Christiane Karg reviews
Mahler: Lieder (Erinnerung)
Christiane Karg (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano) (Harmonia Mundi)
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro (Amsterdam, 2016)
Christiane Karg, Stéphane Degout, et al; Netherlands Chamber Orchestra/Ivor Bolton (Arthaus Musik, DVD)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9; Choral Fantasy
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/Pablo Heras-Casado et al (Harmonia Mundi)
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Gluck: Orphée et Euridice
Juan Diego Flórez, Christiane Karg, Fatma Said; Hofesh Shechter Company; Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro Alla Scala/Michele Mariotti; dir. John Fulljames (Belvedere, DVD)
R Strauss
The enraptured unfurling of sound in Malcolm Martineau’s piano introduction creates dappled light for Christiane Karg’s long, warm-breathed phrasing in Das Rosenband, a radiant start to this recital. The Bavarian soprano is a delectably light, idiomatic Straussian, and the covered, pearly underside of her voice is the perfect instrument with which to recreate the secret moments and intimacy of the songs she has selected here.