Schmidt, Franz > Opera/Operetta

Herbert von Karajan - The 1960s [82 CDs]

82 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-06-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Don Quixote, Op. 35; Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144; Concerto for Horn no 2 in E flat major, AV 132; Johanne...
Performers: Anda, Géza; Berry, Walter; Borwitzky, Ottomar; Brandis, Thomas [Violin]; Cappone, Giusto; Cherkassky, Shura; Civil, Alan; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; F...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Priem-Bergrath, Hans
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble

We're going Big in 2012! Almost incredible: between 1959 and the end of the following decade, Herbert von Karajan recorded 82 CDs worth of orchestral...continue...

In Memoriam: Yakov Kreizberg, 1959-2011 / Works by Dvorak, Debussy, Wagner, Tchaikovsky & Struss Jr.

2 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2012-03-27

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Water Goblin, Op. 107/B 195; Noon Witch, Op. 108/B 196; Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109; Wood Dove, Op. 110/B 198; Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un...
Performers: Fischer, Julia [Violin]; Kreizberg, Yakov [Conductor]; Tsibulevsky, Vadim
Conductors: Kreizberg, Yakov
Ensemble: ; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam; Russian National Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Music allows us to really find our inner self, to be free to search for those things that we normally don't have the opportunity or...continue...

100 Best Wiener Philharmoniker

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-11-16

Works: Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut; Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214; Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333; Morgenblätter, Op. 279; Die Fledermaus; Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald; Leichtes Blut, Op. 319; In...

Schmidt: Symphony No. 4; Intermezzo From Notre Dame

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-08-10

Works: Franz Schmidt: Symphony no 4 in C major; Notre Dame
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan

This release inaugurates a new MDG series featuring live recordings with Franz Schmidt's Symphony No. 4 and the Intermezzo from his Notre Dame period. Franz...continue...
Recording information: Beethovenhalle Bonn (01/28/2010-01/29/2010)....continue...

Schmidt: Notre Dame

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Franz Schmidt: Notre Dame; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Berlin, Willy; Lockner, Wolfgang; Muench, Hanna; Ostertag, Karl; Proebstl, Max; Scheppan, Hilde; Schlichting, Wilhelm; Vocals], Hans Hopf [Tenor
Conductors: Altmann, Hans; Elmendorff, Karl; Striegler, Kurt

Senza Parole: Opera Without Words/Various (Dig)

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridic...
Performers: Morbitzer, Egon
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Klee, Bernhard; Forster, Horst; Wiesenhutter, Gerhard; Kempe, Rudolf; Neumann, Václav; Konwitschny, Franz; Plasson, Michel; Kegel, Herbert; Apelt, Arthur; Hanell, Robert; Masur...

All who love the instrumental music to the opera will find their favorite orchestral pieces here!...continue...

Schmidt: Symphony no 1, etc / Sinaisky, Malmö SO, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-03-31

Works: Franz Schmidt: Symphony no 1 in E major; Notre Dame
Conductors: Sinaisky, Vassili
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Franz Schmidt's finely crafted 'Symphony No. 1', grandiose in scale and optimistic in mood, recalls the masterpieces of other great Romantic composers, Brahms, Bruckner and...continue...

Adagio - The Ultimate Collection

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-02-24

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Serenade for Winds no 10 in B f...

Karajan - Complete EMI Recordings 1946-84 Vol 1 - Orchestral Works

88 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-04-01

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; An der schönen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad li; Kaiserwaltzer Waltz, Op. 437; Perpetuum mobile, Op. 257 "...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Blau, Andreas; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Braun, Manfred; Galway, James [Flute]; Gieseking, Walter; Höngen, Elisabeth; Hauptmann, Norbert; Helmis, Fritz; Hotter, Hans; James, C...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

The first volume of Karajan's complete catalog for EMI - 88 CDs of some of history's greatest orchestral recordings at a budget price....continue...

Opera Intermezzi / Herbert von Karajan, Berlin PO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-02-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; L'Amico Fritz; Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica; Manon Lescaut; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; M...
Performers: Meyer, Wolfgang Sebastian; Schwalbé, Michel
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Universally acknowledged as one of the greatest conductors of both Italian opera and orchestral showpieces, Herbert von Karajan was uniquely qualified to undertake this varied...continue...

Schmidt: Symphony no 4, etc / Kreizberg, Netherlands PO

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Franz Schmidt: Symphony no 4 in C major; Notre Dame
Conductors: Kreizberg, Yakov
Ensemble: Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

"It's so good to see that new releases on SACD aren't limited to standard repertoire, and this excellent performance of Franz Schmidt's masterful Fourth Symphony...continue...

Super Audio CD Sampler

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major, K 370 (368b); Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; Felix Mendelsso...
Performers: Basrak, Cathy; Beekman, Bram; Eschkenazy, Vesko; Knudsen, Sato; Kodama, Mari [Piano]; Kralingen, Miranda van; Louwens, Christian; Lowe, Malcolm; Lugansky, Nikolai [Piano]; Spanjaard, Ed; Wakao, Keisu...
Conductors: Boni, Marco; Kreizberg, Yakov; Haenchen, Hartmut; Korniev, Nikolai; Spanjaard, Ed; Murphy, Simon; Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Netherlands Chamber Choir; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; New Dutch Academy; Royal Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Russian National Orchestra; St. Petersburg Cham...

Love Moods - The Most Romantic Classics

2 CD / DG Deutsche Grammophon (USA) Import / 2004-01-13

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; James Horner: My Heart Will Go On (from the film "Titanic"); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Concerto...
Performers: Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonney, Barbara; Caballe, Montserrat; C...
Conductors: Levine, James; Wordsworth, Barry; Swierczewski, Michel; Karajan, Herbert von; David, Colin; Kleiber, Carlos; Daniel, Paul; Muti, Riccardo; Loges, Karl-Heinz; Abbado, Claudio; ; Serafin, Tullio; Previ...
Ensemble: ; Members of the London Symphony Orchestra (Members); Roby Lakatos Ensemble

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Barbara Bonney, Montserrat Caballé, Ileana Cotrubas (soprano); Magdalena Kozená, Anne Sofie von Otter, Teresa Berganza ...continue...

Karajan Forever - The Greatest Classical Hits

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2003-06-10

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Remo Giazotto: Adagio in C minor for strings & organ (previously attributed to Tomaso Albinoni); Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikov...
Performers: Bell, David [Organ]; Berman, Lazar; Cochereau, Pierre; Finke, Eberhard; Gobel, Horst; Meyer, Wolfgang Sebastian; Schwalbe, Michel; Spierer, Leon; Zoeller, Karlheinz
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Franz Schmidt: Notre Dame / Schlichting, Scheppan, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2003-06-07

Works: Franz Schmidt: Notre Dame; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Hopf, Hans; Munch, Hanne; Ostertag, Karl; Proebstl, Max; Scheppan, Hilde; Schlichting, Wilhelm
Conductors: Altmann, Hans; Elmendorff, Karl
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Dresden State Opera Orchestra

Rapture - Opera's Most Heavenly Moments

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-10-08

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Wolfgang Amadeus Moza...
Performers: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Alagna, Roberto; Ambrosian Singers Of London; Böhm, Karl; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus; Berbié, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Berlin Philharm...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Ozawa, Seiji; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Böhm, Karl; Kulka, János; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Ferro, Gabriele; Levine, James; Giovaninetti, Reynald; Maazel...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Accademia di Santa Cecilia Chorus; Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Orchestra; Bayreuth Festival Choir; Bayreuth Festival Or...

Personnel: Reri Grist , Montserrat Caballé, Maria Chiara, Renée Fleming, Mirella Freni, Edita Gruberová, Gundula Janowitz, Edith Mathis, Lucia Popp, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (sop...continue...

Intermezzo - Carmen, Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-04-01

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; L'Amico Fritz; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Franz Schmidt: Notre Dame; Engelbert Humperdinc...
Performers: Selmeczy, János
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander; Halász, Michael; Breiner, Peter; Pollack, Christian; Selmeczi, György; Georgiadis, John; Kamu, , Okko; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Lenárd, Ondrej
Ensemble: ; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; ...

The fourteen composers included on this disc have one thing in common - they wrote the most famous orchestral intermezzos, or interludes, in the world...continue...

20th Century German Opera - Zemlinsky, Schreker, et al

1 CD / Capriccio / 2000-01-01

Works: Franz Schmidt: Notre Dame; Alexander von Zemlinsky: Es war einmal, opera; Der Traumgörge, opera; Der Kreidekreis, opera; König Kandaules, opera; Franz Schreker: Der Ferne Klang, opera in 3 ...
Performers: Behle, Renate; Coburn, Pamela; Haage, Peter; Hermann, Roland; Johansson, Eva; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame [Soprano Vocal]; Lindsley, Celina; Moll, Kurt; Pederson, Monte; Protschka, Josef; Protschka, Peter; ...
Conductors: Perick, Christof; Graf, Hans; Albrecht, Gerd; Soltesz, Stefan
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra; Hessian Radio Chorus Fran...

Jarvi: Barcarolle

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1999-01-05

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; L'Amico Fritz; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Suor Angelica; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Paglia...
Performers: Thorvaldsson, Christer
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

Rudolf Kempe - Vienna Philharmonic 'On Holiday'

1 CD / Testament / 1998-02-01

Works: Pietro Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Franz Schmidt: Notre Dame; Charles Gounod: Faust; Josef Bayer: Die Puppenfee, ballet; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; ...
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf