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Great Wagner Singers / Kirsten Flagstad, Birgit Nilsson, Astrid Varnay, Josef Greindl, Hans Hotter, Siegfried Lorenz, Lauritz Melchior [6 CDs]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Hollreiser, Heinrich; Pitz, Wilhelm; Leitner, Ferdinand; Gerdes, Otto; Böhm, Karl; Ludwig, Leopold; Heger, Robert
Ensemble: Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele; Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele; Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin; RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

An outstanding 6 CD set for the Wagner fan in all of us!

"They don't make Wagner singers like that anymore" - "There has never

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Le registrazioni in studio Vol 2 - Mozart / Bruno Walter

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2012-08-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Symphony no 39 in E flat major, K 543; Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K...
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; British Symphony Orchestra; Paris Mozart Festival Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Ferruccio Busoni: Die Brautwahl (Choice of a Bride) / Vogel, Hohn, Clark, Cole, Lindskog, Trekel, Von Kannen - Barenboim

2 CD / Teldec / 2012-07-31

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Die Brautwahl, opera in 3 acts, KiV 258
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Busoni's opera Die Brautwahl is a rarely performed gem of the genre - in fact it was a gruesome failure with audiences of its day....continue...
Recording information: Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin (11/1993)....continue...

Richard Strauss conducts Don Quixote; Beethoven: Sym. No 5; Weber: Euryanthe Overture

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2012-04-10

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35
Performers: Haass, Philipp; Morasch, Placidus; Uhl, Oswald
Conductors: Strauss, Richard
Ensemble: Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

In Memoriam Christel Goltz

2 CD / Preiser / 2009-09-08

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Hermann Goetz: Der Widersp...
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Frantz, Ferdinand; Frick, Gottlob; Höngen, Elisabeth; Katona, Julius; Löbel, Hans; Lorenz, Max; Plumacher, Hetty; Vocals], Christel Goltz [Soprano; Windgassen, Wolfgang [T...
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Striegler, Kurt; Leitner, Ferdinand; Schmitz, Paul; Solti, Sir Georg; Böhm, Karl; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden State Opera Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Württemberg State...

Christel Goltz (1912-2008) was one of the most outstanding dramatic singers of German origin. Singing and acting were combined in her case and there were...continue...

Icon - Fritz Kreisler plays Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Elgar, etc

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin in D major, K 271a (271i); Serenade no 7 in D major, K 250 (248b) "Haffner"; Work(s); Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Sonata...
Performers: Kreisler, Fritz; Raucheisen, Michael; Rupp, Franz; Sandor, Arpad; Squire, Haddon
Conductors: Ronald, Landon; Blech, Leo; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Goossens, Eugene, Sir
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra

A transcendent violinist, notable composer, and overall charming maverick, Fritz Kreisler was one of the great musical personalities of our time. This 10-CD set includes...continue...

The Puccini Experience / Mehta, Italian Radio SO Rome, Italian Radio Chorus Rome

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-05-20

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet; Suor Angelica; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; ...
Performers: Blasi, Angela Maria; Canonici, Luca; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cowan, Richard; Cura, Jose; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Domingo, Placido; Gallardo-Domas, Cristina; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Barbacini, Maurizio; Conlon, James; Domingo, Placido; Sado, Yutaka; Nagano, Kent; Mehta, Zubin; López-Cobos, Jesús; Slatkin, Leonard; Szilvay, Csaba; Szilvay, Géza; Verrot, Pasca...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; Munich Radio Orchestra; Ph...

Richard Strauss Conducts Der Rosenkavalier

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-05-13

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Peter Cornelius: Der Barbier von Bagdad; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; The Flying Dutchman; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkaval...
Conductors: Strauss, Richard
Ensemble: Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Tivoli Theatre Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Walther Kirchhoff

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-08-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Rienzi; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Baumer, Margarete; Gobel, Alfred; Kirchhoff, Walther; Schramm-Tschorner, Olga
Conductors: Hösslin, Franz von; Weissmann, Frieder
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Walther Kirchhoff made a diligent study of the standard French and Italian tenor roles at the beginning of his career, but his dream - "the...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Ludwig Suthaus Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-05-01

Works: Franz Schubert: An die Musik, D 547; An die Leier ("Ich will von Atreus Söhnen"), song for voice & piano, D. 737 (Op. 56/2); Nachtstück, D 672; An den Frühling, D 338; Schwanengesang, ...
Performers: Grossmann, Gustav; Schech, Marianne; Suthaus, Ludwig; Werth, Helene
Conductors: Fricsay, Ferenc; Müller-Kray, Hans
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Suthaus' real career began in 1932 in Stuttgart when he became one of the leading Wagner tenors of his day and from there on he...continue...

Prima Voce - Charles Kullman - European Recordings 1931-1938

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2007-03-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La forza del destino; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Richard Wagn...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Grossmann, Walter; Illiard, Ellice; Kullman, Charles
Conductors: Orthmann, Erich; Zweig, Fritz; Schmalstich, Clemens; Goehr, Walter; Müller, Johannes; Dobrindt, Otto; Hauke, Ernst; Kunneke, Eduard; Ruth, Ludwig
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Orchestra

Complete European Columbia recordings of tenor Charles Kullman, made1931-38. Like so many other fine tenors of the period, Kullman was expected to record items that...continue...

Millöcker: Der arme Jonathan, etc / Hager, Römer, Wohlers

2 CD / Gala / 2007-01-06

Works: Karl Millöcker: Der arme Jonathan; Der Bettelstudent
Performers: Bock, Kurt; Engelskamp, Josephine; Franzen, Hans; Gruber, Ferry; Harth zur Nieden, Ida; Herschele, Hildegarde; Hirte, Klaus; Hollweg, Werner; Knepel, Else; Koschat, Dora; Kusche, Benno; Kuttner, Max;...
Conductors: Hager, Leopold; Römer, Ernst
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Orchestra

Weekend Classics - A Verdi Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-11-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Otello; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Falstaff; I lombardi; Don Carlos; Un ballo in maschera; Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cotrubas, Ileana; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Foiani, Giovanni; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Kleiber, Carlos; Abbado, Claudio; Kubelik, Rafael; Levine, James; Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

A Forgotten Conductor Vol 2- Liszt, Beethoven / Oskar Fried

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-08-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Mazeppa for 2 Pianos, S 640; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Conductors: Fried, Oskar
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

A student of Mahler and a pioneer interpreter of new music, Oskar Fried (1871-1941) was dubbed by the late Otto Klemperer (never generous with praise...continue...

Thomas Quasthoff - The Voice

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-04

Works: Franz Schubert: An die Musik, D 547; An den Frühling, D 338; Schwanengesang, D 957; Greisengesang, D 778; Auf der Bruck, D 853; Du bist die Ruh, D 776/Op. 59 no 3; Der Jüngling an der Quell...
Performers: Kussmaul, Rainer; Mayer, Albrecht; Quasthoff, Thomas; Zeyen, Justus
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Thielemann, Christian;
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Berliner Barock Solisten; Chamber Orchestra of Europe

"There's no question regarding this singer's extraordinary gifts, either in a technical sense or as an interpreter of songs--as I noted previously, he has a...continue...

Mozart Singers of the Past

3 CD / Preiser / 2006-04-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Idomeneo; Il rè pastore, K 208; Die Entführung aus dem Serai...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Beuf, Augusto; Bori, Lucrezia; Cebotari, Maria; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Gigli, Beniamino; Ginster, Ria; Gueden, Hilde [Sopra...
Conductors: Reibold, Bruno; Cleva, Fausto; Morel, Jean Paul; Leinsdorf, Erich; Sabino, Antonio; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Walter, Bruno; Black, Frank; Busch, Fritz; Berrettoni, Umberto; Barbirolli, John; Collingwo...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra; Metropolitan...

The recordings in this CD edition of outstanding Mozart singers were made between 1926 and 1950. This is the period of shellac records made with...continue...

Ivar Andrésen sings Wagner

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-04-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Götterdämmerung; Parsifal
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Graarud, Gunnar; Guszalewicz, Genia; Habich, Eduard; Noe, Marcel; Pistor, Gotthelf
Conductors: Zweig, Fritz; Weissmann, Frieder; Elmendorff, Karl; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Ivar Andresen was born in Oslo, Norway. Considering the relatively short span of his career, he made quite a success for himself. He strode the...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Hildegarde Ranczak

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-03-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Friedrich vo...
Performers: Ahlersmeyer, Mathieu; Anders, Peter; Ranczak, Hildegarde; Rosvaenge, Helge
Conductors: Meyrowitz, Selmar; Schmidt, Franz; Rother, Artur; Krauss, Clemens; Ludwig, Leopold
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Described by the great conductor Clemens Krauss as "an interpreter of high-spirited, unreserved female characters: individual timbre, attractive and distinctive appearance." Her career was launched...continue...

Prima Voce - Great Singers Vol 2 (1903-1939)

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2006-02-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Ernani; Traditional: Ma Lisette; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L'Africaine; Les Huguenots; George Frederic...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Calvé, Emma; Chaliapin, Feodor; Cottone, Salvatore; de Luca, Giuseppe; Ebert, Harry; Farrar, Geraldine; Favero, Mafalda; Flagstad, Kirsten; Garden, Mary; Gluck, Alma; Ivo...
Conductors: Blech, Leo; Barbirolli, John, Sir
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

...An utterly splendid collection, winners every one...a tour from one superlative to another. Gramophone. Very popular selection of arias and featuring the greatest singers recorded...continue...

Wagner: Gotterdammerung Act II, etc / Beecham, et al

2 CD / Guild / 2006-02-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung; Die Walküre; Siegfried
Performers: Habich, Eduard; Janssen, Herbert; Laubenthal, Horst R.; Leider, Frida; Marherr, Elfriede; Melchior, Lauritz; Nezadal, Maria; Schorr, Friedrich; Thorborg, Kerstin; Vocals], Emanuel List [Bass; Weber, ...
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Here is an essential release for anyone who loves great Wagnerian singing and the conducting art of Sir Thomas Beecham. By the time of this...continue...

Friedrich Schorr sings Richard Wagner

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2006-01-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; The Flying Dutchman; Die Walküre
Performers: Davis, Ben; Ljungberg, Gota; Melchior, Lauritz; Parr, Gladys; Schorr, Friedrich; Schumann, Elisabeth
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Collingwood, Lawrance; Blech, Leo; Heger, Robert
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Freidrich Schorr was the leading heroic baritone in Germany during the 1920s. His studio and live recordings reveal him to have been the perfect embodiment...continue...

Weill: The Threepenny Opera, etc / Lotte Lenya, et al

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2005-12-13

Works: Kurt Weill: Die Dreigroschenoper; Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny; Happy End; Der Silbersee (The Silver Lake); Lost In The Stars; Lover Man; J'attends un navire; Complaint de la Seine; Surabaya...
Performers: Brecht, Bertolt; Busch, Ernst; Förster, Rudolf; Forster, Rudolph; Frtiz Rasp; Gerron, Kurt; Gert, Valeska; Grünbaum, Herbert; Gustav Puttjer; Höcker, Oscar; Herbert Grunbaum; Hermann T...
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto; Mackeben, Theo; ; Sommer, Hans; Somner, Hans; Chagnon, Pierre; Abravanel, Maurice
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Brass; Berlin Philharmonic Winds; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Dreigroschenband; Dreigroschenoper Band; Kurfurstendamm Theatre Orchestra, Berlin; Lewis Ruth Band; Orc...

Anton Dermota - The Early Recordings

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-11-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte...
Performers: Demmer, Waltraute; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Oeggl, Georg
Conductors: Lutze, Walter; Moralt, Rudolf; Baltzer, Erwin
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Rudolf Laubenthal

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-03-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Die Afrikanerin; Giusepp...
Performers: Laubenthal, Rudolf
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Blech, Leo; Mörike, Eduard; Waghalter, Ignatz
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Walter Gieseking - Piano

4 CD / Andante / 2005-02-22

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Sonata for Piano no 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein"; Bagatelle for piano in E flat major, Op. 33...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter
Conductors: Rosbaud, Hans; Walter, Bruno; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Mengelberg, Willem
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra members; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This 4 CD anthology ranging from 1934 to 1949 is a wonderful cross-section of Gieseking's repertoire ranging from Bach to Strauss. The set contains some...continue...

Strauss Conducts Don Quixote

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2005-02-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35; Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60
Conductors: Strauss, Richard
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Danish Music played by the Berlin PO / Reesen, Hoeberg

1 CD / Classico (Denmark) / 2005-02-06

Works: Peter E. Lange-Müller: Renaissance, Op. 59; Der var engang, Op. 25; Niels Gade: Et folkesagn "A Folk Tale"; Hans Christian Lumbye: Dream Pictures; Friedrich Kuhlau: The Elf's Hill, Op. 100; Carl...
Conductors: Reesen, Emil; Hoeberg, Georg; Schnedler-Petersen, F.
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Lea Piltti

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Il rè pastore, K 208; Idomeneo; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos; Lieder (5), Op. 15; Lieder (8), ...
Performers: Lang, Wilhelm; Piltti, Lea; Reinmar, Hans; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schilp, Maria Luise; Strauss, Richard; Zimmermann, Erich
Conductors: Kretschmar, Curt; Zaun, Fritz; Rother, Artur; Winter, Hans Adolf; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Städtisches Orchestra Berlin

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Krauss

3 CD / Guild / 2004-12-01

Works: Spoken Word: Broadcast Commentary; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Bierbach, Franz; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Casa, Lisa della; Czerwenka, Oskar; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hann, Georg; Hellwig, Judith; Jaresch, August; Lemnitz, T...
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Music in the Weimar Republic - Berlin, 1929 / Walter, et al

1 CD / Symposium / 2004-10-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 8 in C minor, WAB 108; Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue for Organ in E flat major, BWV 552...
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Klemperer, Otto; Kleiber, Erich; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Keith Hardwick - In Memoriam

1 CD / Pearl / 2004-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir...
Performers: Chaliapin, Feodor; Crabbe, Armand; Dawson, Peter; Franci, Benvenuto; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Koshetz, Nina; Melchior, Lauritz; Monte, Toti Dal; Nemeth, Maria; Pinza, Ezio; Schiotz, Ak...
Conductors: Alwin, Carl; Santini, Gabriele; Bourdon, Rosario; Byng, George W.; Setti, Giulio; Nastrucci, Gino; Albergoni, Angelo; Steinmann, Max; Tango, Egisto; Blech, Leo; Collingwood, Lawrance; Weissmann, Frie...
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Adele Kern

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-03-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio...
Performers: Kern, Adele; Marherr, Elfriede; Ohms, Elisabeth
Conductors: Prüwer, Julius; Melichar, Alois; Weissmann, Frieder; Weigert, Herman
Ensemble: ; Berlin City Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Otto Klemperer Conducts Weber, Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart

1 CD / Symposium / 2004-03-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: ...
Performers: Rosgen-Champion
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; ProMusica Chamber Orchestra

The Very Best of Fritz Wunderlich

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-04-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620;...
Performers: Lorengar, Pilar; Mathis, Edith; Schmidt, Liselotte; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Zanotelli, Hans; Stein, Horst; Klobucar, Berislav; Müller-Kray, Hans; Konwitschny, Franz; Heger, Robert; Kempe, Rudolf; Walter, Fried; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Moltkau, Hans; Michalski, Carl; Eis...
Ensemble: ; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; FFB Orchestra; Graunke Symphony Orchestra

Weber: Der Freischütz / Heger, Müller, Spletter, et al

1 CD / Gebhardt / 2003-02-06

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Die Zeit, J 97/Op. 13 no 5; Songs (5), Op. 13; Sind es schmerzen, J 156/Op. 30 no 6; Ich denke dein, J 48
Performers: Ahlendorf, Hilde; Berger, Erna; Domgraf-Fassbaender, Willi; Dorr, Reinhard; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Fleischer, Felix; Greindl, Josef; Grossmann, Walter; Hann, Georg; Muller, Maria; Raucheisen, Michael; ...
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Altmann, Hans
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Marie-Luise Schilp

1 CD / Preiser / 2003-02-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Engelbert Humperd...
Performers: Beilke, Irma; Bensing, Herbert; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Konetzni, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Kronenberg, Carl; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schlip, Marie-Luise; Wuttke, Elisabeth
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Schroder, Kurt; Zillig, Winfried; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Gruber, Arthur
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Hessian Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Johanna Blatter

1 CD / Preiser / 2003-02-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson e...
Performers: Demuth, Irma; Hufnagel, Elisabeth; Richter, Traute; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Suthaus, Ludwig
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Blech, Leo; Ludwig, Leopold; Fricsay, Ferenc; Fischer, Karl
Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Great Voices of the Past - The 30 Tenors

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-08-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Requiem Mass; Eduardo...
Performers: Anselmi, Giuseppe; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonci, Alessandro; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Jadlowker, Hermann; Kozlovsky, Ivan; ...
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Rother, Artur; Bourdon, Rosario; Sabajno, Carlo; Elmendorff, Karl; Orlov, Alexander; Gurlitt, Manfred; Rapée, Erno; Erede, Alberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Quadri, Argeo; Barbiro...
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Orchester der Staatsoper Dresden; Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano; Radio City Music Hall Orchestra

Opera d'Oro has gathered together 30 of the greatest male voices of the last century to each belt out an aria on "The 30 Tenors"....continue...

Strauss Jr.: Wiener Blut / Lenzer, Streich, Richter, et al

1 CD / Tuxedo Music / 2002-05-08

Works: Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut
Performers: Beilke, Irma; Clam, Leopold; Hauser, Sebastian; Hoppe, Fritz; Neumann, Klaus-G.; Richter, Traute; Streich, Rita
Conductors: Lenzer, H.
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Strauss: An Alpine Symphony /Strauss, Bavarian Staatskapelle

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2002-05-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64; Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59; Don Juan, Op. 20
Conductors: Strauss, Richard
Ensemble: Bavarian Staatskapelle; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

"Strauss was not just a great composer but [also] one of the outstanding conductors of his time." -The Guardian (London)...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Ludwig Suthaus

1 CD / Preiser / 2001-11-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Das Rheingold; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, op...
Performers: Blatter, Johanna; Ducrue, Dr. Hans; Hoffmann, Ludwig; Muller, Maria; Prohaska, Jaro; Suthaus, Ludwig; Vocals], Paul Schoffler [Baritone
Conductors: Görlich, Gustav; Lederer, Felix; Schuler, Johannes; Abendroth, Hermann; Heger, Robert; Rother, Artur; Ludwig, Leopold
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Maria Olszewska

1 CD / Preiser / 2001-04-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Orfeo; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Götterdämmerung; Georges Bizet: C...
Performers: Guszalewicz, Genia; Knepel, Else; Reeves, George; Schipper, Dr. Emil
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Blech, Leo; Zweig, Fritz
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Gotthellf Pistor, et al

1 CD / Preiser / 2000-06-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Siegfried; Parsifal; Rienzi; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Eugen d'Albert: Tiefland; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète
Performers: Baumer, Margarete; Janssen, Herbert; Jost-Arden, Ruth; Pilinszky, Sigismund; Pistor, Gotthelf; Seinemeyer, Meta
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Elmendorff, Karl
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Carl Martin Oehmann

1 CD / Preiser / 2000-06-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Otello; Umberto Gior...
Performers: Oehmann, Carl Martin
Conductors: Szell, George; Weissmann, Frieder; Meyrowitz, Selmar
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Golden Operetta Vol 2 -Millöcker, J. Strauss, Offenbach, etc

1 CD / Pearl / 2000-05-23

Works: Carl Millöcker: Der Bettelstudent, operetta; Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Fra Diavolo; Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Liden Kirsten; Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood), operetta (arr. &...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Frind, Anni; Kern, Adele; Klose, Margarete; Lange, Hans; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Lehmann, Lotte; Ludwig, Walther; Machula, Traude; Merrem-Nikisch, Grete; Schiotz, Aksel; Schumann,...
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Wöldike, Mogens; Hye-Knudsen, Johan; Weissmann, Frieder; Setti, Giulio; Orthmann, Erich; Hauke, Ernst; Muller, Hans Udo
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Joachim Sattler

1 CD / Preiser / 2000-05-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Sattler, Joachim; Schluter, Erna
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Schroder, Kurt
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Hans Knappertsbusch Rarities - Haydn, Beethoven, Wagner, etc

1 CD / Preiser / 2000-04-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 92 in G major, H 1 no 92 "Oxford"; Clemens Freiherr von Franckenstein: Variations on a Theme by Giacomo Meyerbeer; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Carl Maria von We...
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra

Mozart - The Supreme Operatic Recordings

1 CD / Pearl / 1999-11-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; La finta giardi...
Performers: Böhmer, Ewald; Dawson, Peter; Ginster, Ria; Kipnis, Alexander; Korjus, Milizia; Lehmann, Lotte; Leider, Frida; Lemnitz, Tiana; Ludwig, Walther; Nemeth, Maria; Reichelt, Elizabeth; Schiotz, Aksel...
Conductors: Schmalstich, Clemens; Barbirolli, John; Wöldike, Aksel; Alwin, Carl; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Müller, Johannes; Zweig, Fritz; Wöldike, Mogens
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Luise Willer

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-10-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Wesendonck Lieder; George Frederick ...
Performers: Bergner, Carl; Hartmann, Carl; Kusche, Ludwig; Stern, Jean; Willer, Luise
Conductors: Meyrowitz, Selmar; Rosbaud, Hans; Winter, Hans Adolf; Viebig, Ernst
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Frankfurt Radio Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Violetta de Strozzi

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-10-01

Works: Heinrich August Marschner: Overture to "Der Templer und die Judin"; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; La f...
Performers: Hutt, Robert; Roth, Max; Stieber-Walter, Paul; Strozzi, Violetta de
Conductors: Heidenreich, Johannes; Weigert, Herman; Weissmann, Frieder; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra