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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...

Heritage Masters - Mozart: Don Giovanni / Krips, Siepi, Dermota, Corena, Danco

3 CD / Decca / 2009-03-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Casa, Lisa della; Corena, Fernando; Danco, Suzanne; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Krips, Josef
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
A 1955 classic that still captivates thanks to Krips's darkly dramatic atmosphere and a ripe Viennese cast headed by Siepi's richly Italianate seducer,...continue...

R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Kleiber, Reining, Gueden, Jurinac, Weber, Poell, Dermota, et al

3 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-31

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers: Berry, Walter; Daucha, Wolf; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Jurinac, Sena; Klein, Peter; Poell, Alfred; Reining, Maria; Weber, Ludwig [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Renée Fleming - Signature Roles at the Met Opera - R. Strauss: Four Last Songs [Deluxe Edition]

2 CD / Decca / 2008-09-16

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Songs (4) for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 33; Lieder (5), Op. 48; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Die ägyptische Helena, Op. 75; Capriccio, O...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Diadkova, Larissa; Fleming, Renee
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian; Solti, Sir Georg; Abel, Yves; Eschenbach, Christoph
Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

R. Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos / Bohm/VPO, Janowitz, Kollo, Gruberova [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-01-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60
Performers: Berry, Walter; Gruberova, Edita; Janowitz, Gundula; Kollo, Rene; Schmidt, Trudeliese; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This DVD features an ideal Straussian cast and conductor in Filippo Sanjust’s enchanting Vienna State Opera production from 1978. Karl Bohm conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Levine, Cotrubas, Tappy, Vienna PO

3 CD / RCA Records / 2006-08-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Baumgartner, Christian; Boesch, Christian; Bomches, Helge von; Cotrubas, Ileana; Donat, Zdislawa; Eder, Gerhard; Hiestermann, Horst; Huber, Markus; Kales, Elizabeth; Mayr, Ingrid; Nitsche, Horst; Pan...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

100 Best Film Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Divertimento for violin, viola & cello in E f...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest; Blaze, Robin; Bloch...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Hickox, Richard; Abel, David [Violin]; Abel, David; Raine, Nic; Love, Geoff; Dervaux, Pierre; Muti, Riccardo; Bateman, Paul; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; ...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels National Opera Chorus; Brussels National Opera Orchestra; Came...

This collection features music from Hollywood blockbusters such as 'Harry Potter', 'Titanic', 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Death in Venice', 'American Beauty', and many others....continue...
There's no way to put all the great music that has appeared in over a century of films into one set, but this collection from EMI Classics collects enough famous pieces to make most cinephiles smile. ...continue...

Strauss: Elektra / Mitropoulos, Borkh, Della Casa, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-08-22

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Borkh, Inge; Casa, Lisa della; Draskler, Sonja; Felbermayer, Anny; Gerber-Candy, Audrey; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Littasy, Georg; Loraine, Karol; Lorenz, Max; M...
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"This recording finds Borkh in top form. Her energy and voice never flag...Lisa della Casa is a near perfect Chrysothemis...Dimitri Mitropoulos paces the opera with...continue...

Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel / Gruberová, Solti/Vienna Philharmonic Orch.[DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-01-10

Works: E. Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
Performers: Dernesch, Helga; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Gruberova, Edita; Jurinac, Sena; Prey, Hermann
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This DVD features Frederica von Stade in Rossini's adaptation of the classic Cinderella story. Included is the beautiful 'Nacqui all'affanno' aria. Engelbert Humperdinck's classic opera...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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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: Balsborg, Oda; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Crespin, Regine; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Flagstad, Kirsten; Frick, Gottlob; Guy, M...
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...

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Karajan, Corelli, Price, Simionato

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Corelli, Franco; Dutoit, Laurence; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Price, Leontyne; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zimmer, Rudolf
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Beethoven: Fidelio / Furtwängler, Kirsten, Flagstad, et al

2 CD / Opus KURA / 2005-03-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Braun, Hans; Dermota, Anton; Flagstad, Kirsten; Greindl, Josef; Patzak, Julius; Schoeffler, Paul; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Mahler: Lieder / Otter, Quasthoff, Urmana, Boulez, Vienna PO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-01-11

Works: Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Rückert Lieder (5); Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Performers: Quasthoff, Thomas; Urmana, Violeta; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"This splendid disc conveniently includes all of Mahler's songs, except for the 'Jugendzeit Lieder und Gesange' and the 'Wunderhorn' songs. Boulez is not as laid...continue...

For Your Life - For Your Baby

1 CD / Decca / 2004-01-13

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations (12) for Piano in C major on "Ah vous dirai-je maman", K 265 (300e); Sonata for Piano no 15 in C major ("Sona...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Arrau, Claudio; BBC Concert Orchestra; Berry, Walter; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Burrowes, Norma; English Chamber Orchestra; Eschenba...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Solti, Sir Georg; Judd, James; Wordsworth, Barry; Ozawa, Seiji; Previn, Andre; Davis, Carl; Munchinger, Karl
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Concert Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Marilyn Horne (mezzo soprano); Naoko Yoshino (harp); Toyohiko Satoh (lute); Christian Ferras (violin); Julian Lloyd Webber (cel...continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Furtwängler, Siepi, Edelmann, et al

3 CD / Archipel / 2003-09-30

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Arie, Raphael; Berger, Erna; Berry, Walter; Dermota, Anton; Edelmann, Otto; Grummer, Elisabeth; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Vienna Opera Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten / Solti, Behrens, Domingo

3 CD / Decca / 2003-09-09

Works: Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65
Performers: Ardam, Elzbieta; Behrens, Hildegard; Braga, Rannveig; Dohmen, Albert; Domingo, Placido; Eder, Gerhard; Franzen, Hans; Gahmlich, Wilfried; Gambill, Robert; Hornik, Gottfried; Jo, Sumi; Lang, Elisabeth...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Universal Classics / 2003-08-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Das Rheingold; Götterdämmerung; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Hotter, Hans
Conductors: Levine, James; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Solti, Sir Georg; Thielemann, Christian; Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Strauss: / Die Frau Ohne Schatten / Studer, Solti/Vienna Philharmonic Orch. [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2002-09-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65
Performers: Hale, Robert; Lipovsek, Marjana; Marton, Eva; Moser, Thomas; Norberg-Schulz, Elisabeth; Rost, Andrea; Studer, Cheryl; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Run Time: 204 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Austria
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Mozart: Don Giovanni / Furtwängler/Vienna Philharmonic Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2001-11-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Berger, Erna; Berry, Walter; Della Casa, Lisa; Dermota, Anton; Edelmann, Otto; Ernster, Deszo; Grümmer, Elisabeth; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Run Time: 177 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Mono,
Subtitles: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese
Country of Origin: A...continue...

Bizet: Carmen / Herbert von Karajan, Giulietta Simionato

3 CD / Gala / 2001-05-11

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Le Prophète
Performers: Carmeli, Boris; Gedda, Nicolai; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Mazzotta, Paolo; Pirino, Antonio; Roux, Michel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Simionato, Giulietta; Tarre...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Marzendorfer, Ernst; Lewis, Henry
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / George Szell

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bohme, Kurt; Charlebois, Robert; Della Casa, Lisa; Donch, Karl; Hotter, Hans; Jerger, Alfred; Koth, Erika; Majkut, Erich; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Plumacher, Hetty; Sailer, Friederike; Si...
Conductors: Szell, George
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Karajan, Corelli, Price, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-03

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; La forza del destino
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Corelli, Franco; Dutoit, Laurence; Equiluz, Kurt; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Price, Leontyne; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola; Zimmer, Rudolf
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Molinari-Pradelli, F.
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos / Karl Böhm, della Casa, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-03

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60; Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bierbach, Franz; Czerwenka, Oskar; Della Casa, Lisa; Dickie, Murray; Gueden, Hilde; Jaresch, August; Jurinac, Sena; Klein, Peter [Tenor]; Müller, Georges; Neugebauer, Alfred; Otto...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Strauss: Four Last Songs, Arabella, etc / Della Casa, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2000-10-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Arabella; Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Bierbach, Franz; Casa, Lisa della; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Poell, Alfred; Schoeffler, Paul
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Moralt, Rudolf; Hollreiser, Heinrich
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"This is an important issue and one that no lover of Strauss's music must miss. The songs are among the most moving musical documents we...continue...

Strauss Heroines / Renée Fleming, Eschenbach, Vienna PO

1 CD / Decca / 1999-09-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Arabella; Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bonney, Barbara; Chum, Johannes; Fleming, Renee; Graham, Susan
Conductors: Eschenbach, Christoph
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"The soprano's new collection of Strauss heroines confirms her position and ends all arguments, for Fleming's renditions of the obvious excerpts...are memorably beautiful...Thank goodness Decca...continue...

The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever!

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 1999-07-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butter...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Armstrong, Richard [Conductor]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Berbié, Jane; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Blanc, Erne...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Armstrong, Richard; Schippers, Thomas; Haitink, Bernard; Lombard, Alain; Santini, Gabriele; Kohn, Eugene; Prêtre, Georges; Levine, James; Chung, Myung-Whun; ...
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; National P...

This collection contains both stereo and monaural, and both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Nadine Sautereau, Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Helga Dernesch , Mirella Freni, Edita Gru...continue...

Historical - Beethoven: Fidelio / Furtwängler, Patzak

2 CD / Myto Records / 1999-02-04

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Leonore Overture no 2 in C major, Op. 72
Performers: Alsen, Herbert; Della Casa, Lisa; Donch, Karl; Edelmann, Otto; Frantz, Ferdinand; Gallos, Hermann; Patzak, Julius; Schluter, Erna; Schock, Rudolf
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Mozart: Die Hochzeit der Figaro /Krauss, Kunz, Bielke, et al

3 CD / Preiser / 1998-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Beilke, Irma; Braun, Helena; Hotter, Hans; Kunz, Erich; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Normann, Franz; Sommerschuh, Gerda; Timm, Liano; Wernigk, William; Witt, Joseph
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Böhm, Gueden, Lipp, Simoneau et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 1998-01-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Böhme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Berry, Walter; Boerner, Eva; Gostic, Josef; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hellwig, Judith; Jaresch, August; Lipp, Wilma; Loose, Emmy; Ludwig, Christa; Majkut, Erich; ...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel / Solti, Fassbaender, Popp

2 CD / Polydor Import / 1997-11-11

Works: Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel, opera
Performers: Berry, Walter; Burrowes, Norma; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Gruberova, Edita; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Humperdinck, Engelbert [Classical]; Popp, Lucia; Schlemm, Anny
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Soloists of the Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner: Die Walküre / Solti, Vienna Philharmonic

4 CD / Decca Import / 1997-10-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Crespin, Regine; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Frick, Gottlob; Hellmann, Claudia; Hotter, Hans; King, James [Vocals]; Lindholm, Berit; Little, Vera; Ludwig,...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner: Siegfried / Solti, et al

4 CD / PolyGram Import / 1997-10-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Hoffgen, Marga [Contralto Vocals]; Hotter, Hans; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Stolze, Gerhard; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Wagner, Rich...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Penguin Guide
Solti's array of singers could hardly be bettered. Windgassen is at the very peak of his form, lyrical as well as heroic. Hotter has...continue...

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...

Liebermann: Die Schule der Frauen / Szell, Rothenberger, etc

2 CD / Orfeo / 1996-06-26

Works: Rolf Liebermann: Die Schule der Frauen, opera
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Gedda, Nicolai; Ludwig, Christa; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Rothenberger, Anneliese
Conductors: Szell, George
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Gluck: Iphigenie in Aulis / Böhm, Borkh, Ludwig, Berry, etc

2 CD / Orfeo / 1996-06-26

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide
Performers: Berry, Walter; Borkh, Inge; Edelmann, Otto; King, James [Vocals]; Ludwig, Christa; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Steiner, Elisabeth
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphonie no 9 / Böhm, Wiener Philharmoniker

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1995-03-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Berry, Walter; Domingo, Placido; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Norman, Jessye
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe / Gardiner, Studer, Skovhus, Terfel

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1995-02-14

Works: Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Bonney, Barbara; Deam, Donna; Flowers, Suzanne; Fredriksson, Karl Magnus; Houghton, Lucinda; Jenkin, Nicola [Soprano Vocals]; Kazimierczuk, Angela; Peper, Uwe; Skovhus, Bo [Bariton...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner: Lohengrin / Abbado, Jerusalem, Moll, Studer, Meier

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1995-01-17

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Domaracki, Amy-Linda; Eder, Gretchen; Erfurt, Ulrike; Fischer, Senta; Hasler, Renate; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Kasemann, Franz; Koves, Peter; Mach, Elisabeth; Meier, Waltraud; Moll, Kurt; Nikolov, Bojid...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy - My Favorite Opera for Children

1 CD / Decca / 1994-08-23

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Richard Wagner: Die Walk...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Berbie, Norma; Berry, Walter; Burrowes, Norma; Charon, Jacques; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Domingo, Placido; Elkins, Margreta; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Hamari, Jul...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Varviso, Silvio; Bonynge, Richard;
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Festspieldokumente - Highlights 1955-1974 / Christa Ludwig

1 CD / Orfeo / 1994-07-04

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Der Rosenkavalier; Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte,...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Crass, Franz; King, James [Vocals]; Ludwig, Christa; Mathis, Edith; Panerai, Rolando; Seefried, Irmgard; Troyanos, Tatiana; Vocals], Paul Schoffler [Baritone
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Liebermann: Penelope / Szell, Goltz, Rothenberger, Schock

1 CD / Orfeo / 1993-07-21

Works: Rolf Liebermann: Penelope, opera
Performers: Bayle, Theo; Berry, Walter; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Klein, Peter; Lorenz, Max; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Vajda, Otto; Vocals], Christel Gol...
Conductors: Szell, George
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem / Karajan, Hendricks, van Dam

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1991-11-12

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Performers: Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Scholz, Rudolf; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Karajan, Freni, Pavarotti

3 CD / Decca / 1987-03-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Heigl, Martha; Helm, Hans; Hurdes, Evamaria; Ludwig, Christa; Pavarotti, Luciano; Rintzler, Marius; Schary, Elke; Scheider, Wolfgang; Senechal, Michel [Tenor ...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"Choosing an overall best often means conceding individual points to other recordings, but not so here...In this recording all the essential elements are at least...continue...