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The winners thread: the 2015 Talk Classical Top Recommended Opera CDs and DVDs

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This thread presents the results of the voting on http://www.talkclassical.com/36891-2015-tc-most-recommended.html It's just to announce the winning CDs and DVDs, so please don't post here- thanks!

#1: Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen

CD: Solti



DVD: Boulez



The results:

CD

Solti 9
Keilberth 4
Karajan 3
Goodall 1
Haitink 1
Knappertsbusch 56 1
Janowski 1

DVD

Boulez 3
Barenboim/Bayreuth 1
 
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#10: Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

CD: a tie between Solti (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), Kubelik, Karajan I, and Kempe.









DVD: Jurowski



The results:

CD

Solti, Chicago 2
Kubelik 2
Karajan l 2
Kempe 2
Barenboim 1
Knappertsbusch Myto 1
Knappertsbusch Decca 1
Jochum 1
Karajan ll 1

DVD

Jurowski 4
Levine 2
Stein 2
 
#15 ·
#15: Verdi, Otello

CD: a tie between Karajan (Decca) and Toscanini





DVD: Levine with Domingo



The results:

CD

Karajan (Decca) 3
Toscanini 3
Serafin 2
Chung 1
Kleiber (1976) 1
Sébastian 1
Furtwängler 1
Votto (1954) 1
Levine (RCA) 1

DVD

Levine/ Domingo 3
Levine/Vickers 1
Maazel 1
Muti (La Scala) 1
Muti (Vienna) 1
 
#25 ·
#24: Offenbach, Les Contes d'Hoffmann

CD: a tie between Bonynge and Cluytens (EMI).





DVD: Prêtre



The Results:

CD

Bonynge 4
Cluytens (EMI) 4
Clutyens (1948) 1
Beecham 1
Nagano 1
Tate 1

DVD

Prêtre 6
Beecham (Powell & Pressburger film soundtrack) 3
Tate 1
Denève 1
 
#26 ·
#25: Verdi, Don Carlos

CD: Giulini

DVD: a tie between Karajan and Pappano (with Kaufmann)





The Results:

CD

Giulini 8
Karajan 3
Abbado 1
Santini (1954) 1
Santi (1960) 1
Santini (Deutsche Grammophon) 1
Pappano 1

DVD

Karajan 3
Pappano (with Kaufmann) 3
Levine 2
Pappano (with Villazon) 1
Pappano (with Alagna) 1
Chailly 1
 
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