Solos

PREVIOUS: VALUE JUDGEMENTS

13 intimate “Christe eleison” (standouts in bold)

Edith Mathis (Gönnenwein), Sylvia McNair (Gardiner) (“best”), Edith Wiens (Shaw), Kathleen Battle (Levine), Barbara Schlick (Kuentz), Arleen Auger (Bernstein), Bozena Harasimowicz (Vad) (“most excellent”), Patricia Petibon (Christie), Valentina Farcas (Matt), Camilla Tilling (McCreesh), Natalie Dessay (Langreé), Gillian Keith (Christophers), Carolyn Sampson (Suzuki) (“excellent”)

19 rambunctious “Laudamus te” (standouts in bold)

Hertha Töpper ( Fricsay) (“best”), Helen Donath (Gönnenwein), Janet Perry (Karajan), Della Jones (Welser-Möst), Lynne Dawson (Hogwood), Monika Frimmer (Neumann), Bernarda Fink (Corboz), Anne Sofie von Otter (Solti), Ibolya Verebics (Rilling 1991), Dominique Labelle (Parrott), Anne Sophie von Otter (Marriner), Katarzyna Suska (Vad), Evelyne Brun (Girolami), Lynne Dawson (Christie), Stella Doufexis (Bolton), Véronique Gens (Langreé), Olivia Vermeulen (Suzuki), Sophie Harmsen (Bernius) (“excellent version”); Anke Vondlung (Arman)

26 intimate “Et incarnatus est” (standouts in bold)

Irmgard Seefried (Jochum), Maria Stader (Paumgartner), Helen Donath (Davis), Sylvia McNair (Gardiner) (“best”), Arleen Auger (Bertini), Edith Wiens (Shaw), Felicity Lott (Welser-Möst), Kathleen Battle (Levine), Barbara Schlick (Kuentz), Barbara Schlick (Neumann), Audrey Michael (Corboz), Arleen Auger (Bernstein) (“close 2nd), Christiane Oelze (Rilling 1991) (“another gem with McNair & Auger”), Christiane Oelze (Herreweghe), Nancy Armstrong (Parrott), Kiri te Kanawa (Marriner), Bozena Harasimowicz-Haas (Vad), Viktoria Loukianetz (Halász), Patricia Petibon (Christie), Valentina Farcas (Matt), Camilla Tilling (McCreesh), Gabriele Hierdeis (Hempfling), Gillian Keith (Christophers), Carolyn Sampson (Suzuki), Sarah Wegener (Bernius); Christina Landshamer (Arman)

Intimate performances of solos by conductor

(* = Excellent, ** = Best) (colors indicate conductors with more than one of the three)

ChristieLaudamusEt
Gönnenwein Fricsay **Jochum
Gardiner**Gönnenwein Paumgartner
ShawKarajanDavis
Levine Welser-MöstGardiner**
KuentzHogwoodBertini
Bernstein NeumannShaw (“the trill”)
Vad*CorbozWelser-Möst
ChristieSoltiLevine
MattRilling 1991Kuentz
McCreesh ParrottNeumann
LangreéMarriner*Corboz
ChristophersVadBernstein*
Suzuki* GirolamiRilling 1991*
Christie*Herreweghe
Bolton*Parrott
LangreéMarriner
SuzukiVad
Bernius*Halász
ArmanChristie
Matt
McCreesh
Helmpfling
Christophers
Suzuki
Bernius
Arman

NEXT: ENSEMBLES

Loading