Wagner, Richard > Heger, Robert

The Essential Wagner - highlights from the great operas performed by the artists of EMI Classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-06

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Die Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tris...
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gedda, Nicolai; Goldberg, Reiner; Gorr, Rita; Haage, Peter; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Lipovsek, Marj...
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Heger, Robert; Ludwig, Leopold; Jansons, Mariss; Tennstedt, Klaus; Konwitschny, Franz; Schneider, Peter; Cluytens, André; Bender, Heinrich; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang;...

The operas of Richard Wagner have never been more popular than they are today, and performances of his Ring cycle continue to fill opera houses...continue...

100 Best Choruses

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 140; Henry Purcell: Come ye sons of art away (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary); Christoph Willibald Gl...
Performers: Barrard, Marc; Bracht, Roland; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Erwen, Keith; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Harper, Heather; Hollweg, Wern...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Munrow, David; Gardiner, John Eliot; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Willcocks, David; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Vienna Philharmon...
Ensemble: ; Dunedin Consort; Orféon Donostiarra ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Wedding Classics / Bridal March, Bridal Chorus, Caro mio ben; Exsultate Jubilate

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Serse; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Charles Gounod: Messe à Ste. ...
Performers: Frimmer, Monika; Hoppe, Heinz; Kalafusz, Hans; Lorengar, Pilar; Seiffert, Peter; Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ]
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Wallberg, Heinz; Christie, William; Parrott, Andrew; Hartemann, Jean-Claude; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Neumann, Peter; Hickox, Richard; Heger, Robert; Kout, Jirí; Mackerras, Ch...

Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Historical Recordings 1926-1932

4 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried
Performers: Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Austral, Florence; Bockelmann, Rudolf; Easton, Florence; Fear, Arthur; Fry, Howard; Gruhn, Nora; Guszalewicz, Genia; Habich, Eduard; Henke, Waldemar; Kinderma...
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Blech, Leo; Collingwood, Lawrance; Barbirolli, John; Heger, Robert; Alwin, Carl

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Jaro Prohaska

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-12-08

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Jacques Offenbach: Hoffmanns Erzählungen; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame
Performers: Anders, Peter; Greindl, Josef; Hoffmann, Ludwig; Klose, Margarete; Lorenz, Max; Muller, Anneliese; Muller, Maria; Prohaska, Jaro; Soot, Fritz; Suthaus, Ludwig; Zimmermann, Erich
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Furtwängler, Wilhelm

One of the most outstanding bass-baritones between 1920 and 1950 was Jaro Prohaska. For 12 years he was among the leading performers at the Bayreuth...continue...

Dokumente einer Sängerkarriere - Wolfgang Windgassen

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-11-10

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Eugen d'Albert: Tiefland; Albert Lortzing: Der Wildschütz
Performers: Czubok, Engelbert; Hann, Georg; Varnay, Astrid; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]; Wissmann, Lore
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Leitner, Ferdinand; Ludwig, Leopold; Rother, Artur

Wolfgang Windgassen's name is inseparably linked with the Bayreuth Festival and Wieland Wagner. He first performed there in 1951 in a production of Parsifal. A...continue...

Shakespeare at the Opera - Verdi: Otello, etc

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Richard Wagner: Das Liebesverbot, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Otello; Falstaff; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Charles Gounod: R...
Performers: Abello, Andre; Aichberger, Ewald; Barbieri, Fedora; Borg, Kim; Cadoni, Fernanda; Campi, Enrico; Capecchi, Renato; Cappuccilli, Piero; Ciannella, Giuliano; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Cossutta, Carlo; Dermota...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Heger, Robert; Böhm, Karl; Rieger, Fritz; Almeida, Antonio de; Kleiber, Carlos; Rossi, Mario

Seven complete operas based on plays by Shakespeare—great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! Exciting live recordings taped 1958–1983 feature the...continue...

Friedrich Schorr sings Richard Wagner

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2006-01-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; The Flying Dutchman; Die Walküre
Performers: Davis, Ben; Ljungberg, Gota; Melchior, Lauritz; Parr, Gladys; Schorr, Friedrich; Schumann, Elisabeth
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Collingwood, Lawrance; Blech, Leo; Heger, Robert
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Freidrich Schorr was the leading heroic baritone in Germany during the 1920s. His studio and live recordings reveal him to have been the perfect embodiment...continue...

Wagner: Legende De Wagner

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2002-07-29

Works: Richard Wagner: La Walkyrie; Siegfried; Le Crépuscule des dieux; Tannhäuser; Le Vaisseau fantôme; Lohengrin; Les Maîtres Chanteurs de Nuremberg; Tristan et Isolde
Performers: Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Falcon, Ruth; Herman, Sylvia; Hintermeier, Margaretha; Kunz, Ursula; Lilowa, Margarita; Soldh, Anita; Walther, Ute; Watkinson, Carolyn
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Boult, Adrian; Heger, Robert; Karajan, Herbert von

Wagner: Tannhäuser / Heger, Sieder, Schech, Paul, et al

3 CD / Preiser / 2002-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin
Performers: Baumer, Margarete; Lemnitz, Tiana; Paul, Karl; Rohr, Otto van; Schech, Marianne; Seider, August; Streich, Rita; Volker, Franz [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Rother, Artur
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Ludwig Suthaus

1 CD / Preiser / 2001-11-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Das Rheingold; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, op...
Performers: Blatter, Johanna; Ducrue, Dr. Hans; Hoffmann, Ludwig; Muller, Maria; Prohaska, Jaro; Suthaus, Ludwig; Vocals], Paul Schoffler [Baritone
Conductors: Görlich, Gustav; Lederer, Felix; Schuler, Johannes; Abendroth, Hermann; Heger, Robert; Rother, Artur; Ludwig, Leopold
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Acts 2 & 3 / Rother

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2000-10-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Hann, Georg; Nissen, Hans-Heinz; Prohaska, Jaro; Schirp, Wilhelm; Suthaus, Ludwig
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Chorus

Wagner: Siegfried / Heger, Coates, Alwin, Melchior, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-09-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Bockelmann, Rudolf; Easton, Florence; Gruhn, Nora; Habich, Eduard; Melchior, Lauritz; Olszewska, Maria; Reiss, Albert; Schipper, Dr. Emil; Schorr, Friedrich; Tessmer, Heinrich
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Coates, Albert; Alwin, Carl
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

This historic first attempt at a "complete" recording of Siegfried was compiled in the 1930s from four different performances with some variations in the casting...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Joachim Sattler

1 CD / Preiser / 2000-05-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Sattler, Joachim; Schluter, Erna
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Schroder, Kurt
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Famous Opera Choruses- Wagner, Beethoven, Nicolai, etc

1 CD / Tuxedo Music / 2000-04-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Otto Nicolai: Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Don Pasquale; Giuseppe Verdi:...
Performers: Maionica, Silvio; Paul, Karl; Schech, Marianne; Tieozzi; Von Rohr, Otto
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf; Heger, Robert; Pflüger, Gerhard; Capuana, Franco; La Rosa Parodi, Armando; Singer, Georges
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Hamburg Choir; Hamburg Symphony Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Chorus; Leipzig Radio Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony...

Franz Volker live als Erik, Lohengrin und Othello

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-08-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Cunitz, Maud; Hoffmann, Ludwig; Hotter, Hans; Klarwein, Franz; Klose, Margarete; Muller, Maria; Schmidt, Karl; Völker, Franz [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Kraus, Richard; Heger, Robert; Wetzelsberger, Bertil; Schuler, Johannes; Weigert, Herman
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

The Art of Maria Müller - Wagner, Puccini, Brahms, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 1999-05-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Wesendonck Lieder; Träume ("Sag, welch wunderbare Träume"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Wesendo...
Performers: Hoffmann, Ludwig; Janssen, Herbert; Klose, Margarete; Muller, Maria; Newton, Ivor; Pattiera, Tino; Pilinszky, Sigismund; Prohaska, Jaro; Raucheisen, Michael; Völker, Franz [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Tietjen, Heinz; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin Municipal Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Max Lorenz singt Wagner

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-06-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Tannhäuser; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Klose, Margarete; Lorenz, Max; Reining, Maria; Rodin, Gustav; Scheppan, Hilde; Schmitt-Walter, Karl
Conductors: Schuler, Johannes; Moralt, Rudolf; Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Hans Hotter in frühen Aufnahmen

1 CD / Preiser / 1995-01-24

Works: Heinrich August Marschner: Hans Heiling, opera, Op. 80; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Die Walküre; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff; Geor...
Performers: Hotter, Hans; Scheppan, Hilde
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Hollreiser, Heinrich; Heger, Robert; Weisbach, Hans
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra