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Great Singers Live, from the Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Grummer, Prey, Popp, M. Price, Ghiaurov, Freni

6 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kmentt, Waldemar; Popp, Lucia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor...
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo; Stein, Horst; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto; Quadri, Argeo; Fricke, Heinz...

The "Great Singers Live" series regularly presents recordings of The Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Previously five singer portraits have been released, featuring Mirella...continue...

Stephen Sondheim: Sweeney Todd / Jane Henschel, Mark Stone. Ulf Schirmer

2 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Stephen Sondheim: Sweeney Todd
Performers: Baker, Gregg; Best, Jonathan; Bottone, Rebecca; Charbonneau, Pascalin; Dimarzio, Diana; Dwyer, Adrian [Tenor Vocal]; Henschel, Jane; Hirtreiter, Andreas; Meyer, Andrew Lepri; Samm, Ronald; Schneider,...
Conductors: Schirmer, Ulf
Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

To commemorate its 60th anniversary in 2012, the Munich Radio Orchestra, under director Ulf Schirmer, performed Stephen Sondheim's musical, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of...continue...
Recording information: Prinzregententheater, München (05/06/2012).

Even though this German production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd may be greeted with some skepticism, it is a remark...continue...

Schubert: Mass in G minor; Gounod: St. Cecilia Mass / Luba Orgonasova, Christian Elsner, Gustav Belacek

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2012-01-31

Works: Franz Schubert: Mass no 2 in G major, D 167; Charles Gounod: Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile
Performers: Belacek, Gustav; Elsner, Christian [Vocals]; Orgonasova, Luba
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

These two popular 19th century orchestral masses couldn't possibly be more different: even though there are only 40 years between Franz Schubert's Mass No. 2...continue...
Recording information: Herkulessaal der Residenz, München (03/29/2007)....continue...

Bach: Christmas Oratorio / Dijkstra, Harnisch, Vondung, Schmitt, etc. [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BR Klassik / 2011-11-15

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), BWV 248
Performers: Harnisch, Rachel; Immler, Christian; Schmitt, Maximilian; Vondung, Anke
Conductors: Dijkstra, Peter
Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin; Bavarian Radio Chorus

Run Time: 157 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0 Surround
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Great Singers Live: Lucia Popp / Arias by Stolz, Lehar, Weber, Lortzing, Mozart et al.

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2011-10-25

Works: Robert Stolz: Der Favorit; Venus in Seide; Franz Lehár: Paganini; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Albert Lortzing: Undine; George Frederick Handel: Julius Cäsar; Wolfgang Amadeus...
Performers: Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Eichhorn, Kurt; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto

Lucia Popp is one of the best-documented and most versatile singers of her generation. Because of her linguistic and stylistic flexibility she was able to...continue...
Recording information: Kongress Saal, Deutches Museum, Munich, Germany....continue...

Great Singers Live: Mirella Freni

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2011-05-31

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
Performers: Freni, Mirella
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir

Since 1952, the Münchner Rundfunkorchester's Sunday Concerts have developed into a meeting place for fans of "beautiful voices". These previously unreleased recordings by Mirella Fren...continue...

Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder / Jansons/Bavarian RSO, Voigt, Fujimura [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BR Klassik / 2011-01-25

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Performers: Andersen, Stig; Fujimura, Mihoko; Pecoraro, Herwig; Voigt, Deborah; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Schoenberg's mammoth opus proved a great public success at its 1913 premiere, and was again met with critical acclaim at this 60th anniversary concert of...continue...
Run Time: 125 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0 Surround
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Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite / Mariss Jansons

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2010-08-31

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers: Harteros, Anja
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss

Paradisi Gloria 21: 21st Century Sacred Music

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2010-05-25

Works: Oriol Cruixent: Abismes, diptych for orchestra; Gerd Kühr: Introductio - Meditatio - Magnificat - Epilogus, for 2 voices, chorus & orchestra; Joanna Wozny: Archipel, for orchestra; Johanna Doder...
Performers: Erod, Adrian; Luz, Angelika; Petersen, Marlis
Conductors: Schirmer, Ulf

Recording information: München, Herz-Jesu-Kirche....continue...

Haydn: Sinfonia in D major, etc

1 Super Audio CD / BR Klassik / 2009-11-17

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Sinfonia for orchestra in D major, H. 1a/7 (one movement, overture to unidentified work); Symphony no 88 in G major, H 1 no 88; Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B f...
Performers: Elsner, Christian [Vocals]; Hartelius, Malin; Selig, Franz-Josef
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss

It's always a very special musical event when two Bavarian Broadcasting ensembles join forces on stage - as in this case with the Chor and...continue...
Recording information: Waldsassen Basilica, Waldsassen, Czech Republic (10/07/2008)....continue...

Bach: St. Matthew Passion

2 CD / BR Klassik / 2009-09-29

Works: Wieland Schmid: Introduction to J.S. Bach's "St. Matthew Passion", with musical examples
Performers: Brummelstroete, Wilke te; Davidslim, Steve [Tenor Vocal]; Roth, Detlef; Ruiten, Lenneke; Schmitt, Maximilian [Tenor Vocal]; Speer, Yorck Felix
Conductors: Dijkstra, Peter

Bernstein: Trouble In Tahiti

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2009-09-29

Works: Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Trouble in Tahiti, opera in 1 act; Spoken Word: Elgin Heuerding in Gespräch mit Ulf Schirmer
Performers: Collett, Ronan; Dwyer, Adrian [Tenor Vocal]; Grimson, Martene
Conductors: Schirmer, Ulf

The Munchner Rundfunkorchester is continually expanding its expansive repertoire of classic-romantic orchestral music as well as the key works of the classical modern era to...continue...
Recording information: München, Prinzregententheater (10/12/2008)....continue...

Martin, Kodaly, Poulenc: Mass for Two Four-part Choruses

1 Super Audio CD / BR Klassik / 2009-09-29

Works: Frank Martin: Mass for Double Chorus; Zoltán Kodály: Missa Brevis for soloists, chorus & organ; Francis Poulenc: Litanies à la Vierge Noire, for women's chorus & organ (or string...
Performers: Fleckenstein, Barbara; Goda, Masako; Hanft, Max; Knab, Michaela; Meyer, Andrew Lepri; Rollenmüller, Werner

Frank Martin was on the program of Peter Dijkstra's inaugural concert in October of 2005, when he - an authentic shooting star on the choral...continue...