Wagner, Richard > Mezzo Soprano

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


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Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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Gustav Klimt: - Music of his Era from the Belle Epoque at the turn of the 19th century - works by Berg, Brahms, Wolf, Webern, Sieher et al.

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-12-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sinfonie no 9; Alban Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder; Franz Lehár: Vilja-Lied ("Es lebt eine Vilja") (from "Die lustige Witwe"); Johannes Brahms: Sonate für Klarinette ...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Foggin, Myers; Harvey, Kathryn [Vocals]; Hongen, Elisabeth; Hotter, Hans; Kommerell, Heidi; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Ritterbusch, Sabine; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Thurston, Fr...
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Goehr, Walter; Klemperer, Otto; Karajan, Herbert von; Scherchen, Hermann; Heger, Robert; Fricsay, Ferenc

This is a compilation of music that was performed at the turn of the 19th century, the Belle Epoque in which Gustav Klimt flourished....continue...

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...

Twilight Of The Gods - Wagner Highlights from Der Ring des Nibelungen / Blythe, Kaufmann, Morris, Terfel, Voigt et al. / MET, Levine

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-09-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Die Götterdämmerung
Performers: Ammann, Lindsay; Bardon, Patricia; Blythe, Stephanie; Cano, Jennifer Johnson; Croft, Dwayne; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Diegel, Adam; Dix, Marjorie Elinor; Erdmann, Mojca; Fillmore, Molly; Gigliot...
Conductors: Levine, James; Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The most famous, the most performed, the most thrilling, and the most recorded opera cycle in music history

A unique and exclusive package, on multi-set

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Recording information: Metropolitan Opera (2010-2012)....continue...

Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer / Klemperer, Adam, et al

2 CD / Living Stage / 2012-08-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Adam, Theo; Burmeister, Annelies; King, James [Vocals]; MacDonald, Kenneth; Silja, Anja; Talvela, Martti
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: BBC Chorus

Opera 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Rigoletto; La traviata; Nabucco; V...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Braun, Victor; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chiara...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Mehta, Zubin; Luisi, Fabio; Pappano, Antonio; Antonini, Giovanni; Armiliato, Marco; Abbado, Roberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Wellber, Omer Meir; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; C...

This magnificent collection features the greatest starts of opera including Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Cecilia Bartolia, Andrea Bocelli and many...continue...

Martha Mödl: The Portrait of a Legend / Wagner, Strauss, Fortner, Reimann

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2012-04-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Tristan und Isolde; Wesendonck Lieder; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Richard Strauss: Elektra; Wolfgang Fortner: Bluthochzeit; Aribert Reimann: Melusine; Pyotr ...
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Hoffmann, Grace; Mödl, Martha; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Raucheisen, Michael; Ronisch, Rosemarie; Rose, Elisabeth; Steger, Ingrid; Suthaus, Ludwig; Topper, Hertha; Wi...
Conductors: Hollreiser, Heinrich; Keilberth, Joseph; Leitner, Ferdinand; Sebastian, Georges; Suitner, Otmar; Peters, Reinhard; Bareza, Niksa

Never released before recordings from 1950 - 1982 Wilhelm Furtwängler aptly referred to her as a "magic box", because her voice changed with every character...continue...

Wagner: Parsifal / Barenboim, Elming, Struckmann, Tomlinson [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2012-04-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Elming, Poul; Hubner, Fritz; Kannen, Gunter Von; Meier, Waltraud; Struckmann, Falk; Tomlinson, John
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Chorus; Staatskapelle Berlin

Parsifal represents the culmination of Wagner's work as a revolutionary composer of opera. In it, he created a powerful allegory on the conflict between Christianity...continue...
Run Time: 245 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Japanese
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (highlights) / Theo Adam, Rene Kollo, Peter Schreier

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Unspecified: [CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Adam, Theo; Büchner, Eberhard; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Hesse, Ruth; Kelemen, Zoltan; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Lunow, Horst; Ridderbusch, Karl; Schreier...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Dresden State Opera Chorus

Recording information: Lukaskirche, Dresden (11/24/1970-12/04/1970)....continue...

The Hero of New Beyreuth / Wolfgang Windgassen, tenor (rec. 1950 - 1958)

4 CD / Red/membran / 2011-11-21

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz (The Marksman); Eugen d'Albert: Tiefland (Lowlands); Richard Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman); Rienzi; Die Meistersinger von Nü...
Performers: Czubok, Engelbert; Fischer, Res; Greindl, Josef; Hann, Georg; Hoffmann, Grace; Kuen, Paul; Kupper, Annelies; Modl, Martha; Muller, Maria; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astri...
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Wetzelsberger, Bertil; Fricsay, Ferenc; Leitner, Ferdinand; Rischner, Alfons; Ludwig, Leopold; Jochum, Eugen; Kraus, Richard; Keilberth, Joseph; Weigert, Hermann; Sawallisch, Wolfgang;...
Ensemble: ; Billiards Quintet

Wagner: Lohengrin [Highlights] / Thomas, Grummer, Fischer-Dieskau, Ludwig, Frick

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Grummer, Elisabeth; Ludwig, Christa; Thomas, Jess; Wiener, Otto
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Thomas combines ardour and anguish as well as any. Fischer-Dieskau is a formidable (but never over-emphatic) antagonist, and Gottlob Frick a majestic King Henry
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Recording information: Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Austria (1962-11-23_1962-11-30&1962-)....continue...

Maud Cunitz sings highlights from Der Freischütz, Lohengrin, Tannhäuser

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-09-13

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenotten; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Die sizilianische Vesper
Performers: Cunitz, Maud; Frick, Gottlob; Klose, Margarete; Metternich, Josef; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Terkal, Karl
Conductors: Ackermann, Otto; Heger, Robert; Rother, Artur; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Schroder, Kurt

Born in London in 1911, Maud Cunitz returned with her parents to Germany before the outbreak of World War I. She started singing minor roles...continue...

Serene Classics / Includes works by Palestrina, Bach, Tallis, Purcell and Schubert

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Gregorian Chant: Salve regina; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Salve Regina, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book V); Missa pro defunctis a 5; Tomás Luis de Victoria: O sacrum convivium, motet...
Performers: Gruberova, Edita; Haider, Friedrich; Henschel, Dietrich; Isokoski, Soile; McDaniel, Barry; Meier, Waltraud; Munderloh, David; Viitasalo, Marita; Woytowicz, Stefania
Conductors: Jennings, Joseph; Higginbottom, Edward; Werner, Fritz; Nagano, Kent; Barenboim, Daniel; Bour, Ernest; Svetlanov, Evgeny; O'Donnell, James [Organ]; Satomaa, Tauno

Unwind with Warner Classic's new release, 'Serene Classics: Music for a Calmer You". Take a micro-vacation as you relax to titles such as Salve Regina,...continue...

Wagner: Tannhauser / Layer, Andersen, Kiberg [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-07-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Andersen, Stig; Hakala, Tommi; Kiberg, Tina; Milling, Stephen; Resmark, Susanne
Conductors: Layer, Friedemann
Ensemble: Royal Danish Opera Orchestra

This visionary Tannhauser, filmed by Cubus Films in high definition and with surround sound, takes the art of the opera on DVD to new peaks...continue...

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder; Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder, et al. / Meier

1 CD / Apex / 2011-05-31

Works: Gustav Mahler: Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra); Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Hugo Wolf: In der Frühe; Denk' es, o Seele!; Mörike Lieder
Performers: Meier, Waltraud
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel

Recording information: Salle Pleyel, Paris....continue...

Wagner Opera Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhaüser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg; The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Die Walküre; Götterdämme...
Performers: Eaglen, Jane; Elming, Poul; Evans, Anne; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Kang, Philip; Lipovsek, Marjana; Meier, Waltraud; Palmer, Felicity; Pape, Rene; Schreibmayer, Kurt; S...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg / Weigle/Bayreuth, Hawlata, Korn [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-01-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Ernst, Norbert; Guber, Carola; Hawlata, Franz; Kaune, Michaela; Korn, Artur; Vogt, Klaus Florian; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

"Ostensibly Richard Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg tells a humorous tale about artistically inclined craftsmen. Goldsmith Veit Pogner promises his daughter Eva's hand in...continue...
Run Time: 306 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish...continue...

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg / Weigle/Bayreuth, Hawlata, Korn [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-01-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Ernst, Norbert; Guber, Carola; Hawlata, Franz; Kaune, Michaela; Korn, Artur; Vogt, Klaus Florian; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Pulse
Director Katharina Wagner, the composer's great grand-daughter, turns "Die Meistersinger von Nnrnberg" (Opus Arte Blu-ray DVD) on its head at the 2008 Bayreuth Festival. Beckmesser's...continue...
Run Time: 306 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

Gottlob Frick Volume 3

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-01-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenotten; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: Die Macht des Schicksals; Peter Cornelius: De...
Performers: Buchsbaum, Harald; Cunitz, Maud; Edelmann, Otto; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Frick, Gottlob; Fuchs, Franz; Grummer, Elisabeth; Heppe, Leo; Herrmann, Josef; Hoffgen, Marga [Contralto Vocals]; Klose, ...
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Heger, Robert; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Kempe, Rudolf; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Hollreiser, Heinrich; Elmendorff, Karl; Kraus, Richard

Gottlob Frick (1906-1994) was called by Wilhelm Furtwängler the "blackest bass" of his generation. Frick had no competitors capable of surpassing or even matching his...continue...

Wagner: Parsifal / Decker, Holle, Schone, Soffel, Otvos/Venice Teatro la Fenice [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Decker, Richard; Dunnebach, Ulrich; Hölle, Matthias; Sacchi, Federico; Schöne, Wolfgang; Soffel, Doris; Zalasinski, Mikolaj; Zennaro, Iorio
Conductors: Otvos, Gabor
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Chorus; Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra

Run Time: 244 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Ultimate Wagner Opera Album

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-12-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman); Die Walküre (The Valkyrie); Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods); Götterdämm...
Performers: Eleby, John Erik; Eliasson, Goran; Fassbender, Hedwig; Forsen, Lennart; Haubold, Ingrid; Schiml, Marga; Wray, Margaret Jane
Conductors: Steinberg, Pinchas; Mund, Uwe; Halász, Michael; Wildner, Johannes; McGlinn, John; Segerstam, Leif

Wagner’s epic music dramas revolutionized the operatic repertoire, drawing upon famous legends and history to create a completely new art form of unprecedented spectacle and...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Mehta, Uusitalo, Larsson, Ryan [8 DVD]

8 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2010-11-16

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Bannik, Ilya; Bethencourt, Eugenia; Bress, Manuela; Daszak, John; Denschlag, Daniela; Flaitz, Bernadette; Grötzinger, Heike; Kapellmann, Franz Josef; Larsson, Anna; Lukas, Ralf; Matos, Elisabete...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Valencian Community Choir; Valencian Community Orchestra

Run Time: 1060 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German, French, English, Spa...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Mehta, Uusitalo, Larsson, Ryan [4 Blu-Ray]

4 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2010-11-16

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Bannik, Ilya; Bethencourt, Eugenia; Bress, Manuela; Daszak, John; Denschlag, Daniela; Flaitz, Bernadette; Grötzinger, Heike; Kapellmann, Franz Josef; Larsson, Anna; Lukas, Ralf; Matos, Elisabete...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Valencian Community Orchestra

Run Time: 1060 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Highlights / Zubin Mehta [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2010-11-16

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Performers: Daszak, John; Kapellmann, Franz Josef; Larsson, Anna; Mayer, Christa; Milling, Stephen; Ryan, Lance; Salminen, Matti; Schnitzer, Petra Maria; Seiffert, Peter; Siegel, Gerhard; Uusitalo, Juha; Wilson,...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Valencian Community Orchestra

Run Time: 130 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Spa...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Highlights / Zubin Mehta [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2010-11-16

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Performers: Daszak, John; Kapellmann, Franz Josef; Larsson, Anna; Mayer, Christa; Milling, Stephen; Ryan, Lance; Salminen, Matti; Schnitzer, Petra Maria; Seiffert, Peter; Siegel, Gerhard; Uusitalo, Juha; Wilson,...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Valencian Community Orchestra

MusicWeb International
A superb marketing tool for the entire cycle available on DVD and on Blu-ray. This performance and production is a great success overall and...continue...
Run Time: 130 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spani...continue...

Ioan Holender Farewell Concert / Netrebko, Domingo, Quasthoff [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Die Walküre; Parsifal; Tristan und Isolde; Lohengrin; Das Rheingold; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; I vespri siciliani; Don Carlos; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Falstaff...
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Bonfadelli, Stefania; Botha, Johan; Coelho, Elaine; Constantinescu, Roxana; Damrau, Diana; Daniel, Boaz; Denoke, Angela; Dessay, Natalie; Domingo, Placido; Eröd, Adrian; Frittoli...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Pappano, Anthony; De Billy, Bertrand; Welser-Möst, Franz; Luisi, Fabio; Schneider, Peter; Armiliato, Marco; ; Domingo, Placido; Young, Simone; Calvo, Guillermo Garcia; Lang, Thomas
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

A star-studded benefit concert to celebrate Ioan Holender's farewell after 19 years as the director of one of the world's leading and most famous opera...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen / Zagrosek, Staatsorchester Stuttgart [7 DVD]

7 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-10-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Behle, Renate; Bonnema, Albert; Bracht, Roland; Castle, Sarah; Collins, Janet; Denoke, Angela; DeVol, Luana; Ens, Phillip; Gambill, Robert; Gasteen, Lisa; Gohrig, Heinz; Herrera, Gabriela; Indridadot...
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Chorus; Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

As a special holiday offer, Euroarts presents the hugely successful Ring cycle from the Staatsoper Stuttgart in a box set. The prologue Rheingold and all...continue...
Run Time: 901 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Fre...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Böhm

14 CD / Decca / 2010-10-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Burmeister, Annelies; Hoffgen, Marga [Contralto Vocals]; Silja, Anja
Conductors: Böhm, Karl

The New Collectors Edition (original US release 3/30/2010) continues with ten new releases, many of which are appearing at budget price for the first time....continue...
Recording information: Bayreuth Festival (1966/1967); Bayreuth Festival / Nuremberg (1966/1967)....continue...

Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen

13 CD / Orfeo / 2010-07-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Ilosvay, Maria von; Malaniuk, Ira; Resnik, Regina
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens

Recording information: Festspielhaus, Bayreuth (08/08/1953-08/12/1953)....continue...

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Kout, Kollo, Jones, Lloyd [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2010-07-27

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Feldhoff, Gerd; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame; Kollo, Rene; Lloyd, Robert; Schwarz, Hanna
Conductors: Kout, Jirí
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra

"There are no bounds to the longing, the desire, the bliss, and the anguish of love. The world, power, fame, glory, honor, chivalry, loyalty, friendship...all...continue...
Run Time: 233 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Wagner: Die Walküre

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-07-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Ahlin, Cvetka; Brockhaus, Lilo; Crespin, Regine; Ericson, Barbro; Janowitz, Gundula; Mastilovic, Danica; Ordassy, Carlotta; Rebmann, Liselotte; Stewart, Thomas [Bass-Baritone]; Talvela, Martti; Vease...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Penguin Guide
The great merits of Karajan's version are the refinement of the orchestral playing and the heroic strength of Jon Vickers as Siegmund...Veasey as Fricka...continue...

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Herbert von Karajan

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-07-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Dominguez, Oralia; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Grobe, Donald; Kelemen, Zoltan; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Mangelsdorff, Simone; Moser, Edda; Reynolds, Anna; Ridder...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
Rolls-Royce orchestral playing in a fine studio recording, with a starry cast led by Fietrich Fischer-Dieskau's Wotan. What is lacking in the rough...continue...

Wagner: Götterdämmerung

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-07-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Brilioth, Helge; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Janowitz, Gundula; Kelemen, Zoltan; Ludwig, Christa; Moser, Edda; Reynolds, Anna; Ridderbusch, Karl; Stewart, Thomas [Bass-Baritone]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Wagner: Tannhauser / Mehta, Kollo, Meier, Weikl [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2010-06-29

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Ahnsjo, Claes H.; Kollo, Rene; Meier, Waltraud; Nocker, Hanns; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Secunde, Nadine; Weikl, Bernd
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

David Alden's production of Wagner's grand romantic opera was recorded at the National Theatre in Munich, with Bayerische Staatsoper, in September 1994. Shot over three...continue...
Run Time: 195 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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50 Best Opera

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Don ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastin, Jules; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Call...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

Wagner: Lohengrin / Kaufmann, Harteros, Nagano [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-06-21

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Harteros, Anja; Kaufmann, Jonas; Koch, Wolfgang; Schuster, Michaela
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Wagner’s Lohengrin is the mythical tale of the mysterious Knight of the Grail, who appears to defend the princess Elsa - wrongly accused of the...continue...

Great Singers & Musicians in Copenhagen 1931-1939

6 CD / Danacord / 2010-06-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40; Missa Solemnis, Op. 125; Richard Wagner: Parsifal; Tristan...
Performers: Berettoni, Umberto; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Brems, Else; Bruusgaard, Holger; Busch, Adolf; Byrding, Holger; Cassado, Gaspar; Ettl, Karl; Fidesser, Hans; Gigli, Beniamino; Granfelt, Hanna; Hamm...
Conductors: Weisbach, Hans; Malko, Nicolai; Walter, Bruno; Tango, Egisto; Grondahl, Launy; Mahler, Fritz; Schneevoigt, Georg; Wöldike, Mogens; Busch, Fritz; Paray, Paul; Fitelberg, Grzegorz; Hoeberg, Georg;...

Martha Modl

2 CD / Preiser / 2010-06-08

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orpheus und Eurydike; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Don Carlos; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Tristan u...
Performers: Blatter, Johanna; Mödl, Martha; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Löwlein, Hans; Rother, Artur; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Keilberth, Joseph; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Schuchter, Wilhelm

Wagner: Parsifal / Ventris, Meier, Salminen, Nagano [2 Blu-Ray]

2 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-05-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Berkeley-Steele, Richard; Braun, Lioba; Fox, Tom; Halfvarson, Eric; Hampson, Thomas; Meier, Waltraud; Polaski, Deborah; Salminen, Matti; Struckmann, Falk; Ventris, Christopher; Watson, Linda
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Baden-Baden Festival Choir; Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra

This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as BOA 0915. Ever since...continue...
Run Time: 323 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Wagner: Lohengrin / Kempe, Fischer-Dieskau [Includes CD-ROM]

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track; [Lohengrin] Synopsis & Libretto [CD-ROM track]
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Ludwig, Christa
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf

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Recording information: Theater an der Wien (04/01/1963-04/03/1963); Theater an der Wien (11/23/1962-12/05/1962)....continue...

Elisabeth Höngen

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-04-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Der Troubadour; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson und Dalila; Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung; Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Grefe, Gustav; Hongen, Elisabeth; Kupper, Annelies; Ludwig, Walther; Plumacher, Hetty; Vocals], Christel Goltz [Soprano
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand; Solti, Sir Georg

Born in 1906 in Germany, Elisabeth Hongen completed her musical studies at the Academy of Music in Berlin. Championed by Karl Bohm, she sang at...continue...

Jonas Kaufman sings Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, Wagner

1 CD / Decca / 2010-04-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Parsifal; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Franz Schubert: Fierrabras; Alfonso und Estrella; Ludwig van Beethoven:...
Performers: Joswig, Margarete; Kaufmann, Jonas; Volle, Michale
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Jonas Kaufmann has already performed many of these roles on the world's great opera stages. This album consists of outstanding arias from German opera; music...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Niccolò Paganini, Parma (12/02/2008-12/06/2008)....continue...

Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen / St. Clair/Staatskapelle Weimar [7 DVD]

7 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-03-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Aurich, Frieder; Bassek, Christiane; Blanck, Kirsten; Briend, Jean-Noel; Caspar, Joana; Caves, Erin; Foster, Catherine; Guber, Carola; Gunther, Alexander; Gunther-Dissmeier, Susann; Hansmann, Christi...
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Weimar; Weimar Deutsches Nationaltheater Opera Chorus

"The sharpness of tone and brilliance of tempo achieved by Carl St.Clair... and his ability to conjure exhilarating and, as required, finely structured chamber sounds...continue...
Run Time: 930 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, French, Ital...continue...

Icon: Kirsten Flagstad

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: George Frederick Handel: Serse; Messiah; Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion; Vergiss mein nicht, vergiss mein nicht! BWV 505; O finstre Nacht, wann wirst du doch vergeben, sacred song for voi...
Performers: Alnaes, Eyvind; Flagstad, Kirsten; Jones, Geraint; McArthur, Edwin; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parikian, Manoug; Suthaus, Ludwig; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]; Thebom, Blanche
Conductors: Braithwaite, Warwick; Susskind, Walter; Dobroven, Issay; Böhm, Karl; Sebastian, Georges; Weigert, Herman; Furtwängler, Wilhelm

This 5 CD set, devoted to the famous Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad, is a further release in the EMI Classics ICON series. Kirsten Flagstad enjoyed...continue...

Wagner: Die Walküre / Fisch, State Opera of South Australia

4 Super Audio CD / Melba Recordings Import / 2010-03-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Barnes, Jennifer; Brocheler, John; Campbell, Lisa; Dunlop, Donna-Maree; Gasteen, Lisa; Green, Richard; Harper-Brown, Lisa; Keegan, Liane; Ladner, Kate; MacFarlane, Gaye; McKendree-Wright, Zan; Riedel...
Conductors: Fisch, Asher
Ensemble: State Opera of South Australia

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Royal Swedish Opera Archives 5

3 CD / Caprice Records / 2010-03-16

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Bergstrom, Margareta; Bjorker, Leon; Bjorling, Sigurd; Dellert, Kjerstin; Kjellgren, Ingeborg; Lovberg, Aase Nordmo; Meyer, Kerstin [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Nilsson, S...
Conductors: Ehrling, Sixten

Essential Wagner

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera,...
Performers: Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Haage, Peter; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Lipovsek, Marjana; Ludwig, Christa; Morris, James; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Jansons, Mariss; Haitink, Bernard; Karajan, Herbert von

Wagner: Lohengrin; Verdi / Guschlbauer, et al

3 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Brunner, Evelyne; Bruson, Renato; Denize, Nadine; Hémonet, Pierre Le; Kabaivanska, Raina; Kang, Byung Woon; Kazbek, Merih; Kiertzner, Jens; Mertz, Lucien; Raimondi, Ruggero; Richert, Fran&cced...
Conductors: Guschlbauer, Theodor; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; Rhin-Mulhouse Symphony Orchestra

Wagner: Gotterdammerung / Mehta/Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Ryan, Lukas [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Bethencourt, Eugenia; Denschlag, Daniela; Kapellmann, Franz Josef; Lukas, Ralf; Matos, Elisabete; Naidu, Ann-Katrin; Prudenskaja, Marina; Ryan, Lance; Salminen, Matti; Vázquez, Pilar; Vá...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana; Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

Richard Wagner's dream of a 'Gesamtkunstwerk' becomes reality through La Fura dels Baus' visual fantasy and blending of video technology, lighting and props (often formed...continue...
Run Time: 307 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digitial 2.0
Subtitles: German, F...continue...

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Peter Schneider/Bayreuth Festival Orch. & Chorus [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Bezuyen, Arnold; Bieber, Clemens; Breedt, Michelle; Holl, Robert; Lukas, Ralf; Rasilainen, Jukka; Smith, Robert Dean; Snell, Martin; Theorin, Irene
Conductors: Schneider, Peter
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival in Summer 2009, this production marks the beginning of an exciting new long-term partnership between the Bayreuth Festival and...continue...
Run Time: 292 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.0
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...