A Tribute to Rafael Kubelík

An odd disc, with Mahler Das klagende Lied to begin with, well sung, as is everything here; a passionate account of the Brahms Alto Rhapsody, with glorious solo singing; and half an hour of Schoenberg’s great Gurrelieder, exquisitely played.

Michael Tanner

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4

Michael Tanner

Published: October 13, 2016 at 2:38 pm

COMPOSERS: Arnold Schoenberg,Gustav Mahler,Johannes Brahms
LABELS: Praga Digitals
ALBUM TITLE: A Tribute to Rafael Kubelík
WORKS: Mahler, Brahms and Schoenberg
PERFORMER: Hamari, Wagermann, Rendall, Borkh, Hoffman, Topper, etc; Bavarian Radio Choir and Symphony/Kubelík
CATALOGUE NO: Praga Digitals PRD/DSD 350118 (hybrid CD/SACD) (1962-79)

An odd disc, with Mahler Das klagende Lied to begin with, well sung, as is everything here; a passionate account of the Brahms Alto Rhapsody, with glorious solo singing; and half an hour of Schoenberg’s great Gurrelieder, exquisitely played.

Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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