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MENDELSSOHN: Die Erste Walpurgisnacht; BRAHMS & SCHUMANN works – Soloists/ Choral Academy/ Bavarian State Orch./ Kent Nagano – Farao

by Audiophile Audition | Jul 26, 2011 | Classical CD Reviews

There is always room for a new Walpurgisnacht as good as this—and the rest of the album soars as well.

MENDELSSOHN: Die Erste Walpurgisnacht; Works of BRAHMS & SCHUMANN: – Simone Schroeder, sop./Burkhard Fritz, tenor/Detlef Roth, bar./Franz-Josef Selig, bass/Audi Jugendchorakademie/Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Kent Nagano – Farao

by Audiophile Audition | Apr 23, 2011 | Classical CD Reviews

Kent Nagano and assembled forces fervently explore three Romantic settings of German poets: fanciful, mythic, and valedictory.