Lioba Braun
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Puccini: Suor Angelica
Kristine Opolais (Angelica), Lioba Braun (Princess), Nadezhda Serdyuk (Sister Monitor) & Mojca Erdmann (Sister Genovieffa)
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Andris Nelsons
Nelsons evokes atmosphere with energy and clean-cut textures. All told, the effect is slightly cool, but many will prefer it to overheated Italianate performances, especially with such a credibly... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Opera Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2012, Opera Choice
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Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70
Marlis Petersen (soprano), Lioba Braun (mezzo ‐ soprano), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor) & Thomas Oliemans (baritone)
RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Hans‐Christoph Rademann
Perhaps Rademann is less concerned than Herreweghe to pull out the many felicities of Mendelssohn’s original orchestration – trombones play a largely supporting role in the big choruses – but... — More…
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
RecommendedAnne Schwanewilms (soprano) & Lioba Braun (contralto)
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra & Bamberg Symphony Choir, Jonathan Nott
Jonathan Nott [reaches] new peaks in his Bamberg cycle...What uplift, rather than crushing weight, in those opening lower-string flourishes...The consoling vision just gets more magical on each... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2010, Featured
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Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53, etc.
Lioba Braun (alto), Carsten Süß (tenor)
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Helmuth Rilling
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Lioba Braun (alto), Michael Schade (tenor) & Michael Volle (baritone)
Chopr und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
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Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
Friedemann Winklhofer (organ), Sibylla Rubens (soprano), Lioba Braun (mezzo-soprano), Steve Davislim (tenor) & Georg Zeppenfeld (bass)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Münchner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 'Lobgesang', etc.
Deon Van der Walt (Tenor), Friedemann Winklhofer (Organ), Lioba Braun (Alto), Pamela Coburn (Soprano)
Österreichisch-Ungarische Philharmonie, Windsbacher Knabenchor, Karl-Friedrich Beringer
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Windsbacher Knabenchor: Brahms/Mendelssohn-Rhapsodies
Lioba Braun (alto)
Windsbacher Boys Choir, Austrian-Hungarian Philharmonic, Karl-Friedrich Beringer
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Max Reger - Orchestral Edition - Symphonic Choral Works, Orchestral Songs
Marga Höffgen (alto), NDR-Chor (chorus), Yoko Kawahara (soprano), Nikolaus Hillebrand (bass), Hans-Dieter Bader (tenor), Lioba Braun (alto), Fritz Walter-Lindquist (organ), Ursula Kunz (contralto), Lioba Braun (contralto)
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker, Roland Bader, Horst Stein
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'
Janina Baechle, Lioba Braun, Michaela Kaune, Marisol Montalvo, Manuela Uhl, Albert Dohmen, Michael Nagy & Stefan Vinke
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker, Tschechischer Philharmonischer Chor, Windsbacher Knabenchor & Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott
the verdict is 'decent but not world-beating', with shortcomings in his soloists pulling him up well short of the best available. There is uplift and impulse in the opening movement, with brilliant... — More…
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