Strauss, Richard > Berlin Classics

Da Capo: Opera Highlights

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde; Gaetano Doni...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Breul, Elisabeth; Bumbry, Grace; Casa, Lisa della; Cervana, Sona [vocals]; Geszty, Sylvia; Guden, Hilde [vocals]; Hruba-Freiberger, Venceslava; Kuhse, Hanne-Lore; Lorenz, Siegfried; Neuki...
Conductors: Klee, Bernhard; Suitner, Otmar; Vonk, Hans; Neumann, Václav; Fricke, Heinz; Kegel, Herbert; Masur, Kurt; Hanell, Robert; Kleinert, Rolf; Neuhaus, Rudolf; Winkler, Johannes; Patanè, Giuseppe...

Overtures, arias, and choruses: a medley of melodies that every opera lover knows!...continue...

Von Ewiger Liebe / Anja Harteros

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-10-13

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Gebet zu Gott, Hob. 26a; Ludwig van Beethoven: An die Hoffnung, Op. 94; Ich liebe dich, WoO 123; Franz Schubert: Am See, D 746; Schwanengesang, D 744; Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118...
Performers: Harteros, Anja; Rieger, Wolfram

Anja Harteros, one of the world's most popular singers in her field, can be seen and heard performing on all the great opera and concert...continue...

Legendary Masterworks Recordings - Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Wagner, etc / Suitner, Schreier, et al

8 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberflöte (The Mag...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Casa, Lisa della; Funke, Christian; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Leib, Gunther; Michallik, Oskar; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Blomstedt, Herbert; Tate, Jeffrey; Janowski, Marek; Sanderling, Kurt; Wakasugi, Hiroshi; Vonk, Hans; Kurz, Siegfried; Neuhaus, Rudolf
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden State Opera Chorus

Wolf: Penthesilea; Pfitzner, Strauss / Suitner, Berlin

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Hugo Wolf: Penthesilea, symphonic poem; Hans Pfitzner: Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, incidental music, Op 17; Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar
Ensemble: Members of the Staatskapelle Berlin (Members)

Strauss: Don Juan, etc / Frühbeck de Burgos, Bohorquez, etc

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Don Quixote, Op. 35
Performers: Biwank, Christina; Bohorquez, Claudio
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae

Three of Richard Strauss's most popular works, each depicting a figure famous from European literature, are given brilliant performances by the young German-born cellist Claudio...continue...

Eterna - Strauss: Salome / Otmar Suitner, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Final Scene
Performers: Adam, Theo; Apelt, Friederike; Ericsdotter, Siw; Eyle, Helmut; Goldmann, Helmut; Gutstein, Ernst; Hoppe, Heinz; Kemter, Johannes; Leib, Günther; Ludeke, Rainer; Melchert, Helmut; Neukirch, Haral...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle

The name Christel Goltz is forever associated with the role of Salome as all opera lovers know who were privileged to have seen her on...continue...

Strauss: Orchestral Songs / Kaune, NDR, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Lieder (3), Op. 29; Lieder (5), Op. 41; Lieder (6), Op. 37; Songs (4) for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 33; Allerseelen, Op. 10 no 8; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Cäcilie; Lieder (8), Op. 49;...
Performers: Kaune, Michaela
Conductors: Oue, Eiji

While Richard Strauss's operas and orchestral works continue to be successful, his "lieder" tend to be unjustly neglected. Only the 'Four Last Songs' still appear...continue...

Eterna Collection -Grosse Sänger der Vergangenheit/ Cebotari

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Richard Strauss: Final Scene
Performers: Cebotari, Maria; Ludwig, Walther
Conductors: Rother, Artur

Maria Cebotari was a wonderful Mozart performer who exuded effortlessness and charm. The petite lady with the sensitive face could portray everything from flattery, seductiveness...continue...

Wagner, Strauss, Berg, Reger: Lieder

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Alban Berg: Early Songs (7); Max Reger: Abend ("Es blüht um mich des Abends Stille"), song for voice & piano, Op. 79c...

Cinema Classics: Klassische Melodien aus berühmten Filmen

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068;...

Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses; Strauss: Metamorphoses

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis; Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142

Eterna Collection-Grosse Sänger der Vergangenheit / Lemnitz

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eug...
Performers: Husch, Gerhard; Lemnitz, Tiana; Schmitt-Walter, Karl; Volker, Franz [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Rother, Artur; Gruber, Arthur
Ensemble: ; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

In a successful singing career stretching over 35 years, Lemnitz proved that even in such exalted realms as opera and concert singing the simple adage...continue...

In den groáen Oper Szenen / Anneliese Rothenberger

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puc...
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; chke, Thomas; Lunow, Horst; Ridder, Anton de; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schreier, Peter; Spiess, Ludovic; Ude, Armin
Conductors: Kurz, Siegfried; Patanè, Giuseppe; Suitner, Otmar; Neuhaus, Rudolf

Anneliese Rothenberger, who lives at Schloss Salenstein on the Swiss side of Lake Constance, celebrated her 80th birthday on June 19, 2006. She made her...continue...

Opera Arias / Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Kurt Masur, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; La forza del destino; Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Arabella
Performers: Hallmann, Dietmar; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna
Conductors: Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Artistic stature and personal charisma - in Anna Tomowa-Stintow these two qualities are united in the most felicitous way. She ranks among the greatest sopranos...continue...

Sylvia Geszty: An Opera Recital

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Par...
Performers: Geszty, Sylvia
Conductors: Masur, Kurt

Peter Schreier - Legendary Recordings

6 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Es kostet viel, ein Christ zu sein, for voice & continuo (Schemelli Gesangbuch no 522), BWV 459 (BC; Ich halte treulich s...
Performers: Adam, Karl-Dietried; Bernstein, Walter Heinz; Beyer, Achim; Güttler, Ludwig; Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter; Heidrich, Gunter; Köbler, Robert; Losche, Siegfried; Mauersberger, Rudolf; Olbertz, Walt...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Klee, Bernhard; Kurz, Siegfried; Koch, Helmut; Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim; Flämig, Martin; Kegel, Herbert; Hanell, Robert
Ensemble: ; New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

Renowned as a lyric tenor, Peter Schreier has specialized in Mozart roles since his debut at the Salzburg Festival in 1967, and has expressed a...continue...

Peter Schreier: Arien aus Opern

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; La finta semplice, K 51 (46a); Don Giovanni; Idomeneo; La Cle...
Performers: Dormoy, Claude; Mercker, Karl-Ernst; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Klee, Bernhard; Kurz, Siegfried; Koch, Helmut

After Work Hour Vol 8 - Smetana, Verdi, Mozart

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Entführung aus dem S...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Breul, Elisabeth; Casa, Lisa della; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hruba-Freiberger, Venceslava; Neukirch, Harald; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Ridder, Anton de; Rothenberger, Anneli...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Hanell, Robert; Kleinert, Rolf; Neuhaus, Rudolf; Fricke, Heinz; Winkler, Johannes; Patanè, Giuseppe
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle

This latest release in the series is aimed towards the opera fan, with arias and orchestral selections from the greatest masterpieces. There are a lot...continue...

Eterna - Helge Rosvaenge - Gounod, Weber, Verdi, Bizet

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, op...
Performers: Rosvaenge, Helge
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Hager, Robert; Steinkopf, Hans

When Helge Rosvaenge celebrated his 40th anniversary on the stage of the Deutsche State Opera in Berlin, at the age of 65, he demonstrated clearly...continue...