classical music: Olaf Bär     classical music:     Olaf Bär      Mozart - Così fan tutte / Fleming, von Otter, Scarabelli, Lopardo, Bär, Pertusi, Solti Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Renée Fleming, ... Decca, 1996 Sparkling and Wondrous Cosi Fan Tutte Performance! COSI VAN TUTTE remains one of Mozart's most brilliant compositions, with more elegantly fluid arias, duets, trios, and ensembles than any one opera has a right to own! This 3 CD set is as fine as they come. Part of the reason is that the electricity of this live ...             J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio / Gardiner [Arias and Choruses] Johann Sebastian Bach, The English Baroque Soloists, ... Polygram Records, 1989             Bach: Sacred Vocal Works Andreas Schmidt, Olaf Bär, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2004 Bargain price for the best of the best! Below are the Amazon.com asin numbers for all four of the works in this box: St. Mathew Passion - B0000057DG (1989) St. John Passion - B0000057CW (1990) Christmas Oratorio - B0000057D5 (1990) Mass in b minor - B0000057CN (1990) The numerous reviews already ...             Leos Janacek - From the House of Dead / MCO, ASC, Boulez, Chereau (Festival Aix-en-Provence 2007) Olaf Bär, Peter Straka Deutsche Grammophon, 2008 A searing and memorable final production from Boulez and Chereau Janacek's final opera, composed in 1927-28 and given its posthumous premiere two years later, is based on the Dostoyevsky novel written in 1861-62 in which the author renders his own prison experiences. The story as seen in the opera is not presented in a linear ...             Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Rolfe Johnson, Bonney, von Otter, Chance, Crook; Gardiner Johann Sebastian Bach, English Baroque Soloists, ... Archiv Produktion, 1989 Triumphant The debate between performance styles will likely rage for the remainder of recorded/performed music. Set all of that aside. The Matthew Passion is one of the greatest works of Western art ever conceived in any medium. Retelling the story of Christ's passion ...             100 Best Sacred Works Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Olaf Bär, ... EMI Classics, 2007             Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) / Araiza, Te Kanawa, Studer, Ramey, Lind, van Dam, Bär, Marriner Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sir Neville Marriner, ... Philips, 1990 What Mozart had in mind... I am soooo tired of reading reviews where everyone has to completely demean the singers (i.e., Cheryl Studer) This Zauberflöte is superbly cast. Kiri Te Kanawa is the only Pamina I can bear to listen to. Francisco Araiza is a somewhat sympathetic Tamino and sings ...             Wagner: Tristan und Isolde [Includes Bonus DVD] Richard Wagner, Antonio Pappano, ... EMI Classics, 2005 excellent recording Want pleasure for the ears?, well forget Furtwangler mono tiresome sound and Bohm screeching voices and listen to this recording.             J. Strauss - Die Fledermaus / Te Kanawa, Gruberova, Fassbaender, Bär, Wiener Philharmoniker, Previn Johann Strauss II, André Previn, ... Philips, 1991 An Enjoyable Version But Not The Finest Everyone has their own opinions regarding recordings of operas and operettas. Die Fledermaus, being the most famous operetta, is subject to numerous interpretations. This particular version has Andre Previn conducting the Vienna State Opera (Staatsoper in German) which ...             Bach - Christmas Oratorio / Gardiner Johann Sebastian Bach Archiv Produktion, 1990 an essential part of my yearly Christmas experience It surprises me that a number of people here have given this splendid recording negative reviews, but that is , I guess, proof that people's tastes and expectations are different. What I expect from any Bach performance by (Sir) John Eliot are forward-moving tempi ...             The #1 Opera Album II Bryn Terfel, Olaf Bär, ... Decca, 2007             Brahms - Liebeslieder-Walzer, etc. / Bonney, von Otter, Streit, Bär, Deutsch, Forsberg Johannes Brahms, Barbara Bonney, ... Angel Records, 2000 You thought these singers were good by themselves.... ...but holy cow! Wait till you hear them together! Exquisite miniatures by a dream team quartet, two great pianists, and nary a false move by anyone involved. Sounds almost too flawless to be a live performance. It may be criminal to say, but I think I prefer these ...             Mozart: Zaide Olaf Bär, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ... Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2004 a voice teacher and early music fan TEXT UNFINISHED BUT MUSIC UNDIMINISHED! "Oh, Mozart, immortal Mozart, what countless images of a brighter and better world you have stamped upon our souls!" Thus spake Franz Schubert of Mozart. "Zaide"-Mozart's unfinished work-a Singspiel in two Acts-original ...             Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), Highlights Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Neville Marriner, ... Philips, 1993 Great Singers ... Poor Casting Searching for the definitive recording of "The Magic Flute"? Simply put: Search elsewhere. There's no denying the talent of singers Samuel Ramey, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Cheryl Studer, but in this case they seem to have been the victims of a casting disaster. ...             Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin; Schwanengesang; Winterreise Olaf Bär, Franz Schubert, ... EMI Classics, 2007          products you might be interested in   search for classical music aix-en-provence, liebeslieder, liebeslieder-walzer, philharmoniker, schwanengesang, zauberflöte      toavi.com    web randomly chosen DVD: Saludos Amigos (Disney Gold Classic Collection)