Lehár, Franz > Soprano

Heart's Delight: The Songs of Richard Tauber / Piotr Beczala, tenor

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-05-28

Works: Franz Lehár: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (You Are My Heart's Delight) (from "Das Land des Lächelns"); Lippen schweigen (Lips Stay Silent) (from "Die lustige Witwe"); Gern hab' ich die Frau'n ...
Performers: Avital, Avi; Beczala, Piotr; Netrebko, Anna; Riddell, Duncan; Tauber, Richard
Conductors: Borowicz, Lukasz

Acclaimed Polish-born tenor Piotr Beczala pays tribute to the Austrian singer Richard Tauber (1891-1948), one of the most widely celebrated musical celebrities of his time....continue...
Recording information: Angel Recording Studios Ltd., London, England (10/2012)....continue...

Happy New Year: Opera Gala from Dresden / Diana Damrau; Piotr Beczala. Thielemann

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-12

Works: Emmerich Kálmán: Gräfin Mariza; Die Csárdásfürstin; Die Zirkusprinzessin; Kaiserin Josephine; Der Teufelsreiter; Die Herzogin von Chicago; Das Veilchen vom Montmartre; D...
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Denoke, Angela; Labin, Ana-Maria; Schopf, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: ; Staatskapelle Dresden

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Recording information: Semperoper, Dresden (2011-12-31&2012-12-29_2012-)....continue...

50 Best Sensual Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: James Horner: Titanic; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano ...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bran, Tim; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Bumbry, Grace; Callas, Maria; Cortez, Viorica; Dalton, Mitchell; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Garello, Raul; Garrett...
Conductors: ; Jansons, Mariss; Foster, Lawrence; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Roth, François-Xavier; Goodwin, Ron; Thompson, Bryden; Plasson, Michel; Barry, John; Love, Geoff; Barbirolli, John; Fedotov, Viktor; Boul...
Ensemble: ; Ahn Trio; Berlin Philharmonic Cellists; Virtuosi

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks of sensual music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest...continue...

Lehar & Co. - 22 Arias from operettas by Strauss, Lehar and Kalman / Richard Tauber, tenor (rec. 1924 - 1946)

1 CD / Preiser / 2013-02-12

Works: Johann Strauss II: Der Zigeunerbaron; Eine Nacht in Venedig; Die Fledermaus; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; Frasquita; Friederike; Das Land des Lächelns; Paganini; Der Zarewitsch; Giuditta; ...
Performers: Novotna, Jarmila; Schwarz, Vera; Tauber, Richard; Vanconti, Carlotta
Conductors: Lehár, Franz

Recorded between 1924 and 1946, the legendary Richard Tauber shows his affinity for light music with a collection of arias from operettas by Strauss, Lehár...continue...

The Very Best of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Ridente la calma, K 152 (210a); Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz...
Performers: Fischer, Edwin [Piano]; Gieseking, Walter; Grummer, Elisabeth; Jackson, Harold; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Pritchard, John; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Susskind, Walter; Schmidt, Heinrich; Karajan, Herbert von; Matacic, Lovro von; Gellhorn, Peter; Szell, George; Ackermann, Otto

Multi-award winning opera singer Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, praised for the 'pristine beauty of her lyric soprano' voice by The Guardian, was revered in opera houses worldwide...continue...

Strauss, Oscar: Walzertraum / Graf Von Luxembg

1 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-02-05

Works: Oscar Straus: Ein Walzertraum; Franz Lehár: Der Graf von Luxemburg
Performers: Brauner, Hilde; Christ, Rudolf; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Hermann, Dagmar; Liebesberg, Else; Prikopa, Herbert; Terkal, Karl

Kalman, Emmer.: Lustige Witwe / Grsfin Mariza

1 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-02-05

Works: Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; Vilja-Lied ("Es lebt eine Vilja") (from "Die lustige Witwe"); Emmerich Kálmán: Gräfin Mariza (Countess Maritza), operetta
Performers: Christ, Rudolf; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Liebesberg, Else; Mechera, Erika; Prikopa, Herbert; Rysanek, Lotte

Wiener Opernball Classics

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-02-05

Works: Johann Strauss II: Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410; Das Spitzentuch der Königin; Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald; Bei uns z'Haus (With Us at Home), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad lib), Op. 36...
Performers: Kunz, Erich; Menuhin, Yehudi; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens; Fricsay, Ferenc; Ackermann, Otto; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Toscanini, Arturo; Rodzinsky, Artur; Walter, Bruno; Siebert, Herbert

Great Singers Live, from the Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Grummer, Prey, Popp, M. Price, Ghiaurov, Freni

6 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kmentt, Waldemar; Popp, Lucia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor...
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo; Stein, Horst; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto; Quadri, Argeo; Fricke, Heinz;...

The "Great Singers Live" series regularly presents recordings of The Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Previously five singer portraits have been released, featuring Mirella...continue...

Gustav Klimt: - Music of his Era from the Belle Epoque at the turn of the 19th century - works by Berg, Brahms, Wolf, Webern, Sieher et al.

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-12-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sinfonie no 9; Alban Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder; Franz Lehár: Vilja-Lied ("Es lebt eine Vilja") (from "Die lustige Witwe"); Johannes Brahms: Sonate für Klarinette ...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Foggin, Myers; Harvey, Kathryn [Vocals]; Hongen, Elisabeth; Hotter, Hans; Kommerell, Heidi; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Ritterbusch, Sabine; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Thurston, Fr...
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Goehr, Walter; Klemperer, Otto; Karajan, Herbert von; Scherchen, Hermann; Heger, Robert; Fricsay, Ferenc

This is a compilation of music that was performed at the turn of the 19th century, the Belle Epoque in which Gustav Klimt flourished....continue...

Franz Lehar: The Count of Luxembourg / Zips, Wachter, Sukis, Kunz, Frohlich [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-05-29

Works: Franz Lehár: Der Graf von Luxemburg
Performers: Frohlich, Peter; Kunz, Erich; Papouschek, Helga; Sukis, Lilian; Tilden, Jane; Wachter, Eberhard
Conductors: Goldschmidt, Walter
Ensemble: Graunke Symphony Orchestra

With its charmingly romantic theme and effective stage action, this Parisian-flavored libretto gave Franz Lehár every opportunity to display his talent. "The Count of Luxembourg"...continue...
Run Time: 95 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, English, French
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Lehar: Gypsy Love / Perry, Buzea, Dallapozza, Lorand [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-04-24

Works: Franz Lehár: Zigeunerliebe
Performers: Buzea, Ion; Dallapozza, Adolf; Friedrich, Heinz; Grosskurth, Kurt; Lorand, Colette; Perry, Janet
Conductors: Wallberg, Heinz
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Orchestra

"Gypsy Love" is considered to be one of Franz Lehár's most successful operettas. After its triumphant Vienna premiere in 1910, it was performed all over...continue...
Run Time: 88 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, English, French
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Ihre gröáten Erfolge

2 CD / ZYX Records Import / 2012-04-17

Works: Carl Zeller: Der Vogelhändler; Franz von Suppé: Boccacio; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Oscar Straus: Ein Walzertraum; Rund um die Liebe; Franz Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns; ...
Performers: Albrecht, Otto; Dolz, Dolf; Fritz, Bruno; Gedda, Nicolai; Glawitsch, Rupert; Groh, Herbert Ernst; Gunter, Horst; Lais, Detlev; Pfeifle, Alfred; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; ...
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Stephan, Wilhelm; Marszalek, Franz; Hermann, Harry; Zacharias, Helmut; Jary, Michael; Walter, Fried; Burkhardt, Paul; Szell, George; Rother, Artur

Recording information: 1950-1958....continue...

Live Aus Der Semperoper: The Lehar Gala From Dresden / Thielemann, Denoke, Labin, Beczala

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-02-21

Works: Franz Lehár: Giuditta; Paganini; Der Graf von Luxemburg; Friederike; Das Land des Lächelns; Wilde Rosen, waltz for orchestra, NV 281; Der Göttergatte; Eva; Der Zarewitsch; Zigeunerlieb...
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Denoke, Angela; Labin, Ana-Maria
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: ; Staatskapelle Dresden

The CD release of this year's Lehár Gala from Dresden takes up the success of last year's live recording from the Operetta Gala with Christian...continue...
Recording information: Semperoper, Dresden, Germany (12/31/2011)....continue...

Live Aus Der Semperoper: Lehar Gala From Dresden / Thielemann, Denoke, Labin, Beczala [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-02-21

Works: Franz Lehár: Giuditta; Paganini; Das Land des Lächelns; Wilde Rosen, waltz for orchestra, NV 281; Der Göttergatte; Eva (Das Fabriksmädel), operetta in 3 acts; Zigeunerliebe; Zigeu...
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Denoke, Angela; Labin, Ana Maria
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle

The Dresden Semperoper is the perfect setting, the orchestra, conductor and soloists are top notch and the predominant Lehár program are a perfect fit. The...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish
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The Best of Operetta / Wunderlich, Fassbaender, Gedda, Prey, Rothenberger

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Der Zigeunerbaron; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; Giuditta; Der Zarewitsch; Das Land des Lächelns; Das Land Des Lächelns; Fred Raymond: Maske In Blau;...
Performers: Böhme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Barabas, Sari; Berry, Walter; Brokmeier, Willi; Dallapozza, Adolf; Donch, Karl; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Forster, Jurgen...
Conductors: Boskovsky, Willi; Allers, Franz; Wallberg, Heinz; Moltkau, Hans; Michalski, Carl; Mattes, Willy

Franz Lehar: Paganini / Theba, Stratas, Heesters, Koller [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-01-31

Works: Franz Lehár: Paganini
Performers: Heesters, Johannes; Koller, Dagmar; Kraus, Peter; Stratas, Teresa; Theba, Antonio
Conductors: Ebert, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Graunke Symphony Orchestra

Franz Lehár's operetta "Paganini" (Vienna, 1925) marked the start of a new period in the composer’s work that was strongly influenced by the tenor Richard...continue...
Run Time: 107 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, English, French
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Favourite Melodies / René Kollo, tenor [4 CDs]

4 CD / Red/membran / 2011-11-21

Works: Hans May: Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben; Peter Paul Kreuder: Immer und Ewig; Alois Melichar: In mir klingt ein Lied, song (after Chopin's Etude in E major, Op. 10/3); Franz Grothe: ...
Performers: Fine, Wendy; Holliday, Melanie; Juten, Grit van; Kollo, Rene [Tenor Vocal]; Liljeberg, Ingrit; Putz, Ruth-Margaret; Schachtner, Heinz
Conductors: Geese, Heinz; Klinkhammer, Stefan; Ventura, Antony; Wallat, Hans; Piesker, Rüdiger; Cremer, Curt; Ebert, Wolfgang
Ensemble: ; Members of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra (Members)

It Is Really Me / Marilyn Hill Smith sing musicals

1 CD / Jay Records / 2011-11-08

Works: Tom Jones: Is It Really Me?; Sigmund Romberg: Romance, song (from "The Desert Song"); Deep in My Heart, Dear, for voice & orchestra (from The Student Prince); Frederick Loewe: I Could Have Danced All...
Performers: Rendall, David; Smith, Marilyn Hill [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Edwards, John O.; Brown, Justin

Recording information: Abbey Road Studios (09/07/1989); Cts Studios (09/07/1989); Abbey Road Studios (1990-06-22&1991-03-20&2010-); Cts Studios (1990-06-22&1991-03-20&2010-)....continue...

The Best of Operetta / Offenbach, Lehar, Strauss [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-10-25

Works: Jacques Offenbach: La belle Hélène, operetta in 3 acts; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Beuron, Yann; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Gfrerer, Ute; Gilfry, Rodney; Gruberova, Edita; Lott, Felicity; Naouri, Laurent; Popp, Lucia; Schellenberger, Dagmar; Senechal, Michel; Weikl, Ber...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre; Musiciens du Louvre Chorus; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Live Recordings from the Theatre Musical de Paris - Chatelet, Zurich Opera House & Wiener Staatsoper...continue...
Run Time: 447 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French...continue...

Great Singers Live: Lucia Popp / Arias by Stolz, Lehar, Weber, Lortzing, Mozart et al.

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2011-10-25

Works: Robert Stolz: Der Favorit; Venus in Seide; Franz Lehár: Paganini; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Albert Lortzing: Undine; George Frederick Handel: Julius Cäsar; Wolfgang Amadeus...
Performers: Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Eichhorn, Kurt; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto

Lucia Popp is one of the best-documented and most versatile singers of her generation. Because of her linguistic and stylistic flexibility she was able to...continue...
Recording information: Kongress Saal, Deutches Museum, Munich, Germany....continue...

The Best of Yvonne Kenny

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Gypsy Songs, Op. 55; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Messiah; Alcina; Richard Strauss: Lieder (4), Op. 27; Four Last Songs; Rudolf Sieczynski: Wien, du Stadt meiner Tr...
Performers: Almonte, Caroline; Chindamo, Joe; Kenny, Yvonne; Martineau, Malcolm; Sandilands, Ron; Vries, Doug de
Conductors: Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Fritzsch, Johannes; Bonynge, Richard; Noble, Guy; Dyer, Paul

Operetta Collection / various artists (3 CDs)

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Orpheus in der Unterwelt; Johann Strauss II: Die Zigeunerbaron; Carl Millöcker: Der Bettelstudent; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; Emmerich Kálmán: Die Cs&a...
Performers: Apelt, Friederike; Büchner, Eberhard; Ebert, Elisabeth; Enders, Werner; Fischer, Gudrun; Geiler, Hannelore; Hellmich, Wolfgang; Hiestermann, Horst; Holzke, Karl Friedrich; Katterfeld, Hannerose;...
Conductors: Hanell, Robert; Rögner, Heinz; Herbig, Günther; Neuhaus, Rudolf; Widlak, Johannes

J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus: Complete Opera Plus Bonus Gala Scene / Gueden, Kmentt, Koth, Berry, Waechter

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-09-13

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; Land of Smiles; Benedetto Ferrari: Domino; Frederick Loewe: I Could Have Danced All Night, song (for the musical My Fair Lady); E...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Corena, Fernando; Del Monaco, Mario; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Price, Leontyne; Simionato, Giulietta; Sutherland, ...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Legendary recording of Strauss II's opera, featuring some of the greatest opera stars of the mid-twentieth century. In addition to the opera itself - which...continue...
Recording information: 1960....continue...

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sings Operetta

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-06-14

Works: Richard Heuberger: Der Opernball; Carl Zeller: Der Voglhändler; Der Obersteiger; Franz Lehár: Der Zarewitsch; Der Graf von Luxemburg; Giuditta; The Merry Widow; Der Land des Lächelns; ...
Performers: Gedda, Nicolai; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Ackermann, Otto; Karajan, Herbert von

Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf at her finest, delivering 21 operetta favorites from The Merry Widow, Die Fledermaus, The Land of Smiles, and others: a legendary recording...continue...

Vienna, city of my dreams

1 CD / Gramola / 2011-04-12

Works: Johann Strauss II: Der Zigeunerbaron; Kaiserwaltzer Waltz, Op. 437; An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Rudolf Sieczynski: Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (Vienna, City of My Dreams) ("Wien...
Performers: Nakajima, Akiko; Rauball, Wolfgang
Conductors: Muus, Niels

On her new CD, celebrated Japanese soprano Akiko Nakajima presents a broad selection of treasures from the operetta, Viennese song, and film, accompanied by the...continue...
Recording information: Gläsemer Saal, Musikverein, Vienna (06/04/2010-06/06/2010)....continue...

Welsh Choral Spectacular

3 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-02-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; The Flying Dutchman; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Franz Lehár: Giuditta (Judith); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro; Don Giovanni; The Magic Flute; Tr...
Performers: Evans, Rebecca; Evans, Wynne; Howard, Jason; Howard, Jeffrey; Lewis, Pete; Llywlyn, Huw; Morgan, Timothy; Thwaite, Annabel; Totterdale, Peter; Williams, Huw [Organ]; Wyn, Fflur
Conductors: James, Haydn; Humphreys, Alwyn

Recording information: The Royal Albert Hall....continue...

New Year's Eve Concert 2010

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-02-15

Works: Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; Gold und Silber-Walzer (Gold and Silver Waltz), for orchestra, Op. 79, NV 87; The Land of Smiles; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Johann Strauss II: An der El...
Performers: Atanasov, Stephanie; Dunaev, Andrey; Ezenarro, Arantza; Fleming, Renée; Hadidi, Gala El; Hupach, Gerald; Jung, Ilhun; Lee, Sangmin; Maltman, Christopher; Martinsen, Tom [Tenor Vocal]; McHantaf...
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian

This is the auspicious premiere of a series of New Year's Eve concerts from the famous Semperoper in Dresden. Deutsche Grammophon is proud to announce...continue...
Recording information: Semperoper, Dresden (12/31/2010)....continue...

New Year's Eve Concert 2010 in Dresden / Thielemann, Fleming, Maltman [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-02-15

Works: Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Franz Lehár: The Land of Smiles; Johann Strauss II: An der Elbe (On the Elba), waltz for orchestra, Op. 477 (RV 477)
Performers: Fleming, Renee; Maltman, Christopher
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Dresden

This is the auspicious premiere of a series of New Year's Eve concerts from the famous Semperoper in Dresden. Deutsche Grammophon is proud to announce...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish
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Classic Australian Performances / Sutherland, Bonynge

2 CD / Decca Import / 2010-11-16

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; La Fille du Régiment; Lucia di Lammermoor; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Francis Poulenc: Dialogues of the Carmelites; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, op...
Performers: Allman, Robert; Baigildin, Sergei; Begg, Heather; Bermingham, Jennifer; Black, Jeffrey; Brynnel, Monique; Collins, Kenneth; Dawes, Christopher; Donald, Robin; Donnelly, Malcolm; Elkins, Margreta; Ewe...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard

Recording information: Sydney Opera House....continue...

111 More Classic Tracks [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93; Adagio and Allegretto (Elegy and Polka), for string quartet; Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Fr...
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Anda, Géza; Andre, Maurice; Antonietti, Jean; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Askenase, Stefan; Baldwin, Dalton; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Batt...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Ancerl, Karel; Stadlmair, Hans; Nelson, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Blech, Leo; Böhm, Karl; Previn, Andre; Boulez, Pierre; Karajan, Herbert von; Marcon, Andrea; Pletnev, Mikhail; ...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London

111 More Classic Tracks carries on from where 111 Classic Tracks of 2009 left off. In another mesmerizing journey through the history of Deutsche Grammophon's...continue...

The Voice Of The Century / Pavarotti

2 CD / Decca Import / 2010-10-26

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Faust; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Georges Bizet: Vasco da Gama, ode-symphony for chorus & orchestra; G...
Performers: Cassinelli, Ricardo; Gibbs, John; Knight, Gillian; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pelizzoni, Rinaldo; Plessis, Christian du; Siepi, Cesare; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richard; Pritchard, John; Mehta, Zubin

The Great Premiere

2 CD / Red/membran / 2010-10-25

Works: Franz Lehár: Giuditta; Das Land des Lächcelns; Schön ist die Welt; Friederike; Paganini; Der Zarewitsch; The Merry Widow; Ralph Benatzky: Im weissen Rössl; Die Drei Musketiere; Le...
Performers: Alpar, Gitta; Arno, Siegfried; Barsony, Rosy; Bohnen, Michael; Denes, Oskar; Eggerth, Marta; Girardi, Alexander; Gründgens, Gustaf; Hansen, Max; Hildebrand, Hilde; Jaray, Hans; Lemnitz, Tiana; L...
Conductors: Lehár, Franz; Schönbaumsfeld, Franz; Weber, Marek; ; Schmalstich, Clemens; Hauke, Ernst; Kunneke, Eduard; Schindler, Hans; Abraham, Paul; Mackeben, Theo; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Nick, Dr....
Ensemble: ; Paul Jazz Symphoniker Godwin

Waltz of My Heart

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-10-12

Works: Johann Strauss II: Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410; An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Freikugeln, Op. 326; Richard Rodgers: Edelweiss, song (from "The Sound of Music"); Franz Lehár: The...
Performers: Harrison, Jack; Kenny, Yvonne; Payne, Geoffrey; Smith, Wilma
Conductors: Ponkin, Vladimir; Rieu, André; Bonynge, Richard; Dommett, Leonard; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Summerbell, Mark; Forestier, Jean-Louis; Rudner, Ola; Shapirra, Elyakum; Mills, Richard; Divall, Richard...

Icon: Fritz Wunderlich - A Poet among Tenors

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Heinrich Finck: O schönes Weib; Heinrich Isaac: Mein Freud allein, song for 4 voices; Adam Krieger: Amanda, darf man dich wohl küssen?, song for voice & ensemble; Johann Sebastian Bach: Can...
Performers: Baumgartner, Georg; Cordes, Marcel; Engen, Keith; Frick, Gottlob; Grummer, Elisabeth; Hildebrand, Helga; Kastner, Gerhard; Kupper, Annelies; Lorengar, Pilar; Mathis, Edith; Muszely, Melitta; Naumann,...
Conductors: Forster, Karl; Müller-Kray, Hans; Klobucar, Berislav; Heger, Robert; Rothe, Ernst; Walter, Fried; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Michalski, Carl; Moltkau, Hans; Zanotelli, Hans; Stein, Horst; Kempe, Ru...

Friedrich "Fritz" Karl Otto Wunderlich was born into a musical family - his father was a choir director, his mother a violinist. As a young...continue...

Singing For Love

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-08-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L'eleisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love); George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Semele; Arthur Somervell: Silent Worship ("Did You Not Hear My Lady"), for vo...
Performers: Almonte, Caroline; Fraser, Stuart; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Kenny, Yvonne; Noble, Guy; Pryor, Shefali; Smith, Wilma
Conductors: Greene, Andrew; Guidarini, Marco; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Walker, Antony; Bonynge, Richard; Noble, Guy
Ensemble: ; Cantillation

50 Best Romantic Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des animaux; Samson et Dalila; Romance for violin & orchestra in C major, Op. 48; Georges Bizet: Carment; Carmen, opera;...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Beroff, Michel; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Byzantine, Julian; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Car...
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain; Slatkin, Leonard; Prêtre, Georges; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Plasson, Michel; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Willcocks, David; Dervaux, Pierre; Ozawa, Seiji; Frémaux, Louis; Kara...

The Ultimate Operetta Album

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-06-29

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Mein Herr Marquis (Adele's Laughing Song) (from Die Fledermaus); Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410; The Gypsy Baron; Der Zigeunerbaron; Franz Lehár: Lippen schwei...
Performers: Berkes, Janos; Csonka, Zsuzsa; Ebner, Karl-Michael; Erdmann, Mojca; Kathol, Marko; Kenny, Yvonne; Kertesi, Ingrid; Martinez, Ana Maria; Roider, Michael
Conductors: Wildner, Johannes; Kovács, László; Bonynge, Richard; Mercurio, Steven

A beautiful selection of the best-known operetta arias, duets & orchestral music from Vienna's golden age of operetta, including Die Fledermaus, The Merry Widow, The...continue...

Lehar: The Merry Widow / Kunzel/SF Opera, Kenny, Kirchschlager [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-03-30

Works: Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow
Performers: Amaral, Bob; Boyd, Jonathan; Breckenridge, Marnie; Chester, Elijah; Hartmann, Carlo; Kenny, Yvonne; Kirchschlager, Angelika; McGrath, Colleen; Saetre, William; Skovhus, Bo; Strummer, Peter; Sullivan,...
Conductors: Kunzel, Erich
Ensemble: San Francisco Ballet; San Francisco Opera Chorus; San Francisco Opera Orchestra

Lotfi Mansouri's spectacular last production as General Director of San Francisco Opera with Yvonne Kenny making her debut in the title role, new dialogue specially...continue...
Run Time: 189 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 4.0
Subtitles: French, German, Spanish...continue...

Lehar: La Veuve Joyeuse / Korsten/Opera de Lyon, Gens, Ludlow, Gietz [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow
Performers: Gens, Veronique; Guerrero, Alexandre; Léger, Magali; Le Roux, Francois; Lefort, David; Ludlow, Ivan
Conductors: Korsten, Gérard
Ensemble: Lyon Opera Chorus; Lyon Opera Orchestra

The heroine of 'La Veuve Joyeuse' is called Missia Palmieri, but she had started off in 1905 as Hanna Glawari in Vienna, where this operetta...continue...
Run Time: 129 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
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Icon - Lucia Popp - Mozart, Handel, Schubert, Dvorak, et al

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; MEDLEY; Ottone; Giulio Cesare; Joshua; Der Messias; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Laudate Dominum; Vesperae de Dominica, K 321; Il r&e...
Performers: Briggs, David; Gage, Irwin; Labeque, Katia; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Fischer, Georg; Marriner, Sir Neville; Bickenbach, Christfried; Cleobury, Stephen; Slatkin, Leonard; Krips, Josef; Klemperer, Otto; Haitink, Bernard; Tennstedt, Klaus; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae;...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Graunke Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Philha...

Icon - Richard Tauber

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Etienne-Nicolas Méhul: Joseph; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Georges B...
Performers: Besl, Karl; Brown, Nancy; Kahn, Percy; Lane, Evelyn; Lehmann, Lotte; Lynne, Carole; Merrem-Nikisch, Grete; Novotná, Jarmila; Rethberg, Elisabeth; Schwarz, Vera; Spoliansky, Mischa; Stägem...
Conductors: Goehr, Walter; Geehl, Henry Ernest; Hauke, Ernst; Besl, Karl; Weigert, Hermann; Gurlitt, Manfred; Szell, George; Walter, Gustav; Weissmann, Frieder; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Lehár, Franz; Sch&#...

Franz Lehár: Operetten Meisterwerke

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2009-10-13

Works: Franz Lehár: The Land of Smiles; The Merry Widow; Paganini
Performers: Christ, Rudolf; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Gedda, Nicolai; Kraus, Otakar; Kunz, Erich; Liebesberg, Else; Loose, Emmy; Mechera, Erika; Prikopa, Herbert; Rysanek, Lotte; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Ackermann, Otto; Bauer-Theussl, Franz

Die Schönsten Operetten Der Welt

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2009-10-06

Works: Ralph Benatzky: Im weissen Rössl; Paul Abraham: Viktoria und ihr Husar; Die Blume von Hawaii; Oscar Straus: Ein Walzertraum; Franz Lehár: Der Graf von Luxemburg
Performers: Brauner, Hilde; Christ, Rudolf; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Hermann, Dagmar; Liebesberg, Else; Niessner, Toni; Prikopa, Herbert; Terkal, Karl; Winter, Horst
Conductors: Grüber, Josef Leo; Bauer-Theussl, Franz

Ljuba Welitsch

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-09-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Queen of Spades, O...
Performers: Paolis, Alessio de; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Welitsch, Ljuba
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Susskind, Walter; Moralt, Rudolf; Krips, Josef; Rudolf, Max
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

For this compilation, Prima Voce has carefully chosen recordings of music covering a number of roles that Viennese, British, and American fans associated with Ljuba...continue...

Echo eines Sängerlebens / Ruthilde Boesch

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2009-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Zaide, K 344 (334b); Max Reger: Mariä Wiegenlied; Leo Blech: Work(s); Gioachino Rossini: Duetto buffo di due gatti; Johann Strauss II: ...
Performers: Boesch, Christian; Boesch, Ruthilde; Christ, Rudolf; Loibner, Wilhelm; Patzak, Julius
Conductors: Paumgartner, Bernhard; Loibner, Wilhelm; Schoenherr, Max; Stolz, Robert

Lehar: Friederike, Singspiel

2 CD / CPO / 2009-08-25

Works: Franz Lehár: Friederike, operetta in 3 acts
Performers: Behle, Daniel; Brüninghaus, Simona; Fleckenstein, Barbara; Götz, Andreas; Kaiser, Kristiane; Liener, Georg; Radu, Valentin; Ruck, Stefanie; Schwartz, Sylvia; Suzuki, Atsuko; Vogt, Klaus Flo...
Conductors: Schirmer, Ulf

Quite a few complaints have been lodged against Franz Lehar's 'Friederike', from its premiere in 1928 until the present day. How could anyone seriously consider...continue...

The Best of Joan Sutherland Vol. 2 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-07-28

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; La fille du régiment; Lucrezia Borgia; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Johann Strauss Jr.: Die Fledermaus; L...
Performers: Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Australian Opera Orchestra

This program, live from Sydney Opera House, contains highlights of her stage performance including 'Il Trovatore', 'Ladme', 'Norma' and more....continue...
Run Time: 76 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
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Golden Operetta of Vienna

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2009-06-30

Works: Franz Lehár: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (You Are My Heart's Delight) (from "Das Land des Lächelns"); Vilja-Lied ("Es lebt eine Vilja") (from "Die lustige Witwe"); The Merry Widow; Meine Lipp...
Performers: Barabas, Sari; Bjorling, Jussi; Gedda, Nicolai; Glawitsch, Rupert; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Jurinac, Sena; Kunz, Erich; Lipp, Wilma; Loose, Emmy; Patzak, Julius; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Saile...
Conductors: Ackermann, Otto; Stolz, Robert; Mareczek, Fritz; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Moralt, Rudolf; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Grevillius, Nils; Geehl, Henry Ernest; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra; Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

This remarkable 25-CD survey of some of the great Russian pianists of past and present follows the tradition from those who can, through their teachers,...continue...

Festival of the Primadonnas

3 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2009-06-30

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jacques Offenbach: ...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Barabas, Sari; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Callas, Maria; Cebotari, Maria; Gedda, Nicolai; Groh, Herbert Ernst; Grummer, Elisabeth; Koth, Erika; Kupper, Annelies; Losch, Liselotte; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Rudolf, Max; Böhm, Karl; Prohaska, Felix; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Santini, Gabriele; Erede, Alberto; Weigert, Herman; Karajan, Herbert von; Krips, Josef; Lehmann, Fritz; Reiner, Fri...