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Giuseppe sinopoli initiated this series of recordings when he held the title of principal conductor of the dresden staatskapelle from 1992 until his untimely death in 2001

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So ive licked my pencil and printed off my checklist here goespassionate conducting marshalling vast forces skilfully in the person of sinopoli tick a resplendentvoiced tove with gleaming top notes and a breathless girlish sensuality that cuts through the thick orchestral textures thats deborah voigt tick a firstrate orchestra entirely at home in wagnerian excess and exuding class thats the dresdeners tick all the advantages of a live performance without any of the usual attendant inconveniences such as coughers superbly recorded tick a wood dove with trenchant low notes plaintive and plangent of voice which is redolent of the deepest melancholy and possessing a ringing top thats the young jennifer larmore to a t tick a tenor with the heft and beauty of tone to suggest a flawed hero enslaved by an illicit passion

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Everything that prior reviewers say about this recording is correct

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However it would be ridiculous to deny him his due here

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The smallest detail can be heard revealing heretofore unknown textures

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Yet the mightiest climaxes are achieved with almost frightening force