classical music: Rudolf Kempe

classical music: Rudolf Kempe

classical music:

Rudolf Kempe

Andreas Schmidt, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, ...

Emd Int'l, 2007

Amazing Value
I am so impressed by this collection that I must share my joy at getting so many beautiful arias, duets, et al in one collection. It captures many of the great operatic voices in stellar performances spanning the last 50 years. If you are enchanted by beautiful ...

Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen

Wagner, Rudolf Kempe, ...

Testament UK, 2008

A welcome, worthy Ring
While this 1957 live recording would not be my choice for anyone's first or only Ring recording, it is a vivid document of a great Wagnerian conductor and a fine cast. The sound is decent, but it's neither stereo nor especially good mono. These recordings were taken ...

Mendelssohn, Bruch: Violin Concertos / Chung, Kempe

Max Bruch, Felix Mendelssohn, ...

Decca, 1999

Definitive Mendelssohn, phenomenal poetry in the Bruch(s)
...I feel obliged to say something, as I believe this is one of the outstanding must-have cds of recent years. Kyung Wha Chung cut these legendary recordings in the 70s (Bruch) and early 80s (Mendelssohn), with fantastic analogue sound and outstanding orchestral ...

Very Best of Fritz Wunderlich

Fritz Wunderlich

EMI Classics, 2003

Elegant collection though everything...auf Deutsch!
Among the lyric tenors, Wunderlich had one of the most handsome voices and a strength not usually related to this type of tenors. One melancholically wonders how much his repertoire could have expanded, had he lived longer. This new VERY BEST collection has arias of ...

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde/Parsifal/Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg/Lohengrin/Tannhäuser

Richard Wagner, Adrian Boult, ...

Seraphim, 1995

Great Music At Any Price!
The original EMI Seraphim budget CD line has to be the greatest value for the money in the history of music. For half the price of other so-called budget lines, including the new version of EMI Seraphim and the Sony Essential Classics series, you get first-rate ...

Fritz Wunderlich: Great German Tenor

Fritz Wunderlich

EMI Classics, 1991

German bel canto indeed
This three CD set of Wunderlich is a gem. It features one of the most beautiful pure lyric tenor voices of the century at its absolute best. Though Wunderlich sings all the arias, including the Italian and French ones, in German, his innate musical understanding of ...

Violin Adagios

Johann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Barber, ...

Decca, 2001

Exquisite collection & performances, unbelievable value!!!
"Over 2 l/2 hours of the world's most beautiful music." These words on the cover are very close to true. What an incredible value this collection is!! So many of these compilations of this sort are cheaply produced, and those "greatest hits" collections are one ...

Romantic Adagios

Jascha Silberstein, Lynn Harrell, ...

Decca, 2000

A great, great collection!
I was stunned to see only two and a half stars for romantic adagios. I don't know how much you get to know by listening to only one "song" out of so many in this collection, but in my opinion this CD collection deserves a lot of credit. I had heard of Samuel Barber's ...

The Great Violin Concertos

Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

EMI Classics, 1991

Yeh, he's still got it
I have to admit that in this recording Yehudi is not as sharp as he is in earlier ones, but the fine-tuned expressiveness has not been lost. I would buy this cd simply for the Bruch Violin Concerto, if nothing else, which is a dangerous undertaking to listen to at ...

Strauss: Orchestral Works

Wolfgang Liebscher, Manfred Weise, ...

EMI Classics, 1999

Outstanding performances
Rudolf Kempe's interpretations of Richard Strauss orchestral works (almost complete - one miss the orchestral songs) have been classic recordings since they first appeared on record in the early seventies (1970-75). Especially fine are his interpretations of the ...

The Very Best of Christa Ludwig
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

EMI Classics, 2003

Best-Loved Classics 10
Ludwig van Beethoven, Hector Berlioz, ...

Angel Records, 1997

Mahler Lieder: Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gustav Mahler, ...

EMI Classics, 2001

Vintage perfection
The Philharmonia Orchestra under Furtwangler accompany Fischer-Dieskau in the Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, and these performances alone make this CD treasurable. The singing is fresh and involving, but the orchestral work really stands out - just perfect, and this ...

Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos

Richard Strauss, Rudolf Kempe, ...

Emi Classics, 2008

A connoisseur's 'Ariadne' that falls a little short dramatically
EMI's 1954 recording of Ariadne auf Naxos under Karajan was a miracle of style, and the female leads -- Schwarzkopf, Seefried, and Streich -- gave unsurpassed performances. But time passes, and the boxy mono sound in that set was dated almost before it was released. ...

Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 1-9; In Nature; Serenade for Winds; Serenade for Strings, etc.

Antonin Dvorak, Andrew Davis, ...

RCA, 2005

Great value!
I think this 7 cd set is totally worth the low price. I can't find any review of this set of CDs online, so I did some research after I bought it. It is the first CD release of Sir Andrew Davis's complete Dvorak's symphonies. These recordings were made between ...