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Wagner: Tannhäuser / Albert Dohmen, Robert Dean Smith, Christian Gerhaher, Nina Stemme. Janowski

3 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2013-03-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Dohmen, Albert; Gerhaher, Christian; McCown, Michael; Prudenskaja, Marina; Puhlmann, Sabine; Reim, Bianca; Schwinghammer, Wilhelm; Smith, Robert Dean; Snell, Martin; Sonn, Peter; Stemme, Nina [Sopran...
Conductors: Janowski, Marek
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

The sixth installment of PentaTone's successful Wagner Edition features the epic Tannhäuser. With world-class voices like Robert Dean Smith, Nina Stemme, and Albert Dohmen, this...continue...
Personnel: Sabine Puhlmann, Nina Stemme , Bianca Reim, Isabelle Voákühler (soprano); Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo soprano); Robert Dean Smith, Michael McCown, Peter Sonn (tenor); Christian Ge...continue...

Edition Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig, Vol. 2 - works by Weber, Wagner, Mozart Verdi & Beethoven / Schmitz, Brecher

2 CD / Querstand / 2013-01-08

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Der Freischütz; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Tristan und Isold...
Performers: Baumer, Margarete; Dahlberg, Friedrich; Daum, Heinz; Horand, Theodor; Meinl-Weise, Rita; Olberts, Joseph; Reinecke, Paul; Schaffrian, Rosl; Schmitz, Paul; Schurhoff, Lotte; Schwenkreis, Willi; Seider...
Conductors: Brecher, Gustav; Schmitz, Paul
Ensemble: ; Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig

This second CD in the series featuring historical recordings by the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig contains recordings from 1929 to 1945, most of them published for...continue...

Semperoper Edition, Vol. 3: Wagner Again? - The earliest postwar Dresden Wagner recordings / Goltz, Aldenhoff, Bohme, Sattler et al.

3 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2012-09-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; The Flying Dutchman; Siegfried; Tristan und Isolde; Rienzi; Parsifal
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Baumer, Margarete; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Eyle, Helmut; Friedland, Brunnhild; Gruber, Ernst; Herrmann, Josef; Kramer, Hans [Vocals]; Paul, Karl; Rehm, Kurt; Sattler, Joachim; Sch...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph; Pflüger, Gerhard; Kleinert, Rolf; Kempe, Rudolf; Striegler, Kurt; Wehding, Hans Hendrik; Wiesenhutter, Gerhard; Stoschek, Walter

It may seem unimaginable to audiences of postwar generations that Dresden opera lovers had to wait four years after 1945 for a performance of a...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

Best of Wagner / Hanne-Lore Kuhse, soprano; Fritz Wunderlich, tenor; Theo Adam, bass

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-07-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Parsifal; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bolkestein, Els; Kuhse, Hanne-Lore; Ritzmann, Martin; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Konwitschny, Franz; Fricke, Heinz; Suitner, Otmar; Wakasugi, Hiroshi; Rögner, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: ; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra

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...

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

The Decca Sound / Highlights from the 50 CD Special Editon [5 CDs]

5 CD / Decca / 2011-11-15

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West; Turandot; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; O...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Augér, Arleen; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Bonney, Barbara; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Caballé, Montserrat; Carlin, Mari...
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo; Capuana, Franco; Maag, Peter; Martinon, Jean; Kertész, István; Willcocks, David; Ansermet, Ernest; Karajan, Herbert von; Monteux, Pierre; Britten, Benjamin; Fistoular...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Matrix Ensemble; Melos Ensemble of London; New London Consort; Vienna Octet

Includes tracks from all 50 CDs in The Decca Sound box. 55 years of recording celebrating the glorious Decca Sound from the early days of...continue...

Knappertsbusch Conducts Bruckner Symphonies nos 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9; Wagner

6 CD / Music & Arts / 2011-11-08

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 3 in D minor, WAB 103; Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"; Symphony no 5 in B flat major, WAB 105; Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107; Symphony no 8 in C min...
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Cunitz, Maud; Rohr, Otto van
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

A newly restored collection of previously released (and no longer available) Knappertbusch best sellers from the Music and Arts catalog. Bruckner's Symphony No. 3 was...continue...
Recording information: 1949-1959....continue...

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...

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Giuseppe Borgatti

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-08-09

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Parsifal; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Robert Schumann: Lieder (6), Op. 33; My...
Performers: Baccaloni, Salvatore; Borgatti, Giuseppe; Fagoaga, Isidoro; Nessi, Giuseppe

Giuseppe Borgatti was Italy's first great Wagnerian tenor. His first Wagnerian opera was Lohengrin, when he appeared at the production in Milan in 1894. He...continue...

Documents of a singing career: Annelies Kupper

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-05-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Figaros Hochzeit; Don Giovanni; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Eugen d'Albert: Die toten Augen; Tiefland; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Sta...
Performers: Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Kupper, Annelies; Reinmar, Hans; Schlemm, Anny; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand; Sandberg, Herbert; Heger, Robert; Kraus, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg; Reinshagen, Victor; Rother, Artur; Lehmann, Fritz

Annelies Kupper (1906-1987) was born in Poland. She was a schoolteacher while at the same time studying voice. She launched her stage career at the...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Richard Crooks

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-04-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; Edouard L...
Performers: Crooks, Richard
Conductors: Pelletier, Wilfred; Shilkret, Nathaniel

Richard Crooks was known less for the richness of his voice than his musicality, line and concentration of tone. His recordings of Mozart are rightfully...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Margaret Sheridan

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-03-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chenier; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Thomas Moore: The Meeting of the Waters; Herbe...
Performers: Cecil, Lionello; Mannerini, Ida; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Mummery, Browning; Pertile, Aureliano; Sheridan, Margaret; Zanelli, Renato
Conductors: Blois; Sabajno, Carlo; Goossens, Eugene, Sir

Irish soprano Margaret Sheridan enjoyed a tumultuous but highly successful opera career in Italy between the wars - a feat that was unusual for a...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

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...

Royal Swedish Opera Archives 4

2 CD / Caprice Records / 2011-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Parsifal
Performers: Berglund, Joel; Bergstrom, Margareta; Beyron, Einar; Hertzberg, Brita; Kjellgren, Ingeborg; Lofgren, Kerstin; Meyer, Kerstin [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Ohlson, Astrid; Soderstrom, Elisabeth; Svanholm, S...
Conductors: Ehrling, Sixten; Grevillius, Nils

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...

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...

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;...

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

Heroes & Villains

2 CD / Decca / 2010-06-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlo; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Braun, Victor; Bruson, Renato; Burrowes, Norma; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Clark,...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; De Billy, Bertrand; Solti, Sir Georg; Pidò, Evelino; Davis, Colin; Abbado, Claudio; Bartoletti, Bruno; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbe...

The biggest stars seize centre stage to sing the greatest scenes and arias of opera's heroes and villains. This is a compilation of the calibre...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

Import Hybrid-SACD pressing....continue...

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

A Portrait Of Gré Brouwenstijn

4 CD / Gala / 2010-03-11

Works: Leos Janácek: Jenufa; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le Nozze di Figaro; Jacques Offenbach: Gaît&eac...
Performers: Bonn, Justus; Brouwenstijn, Gré; Campora, Giuseppe; Colombo, Scipio; Kesteren, John van; Mantgem, Jan van; Meent, Jo van de; Nobel, Felix de
Conductors: Otterloo, Willem Van; Spruit, Henk; Jenkins, Rae; Basile, Arturo; Weissmann, Frieder

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

Wagner: Die Walküre

4 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Falcon, Bruni; Friedland, Brunnhild; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Litz, Gisela; Malaniuk, Ira; Plate, Sibylla; Resnik, Regina; Schubert, Erica; Sorrell, Lise; Thomamuller, Liesel...
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens

Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito; Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Cahill, Teresa; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor Vocals]; Howells, Anne; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Masur, Kurt

Wagner: Götterdämmerung

4 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Hinsch-Grondahl, Natalie; Ilosvay, Maria von; Litz, Gisela; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Plumacher, Hetty; Resnik, Regina; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astrid; Windg...
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens

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: Siegfried

4 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kuen, Paul; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Streich, Rita; Varnay, Astrid; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens

Wagner: Das Rheingold

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Falcon, Bruni; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kuen, Paul; Litz, Gisela; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Plumacher, Hetty; Stolze, Gerhard; Uhde, Hermann; Weber...
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens

Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg [Excerpts]

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Baumann, Ralph; Gonszar, Rudolf; Graf, Uta; Herrmann, Josef; Hoernicke, Richard; Holm, Richard; Jockel, Robert; Klomser, Herbert; Kunz, Roland; Kupper, Annelies; Liebl, Karl; Misske, Gerhard; Mueller...
Conductors: Bamberger, Carl; Leitner, Ferdinand

Wagner: Tannhäuser, etc / Suitner, Patanè, et al

3 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Beirer, Hans; Bindszus, Peter; Casapietra, Celestina; Dvorakov, Ludmila; Fortune, George; Frohlich, Gunther; Garduhn, Henno; Grummer, Elisabeth; Hubner, Fritz; Lang, Klaus; Lorenz, Siegfried; Maus, P...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar
Ensemble: Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra

Passione: Opera for Lovers

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Vincenzo Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Lucia di Lammermoor...
Performers: Agay, Karola; Buchner, Eberhard; Bumbry, Grace; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Frontiali, Roberto; Gavanelli, Paolo; Geszty, Sylvia; Hruba-Freiberger, Venceslava; Kuhse, Hanne-Lore; Lear, Evelyn; Prey, ...
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Luisi, Fabio; Suitner, Otmar; Vonk, Hans; Winkler, Johannes; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Fricke, Heinz; Pommer, Max; Neumann, Václav; Kurz, Siegfried

Nowhere are love and passion expressed more fervently than here. Great feelings that strike a chord!...continue...

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...

Anna Russel: First Farewell Concert / Rosenberger [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Video Artists International / 2010-01-05

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Performers: Rosenberger, Robert; Russell, Anna

Anna Russell has been called "The world's funniest woman" by the London Times and "The crown princess of musical parody" by Times Magazine. This concert...continue...
Run Time: 85 min.
Picture Format: Color
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Wagner: Die Walküre (1955), etc / Martha Mödl, Astrid Varnay, et al

4 CD / Testament / 2009-10-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Tannhäuser
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Graf, Maria [Mezzo-soprano]; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Lammers, Gerda; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Modl, Martha; Schartel, Elisabeth; Scheppan, Hilde;...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph

The release of Joseph Keilberth’s legendary stereo recordings of the first cycle of the 1955 Ring at Bayreuth brought Testament worldwide acclaim. Partly for recording...continue...

Die Rose Vom Liebesgarten - Romantische Oper - Pfitzner, Strauss, Wagner / Bernd Pfitzner Aldenhoff

2 CD / Gala / 2009-10-03

Works: Hans Pfitzner: Die Rose vom Liebesgarten, opera; Richard Wagner: Tannhauser; Richard Strauss: Arabella
Performers: Cordes, Marcel; Eipperle, Trude; Schlusnus, Heinrich; Treptow, Gunther
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Schroder, Kurt; Rischner, Alfons

In Memoriam Christel Goltz

2 CD / Preiser / 2009-09-08

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Hermann Goetz: Der Widersp...
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Frantz, Ferdinand; Frick, Gottlob; Höngen, Elisabeth; Katona, Julius; Löbel, Hans; Lorenz, Max; Plumacher, Hetty; Vocals], Christel Goltz [Soprano; Windgassen, Wolfgang [T...
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Striegler, Kurt; Leitner, Ferdinand; Schmitz, Paul; Solti, Sir Georg; Böhm, Karl; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden State Opera Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Württemberg State...

Christel Goltz (1912-2008) was one of the most outstanding dramatic singers of German origin. Singing and acting were combined in her case and there were...continue...

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Joseph Keilberth, et al

2 CD / Myto Records Import / 2009-09-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Borkh, Inge; Bugarinovic, Melanie; Faulhaber, Werner; Greindl, Josef; Kuen, Paul; Ludwig, Hanna; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Topper, Hertha; Uhde, Hermann; Weber, Ludwig [Bas...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Joseph Keilberth, et al

4 CD / Myto Records Import / 2009-09-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Bugarinovic, Melanie; Greindl, Josef; Lorenz, Max; Ludwig, Hanna; Modl, Martha; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Siewert, Ruth; Topper, Hertha; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astrid; Zimmermann, Erika
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner: Die Walküre / Joseph Keilberth, et al

3 CD / Myto Records Import / 2009-09-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Borkh, Inge; Brivkalne, Paula; Bugarinovic, Melanie; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ludwig, Hanna; Meining, Irmgard; Roesler, Trude; Siewert, Ruth; Thomamuller, Lieselotte; Topper, Hertha; Treptow, Gu...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Airs & Mélodies

1 CD / Musique en Wallonie / 2009-09-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Ernest Reyer: Sigurd; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Charles Gounod...
Performers: Lafont, Julien; Maison, Rene
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; Cloez, Gustave

Wagner: Parsifal / Leitner, Windgassen, Cramer, Mödl, Neidlinger, Sentpaul, et al

4 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2009-07-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Bauer, Paul; Cramer, Heinz; Fischer-Sandt, Siegfried; Modl, Martha; Moll, Olga; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Plumacher, Hetty; Rieser, Karl; Rohr, Otto van; Sailer, Friederike; Schabo, Toni;...
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand
Ensemble: Paris Opéra Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Joseph Gostic, Dusan Georgevic

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-07-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; La traviata; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; ...
Performers: Georgevic, Dusan; Gostic, Josef
Conductors: Sachs, Milan; Krauss, Clemens; Erede, Alberto
Ensemble: Croatian Opera Orchestra; Orchestra De La Suisse Romande; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The leading tenor at the Zagreb Opera from 1937 throughout his career, Josef Gostic became one of the leading dramatic tenors in 1950 with the...continue...

Festival of the Primadonnas

3 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2009-06-30

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jacques Offenbach: ...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Barabas, Sari; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Callas, Maria; Cebotari, Maria; Gedda, Nicolai; Groh, Herbert Ernst; Grummer, Elisabeth; Koth, Erika; Kupper, Annelies; Losch, Liselotte; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Rudolf, Max; Böhm, Karl; Prohaska, Felix; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Santini, Gabriele; Erede, Alberto; Weigert, Herman; Karajan, Herbert von; Krips, Josef; Lehmann, Fritz; Reiner, Fri...

HIstorical - Wagner: Das Rheingold / Keilberth, Uhde, Malaniuk, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2009-06-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Borkh, Inge; Bugarinovic, Melanija; Faulhaber, Werner; Greindl, Josef; Kuen, Paul; Ludwig, Hanna; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinger, Gustav; Töpper, Hertha; Uhde, Hermann; Weber, Ludwig; Windgassen, Wol...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra