flowers are depicted and nude women and men who fondle Parsifal -ugh); Decker also apparently forgot his lines in two parts and changes the dialogue; and the timpany player was asleep in the third act and missed his ...

Thomas Quasthoff: A Portrait

Thomas Quasthoff, Gunter Von Kannen, ...

RCA Victor Europe, 2002

Meet a great singer
This is a nice cross-section of the CDs that Quasthoff made earlier in his career before he moved over to DG. He didn't really catch on in his RCA period, but that was the public's loss. He is a great Mozart and Schubert singer, as this CD demonstrates, even if he ...