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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...

Mahler: Symphony no 8, Lieder; Wolf, Henze: Lieder / Fischer-Dieskau, Prey, Zillig, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2008-10-04

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 8 in E flat major "Symphony of A Thousand"; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Hugo Wolf: Eichendorff Lieder; Hans Werner Henze: Neapolitan Songs (5)
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Prey, Hermann
Conductors: ; Zillig, Winfried; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Northwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Bernstein Collectors Edition - Mahler III: Symphonies 8-10

5 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-11-08

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 10 in F sharp minor/major; Symphony no 8 in E flat major; Das Lied von der Erde; Symphony no 9 in D major
Performers: Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; King, James [Vocals]; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Riegel, Kenneth; Scholz, Rudolf; Van Dam, Jose; Ze...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"People are always saying that I exaggerate Mahler even more, which is so stupid, because you cannot exaggerate Mahler enough! To play any Mahler symphony,...continue...

Strauss: Elektra / Rysanek, Varnay, Fischer-Dieskau, Bohm/VPO [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-11-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra, Op. 58
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Ligendza, Catarina; Rysanek, Leonie; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Beethoven: Fidelio / Bernstein, Janowitz, Popp, Kollo, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-09-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Dallapozza, Adolf; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Janowitz, Gundula; Jungwirth, Manfred [Bass Vocals]; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Popp, Lucia; Sotin, Hans
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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An introduction to Der Ring des Nibelungen / Cooke, Solti

2 CD / Decca / 2005-09-13

Works: Deryck Cooke: An Introduction to Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen"
Performers: Böhme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Balsborg, Oda; Crespin, Régine; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Flagstad, Kirsten; Frick, Got...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Famed British Musicologist, Deryck Cooke, offers insightful comentary highlighted with musical examples performed by the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Sir Georg Solti. This...continue...

Mozart: Marriage of Figaro / Prey, Freni, Böhm [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-06-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Begg, Heather; Caron, Willy; Ewing, Maria; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Freni, Mirella; Montarsolo, Paolo; Perry, Janet; Prey, Hermann; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"A virtual sequel to Ponnelle's 'Barber', this highly cinematic treatment features a dazzling cast, although Bohm's conducting is somewhat heavy-handed. Characterful and thought-provoking, it looks...continue...
Run Time: 184 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Close Encounters with Great Singers - Fischer-Dieskau

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2003-06-24

Works: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Jon Tolansky: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in Conversation with Jon Tolansky (Interview)
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Holm, Richard; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Varady, Julia [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Kubelik, Rafael; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Barbirolli, John; Keilberth, Joseph; Böhm, Karl; Albrecht, Gerd
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde / Bernstein, Vienna PO

1 CD / Decca / 1999-09-14

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; King, James [Vocals]
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"The Bernstein performance is a truly great one". -Gramophone...continue...

Mahler: Complete Symphonies & Orchestral Songs / Bernstein

16 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1998-11-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Symphony no 3 in D minor; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Symphony no 4 in G major; Des Knaben Wunderhorn; S...
Performers: Alessi, Joseph [Trombone]; Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Dicterow, Glenn; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; King, James [Vocals]; Ludwig, Christa; Pop...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Brooklyn Boys Chorus; New York Philharmonic; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Westminster Choir

Wagner: Gotterdammerung / Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gottlob Frick / Christa Ludwig and Dame Gwyneth Jones

4 CD / Decca / 1997-10-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Guy, Maureen; Hoffmann, Grace; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame [Soprano Vocal]; Ludwig, Christa; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal];...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

BBC Music Magazine
Götterdämmerung has moments of unprecedented savagery, even by Wagnerian standards, and the only conductor to get them brutally right is Solti. In Birgit...continue...

Verdi - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-08-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Don Carlos; La traviata; Falstaff; Luisa Miller; Nabucco; Requiem Mass; Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Dale, Laurence; Dickie, Murray; Domingo, Placido; Farrell, Eileen [Soprano Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Millo, Aprile; Pavarotti, Luciano; Plishka,...
Conductors: Levine, James; Buckley, Emerson; Ormandy, Eugene; Schippers, Thomas; Santi, Nello; Domingo, Placido; Pritchard, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Maazel, Lorin; Rudolf, Max
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; Lausanne Pro Arte Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropo...

Mahler, Schumann, Martin: Orchesterlieder / Fischer-Dieskau

1 CD / Orfeo / 1993-07-21

Works: Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Rückert Lieder (5); Robert Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust; Frank Martin: Monologes (6) aus Jedermann, for alto (or baritone) & piano (or orc...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Mehta, Zubin; Zender, Hans
Ensemble: Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Böhm, Schwarzkopf

3 CD / Orfeo / 1992-07-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Dickie, John; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Kunz, Erich; Ludwig, Christa; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Seefried, Irmgard; Wagner, Sieglinde
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus