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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...

Liszt: Piano Concertos nos 1 & 2; Les Préludes; Hungaria / Andor foldes, piano

1 CD / Guild / 2012-01-10

Works: Franz Liszt: Les préludes, S 97; Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Hungaria, symphonic poem for orchestra, S. 103 (LW G13)
Performers: Foldes, Andor
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Leitner, Ferdinand
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

All of the orchestral Liszt recordings made by the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft in the early 1950s are collected on the present disc, presenting two conductors...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

Seine Grössten Erfolge: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

10 CD / Red/membran / 2011-02-15

Works: Albert Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann; Undine; Der Wildschütz; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni;...
Performers: Billing, Klaus; Casa, Lisa della; Fehrenberger, Lorenz; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Greindl, Josef; Greverus, Boris; Klust, Hertha; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Reutter, Hermann; Schock, Rud...
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Fricsay, Ferenc; Rother, Artur; Kraus, Richard; Keilberth, Joseph; Cluytens, André; Ludwig, Leopold; Böhm, Karl; Schmitz, Paul; Lohe, Jean; Busch, Fritz; Rossi, Mario;...

Piano & Cello Masterpieces

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2010-08-13

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83; Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 99; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Conce...
Performers: Casals, Pablo; Cherkassky, Shura; Horowitz, Vladimir; Horszowski, Mieczyslaw
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo; Ludwig, Leopold; Kraus, Richard

Gluck: Iphigénie in Aulis

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Blatter, Johanna; Clam, Leopold; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Greindl, Josef; Krebs, Helmut; Musial, Martha; Reith, Maria; Suthaus, Ludwig
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Buschkötter, Wilhelm; Gaebel, Kurt; Walter, Fried; Ludwig, Leopold

Max Lorenz Live

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-01-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ein Maskenball; Aida, opera; Othello; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Parsifal; Hans Pfitzner: Palestrina
Performers: Ahlersmeyer, Mathieu; Alsen, Herbert; Ilitsch, Daniza; Kamann, Karl; Konetzni, Anny; Konetzni, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Lorenz, Max; Manowarda, Josef von; Nikolaidi, Elena; Vocals], Paul Schoffler [Ba...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Ludwig, Leopold; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Krips, Josef; Kleiber, Erich; Reichwein, Leopold; Kempe, Rudolf

This collection of scenes from works by Verdi, Wagner and Pfitzner presents the singing actor Max Lorenz in live recordings from the years 1937 to...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...

A Portrait of Anton Dermota: Opera and Songs

2 CD / Gala / 2009-11-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Macbeth; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Bedrich Smetana: Die Verkaufte Braut; Giovanni Bononcini: Polifem; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe; Peter Cornelius: Der Barbier von...
Performers: Berger-Weyerwald, Hilda; Casa, Lisa della; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Kamann, Karl; Kern, Adele; Lienbach, Lisa; Nikolaidi, Elena; Rethy, Esther; Schwaiger, Rosl; Steingruber, Ilona; Topitz-Feile...
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens; Ludwig, Leopold; Moralt, Rudolf; Schönherr, Max; Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Hundertmark, Frank; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Kassowitz, Gottfried; Zallinger, Meinhard von; Schuc...

Icon - Hans Hotter sings Bach, Brahms, Schubert, etc

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45; Serious Songs (4), Op. 121; Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 86; Mit vierzig Jahren ist der Ber...
Performers: Graml, Helmut; Hotter, Hans; Jones, Geraint; Kuen, Paul; Lagger, Peter; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Raucheisen, Michael; Schmitt-Walter, Karl; Sutcliffe, Sidney
Conductors: Bernard, Anthony; Karajan, Herbert von; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Zallinger, Meinhard von; Ludwig, Leopold
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

World-renowned singer Hans Hotter made a career for himself singing the great Wagnerian bass-baritone roles. His magnetic stage presence and booming tone made him ideal...continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Vocal Legends 7

1 CD / ARS Productions / 2009-02-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Tristan und Isolde; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Topper, Hertha; Varnay, Astrid; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Weigert, Herman

Astrid Varnay made her sensational debut at the Metropolitan Opera on December 6, 1941 at a broadcast performance singing Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walkure, substituting...continue...

Cult Operas of the 1970s: Mozart; Beethoven; Weber; etc. / Hamburg State Opera [10 DVD]

11 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2008-10-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Der F...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Ahlin, Cvetka; Blankenburg, Heinz; Blankenburg, Heinz Horst; Blankenheim, Toni; Boese, Ursula; Cassilly, Richard; Deutekom, Christina; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Fliether, Herbert; Flores...
Conductors: Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Stein, Horst; Ludwig, Leopold; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Janowski, Marek; Maderna, Bruno; Kuntzsch, Matthias
Ensemble: Hamburg State Opera Chorus; Hamburg State Opera Orchestra; NDR Children's Chorus

This DVD box set contains ten historical studio productions from the Hamburg State Opera....continue...
Run Time: 1320 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
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Wagner: Opera Arias and Duets / Ludwig, Nilsson, Hotter, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-03-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90
Performers: Hotter, Hans; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

10 Great Tenors

10 CD / Membran / 2007-08-14

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Il Duca d'Alba; Lucia di Lammermoor; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Rigoletto; Un ballo in mas...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Bjorling, Jussi; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ebert, Harry; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Jurinac, Sena; Lanza, Mario ...
Conductors: Berrettoni, Umberto; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Zamboni, Rainaldo; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Lehár, Franz; Rother, Artur; Marszalek, Franz; Ackermann, Otto; Leitner, Ferdinand; Ludwig, Leo...

Wagner: Die Meistersinger / Ludwig/Hamburg Phil. State Orch., Giorgio Tozzi, Toni Blankenheim, Richard Cassilly, Arlene Saunders [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2007-02-27

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Blankenheim, Toni; Cassilly, Richard; Saunders, Arlene; Tozzi, Giorgio; Unger, Gerhard; Wiemann, Ernst
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold
Ensemble: Hamburg State Opera Chorus; Hamburg State Opera Orchestra

"I can't imagine living with only one version of Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, but when in the future I want to bask in the humour,...continue...
Run Time: 240 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Mono,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
Countr...continue...

Wagner, Schubert / Walter, Ludwig, Nilsson, Hotter, Moore

1 CD / Archipel / 2006-05-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Opera(s); Franz Schubert: Lied(er)
Performers: Hotter, Hans; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Nilsson, Birgit
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Ludwig, Leopold
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

A unique document remembering two great stars of the Wagner Opera....continue...

Dokumente Einer Sängerkarriere - Peter Anders

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-01-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Ave Maria; Rugger...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Jurinac, Sena
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Ackermann, Otto; Leitner, Ferdinand; Ludwig, Leopold; Hollreiser, Heinrich; Gaebel, Kurt

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Elena Nikolaidi

1 CD / Preiser / 2003-03-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Richard Strauss: E...
Performers: Behr, Jan; Nikolaidi, Elena; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Cleva, Fausto; Ludwig, Leopold; Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Johanna Blatter

1 CD / Preiser / 2003-02-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson e...
Performers: Demuth, Irma; Hufnagel, Elisabeth; Richter, Traute; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Suthaus, Ludwig
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Blech, Leo; Ludwig, Leopold; Fricsay, Ferenc; Fischer, Karl
Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra; Berlin 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

Birgit Nilsson - Opera Arias - Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, etc

1 CD / Testament / 2000-11-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Ah, Perfido!, Op. 65; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Der Freischütz, J 277; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera...
Performers: Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Wallberg, Heinz; Ludwig, Leopold
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

EMI and Walter Legge were the first to bring Nilsson into the recording studio. In those early sessions, during 1957 and 1958, Nilsson recorded the...continue...

Wagner: Opera Arias & Duets / Nilsson, Hotter, Ludwig

1 CD / Testament / 2000-11-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Die Walküre
Performers: Hotter, Hans; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

These Wagner recordings derive from Nilsson's earliest recording sessions in May 1957, and appear in stereo for the first time with this Testament release. In...continue...

Wagner: Tanhauser / Rother, Fischer-Dieskau, Suthaus, et al

3 CD / Gebhardt / 2000-06-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Eugen d'Albert: Tiefland; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Blatter, Johanna; Buchner, Paula; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Greindl, Josef; Hiller, Wilhelm; Musial, Martha; Nissen, Hans-Heinz; Suthaus, Ludwig; Zimmermann, Alice; Zimmermann, Erich
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Schuler, Johannes

Tschaikowsky: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / Cherkassky, Berlin PO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1999-05-11

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Concerto for Piano no 2 in G major, Op. 44
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"Cherkassky gives an occasionally eccentric but stunningly brilliant and poetic reading of the first piano concerto." -The Record Guide "Cherkassky's playing is superb throughout." -The...continue...

Four Famous Sopranos of the Past

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-05-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Der Rosenkavalier; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Ave Maria; Ludwig van Beethoven: F...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Braun, Helena; Lemnitz, Tiana; Ranczak, Hildegarde; Ursuleac, Viorica
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens; Schmidt, Franz; Meyrowitz, Selmar; Ludwig, Leopold; Steeger, Gerhard; Hollreiser, Heinrich