'Imbued with urgency, resolutely theatrical and dramatic, Eschenbach gives a powerful, martial reading of it, scandalized by thundering timpani and twirling strings contrasting with the softness of the woodwinds.'
Res Musica
Anna Prohaska
Anna Prohaska
Soprano
Anna Prohaska is an Austrian coloratura soprano. She was named Female Singer of the Year at the 2024 Opus Klassik Awards.
Genre
Classical
Biography
In 2003 she was selected for the Académie européenne de musique in Aix-en-Provence and went on to win the Hanns-Eisler-Preis für Komposition und Interpretation zeitgenössischer Musik two years later. She was selected for the Internationale Händelakademie Karlsruhe and won the Daphne-Preis. Anna has also won the Schneider-Schott Music Prize and in 2012 received an Echo Deutscher Musikpreis Klassik for her album 'Sirène'.
Reviews
'In these performances with the admirable Konzerthaus Orchestra, what emerges above all is the uniquely glowing sound of Weber’s orchestration, with its very special use of horns and winds.'
BBC Music Magazine
'Helmchen gives real substance to the Konzertstück ... Eschenbach and the orchestra deserve credit, too, for they match Helmchen’s deft touch and broad colour palette.'
Gramophone
'... it’s the overtures here, including the wonderful The Ruler of the Spirits, that spread most delight, with their sprightly delivery of Weber’s top virtues ...'
The Times