Wagner, Richard > Mezzo-soprano

Icon - Dame Janet Baker - The Beloved Mezzo Sings Mahler, Elgar, Berlioz, Chausson, etc

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Richard Strauss: Lieder (5), Op. 32; Lieder (4), Op. 36; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Lieder (3), Op. 43; Edward Elgar: Sea Pictures,...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Gauntlett, Ambrose; Isepp, Martin; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parsons, Geoffrey; Spencer, Robert [Lute]; Whittaker, Douglas
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Barbirolli, John; Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Leppard, Raymond; Menuhin, Yehudi; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

A new release in the recently-launched EMI Classics ICON Series, this 5-CD set is dedicated to Dame Janet Baker, long praised as one of the...continue...

Ultimate Wagner - Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2008-08-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Parsifal
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bode, Hannelore; Browner, Alison; Burmeister, Annelies; Cervena, Sona; Cox, Jean; Dene, Jozsef; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Esser, Hermin; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Greindl, Jos...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Varviso, Silvio; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner: The Great Operas from the Bayreuth Festival / Sawallisch, Nilsson, Rysanek, Silja, et al

33 CD / Decca Import / 2008-06-17

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdä...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Appel, Wolfgang; Bauer, Hartmut; Bode, Hannelore; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Browner, Alison; Bumbry, Grace; Burmeister, Annelies; Cervena, Sona; Cox, Jean; Crass, Franz; Dene, Jozsef; Der...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Böhm, Karl; Varviso, Silvio; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

A special, limited edition 33-CD box set containing all of Wagner's operas from 'The Flying Dutchman' (1841) to his final masterpiece 'Parsifal' (1882) in performances...continue...

Wagner: Parsifal / Knappertsbusch, Thomas, Dalis, London

4 CD / Philips / 2006-11-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Bartos, Rita; Boese, Ursula; Cervena, Sona; Dalis, Irene; Gardelli, Else-Margrete; Hotter, Hans; Janowitz, Gundula; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Moller, Niels; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals...
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus

"This is not merely one of Philips's Great Recordings but also one of the greatest sets of all time. Every time one returns to it,...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Maria Maksakova

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-07-01

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanschina; Boris Godunov; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Werther; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Snow Maiden; Mizkev...
Performers: Khanaev, Nikhander; Maksakova, Maria; Ozerov, Nikolai; Reizen, Mark
Conductors: Nebolsin, Vasili; Golovanov, Nikolai; Bron, Onissim; Melik-Pashaev, Alexander; Kondrashin, Kirill

Maria Petrovna Maksakova was born in Astrakhan in southwestern Russia. By the age of ten, with a clear voice and having taught herself music, she...continue...

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Zagrosek, Staatsoper Stuttgart

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-03-21

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Bracht, Roland; Ens, Phillip; Indridadottir, Helga Ros; Joswig, Margarete; Kaston, Motti; Kunzli, Robert; Lorenz, Eberhard Francesco; Probst, Wolfgang; Ruuttunen, Esa; Schneider, Bernard; Schuster, M...
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Chorus

Comprising four separate operas, Wagner's visionary Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) took 25 years to complete. The prologue Das Rheingold deals...continue...

Wagner: Die Walküre / Sawallisch, Adam, Martin, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 2005-10-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Adam, Theo; Ahlin, Cvetka; Dalis, Irene; Dillard, Jane Murray; Hillebrecht, Hildegard; Katz, Eberhard; Kniplova, Nadezda; Kostia, Raili; Martin, Janis [50's]; Nienstedt, Gerd; Purtonen, Aili; Rebmann...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

When listening to this great performance on marvels at the verdant freshness of the voices and also why the singers did not become better known....continue...

Bruckner: Symphony no 8; Wagner / Goodall, Baker, et al

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 8 in C minor, WAB 108; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Wesendonck Lieder
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Goodall, Reginald
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The conductor of Wagner's "Ring Cycle" in English makes a rare orchestral recording. An article in BBC Music Magazine about Goodall prompted a massive letter...continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 8 / J. Tomlinson

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-04-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Ca...
Performers: Coote, Alice; Tomlinson, John; Vaughan, Elizabeth
Conductors: Parry, David

BBC Music Magazine
John Tomlinson is one of the finest singing actors on the opera scene today. He is unsurpassed in Wagner, but here he displays...continue...

Philips 50 - Wagner: Die Walküre / Böhm, Bayreuth Festival

4 CD / Philips / 2002-01-15

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Adam, Theo; Burmeister, Annelies; Cervena, Sona; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Hopf, Gertraud; King, James [Vocals]; Mastilovic, Danica; Nienstedt, Gerd; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Rysanek, Leonie...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl

"This presents a more involving experience than any rival complete recording." -Penguin Guide "Birgit Nilsson heads the cast as an unsurpassed Brunnhilde..." -Gramophone...continue...

Opera in English - Wagner: The Ring Cycle / Goodall, et al

16 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-07-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Attfield, Helen; Bailey, Norman; Belcourt, Emile; Clarke, Katie; Collins, Anne; Connell, Elizabeth; Conoley, Anne; Curphey, Margaret; Dempsey, Gregory; Evans, Anne; Ferguson, Robert; Grant, Clifford;...
Conductors: Goodall, Reginald
Ensemble: English National Opera Movement Group; English National Opera Orchestra; Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra

The Nibelung's Ring can be enjoyed on many levels: as a fairy story, political allegory or philosophical tract, for example. In essence, it deals with...continue...

Opera in English - Wagner: The Valkyrie / Goodall, et al

4 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-11-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Attfield, Helen; Bailey, Norman; Clarke, Katie; Connell, Elizabeth; Conoley, Anne; Curphey, Margaret; Evans, Anne; Grant, Clifford; Howard, Ann; Hunter, Rita; Remedios, Alberto; Squires, Shilagh; Wal...
Conductors: Goodall, Reginald
Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

"...Goodall's conducting [was] weighty, sonorous, slow-moving but surely paced and deeply supportive of the voices. And what a cast he had, led by Remedios's ardent...continue...

Wagner: The Best of the Ring / Böhm, Nilsson, Rysanek, et al

2 CD / Philips / 1996-04-09

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Adam, Theo; Burmeister, Annelies; Cervena, Sona; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Esser, Hermin; Greindl, Josef; Hesse, Ruth; Hopf, Gertraud; King, James [Vocals]; Mastilovic, Danica; Neidlinger, Gustav [B...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl

Wagner: Parsifal / Levine, Domingo, Norman, Moll, et al

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1994-08-16

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Bunnell, Jane; Domingo, Placido; Erickson, Kaaren; Giauque, Dennis; Glassman, Allan; Grant, Heidi; Groves, Paul; Guyer, Joyce; Katagiri, Hitomi; Laciura, Anthony; Moll, Kurt; Morris, James; Norman, J...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra