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Liederreise - Songs by Brahms & Schubert / Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzo soprano; Robert Lehbaumer, piano

1 CD / Preiser / 2013-01-08

Works: Franz Schubert: Das Wandern, song for voice and piano (Die schöne Müllerin), D. 795/1 (Op. 25/1); Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Gretchen am Spinnrade, D...
Performers: Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Lehrbaumer, Robert

Angelika Kirchslager and Robert Lehrbaumer embark on a lieder journey across Austria and their navigation system is based on the most important coordinates of Austro-German...continue...
Recording information: Casino Baumgarten, Wien (10/2011)....continue...

Essential Brahms / Over 2 hours of Brahms' greatest masterpieces

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op. 80; Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15; Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a "St...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Angelich, Nicholas; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Clein, Natalie; de los Angeles, Victoria; Frankl, Peter; Kovacevich, Stephen; Kremer, Gidon...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Jochum, Eugen; Barbirolli, John; Tennstedt, Klaus; Karajan, Herbert von; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; ; Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: ; Alban Berg Quartet; Artemis Quartett (String Quartet)

Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg in 1833 and died in Vienna in 1897. He was one of the leading figures in classical music's Romantic...continue...

The Very Best of Janet Baker

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah; On Wings of Song; Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Gesänge (2) for Alto, Viola and ...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Butt, John [Organ, Conductor]; Hugh, Timothy; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parsons, Geoffrey; Previn, Andre...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Boult, Adrian; Barbirolli, John; Previn, Andre; Ledger, Philip, Sir
Ensemble: ; Academy Of St Martin In The Fields; Choir Of King's College, Cambridge; English Chamber Orchestra; Hallé Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

The Art of Susan Graham

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-10-26

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Paride ed Elena; Iphigénie en Tauride; Orphée et Eurydice; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze de Figaro; La clemenza di Tito; Le nozze di Figaro; Idomeneo; Lucio S...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Graham, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm
Conductors: Bicket, Harry; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Abel, Yves; Christie, William; Nagano, Kent; Nelson, John; Summers, Patrick;
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Oriol; Les Arts Florissants

Brahms: The Complete Songs Vol. 1

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-06-08

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 19; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (7) for voice & piano, Op. 48; Der Überläufer ("In den Garten wollen wir gehen"), song for v...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]

Graham Johnson's complete Schubert and Schumann songs series for Hyperion are landmarks in the history of recorded music. Now this indefatigable performer and scholar turns...continue...
Recording information: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (08/18/2008-08/20/2008)....continue...

Lullabies, Vol. 1

1 CD / Carus / 2010-05-11

Works: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz: Der Mond ist aufgegangen; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5), Op. 49; Sandmännchen ("Die Blümelein sie schlafen"), folk song for voice & piano, WoO 31/4; Karl Friedrich...
Performers: Deutsch, Helmut; Elsner, Christian [Vocals]; Elsner, Leonhard; Elsner, Paulina; Foll, Elisabeth; Gees, Michael; Haller, Benoit; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Huber, Gerold; Irmer, Stefan; Iven, ...

Many German lullabies are known all over the world. For this recording more than 50 of the most well-known singers with German as their mother...continue...

Brahms Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-02-02

Works: Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op. 80; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5; Pieces (6) for Piano, Op. 118; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Concerto f...
Performers: Deutsch, Helmut; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Oppitz, Gerhard; Serkin, Rudolf; Szeryng, Henryk
Conductors: Szell, George; Scholz, Alfred; Monteux, Pierre; Levine, James; Reiner, Fritz

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Brahms: Alto Rhapsody / Baker, Leppard, Boult, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-10-14

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Mitchinson, John
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond; Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: BBC Men's Chorus; BBC Northern Symphony

Janet Baker's performance of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde was first issued on BBC Radio Classics in 1995 and BBC Legends has vastly improved...continue...

Icon - Dame Janet Baker - The Beloved Mezzo Sings Mahler, Elgar, Berlioz, Chausson, etc

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Richard Strauss: Lieder (5), Op. 32; Lieder (4), Op. 36; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Lieder (3), Op. 43; Edward Elgar: Sea Pictures,...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Gauntlett, Ambrose; Isepp, Martin; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parsons, Geoffrey; Spencer, Robert [Lute]; Whittaker, Douglas
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Barbirolli, John; Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Leppard, Raymond; Menuhin, Yehudi; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

A new release in the recently-launched EMI Classics ICON Series, this 5-CD set is dedicated to Dame Janet Baker, long praised as one of the...continue...

Susan Graham - Portrait

1 CD / Erato / 2007-10-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Ned Rorem: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, for voice & piano; Early in the ...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Graham, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm
Conductors: Bicket, Harry; Christie, William; Nagano, Kent; Nelson, John; Summers, Patrick; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Abel, Yves

Brahms: Lieder / Dame Janet Baker

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-01-30

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (9) for voice & piano, Op. 63; O Kühler Wald ("O kühler Wald, wo raushest du?"), song for voice & piano, Op. 72/3; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 71; Songs (4) for ...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Hamburger, Paul; Lush, Ernest

"Beyond her distinctively warm-toned voice and heart-felt delivery, it is Baker's ability to balance the lyric and the dramatic that makes her Brahms' performances so...continue...

Brahms: Orchestral Works / Boult, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-11-21

Works: Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op. 80; Serenade for orchestra no 1 in D major, Op. 11; Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Tragic Overture, Op. 81; Serenade for orchestra no 2 in A major,...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: John Alldis Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Women's Lives & Loves / Lott, Kirchschlager, Johnson

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-06-13

Works: Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Erste Begegnung ("Von dem Rosenbusch"), for soprano voice, alto voice & piano (Spanisches Liederspie; Seit ich ihn gesehen, song for voice & piano (Fra...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

Taking as its cue the 'Frauenliebe und Leben' cycles by Robert Schumann and Carl Loewe, this captivating duet recital follows the poet Chamisso's story of...continue...

First Encounter

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2004-10-04

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Duets (6), Op. 63; Fanny Mendelssohn: Aus meinen Tränen sprießen, for 2 voices & piano; Im wunderschönen Monat Mai, for 2 voices & piano; Wenn ich in deine Augen se...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Martineau, Malcolm

Susan Graham at Carnegie Hall / Graham, Martineau

1 CD / Erato / 2003-10-07

Works: Johannes Brahms: Zigeunerlieder (11) for vocal quartet & piano, Op. 103; Claude Debussy: Proses lyriques; Fantoches; Alban Berg: Early Songs (7); Francis Poulenc: Quatre poèmes de Guillaume Apol...
Performers: Graham, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm

A born artist and star, American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham adds another landmark to her remarkable career with this live recording of her recent Carnegie Hall...continue...

Britten the performer 1 - Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rossini

1 CD / BBC Legends Import / 1999-04-20

Works: Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes (18), Op. 52; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: In the garden, near the ford, for soprano, mezzo-soprano & piano, Op. 46/4; Evening, duet for soprano, mezzo-soprano & p...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Britten, Benjamin; Harper, Heather; Hemsley, Thomas; Pears, Peter, Sir

"...what glorious Brahms it is! ...Music-making of this kind, so compelling and expressive, affectively detailed and abundantly warm, would be difficult to find in today's...continue...

Bruno Walter Edition - Brahms: German Requiem, Alto Rhapsody

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-05-16

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45; Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53
Performers: London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Muller, Mildred; Seefried, Irmgard
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic; Occidental College Concert Choir