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Wagner: Die Feen / Sebastian Weigle, Frankfurt Opera Orch.

3 CD / Oehms / 2012-11-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Feen
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Frankfurt Opera Choir

For his grand romantic opera Die Feen, Wagner reflected not only on the audible influences of Weber, Mendelssohn, Mozart, and Gluck - but also on...continue...
Recording information: Alte Oper Frankfurt (05/03/2011/05/06/2011)....continue...

Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Ryan, Kranzle, Schmeckenbecher, Frank, Bullock et al. / Frankfurt Opera

4 CD / Oehms / 2012-09-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Frankfurt Opera Orchestra

Completed in Wahnfried on November 21, 1874. I say nothing further!!" With these words written at the bottom of his Götterdämmerung score, Wagner thus finished...continue...
Recording information: Oper Frankfurt (01/2012/02/2012)....continue...

Wagner: Siegfried / Lance Ryan, Peter Marsh, Terje Stensvold, Magnus Baldvinsson, Meredith Arwady

4 CD / Oehms / 2012-06-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra

In early 2012, the Frankfurt Opera completed its cycle of the "Ring des Nibelungen" with Götterdämmerung. Oehms Classics is proud to now be releasing Siegfried...continue...
Recording information: Oper Frankfurt (10/2011/11/2011)....continue...

Wagner: Tannhauser / Weigle, Seiffert, Schnitzer, Uria-Monzon [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2012-03-27

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Eiche, Markus; Groissböck, Günther ; Ombuena, Vicente; Schnitzer, Petra Maria; Seiffert, Peter; Tilli, Johann; Vas, Francisco; Vasar, Lauri
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Barcelona Teatro Liceu Chorus; Barcelona Teatro Liceu Orchestra

From the Gran Teatre del Liceu - one of the great Wagner singers of our time in the lead role, Peter Seiffert is a nimble,...continue...
Run Time: 201 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Catalan, Chin...continue...

Wagner: Tannhauser / Weigle, Seiffert, Schnitzer, Uria-Monzon [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-03-27

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Eiche, Markus; Groissböck, Günther ; Ombuena, Vicente; Schnitzer, Petra Maria; Seiffert, Peter; Tilli, Johann; Vas, Francisco; Vasar, Lauri
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Barcelona Teatro Liceu Chorus; Barcelona Teatro Liceu Orchestra

From the Gran Teatre del Liceu - one of the great Wagner singers of our time in the lead role, Peter Seiffert is a nimble,...continue...
Run Time: 201 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: Die Walküre / van Aken, Anger, Stensvold, Westbroek - Weigle

4 CD / Oehms / 2012-01-31

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Franfurter Opern un Museumsorchester

" ... the orchestra is generally - a first-class listening delight: with precise reference to the singers, emphasis of significant moments and magnificent soli in...continue...
Recording information: Oper Frankfurt (11/2010)....continue...

Bravura Basses

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-26

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio); Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Fig...
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Coad, Conal; East, Angela; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Herford, Henry; Martin, Bruce; Myers, Raymond; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Pape, Rene; Parkin, David; Parsons, Geoffrey; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Rob...
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Rudner, Ola; Measham, David; Divall, Richard; Franks, Dobbs; Solti, Sir Georg; Weigle, Sebastian; Cleobury, Stephen; Boult, Adrian; Gardiner, John Eliot; Greene, Andrew; Davis...

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...

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Frankfurt Opera

2 CD / Oehms / 2011-01-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian

Since 1945, only to complete Ring cycles have been performed at the Frankfurt Opera; the third is now coming into being. After the Rheingold premiere...continue...
Recording information: Oper Frankfurt (05/2010/06/2010)....continue...

111 More Classic Tracks [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93; Adagio and Allegretto (Elegy and Polka), for string quartet; Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Fr...
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Anda, Geza; Andre, Maurice; Antonietti, Jean; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Askenase, Stefan; Baldwin, Dalton; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kat...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Ancerl, Karel; Stadlmair, Hans; Nelson, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Blech, Leo; Böhm, Karl; Previn, Andre; Boulez, Pierre; Karajan, Herbert von; Marcon, Andrea; Pletnev, Mikhail; ...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London

111 More Classic Tracks carries on from where 111 Classic Tracks of 2009 left off. In another mesmerizing journey through the history of Deutsche Grammophon's...continue...

René Pape - Gods, Kings & Demons / Sebastian Weigle, Staatskapelle Dresden

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-11-11

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Richard Wagner: Das Rhei...
Performers: Pape, René; Winkler, Carl-Johann
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian

The eagerly awaited DG debut solo disc from Rene Pape has arrived! The reigning operatic bass of today, Pape has created an international fan base...continue...

Betrachte, mein Seele, Thomas Quastoff

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seasons; The Creation, H...
Performers: Kettmann, Jorg; Lorenz, Andreas; Maass, Stefan; Muhlbach, Bernhard; Quasthoff, Thomas; Rubens, Sibylla; Schmutzler, Mathias; Scobel, Ulrike
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian

BBC Music Magazine
... there's much to enjoy in Quasthoff's jaunty ploughman's song from Haydn's The Seasons, his majestic invocation to 'Herr Gott Abrahams' from Mendelssohn's...continue...

Wagner: Lohengrin / Hagen, Treleaven, et al [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2007-06-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Bork, Robert; DeVol, Luana; Hagen, Reinhard; Heinrich, Konig; Ketelsen, Hans-Joachim; Magee, Emily; Treleaven, John
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Barcelona Teatro Liceo Chorus; Barcelona Teatro Liceo Orchestra

Peter Konwitschny's celebrated and innovative staging of Wagner's Lohengrin was recorded at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona in 2006, where it was revived...continue...
Run Time: 280 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Consider, My Soul - Thomas Quasthoff

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-09-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seasons; The Creation, H...
Performers: Kettmann, Jorg; Lorenz, Andreas; Maass, Stefan; Muhlbach, Bernhard; Quasthoff, Thomas; Rubens, Sibylla; Schmutzler, Markus; Scobel, Ulrike
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Dresden State Opera Orchestra

Thomas Quasthoff follows his internationally acclaimed and Grammy winning 'Bach Cantatas' recording with an atmospheric program of sacred arias, including selections from oratorios by Bach,...continue...

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov / Matti Salminen / Brian Asawa / Sebastian Weigle [DVD]

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2006-07-25

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Performers: Asawa, Brian; Halvarson, Eric; Kotcherga, Anatoly; Langridge, Philip; Salminen, Matti; Shagidullin, Albert; Toczyska, Stefania
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Barcelona Teatro Liceo Chorus; Barcelona Teatro Liceo Orchestra

Brian Asawa and Philip Langridge star in this live performance from the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, October 2004....continue...
Run Time: 152 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, German, Fr...continue...

Hans Rott: Sym no 1, etc / Weigle, Munich Radio Orchestra

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2005-05-10

Works: Hans Rott: Symphony in E major; Orchestra Prelude in E major; A Prelude to Julius Caesar, for orchestra
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

The first recording of music by Hans Rott caused a critical sensation. Here was strong, vivid, imaginative music written by a composer almost nobody had...continue...

Spohr: Overture Op 12, Quartet Concerto Op 131, etc / Weigle

1 CD / MD&G / 2001-06-26

Works: Louis Spohr: Overture for orchestra in C minor, Op. 12; Concerto for string quartet & orchestra in A minor, Op. 131; Nonet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Strings in F major, Op. 31
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian;
Ensemble: Ensemble Villa Musica

There are several choices in the catalog for Louis Spohr's Nonet, which is beautifully played by Ensemble Villa Musica. The other two works on the...continue...