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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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#2: Wagner, Tristan und Isolde

CD: Karajan

DVD: Barenboim

The results:

CD:

Karajan EMI 4
Kleiber DG 3
Bernstein 3
Bohm 2
Barenboim 2
Furtwangler 1

DVD:

Barenboim , Jerusalem, Meyer 3
Kout 1
Barenboim, Chereau, Scala 1
Schneider 1

 

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#3: Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro

CD: Giulini, EMI

DVD: Pappano

The results:

CD:

Giulini EMI 4
Solti Decca 3
Jacobs Hyp 2
Bohm DG 2
Davis Philips 1
Sandberg 1
Mehta 1

DVD:

Pappano 4
Bohm 3
Pritchard 3
Haitink 2
Ticatti 1
Jordan 1

 

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#4: Handel, Giulio Cesare

CD: a tie between Curtis and Minkowski

DVD: McVicar

The results:

CD:

Curtis 3
Minkowski 3
Jacobs 1
Richter 1
Rudel 1

DVD:

McVicar 5

 

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#5: Berlioz, Les Troyens

CD: a tie between Davis (Philips) and Davis (LSO)

DVD: Pappano

The results:

CD:

Davis Philips 4
Davis LSO 4
Beecham 1

DVD:

Pappano 4
Gardiner 3

 

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#6: Don Giovanni

CD: Giulini

DVD: a tie between MacKerras and Levine

The results:

CD

Giulini 6
Abaddo 1
Davis 1
Fricsay 1
Krips 1

DVD

Mackerras 3
Levine 3
Furtwangler 2
Langree 1

 

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#7: Verdi, La Traviata

CD: Kleiber

DVD: Levine

The results:

CD

Kleiber 7
Giulini 2
Recigno 2
Serafin 1
Ceccato 1
Pritchard 1
Toscanini 1
Muti 1
Orlov 1

DVD

Levine, Zeffirelli 3
Solti 2
Pappano 1
Rizzi 1
Conlon 1
Decker 1

 

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#8: Puccini, La Boheme

CD: Beecham

DVD: Levine

The results:

CD

Beecham 5
Karajan 4
Callas 2
Serafin 2
Davis 2
Schippers 1

DVD

Levine 2
Smith 1
Karajan 1
Magiera 1
Kleiber 1
Luisotti 1
Cobos 1
Gatti 1

 

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#9: R. Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier

CD: Karajan

DVD: Karajan

The results:

CD

Karajan EMI 8
Karajan Deutsche Grammophon 1
Bernstein 1

DVD

Karajan/Vienna 5
Solti 1
Thielmann 1
Buchkov 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

 

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#11: Mozart, Die Zauberflöte

CD: Böhm

DVD: Davis

The results:

CD

Böhm 4
Klemperer 3
Abaddo 2
Solti 1

DVD

Davis 4
Sawallisch 2
Bergman 2
Levine 1
Haitink 1

 

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#12: Bizet, Carmen

CD: a tie between Prêtre (1964) and Abbado

DVD: Pappano

The results:

CD

Prêtre 6
Abbado 6
Beecham 3
Karajan/Baltsa 2
Karajan/Price 1
Solti 1
Ruhlmann 1

DVD

Pappano 5
Maazel 3
Nézet- Séguin 2
Levine 2
Maazel 3

 

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#13: Wagner, Parsifal

CD: Knappertsbusch (1962)

DVD: Gatti

The results:

CD

Knappertsbusch (1962) 5
Karajan (Deutsche Grammophon) 4
Solti 1
Knappertsbusch (1951) 1
Barenboim 1

DVD

Gatti 5
Stein 2
Syberberg 2

 

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#14: Rossini, Il Barbiere di Siviglia

CD: Galliera

DVD: Abbado

The results:

CD

Galliera 6
Abbado 2
Marriner 2
Gui 2
Varviso 1

DVD

Abbado 6
Pappano 3
Cambreling 2

 

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#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

 

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#16: Puccini, Tosca

CD: de Sabata

DVD: Pappano

The results:

CD

de Sabata 11
Karajan (Deutsche Grammophon) 1
Karajan/ Price 1
Sinopoli 1

DVD

Pappano 4
Bartoletti 3
Cillario (Act 2 only) 2
Mehta 1
Oren 1

 

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#17: Mozart, Così Fan Tutte

CD: Böhm (EMI)

DVD: Fischer

The results:

CD

Böhm (EMI) 4
Jacobs 3
Muti 2
Busch (1935) 2
Leinsdorf 1
Böhm (Decca) 1

DVD

Fischer 8

 

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#18: Berg, Wozzeck

CD: a tie between Abbado, Mitropoulos, Böhm, Boulez (Sony) and Dohnányi

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The results:

CD

Abbado 1
Mitropoulos 1
Böhm 1
Boulez (Sony) 1
Dohnányi 1

 

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#18: Berg, Wozzeck (continued)

DVD: a tie between Cambreling and Barenboim

The results

DVD

Cambreling 2
Barenboim 2

 

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#19: R. Strauss, Salome

CD: Karajan

DVD: Böhm

The results:

CD

Karajan 5
Reiner 3
Sinopoli 2
Solti 1
Leinsdorf 1

DVD

Böhm 6
Summers 1
Dohnányi/ Ewing 1
Dohnányi/ Malfitano 1