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Stravinsky: Perséphone / Wunderlich

1 CD / Audite / 2011-03-29

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Perséphone, melodrama for tenor, female narrator, chorus, children's chorus, & orchestra
Performers: Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Dixon, Dean
Ensemble: Sinfonie-Orchesters & Chor des Hessischen Rundfunks

The part of Eumolpius (Greek for "he who sings beautifully") in Stravinksy's Persephone could have become Fritz Wunderlich's signature role if he had sung it...continue...
Recording information: Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany (11/11/1960)....continue...

Mahler: Symphony No. 8

1 CD / Audite / 2010-05-25

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 8 in E flat major
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Crass, Franz; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Grobe, Donald; Kraus, Eberhard; Spoorenberg, Erna
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael

The Eighth is Mahler's most monumental symphony, for it is itself a combination of two enormous choral cantatas; in it, Mahler brings together "Veni, creator...continue...
Recording information: Munich, Kongreásaal des Deutschen Museums (06/24/1970)....continue...

Peter Anders - Recital - Kalman, Strauss, Verdi, etc

2 CD / Audite / 2009-06-26

Works: Franz Lehár: Friederike; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Johann Strauss II: Der Zigeunerbaron; Eine Nacht in Venedig; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: La t...
Performers: Anders, Peter

Few other German tenors possessed Peter Anders' unique talent in lyrical as well as dramatic roles. This 2-CD set features rare Berlin radio recordings made...continue...

Edition Ferenc Fricsay Vol 9 - Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

2 CD / Audite / 2008-12-10

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Haefliger, Ernst; Schlott, Theodor; Stader, Maria; Van Dijk, Cornelis; Wagner, Sieglinde; Wilhelm, Horst
Conductors: ; Fricsay, Ferenc
Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Chamber Chorus; Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra

Fricsay recorded 'Lucia di Lammermoor' in 1953 with a dream team of soloists. Maria Stader, Ernst Haefliger and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau shared Fricsay's stylistic sensitivity, his...continue...

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess / Smallens, Price, Warfield, Calloway, et al

2 CD / Audite / 2008-11-19

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Performers: Calloway, Cab; Price, Leontyne; Warfield, William
Conductors: Smallens, Alexander
Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra

"The soloists are fabulous and their vivid characterizations are immediately engaging. Cab Calloway was a legendary Sportin' Life, and the originality and eccentricity of this...continue...

Edition Ferenc Fricsay Vol 8 - Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail K 384

2 CD / Audite / 2008-10-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384
Performers: Barabas, Sari; Dermota, Anton; Greindl, Josef; Krebs, Helmut; Streich, Rita
Conductors: ; Fricsay, Ferenc
Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Chamber Chorus; Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra

Ferenc Fricsay's first complete recording of an opera by Mozart was made in December 1949. The recording reveals the characteristics of Fricsay's Mozart interpretation with...continue...

Herbert von Karajan Vol 2 - Beethoven: Symphonies no 3 and 9

2 CD / Audite / 2008-10-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Frick, Gottlob; Grümmer, Elisabeth; Höffgen, Marga; Haefliger, Ernst
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; St. Hedwig's Cathedral Choir

Ever since Karajan's first encounter with the Berlin Philharmonic, he wanted nothing more than to be its principal conductor. These recordings shed light on his...continue...

Edition Ferenc Fricsay Vol 5 - Strauss: Die Fledermaus / Fricsay, Wocke, Anders, et al

2 CD / Audite / 2008-07-16

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Performers: Anders, Peter; Menz, Silvia; Schlemm, Anny; Streich, Rita; Wocke, Hans
Conductors: ; Fricsay, Ferenc
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Fresh and flexible tempi, a homogeneous and precise overall performance - dialogues as one would hear them in a radio play: Ferenc Fricsay's radio production...continue...

Edition von Karajan Vol 1 - Verdi: Requiem - Live 1949

2 CD / Audite / 2008-05-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Christoff, Boris; Klose, Margarete; Rosvaenge, Helge; Zadek, Hilde
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Herbert von Karajan's first recording of the Verdi Requiem (Salzburg Festival, 1949) was made at a time when he was laboriously rebuilding his career. It...continue...

Johann Valentin Rathgeber: Messe von Muri, etc / Cappella Murensis

1 CD / Audite / 2007-11-14

Works: Joh. Valentin Rathgeber: Missa no 12, Op. 12 "Messe von Muri"; Chelys sonora, Op. 6; Christian Gottfried Telonius: Concerto for Tromba marina, Strings and Timpani no 13 in D major
Performers: Barczi, Peter; Borhi, Eva; Hirsch, Thilo; Leitherer, Christian; Mammel, Hans Jörg; Moderlak, Henry; Schmid, Maria C.
Conductors: Strobl, Johannes; Hirsch, Thilo
Ensemble: ; Cappella Murensis; Ensemble Arciboldo

Though little known today, Johann Valentin Rathgeber was regarded in his lifetime as one of the most popular and influential of South German composers. Active...continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Ferenc Fricsay, et al

2 CD / Audite / 2007-11-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Clam, Leopold; Hoppe, Fritz; Husch, Otto; Lang, Wilhelm; Menz, Silvia; Metternich, Josef; Peters, Ralf; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Streich, Rita
Conductors: Fricsay, Ferenc
Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra

Audite's laudable series devoted to Ferenc Fricsay continues with the work which started his career as an opera conductor. He first led a performance in...continue...

Bizet: Carmen / Fricsay, Berlin RIAS Chamber Chorus, et al

1 CD / Audite / 2007-10-24

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Coursave, Pia; Klose, Margarete; Reith, Maria; Schock, Rudolf; Trotschel, Elfriede
Conductors: Fricsay, Ferenc
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin RIAS Chamber Chorus

One may not automatically associate the great Hungarian conductor Ferenc Fricsay (1914-1963) with this kind of repertoire, but Carmen was not a new work to...continue...

Schubert: Mass no 6 / Rafael Kubelik, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Audite / 2005-06-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Mass no 6 in E flat major, D 950
Performers: Crass, Franz; Gassner, Albert; Hoffman, Grace; Janowitz, Gundula; Kmentt, Waldemar
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde / Kubelik, Bavarian Radio SO

1 CD / Audite / 2002-01-01

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Performers: Kmentt, Waldemar
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

"Rafael Kubelik never made a studio recording of Das Lied von der Erde, but even if he had I doubt it would have been better...continue...

Strawberry Fair and Other Folk Songs from Europe

1 CD / Audite / 1999-01-01

Works: Traditional: Strawberry Fair
Performers: Jenkins, Neil; Zacek, Jan

Smyth: Mass in D / Wolf, Philharmonia Choir Stuttgart, et al

1 CD / Audite / 1997-01-01

Works: Dame Ethel Smyth: Mass in D major
Performers: MacAllister, Scott; Macco, Andreas; Schneiderman, Helene; Smith, Catriona; Trefz, Hermann
Conductors: Wolf, Helmut
Ensemble: Stuttgart Philharmonia Choir; Württemberg Philharmonie Reutlingen

"Performances are committed and memorable, with soloists, chorus, and orchestra giving their all in the service of such extraordinary music - probably Smyth's masterpiece. Sound...continue...

Franck: Messe A-dur Op 12 für Soli, Chor und Orchester

1 CD / Audite / 1993-01-01

Works: César Franck: Messe solennelle, Op. 12
Performers: Ingram, Ivo; Mettre, Raimundo; Wiens, Edith
Conductors: Beck, Hubert
Ensemble: Schwäbisch Gmünd Philharmonic Chorus ; Schwäbisch Gmünd Philharmonic Orchestra