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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...

Wolf, Strauss, Rachmaninov, Ives, Weill / Dawn Upshaw, Margo Garrett

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-03-10

Works: Hugo Wolf: Goethe Lieder; Ganymed ("Wie im Morgenglanze"), song for voice & piano (Goethe Lieder); Richard Strauss: Songs (3) for voice & piano (after Shakespeare's "Hamlet;" "Ophelia Lieder"), Op. 6...
Performers: Garrett, Margo; Upshaw, Dawn [Soprano Vocal]

The song recital recorded here by four-time Grammy Award winner Dawn Upshaw brings together five composers of vastly different persuasions: Ives, the first composer who...continue...

Prima Voce - Hilde Güden

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-09-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Idomeneo; Il rè pastore, K 208; Exsultate jub...
Performers: Gulda, Friedrich; Jurinac, Sena; Poell, Alfred; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Reining, Maria; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors: Krips, Josef; Böhm, Karl; Kleiber, Erich; Krauss, Clemens; Erede, Alberto; Black, Stanley

It becomes evident from the first note that Hilde Guden possessed a truly beautiful vocal timbre. Her singing of the various arias from 'Don Giovanni',...continue...

Prima Voce - Zinka Milanov in Recital - Schumann, Brahms, etc / Milanov, Kunc et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-05-13

Works: Umberto Giordano: Caro mio ben; Robert Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25; Liederkreis, Op. 39; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Richard Strauss: Lieder (8), Op. 10; Lieder (5), Op. 48; A...
Performers: Kunc, Bozidar; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]

For many years one of the richest opera houses in the world, the Metropolitan Opera could afford to contract some of the greatest voices ever...continue...

Prima Voce - Charles Kullman - European Recordings 1931-1938

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2007-03-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La forza del destino; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Richard Wagn...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Grossmann, Walter; Illiard, Ellice; Kullman, Charles
Conductors: Orthmann, Erich; Zweig, Fritz; Schmalstich, Clemens; Goehr, Walter; Müller, Johannes; Dobrindt, Otto; Hauke, Ernst; Kunneke, Eduard; Ruth, Ludwig
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Orchestra

Complete European Columbia recordings of tenor Charles Kullman, made1931-38. Like so many other fine tenors of the period, Kullman was expected to record items that...continue...

Prima Voce - Herbert Ernst Groh in Opera

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2006-10-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Adolphe Ad...
Performers: Alpar, Gitta; Bettendorf, Emmy; Cebotari, Maria; Groh, Herbert Ernst; Husch, Gerhard
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Dobrindt, Otto; Weissmann, Frieder

The voice of Herbert Ernst Groh (1906-1982) attracted attention at an early age, and he specialized in operetta from the outset. His career was dominated...continue...

Prima Voce - Great Singers Vol 2 (1903-1939)

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2006-02-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Ernani; Traditional: Ma Lisette; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L'Africaine; Les Huguenots; George Frederic...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Calvé, Emma; Chaliapin, Feodor; Cottone, Salvatore; de Luca, Giuseppe; Ebert, Harry; Farrar, Geraldine; Favero, Mafalda; Flagstad, Kirsten; Garden, Mary; Gluck, Alma; Ivo...
Conductors: Blech, Leo; Barbirolli, John, Sir
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

...An utterly splendid collection, winners every one...a tour from one superlative to another. Gramophone. Very popular selection of arias and featuring the greatest singers recorded...continue...

Prima Voce - Gerhard Hüsch

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2005-02-01

Works: Albert Lortzing: Der Wildschütz, opera; Undine; Zar und Zimmermann; Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel, opera; Königskinder, opera; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Siegfried Och...
Performers: Bettendorf, Emmy; Hüsch, Gerhard; Lemnitz, Tiana; Rosvaenge, Helge; Strienz, Wilhelm
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Muller, Hans Udo; Dobrindt, Otto; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno

German baritone Gerhard Husch was a consummate artist whose international career never quite achieved the exposure it deserved, despite glowing reviews. In some ways a...continue...

Prima Voce - Emmy Destinn

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2004-03-02

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Richard Strauss: Final Scene; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Bedrich Smetana: Dalibor, B 133/T 96; Overture to The Kiss (Hu...
Performers: Destinn, Emmy; Jorn, Karl
Conductors: Seidler-Winkler, Bruno

The Golden Age of Singing Vol 4 - 1930-1950

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-10-02

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Rienzi; Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; R...
Performers: Baccaloni, Salvatore; Borgonovo, Luigi; Cebotari, Maria; Gay, Maria; Gigli, Beniamino; Ivogün, Maria; Kipnis, Alexander; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Lehmann, Lotte; Lemnitz, Tiana; Lorenz, Max; Melchi...
Conductors: Schmalstich, Clemens; Barbirolli, John; Melichar, Alois; Orthmann, Erich; Zweig, Fritz; Heger, Robert

This special 2 CD collection is the final volume in a mini-series presenting fifty years of great voices on record. All the material contained here...continue...

Prima Voce - Heinrich Schlusnus in Opera & Song

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-02-06

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Aimé Maillart: Les dragons de Villars; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Do...
Performers: Leider, Frida; Schlusnus, Heinrich; Strauss, Richard

This historic recording contains some songs by Richard Strauss, with the composer himself accompanying at the piano....continue...

Prima Voce Vol 2 - Treasury of Opera - Historic Recordings

5 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-11-14

Works: Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Manon Lescaut; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Turandot; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night; Sadko; Snow Maiden; The Tsar's Bri...
Performers: Anthony, Grace; Barone, Clement; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Björling, Jussi; Bori, Lucrezia; Bronskaya, Yevgeniya; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; de Luca, Giuseppe; Farrar, Geraldine [So...
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Romani, Romano; Molajoli, Lorenzo; Ormandy, Eugene; Cloez, Gustave; Bourdon, Rosario; Albergoni, Angelo; Dobrindt, Otto; Pelletier, Wilfred; Coppola, Piero; Ghione, Franco; Barb...

Strauss: Metamorphosen, etc; Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-10-12

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht for String Sextet, Op. 4; Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Capriccio, Op. 85
Performers: Kussner, Walter; Schwalke, Dietmar; Zepperitz, Rainer
Conductors:
Ensemble: Brandis Quartet

Ironically, Schonberg's still-tonal Verklarte Nacht went on to become the most famous, even "signature" work, of the inventor of serial atonality. Capitalizing on its success,...continue...

Prima Voce - Tauber in Opera

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Wilhelm Kienzl: Der Evangelimann, Op. 45; Bartered Bride; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La...
Performers: Bettendorf, Emmy; Lehmann, Lotte; Tauber, Richard
Conductors: Besl, Carl; ; Szell, George; Weigert, Hermann; Hauke, Ernst
Ensemble: ; Berlin Playhouse Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Prima Voce - Flagstad in Song

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 48; Zärtliche Liebe, song for voice & piano, WoO 123; Richard Strauss: Lieder (6), Op. 17; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Eyvind A...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten; McArthur, Edwin

"...There's nothing on this disc that isn't an object lesson in the technique of singing, and in the art of singing as communication...Cool purity and...continue...

Prima Voce - McCormack & Kreisler in Recital

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Beatrice Parkyns: Le portrait; Xavier Leroux: Le nil; Erno Balogh: Caprice antique; Benjamin Godard: Jocelyn, Op 100; Moritz Moszkowski: Serenade for Violin, Op. 15; Fritz Kreisler: Liebesfreud; Capr...
Performers: Falkenstein, George; Kreisler, Fritz; Lamson, Carl; McCormack, John; O'Brien, Vincent; Schneider, Edwin; Werrenrath, Reinald
Conductors: Rogers, Walter; Pasternack, Josef
Ensemble: Orchestra

An incomparable alliance of the legendary violinist and equally legendary tenor, with a mix of arias, songs, and violin solos. Over 69 minutes of music,...continue...

Prima Voce - Björling Vol 2

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-10-03

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, song Op. 46; Franz Schubert: An Sylvia; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; An die Leier ("Ich will von Atreus Söhnen"), song for voice & piano, D. 737 (Op. 56/...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Ebert, Harry; Schymberg, Hjordis
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils