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Erich Kunz - Opera, Operetta & Song

1 CD / Testament / 2006-10-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Albert Lortzing: Der Waffenschmied; Zar und Zimmerma...
Performers: Kunz, Erich; Seefried, Irmgard
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Ackermann, Otto; Moralt, Rudolf; Paulik, Anton;
Ensemble: Kemmeter-Faltl Schrammel Ensemble; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

Wiener Philharmoniker - live performances / Klemperer

8 CD / Testament / 2005-11-08

Works: Recorded Sound: Ambiance; Applause; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture in...
Performers: Altmann, Volker; Berger, Roland; Cubasch, Christian; Hanak, Hans; Hogner, Gunter; Holetschek, Franz; Lipp, Wilma; Mayerhofer, Karl; Ohlberger, Camillo; Pamperl, Ernst; Prinz, Alfred; Raab, Ferdinand;...
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

1968, a year of political turmoil in the world, began for Klemperer with a recording and performance in London of the Dresden version of Wagners...continue...

Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, etc; Wagner / Knappertsbusch

1 CD / Testament / 2004-07-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24; Don Juan, Op. 20; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Parsifal
Performers: Treptow, Gunther
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Hans Knappertsbusch's posthumous reputation rests mainly on his association with the music of Wagner, Bruckner, Brahms and Strauss. The performances on this disc clearly demonstrate...continue...

Bruckner: Symphony no 4 / Knappertsbusch, Vienna PO

1 CD / Testament / 2004-06-01

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Knappertsbusch conducted the Seventh Symphony for the first time in 1940, and from then on Bruckner's symphonies appeared more regularly in his programs. Heard here...continue...

Beethoven: Piano Concertos no 2 & 3 / Backhaus, Böhm, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2004-06-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Performers: Backhaus, Wilhelm
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens; Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"These two concertos are typical examples of his art, and if you agree with his artistic ideas you will find none finer. Moreover, he is...continue...

Bruckner: Symphony no 3; Wagner / Knappertsbusch, Vienna PO

1 CD / Testament / 2004-06-01

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 3 in D minor, WAB 103; Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Hans Kappertsbusch's posthumous reputation rests mainly on his association with the music of Wagner, Bruckner, Brahms and Strauss. His involvement in Wagner came at an...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Symphonies no 4, 5 & 6 / Kubelik, Vienna PO

2 CD / Testament / 2004-01-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Pathétique Symphony, Op. 74
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Brahms, Mozart: Violin Concertos / Christian Ferras, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2003-06-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K. 216
Performers: Ferras, Christian [Violin]
Conductors: Schuricht, Carl; Munchinger, Karl
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks; Gluck, Kodály /Kempe

1 CD / Testament / 2003-02-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; Felix Mottl: Ballet Suite I (after Gluck); Zoltán Kodály: Háry János, suite from the opera for orchestra
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner: Orchestral Music from Operas / Kempe, Vienna PO

1 CD / Testament / 2003-01-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Parsifal; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"Rudolf Kempe's approach to Wagner is sane, meticulous, level-headed, and somewhat restrained. In this program he summons superior playing from the VPO, and his clear...continue...

Viennese Favourites / Rudolf Kempe, Vienna Philharmonic

1 CD / Testament / 2003-01-01

Works: Johann Strauss I: Radetzky March, Op. 228; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Kaiserwaltzer Waltz, Op. 437; Tausend und eine Nacht Op. 346; Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald; 'Im Krapfenwaldl' Polka fra...
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Schubert, Mendelssohn, Weber, Smetana: Overtures / Kempe

1 CD / Testament / 2003-01-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon, J 306; Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek: Donna Diana, overture to the opera; Otto Nicolai: Die lustige...
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Roman Carnival / Kempe

1 CD / Testament / 2002-12-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catactéristique for orchestra, H.95 (Op. 9)
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Bruckner: Symphony no 2 / Giulini, Vienna Philharmonic

1 CD / Testament / 2001-10-01

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 2 in C minor, WAB 102
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"This is a reissue of Giulini's well-regarded recording from the mid-1970s - a time when performances of this piece were hardly commonplace. It is a...continue...

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, etc / Krauss, Vienna Philharmonic

1 CD / Testament / 2000-09-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Also Sprach Zarathustra
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica, etc / Krauss, Vienna PO

1 CD / Testament / 2000-09-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica for orchestra, Op. 53 (TrV 209); Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Ludwig Weber - Opera Arias

1 CD / Testament / 1999-05-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; ...
Performers: Vocals], Torsten Ralf [Tenor; Weber, Ludwig [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Ackermann, Otto; Prohaska, Felix; Moralt, Rudolf; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Dobroven, Issay
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6, Suite no 3 / Rudolf Kempe

1 CD / Testament / 1997-06-10

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Pathétique Symphony, Op. 74; Suite for Orchestra no 3 in G major, Op. 55
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra