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Great Singers Live: Elisabeth Grummer sings Mozart

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-05-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Warnung, K 433 (416c); Der Zauberer, K 472; Ridente la calma, K 152 (210a); Das Veilchen, K 476; Die Verschweigung, K 518; Abendempfindung, K 523; Un moto di gioia, K 579; Le...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kmentt, Waldemar
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Stein, Horst
Ensemble: ; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Elisabeth Schilz Grummer was a German soprano. She has been described as "a singer blessed with elegant musicality, warm-hearted sincerity, and a voice of exceptional...continue...

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...

Great Singers: Hermann Prey sings Mozart, Rossini, Lortzing, Verdi et al.

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2012-04-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro; Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo, K 584; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Albert Lortzing: Der Wildsc...
Performers: Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Quadri, Argeo; Wallberg, Heinz; Fricke, Heinz; Eichhorn, Kurt; Abbado, Roberto
Ensemble: ; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Hermann Prey's performance of Papageno was historic, and turned him into the most popular opera singer in Germany. This CD includes a collection of previously...continue...

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3; Piano Sonata, Op. 2/1 / Alexej Gorlatch, piano

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2012-03-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Sonata for Piano no 1 in F minor
Performers: Gorlatch, Alexej
Conductors: Tewinkel, Sebastian
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

"...frenetic, unending applause for his dramatically accented performance, his daredevil cadenza in the first movement, the eloquent large and the urgency of the concluding rondo....continue...

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: Margaret Price

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2011-06-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; La Clemenza di Tito; Così fan tutte, K 588; Le Nozze di Figaro; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Vincenzo Bellini:...
Performers: Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Wallberg, Heinz; Hager, Leopold; Fulton, Thomas
Ensemble: Munchner Rundfunkorchester

These first releases of Margaret Price with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester cover a time period from 1977 to 1991. Her work was largely concentrated on Mozart...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...

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Jansons

1 Super Audio CD / BR Klassik / 2010-11-16

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss

Hollow pathos is not his thing. From an artist like Mariss Jansons Friedrich Schiller's Ode: "An die Freude" must receive a far deeper significance, which...continue...
Recording information: Vatikan, Rom, Aula Paolo VI (10/27/2007)....continue...

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto; Gliere: Harp Concerto; Korngold / Emmanuel Ceysson, harp

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2010-07-27

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Reinhold Glière: Harp Concerto in E flat major, Op. 74; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35
Performers: Ceysson, Emmanuel; Manz, Sebastian; Park, Hyeyoon
Conductors: Meister, Cornelius; Renes, Lawrence

Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1; Oboe Concerto

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute no 1 in G major, K 313 (285c); Concerto for Oboe in C major, K 314 (285d); Symphony no 32 in G major, K 318
Performers: Grafenauer, Irena [Flute]; Leleux, Francois
Conductors: Wand, Günter; Davis, Colin

Recording information: Herkulessaal der Residenz, München....continue...

Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 22 & 23

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2010-04-27

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 22 in E flat major, K 482; Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael

Recording information: Herkulessaal der Residenz, München....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...

Beethoven, Mozart: Piano Concertos / Martha Argerich, et al

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2009-09-29

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 18 in B flat major, K 456
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Jochum, Eugen

A concert by Martha Argerich is always sensational, sometimes grandiose, and occasionally the audience experiences a truly stellar event. Going through the archives of Bavarian...continue...