Recordings

Historical Moment in Bayreuth

ECHO Klassik Award 2012
Live recorded at the historical concert on July 26, 2011 in Bayreuth where the Israel Chamber Orchestra - as the first Israeli orchestra -  played the Israeli Anthem "Hatikva" and a piece by Richard Wagner.

Works by Mahler, Mendelsohn, Richard Wagner

Israel Chamber Orchestra
Roberto Paternostro
Dietrich Henschel, Bariton
Label: ARS Produktion
SACD, November 2011
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Mendelssohn Concerti

Felix Mendelssohn:
Concert for Violin, Piano and Orchestra d minor MWV O 4
Concert for Violin and Orchestra d minor MWV O 3

Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin
Edoardo Torbianelli, fortepiano (Bösendorfer 1845)
Israel Chamber Orchestra
Roberto Paternostro, conductor

Label: Gramola
SACD, August 2012

Hans Gál: Violin Concerto op. 39

Thomas Albertus Irnberger, violin
Israel Chamber Orchestra
Roberto Paternostro, conductor
Label: GRAMOLA
First recording on SACD.

R. Strauss, Beethoven, Wagner

Scenes and Arias from "Elektra“, "Ariadne auf Naxos“, "Fidelio“, "Tristan und Isolde“
Elisabeth-Maria Wachutka, soprano
Württembergischen Philharmonie
Roberto Paternostro, conductor
Label: SoloVoce (2009)

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Liebestod


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W. A. Mozart - Masonic Music

Complete recording
Heo Young-Hoon, tenor
Kassel Spohr Chamber Orchestra
Roberto Paternostro, conductor
Label: Naxos (2009)

Masonic Funeral Music (Mauerische Trauermusik)


Gramophone: a valuable collection - music of remote, austere beauty
American Record Guide: every track is played with an ideal blend of style and sensitivity
Allmusic: An essential item for the Perfect Mozartian, never less than adequately performed
MusicWeb International: The recording is good throughout.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: the Masonic Funeral Music must stand as one of the composer’s most profound outpourings.
Guardian: The familiar Masonic funeral music remains the towering masterpiece
Kurier (Austria): Roberto Paternostro is an especially skilled conductor of the Kassel Spohr Chamber Orchestra
News (Austria): A sensational new recording, worthy of discovery.

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Anton Bruckner - Sinfonies

Complete recording
Sinfonies 0-9, Te Deum. 11 CDs.
Württembergische Philharmonie
Roberto Paternostro, conductor
Label: Antes Edition
Live recordings from the Basilika Weingarten

Symphony No. 9, 2nd movement


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Richard Wagner - Die Walkure

Brünnhilde - Susan Owen
Wotan - Bodo Brinkmann
Fricka - Wilja Ernst-Mosuraitis
Siegmund - Christian Franz
Sieglinde - Jayne Casselman
Hunding - Hans Georg Moser
Kassel State Theatre Orchestra
Roberto Paternostro, conductor
Label: Ars

The Ride of the Valkyries

Hojotoho! Hojotoho! Heijaha! Heijaha!


pizzicato: … deserve our attention in great part thanks to the forceful personality of conductor Paternostro
Stereoplay: Conductor Roberto Paternostro offers so much more than a congenial accompaniment to the singers: the leitmotivs are worked out in a crystal-clear fashion. He allows for absolutely precise playing in the preludes, produces a Todesverkündung scene exhibiting the transparency of chamber music, and creates a 'Ride of the Valkyries' which is free of hollow bathos.

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Richard Wagner - Siegfried

Siegfried - Christian Franz
Mime - Manfred Jung
Brünnhilde - Susan Owen
Kassel State Theatre Orchestra
Robert Paternostro, conductor
Label: Ars (MUSIKwelt: recording of the year, 1999)

Nothung! Nothung! Neidliches Schwert! (Schmiedelied)


Fono Forum: Meaning is imbued in this performance by Roberto Paternostro, whose exegesis of the score is characterized by a wealth of detail paired with constant observance of the overarching line. Convincing – and refreshing – is the lack of bathos.

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Richard Wagner - Götterdämmerung

Siegfried - Christian Franz
Brünnhilde - Susan Owen
Waltraute - Renée Morloc
Alberich - Klaus Wallprecht
Hagen - Manfred Volz
Gunther - Bodo Brinkmann
Gutrune - Gertrud Ottenthal
Kassel State Theatre Orchestra
Roberto Paternostro, conductor
Label: Ars (2001)

Blühenden Lebens labendes Blut

Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt

Giuseppe Verdi - Simone Boccanegra

Renato Bruson, Mariana Nicolesco
Roberto Paternostro, conductor
Label: Capriccio (Delta Music)

"Plebe! Patrizi! Populo ... Piango su voi"


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Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 4

Petra Labitzke, soprano
State Orchestra Kassel
Roberto Paternostro, conductor
Label: Real Sound

Giuseppe Verdi - La Traviata

Lucia Aliberti, Peter Dvorsky, Renato Bruson
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Roberto Paternostro, conductor
Label: Delta Music (2007)

Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 9

Bundesjugendorchester
Roberto Paternostro, conductor

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Richard Strauss - Orchestral Works

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Don Quixote, Don Juan  
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Yasushi Toyoshima
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Roberto Paternostro, conductor
Live recording from the Suntory Hall Tokyo

"Don Juan"

Richard Wagner: Arias

Gwyneth Jones
WDR Symphony Orchestra of Cologne
Roberto Paternostro, conductor
Label: Chandos Classics

Wagner Opera Gala

Roberto Paternostro, conductor
Label: Digi (Delta Music, 2003)

Francis Poulenc / Felix Mendelssohn

Poulenc: Concerto for pianos
Mendelssohn: Concerto for pianos No. 1
Anna & Ines Walachowski, piano
Württembergische Philharmonie
Roberto Paternostro, conductor
Label: Ars

Georges Bizet - Carmen

Roberto Paternostro, conductor
Label: D Classics (1998)

Great Overtures

Vincenzo Bellini, Gioacchino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Deutsches Symphonieorchester Berlin
Roberto Paternostro, conductor
Label: Laser Light

Gala Opera Concert

Gioacchino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi
Cecilia Bartoli et al.
RSO Berlin
Roberto Paternostro, conductor
Label: Capriccio (EMI 1991)