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Levine/The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus / James Levine - Celebrating 40 Years At The Met / [21 DVD]

21 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-12-07

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu; Wozzeck, Op. 7; John Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giacomo Puccini: Il Trittico; Bedrich...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Battle, Kathleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Blegen, Judith; Cassilly, Richard; Clark, Graham; Creech, Philip; Dalayman, Katarina; Devlin, Michael; Fassbaender, Brigitte; F...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"An extraordinary career deserves an extraordinary tribute - which is exactly what the Metropolitan Opera has accomplished to mark the fortieth anniversary of James Levine's...continue...

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: Was...
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; Rothe, Ernst; Heger, Robert; 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...

Smetana: Dalibor

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Dalibor, B 133/T 96
Performers: Cantelo, April; Farrall, Gordon; Garrard, Don; Griffiths, Gwyn; Jones, Robert; Lumb, Harold; Tinsley, Pauline; Ward, Joseph
Conductors: Tausky, Vilem

Bedrich Smetana: Libuse / Jaroslav Krombholc, et al

2 CD / Supraphon / 2009-09-01

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Libuse
Performers: Bednaf, Vaclav; Berman, Karel; Jindrak, Jindrich; Kniplova, Nadezda; Kroupa, Zdenek; Subrtova, Milada; Tattermuschova, Helena; Votava, Antonin; Vymazalova, Jaroslava; Zidek, Ivo
Conductors: Krombholc, Jaroslav
Ensemble: Prague National Theatre Orchestra

The opera Libuse occupies a unique position in Czech national culture. Smetana composed it as a festive opera to be performed on occasions celebrating the...continue...

Smetana: The Bartered Bride [Highlights]

1 CD / Supraphon Import / 2009-06-30

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93
Performers: Benackova, Gabriela; Dvorsky, Peter; Horacek, Jaroslav; Jindrak, Jindrich; Kopp, Miroslav; Novak, Richard; Vesela, Marie
Conductors: Kosler, Zdenek

The Bartered Bride

2 CD / Supraphon Import / 2009-06-30

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93
Performers: Bednar, Vaclav; Dobra, Jaroslava; Haken, Eduard; Horacek, Jaroslav; Joran, Jiri; Kovar, Oldrich; Tikalova, Drahomira; Vonasek, Rudolf; Zidek, Ivo
Conductors: Chalabala, Zdenek

Libuse

2 CD / Supraphon Import / 2009-06-30

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Libuse
Performers: Cervinka, Pavel; Jonasova, Jana; Kaupova, Helena; Kriz, Vratislav; Markvart, Jan; Sobehartova, Jitka; Svejda, Miroslav; Urbanova, Eva; Vele, Ludek
Conductors: Dohnányi, Oliver von

Smetana: Bartered Bride / Vogel, Musilova, Zidek, Kalas, et al

2 CD / Supraphon / 2009-04-04

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93
Performers: Bednar, Vaclav; Hruska, Karel; Kalas, Karel; Kovar, Oldrich; Mraz, Ladislav; Musilova, Milada; Otava, Zdenek; Pechova, Jarmila; Stepanova, Stepanka; Zídek, Ivo
Conductors: Vogel, Jaroslav
Ensemble: Prague National Theatre Orchestra

During the course of the 20th century Smetana's 'The Bartered Bride' had numerous complete recordings which documented the interpretational mastery of the artists associated with...continue...

Eterna - Smetana: The Bartered Bride / Otmar Suitner, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93
Performers: Adam, Theo; Apreck, Rolf; Elstermann, Eleonore; Kemter, Johannes; Leib, Günther; Neukirch, Harald; Schaal, Wilfried; Schlemm, Anny; Teschler, Fred
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle

In light of what we know of Smetana as one of the great composers of Czechoslovakia, it seems surprising how little popularity he met with...continue...

Eterna Collection - Grosse Sänger der Vergangenheit / Ludwig

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; François-Adrien Boieldieu: La dame blanche; Friedrich von Flotow: Alessandro...
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Ludwig, Walther; Schmitt-Walter, Karl
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Stein, Horst; Leitner, Ferdinand; Steinkopf, Hans; Lehmann, Fritz
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Stuttgart State Orchestra

Walther Ludwig was born the son of a businessman in Bad Oeynhausen and was initially studying medicine when, just for fun, sang for a friend...continue...

Gottlob Frick Vol 2 - Rossini, Nicolai, Verdi, Wagner

1 CD / Preiser / 2008-06-10

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seasons; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Albert Lortzing: Der Wildschütz; Zar und Zimmermann; Giuseppe Verdi: N...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Gorgen, Martin; Krukowski, Ernst; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Westenberger, Erna
Conductors: Forster, Karl; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Matzerath, Otto; Konwitschny, Franz; Striegler, Kurt; Rother, Artur
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden State Opera Orchestra; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Called by Furtwangler the "blackest bass" of his generation, Frick had no competitors capable of surpassing or even matching his powerful voice in either force...continue...

Smetana: Dalibor / Tausky, Griffiths, Jones, farrall, Garrard, Ward, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2008-05-01

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Dalibor, B 133/T 96
Performers: Cantelo, April; Garrard, Don; Griffiths, Gwyn; Tinsley, Pauline; Ward, Joseph
Conductors: Tausky, Vilem;
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Chorus; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Hans Hopf

1 CD / Preiser / 2008-04-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; ...
Performers: Cunitz, Maud; Edelmann, Otto; Vocals], Hans Hopf [Tenor; Zadek, Hilde
Conductors: Moralt, Rudolf; Kleiber, Erich; Albert, Rudolf; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Ackermann, Otto; Loibner, Wilhelm

Hans Hopf was one of the last true heldentenors in opera history. Alongside Hans Beirer, Hopf was probably the last authentic proponent of that type...continue...

Smetana: The Bartered Bride / Fischer/Vienna State Opera, Popp, Jerusalem [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-11-13

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93
Performers: Fink, Walter; Jahn, Gertrude; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Popp, Lucia; Ridderbusch, Karl; Sima, Gabriela; Slania, Czeslawa; Sramek, Alfred; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Fischer, Adám
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Smetana's second opera, 'Die Verkaufte Braut' was composed in 1863–1870, and was originally envisioned as an operetta. Though it received its premiere in Prague in...continue...
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Smetana: The Two Widows / Krombholc, et al

2 CD / Supraphon / 2007-07-05

Works: Bedrich Smetana: The Two Widows (Dve vdovy)
Performers: Fidlerova, Miloslava; Haken, Eduard; Tauberova, Maria; Tikalova, Drahomira; Zidek, Ivo; Zlesak, Antonin
Conductors: Krombholc, Jaroslav
Ensemble: Prague National Theatre Chorus

This is the first-ever release on CD of the 1956 recording of Smetana's comic opera. The Two Widows by legendary soloists of the National Theater...continue...

Smetana: The Kiss / Chalabala, Kalas, Cervinková, et al

2 CD / Supraphon / 2006-10-07

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Overture to The Kiss (Hubicka)
Performers: Blachut, Beno; Cervinkova, Ludmila; Hruska, Karel; Jedenactik, Vladimir; Kalas, Karel; Koci, Premysl; Petrova, Stefa
Conductors: Chalabala, Zdenek
Ensemble: Prague National Theatre Chorus

The comic opera The Kiss, based on a libretto by Eliska Krasnohorska, was Bedrich Smetana's sixth opera. It was completed in the summer of 1876,...continue...

Opera in English - Smetana: The Bartered Bride / Mackerras

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-11-22

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93
Performers: Bonner, Yvette; Clarke, Paul Charles; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Hesketh-Harvey, Kit; Hill, Louis; Howard, Yvonne; Leggate, Robin [Tenor Vocal]; Montague, Diana; Moses, Geoff...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

"By almost any reckoning, this is the most popular of Czech operas, in the repertory of almost every opera house, so it is astonishing how...continue...

Smetana: The Bartered Bride / Beecham, Tauber, Konetzni

2 CD / Urania (Italy) / 2005-11-04

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93
Performers: Andreva, Stella; Clifford, Grahame; Hinze, Gerhardt; Jarred, Mary; Kalter, Sabine; Konetzni, Hilde; Krenn, Fritz; Matters, Arnold; Rothmuller, Marko; Tauber, Richard; Tessmer, Heinrich
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

This is a very rare recording in excellent sound quality and includes the German version of The Bartered Bride. This recording enables us to listen...continue...

Smetana: Dalibor / Krips, Rysanek, Spiess, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-09-20

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Dalibor, B 133/T 96
Performers: Czerwenka, Oskar; Dallapozza, Adolf; Franc, Tugomir; Kreppel, Walter; Rysanek, Leonie; Rysanek, Lotte; Spiess, Ludovic; Wachter, Eberhard
Conductors: Krips, Josef
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

An exciting performance of Smetana's historic/tragic operatic masterpiece, 'Dalibor', a romantic tale of chivalry and patriotism. Gustav Mahler first conducted 'Dalibor' in Vienna and this...continue...

Smetana: The Bartered Bride / Kosler, Benacková, et al

2 CD / Supraphon / 2003-02-06

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93
Performers: Benackova, Gabriela; Dvorsky, Peter; Horacek, Jaroslav; Jindrak, Jindrich; Kopp, Miroslav; Mrazova, Marie; Novak, Richard; Vesela, Marie
Conductors: Kosler, Zdenek
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Philharmonic Chorus

Smetana: The Bartered Bride / Ancerl, Blachut, Kalas, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-07-02

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93
Performers: Blachut, Beno; Cervinkova, Ludmila; Heriban, Josef; Kalas, Karel; Krilova, Vera; Mraz, Ladislav; Palivcova, Jarmila; Pechova, Jarmila; Soumar, Jan; Vala, Jiri; Vich, Bohumir; Vild, Bohumil; Vonasek, ...
Conductors: Ancerl, Karel
Ensemble: Prague Radio Chorus

The late Karel Ancerl was one of the two or three finest conductors produced by the prolific Czech musical culture in the 20th century, and...continue...

Otto Edelmann

1 CD / Preiser / 2002-06-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; The Flying Dutchman; Parsifal; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Peter Cornelius: Der Barbier von Bagdad; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Giuseppe Verdi: Fa...
Performers: Edelmann, Otto; Vocals], Hans Hopf [Tenor
Conductors: Moralt, Rudolf; Loibner, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Smetana: Dalibor / Krombholc, Blachut, Podvalová, et al

2 CD / Supraphon / 2001-07-01

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Dalibor, B 133/T 96
Performers: Bednar, Vaclav; Blachut, Beno; Kalas, Karel; Petrova, Stefa; Podvalov, Marie; Votava, Antonin
Conductors: Krombholc, Jaroslav
Ensemble: Prague National Theatre Chorus

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Lorenz Fehenberger

1 CD / Preiser / 2001-03-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Die Afrikanerin; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe ...
Performers: Fehenberger, Lorenz; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gonszar, Rudolf; Hann, Georg; Klose, Margarete; Kupper, Annelies; Schlemm, Anny; Streich, Rita; Trötschel, Elfriede
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Altmann, Hans; Leitner, Ferdinand; Eichhorn, Kurt; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Schmitz, Paul; Heger, Robert

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Wilhelm Hesch

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-07-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberfl&ou...
Performers: Hesch, Wilhelm

Smetana: The Brandenburgers in Bohemia / Tichy, Soukupov

2 CD / Supraphon / 1999-06-23

Works: Bedrich Smetana: The Brandenburgers in Bohemia, B 124/T 90
Performers: Kalas, Karel; Soukupova, Vera; Votava, Antonin
Conductors: Tichy, Jan Jus
Ensemble: Prague National Theatre Chorus; Prague National Theatre Orchestra

Smetana: Bartered Bride / Chalabala, Tikalová, Zidek, Haken

2 CD / Supraphon / 1999-04-01

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93
Performers: Bednar, Vaclav; Dobra, Jaroslava; Haken, Eduard; Horacek, Jaroslav; Joran, Jiri; Kovar, Oldrich; Pechova, Jarmila; Stepanova, Stepanka; Tikalova, Drahomira; Vonasek, Rudolf; Zidek, Ivo
Conductors: Chalabala, Zdenek
Ensemble: Prague National Theatre Chorus; Prague National Theatre Orchestra

Smetana: The Kiss / Vajnar, Deplotova, Vodicka, Marova

2 CD / Supraphon / 1999-02-04

Works: Bedrich Smetana: The kiss, T 115
Performers: Depoltova, Eva; Effenberkova, Bozena; Haken, Eduard; Hanus, Karel; Jankovsky, Zdenek; Marova, Libuse; Vodicka, Leo Marian; Zitek, Vaclav
Conductors: Vajnar, Frantisek
Ensemble: Brno Janácek Opera Chorus ; Brno Janácek Opera Orchestra

Smetana: Dalibor / Kosler, Vodicka, Urbanová, Kusnjer, et al

2 CD / Supraphon / 1998-11-06

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Dalibor, B 133/T 96
Performers: Kalendocsky, Jiri; Kopp, Miroslav; Kriz, Vratislav; Kusnjer, Ivan; Markova, Jirina; Marsik, Bohumil; Urbanova, Eva; Vodicka, Leo Marian
Conductors: Kosler, Zdenek
Ensemble: Prague National Theatre Chorus; Prague National Theatre Orchestra

"Ivan Kusnjer and Vratislav Kriz boom away effectively as King Vladislav and his Commandant Budivoj...The orchestra play splendidly for the late Zdenek Kosler." -Gramophone...continue...

Smetana: Libuse / Dohnányi, Urbanová, et al

2 CD / Supraphon / 1998-11-06

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Libuse, T 107
Performers: Cervinka, Pavel; Kaupova, Helena; Kriz, Vratislav; Markvart, Jan; Podskalsky, Miroslav; Urbanova, Eva; Vele, Ludek; Volkova, Miroslava
Conductors: Dohnányi, Oliver
Ensemble: Prague National Theatre Chorus; Prague National Theatre Orchestra

German Ensemble Recordings

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-07-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidel...
Performers: Beck, Walter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Fischer, Susanne; Friedrich, Elisabeth; Fuchs, Eugen; Gerson, Therese; Gottlieb, Henriette; Grossmann, Walter; Heidersbach, Kate; Hirzel, Max; Husch, Gerh...
Conductors: Zaun, Fritz; Blech, Leo; Zweig, Fritz; Schmalstich, Clemens; Orthmann, Erich
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Cornelius, Flotow, et al: Opera Arias / Gottlob Frick

1 CD / Testament / 1998-03-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figar...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Krukowski, Ernst; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Gruber, Arthur; Reger, Helmut; Klobucar, Berislav; Matzerath, Otto; Konwitschny, Franz
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Deutschen Oper Chor und Orchester, Berlin; Graunke Symphony Orchestra; Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie

Four German Basses of the Past

1 CD / Preiser / 1997-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; The Flying Dutchman; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Albert Lortzing: Der Waffen...
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Hoffmann, Ludwig; Schirp, Wilhelm; Schweebs, Hellmut
Conductors: Prüwer, Julius; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Lutze, Walter; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Preussische Stattskapelle

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Wilhelm Strienz

1 CD / Preiser / 1995-06-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Albert Lortzing: Der Wildschütz; Der...
Performers: Ludwig, Walther; Machula, Traude; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Strienz, Wilhelm
Conductors: Seidler-Winkler, Bruno
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra