Melichar, Alois

Szymon Goldberg Centenary (Edition), Vol. 2: Commercial Recordings / Szymon Goldberg, violin [8 CDs]

8 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-10-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, B...
Performers: Bottermund, Hans; Breiden, Heinrich; Feuermann, Emanuel; Goldberg, Szymon; Harzer, Albert; Hindemith, Paul; Jones, Geraint; Kern, Gustav; Kraus, Lili [Piano]; Kruttge, Eigel; Lush, Ernest; Moore, Ger...
Conductors: Susskind, Walter; Melichar, Alois; Kletzki, Paul;
Ensemble: ; Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Recordings were made of Goldberg (1909-1993) over virtually a 60-year period--perhaps one of the longest studio careers of any violinist and certainly most consistent in...continue...

Johann Strauss Collection: Early Recordings on 78s (1901-1951)

8 CD / Opus KURA / 2011-04-12

Works: Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Annen-Polka, Op. 117; Champagner-Polka, Op. 211; Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214; Accelerationen, Op. 234; Perpetuum mobile, Op. 257 "Mus...
Performers: Barrientos, Maria; Bela, Dajos; Bloch, Max; Branzell, Karin; Cavallaro, Carmen; Cebotari, Maria; Dorsey, Tommy [Trombone]; Eisinger, Irene; Engels, Friedrich Eugen; Geczy, Barnabas Von; Gerhardt, Ele...
Conductors: Strauss III, Johann; Krauss, Clemens; Barlow, Howard; Szell, George; Ormandy, Eugene; Mengelberg, Willem; Böhm, Karl; Toscanini, Arturo; Karajan, Herbert von; Leinsdorf, Erich; Prüwer, Juli...
Ensemble: ; Kölner Klavier-Trio ; Staatskapelle Berlin

A comprehensive collection of recordings of the music of Johann Strauss, almost all of them come from a Japanese collector, Mayumi Cho, who began collecting...continue...

Icon: Beniamino Gigli (7 CDs)

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; L'amico Fritz; Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Isab...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bada, Angelo; Baldosseri, Nerina; Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; de Luca, Giuseppe; Elmo, Cloe; Fedri, Dino; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Giannini, Dusolina; Gigli, Beniamino; M...
Conductors: Pasternack, Joseph; Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Sabajno, Carlo; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Ghione, Franco; Barbirolli, John; Goehr, Walter; Berrettoni, Umberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mascagni, Pie...
Ensemble: ; Neapolitan Novelty Band

Beniamino Gigli was the most popular and successful Italian tenor in the first half of the 20th century. Acclaimed as the second Caruso, he was...continue...

Singers to Remember - Heinrich Schlusnus - The Quintessential Baritone Vol 2

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2009-03-10

Works: Albert Lortzing: Undine; Zar und Zimmermann; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen ...
Performers: Peschko, Sebastian; Raucheisen, Michael; Rupp, Franz; Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Heidenreich, Johannes; Schuler, Johannes; Blech, Leo; Melichar, Alois; Gurlitt, Manfred; Zillig, Winfried; Weigert, Herman

The immortal sound of baritone Heinrich Schlusnus is served up in this second volume, collating his recordings from the late 1920s and '30s. Among the...continue...

Fritz Wunderlich - The Legend

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2008-01-29

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Zaide, K 344 (334b); Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermau...
Performers: Brauer, Herbert; Eipperle, Trude; Gunter, Horst; Kretschmar, Anni; Paul, Lore; Robert, Henriette; Roth-Erang, P.; Samland, Bruno; Schirrmacher, Ursula; Siemeling, Marlies; Stader, Maria; Wenglor, Ing...
Conductors: Kraus, Richard; Rischner, Alfons; Melichar, Alois; Müller-Kray, Hans; Becker, Gerhard; Smola, Emmerich

This CD is dedicated to the young Fritz Wunderlich's earliest commercial recordings. We hear a young, twenty-five-year-old singer who is getting ready to win the...continue...

Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, et al: Arias /Patzak, Martin, et al

1 CD / Pearl / 2002-03-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, ...
Performers: Patzak, Julius; Runger, Gertrud; Rupp, Franz
Conductors: Melichar, Alois; Böhm, Karl; Weigert, Herman; Blech, Leo; Prüwer, Julius; Gurlitt, Manfred; Martin, Wolfgang
Ensemble: ; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

The Golden Age of Singing Vol 4 - 1930-1950

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-10-02

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Rienzi; Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; R...
Performers: Baccaloni, Salvatore; Borgonovo, Luigi; Cebotari, Maria; Gay, Maria; Gigli, Beniamino; Ivogün, Maria; Kipnis, Alexander; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Lehmann, Lotte; Lemnitz, Tiana; Lorenz, Max; Melchi...
Conductors: Schmalstich, Clemens; Barbirolli, John; Melichar, Alois; Orthmann, Erich; Zweig, Fritz; Heger, Robert

This special 2 CD collection is the final volume in a mini-series presenting fifty years of great voices on record. All the material contained here...continue...

Julius Patzak - The Early Operatic Recordings 1929-1938

2 CD / Preiser / 1999-02-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; Bedrich Smetana: Prodaná nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1; Pyo...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Patzak, Julius; Runger, Gertrud
Conductors: Gurlitt, Manfred; Weigert, Herman; Melichar, Alois; Blech, Leo; Martin, Wolfgang; Schuler, Johannes

Franz Völker im Reich der Operette 1927-1938

2 CD / Preiser / 1996-05-21

Works: Franz Lehár: Paganini; Der Zarewitsch; Friederike, operetta in 3 acts; The Land of Smiles; Der Rastelbinder; Der Göttergatte; Giuditta; Johann Strauss II: Eine Nacht in Venedig; Der Zigeune...
Performers: Bassth, Emma; Eisinger, Irene; Henke, Waldemar; Kandl, Eduard; Kern, Adele; Klust, Hertha; Kochhann, Elsa; Völker, Franz [Tenor Vocal]; Witting, Gerhard
Conductors: Heidenreich, Johannes; Gurlitt, Manfred; Prüwer, Julius; Snaga, Joseph; Schutz, Walter; Melichar, Alois; Zweig, Fritz
Ensemble: ; Operetten Ensemble

Heinrich Schlusnus - Arien und Szenen

2 CD / Preiser / 1995-02-21

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; La forza del destino; Otello; Un ballo in maschera; I vespri siciliani; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlos; Umberto Giordano: ...
Performers: Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Heidenreich, Johannes; Prüwer, Julius; Gurlitt, Manfred; Melichar, Alois; Blech, Leo; Krauss, Clemens; Schuler, Johannes; Steeger, Gerhard; Rother, Artur

"Schlusnus was perhaps the premier baritone in Germany during the inter war years, especially in Italian repertory. He had a beautiful, evenly produced voice, strong...continue...

Heinrich Schlusnus - Liederalbum Vol I

2 CD / Preiser / 1993-05-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, song Op. 46; Ich liebe dich, WoO 123; In questa tomba oscura, WoO 133; Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur ("Himmel ruhmen des ewigen Ehre"), song for voice & piano, Op. 48/...
Performers: Rupp, Franz; Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Weigert, Herman; Melichar, Alois

Recital

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 1989-11-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Xerxes; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giuseppe Giordani: Caro mio ben, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Albert Lortzing: Undine; F...
Performers: Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Becker, Gerhard; Rother, Artur; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Melichar, Alois