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Popular Arias (Sung in German)

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Hochzeit des Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro); Don Giovanni; So machen es alle (Così fan tutte); Gioachino Rossini: Der Barbier von Sevilla (Il barbiere di Siviglia); Gae...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Anheisser, Wolfgang; Apreck, Rolf; Berry, Walter; Bjoner, Ingrid; Borg, Kim; Buchner, Eberhard; Bumbry, Grace; Burmeister, Annelies; Casapietra, Celestina; chke, Thomas; Crass, Franz; End...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Fricke, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Kurz, Siegfried; Patanè, Giuseppe; Stein, Horst; Apelt, Arthur; Kegel, Herbert

Famous Overtures

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze die Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Der Schauspieldirektor; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Leonore Overtu...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Konwitschny, Franz; Boskovsky, Willi; Masur, Kurt; Janowski, Marek; Rögner, Heinz; Straka, Zeljko; Vonk, Hans; Klee, Bernhard; Forster, Horst; Hanell, Robert; Kempe, Rudolf; Kege...

Sensual Classics: Vision

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Robert Schumann: Genoveva, Op. 81; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 94 in G major, Hob. 1; Paul Hindemith: Symphony "Mat...
Performers: Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]
Conductors: Patanè, Giuseppe; Konwitschny, Franz; Masur, Kurt; Jochum, Eugen; Kegel, Herbert; Herbig, Günther; Rögner, Heinz; Neumann, Václav; Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Dresdner Philharmonie; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig; Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin; Staatskapelle Dresden

Best Of Basics: Essential Classics/Various (Dig)

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro; Serenade no 13 in G major, K. 525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (A Little Night Music); Franz Schubert: Impromp...
Performers: Geszty, Sylvia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Rohde, Peter Arne; Rosel, Peter; Stockigt, Siegfried; Werner, Regina
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Patanè, Giuseppe; Schreier, Peter; Masur, Kurt; Neumann, Václav; Koch, Helmut; Rögner, Heinz

This new Basics compilation comprises some of the most beloved classical works and contains a complete catalog from the series....continue...

Senza Parole: Opera Without Words/Various (Dig)

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridic...
Performers: Morbitzer, Egon
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Klee, Bernhard; Forster, Horst; Wiesenhutter, Gerhard; Kempe, Rudolf; Neumann, Václav; Konwitschny, Franz; Plasson, Michel; Kegel, Herbert; Apelt, Arthur; Hanell, Robert; Masur...

All who love the instrumental music to the opera will find their favorite orchestral pieces here!...continue...

Passione: Opera for Lovers

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Vincenzo Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Lucia di Lammermoor...
Performers: Agay, Karola; Buchner, Eberhard; Bumbry, Grace; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Frontiali, Roberto; Gavanelli, Paolo; Geszty, Sylvia; Hruba-Freiberger, Venceslava; Kuhse, Hanne-Lore; Lear, Evelyn; Prey, ...
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Luisi, Fabio; Suitner, Otmar; Vonk, Hans; Winkler, Johannes; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Fricke, Heinz; Pommer, Max; Neumann, Václav; Kurz, Siegfried

Nowhere are love and passion expressed more fervently than here. Great feelings that strike a chord!...continue...

Da Capo: Opera Highlights

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde; Gaetano Doni...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Breul, Elisabeth; Bumbry, Grace; Casa, Lisa della; Cervana, Sona [vocals]; Geszty, Sylvia; Guden, Hilde [vocals]; Hruba-Freiberger, Venceslava; Kuhse, Hanne-Lore; Lorenz, Siegfried; Neuki...
Conductors: Klee, Bernhard; Suitner, Otmar; Vonk, Hans; Neumann, Václav; Fricke, Heinz; Kegel, Herbert; Masur, Kurt; Hanell, Robert; Kleinert, Rolf; Neuhaus, Rudolf; Winkler, Johannes; Patanè, Giuseppe...

Overtures, arias, and choruses: a medley of melodies that every opera lover knows!...continue...

Song of Joy: The Finest Choirs

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Nabucco; Aida, opera; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Johannes Brahms: German folk songs (49) for voice & piano, WoO 33; Johann Sebast...
Conductors: Koch, Helmut; Kurz, Siegfried; Mauersberger, Rudolf; Kegel, Herbert; Mauersberger, Erhard; Suitner, Otmar; Patanè, Giuseppe
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle

Verdi: Messa da Requiem / Patané, Leipzig Radio Choir, Leipzig Radio SO

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-08-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Lilowa, Margarita; Molnar-Talajic, Ljiljan; Ottolini, Luigi
Conductors: Patanè, Giuseppe

Verdi: Rigoletto / Heger, Rosvaenge, Schlusnus, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Booth, Margary; Fuchs, Eugen; Greindl, Josef; Hann, Georg; Harmsen, Gerit; Jacobs, Ilse; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schlusnus, Heinrich; Weigelt, Ruth; Zimmermann, Erich
Conductors: Heger, Robert
Ensemble: Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra

This exceptional historic performance is presented as part of Berlin Classic's Eterna Collection of fine operas. Although appearing several times over the years on CD,...continue...

Eterna Collection - Grosse Sänger der Vergangenheit / Klose

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Lasciatemi morire "Lamento d'Arianna a 1"; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; G...
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Abendroth, Hermann; Rother, Artur
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra

Margarete Klose was the celebrated prima dramatic contralto of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Her strong personality influenced the Berlin opera scene for a generation....continue...

Eterna Collection - Grosse Sänger der Vergangenheit / Berger

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Giuseppe ...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Schmidt, Karl; Schuler, Johannes; Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Schuchter, Wilhelm

Erna Berger, who was born near Dresden in 1900, exhibited unusual musicality very early. Though her family disapproved of her of her attempt to pursue...continue...

Eterna Collection - Grosse Sänger / Karl Schmidt-Walter

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Albert Lortzing: Der Wildschütz, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, op...
Performers: Lang, Wilhelm; Scheppan, Hilde; Schmitt-Walter, Karl
Conductors: Stein, Horst; Rother, Artur; Steinkopf, Hans; Dobrindt, Otto
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

In 1955, the Berlin Staatsoper staged a series of splendid premieres to mark the reopening of the richly traditional opera house, which had risen up...continue...

Sylvia Geszty: An Opera Recital

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Par...
Performers: Geszty, Sylvia
Conductors: Masur, Kurt

Italian Classics

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in A minor ("L'estro armonico" no 6), Op. 3/6, RV 3; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor;...

Opera Arias / Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Kurt Masur, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; La forza del destino; Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Arabella
Performers: Hallmann, Dietmar; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna
Conductors: Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Artistic stature and personal charisma - in Anna Tomowa-Stintow these two qualities are united in the most felicitous way. She ranks among the greatest sopranos...continue...

Verdi: Die Macht des Schicksals [Excerpts]

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Bumbry, Grace; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Frick, Gottlob; Gedda, Nicolai; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Vogel, Siegfried
Conductors: Patanè, Giuseppe

Verdi: Aida (German) - Highlights / Patané, Bjoner, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Bjoner, Ingrid; Schroter, Gisela; Spiess, Ludovic; Springer, Ingeborg; Stryczek, Karl-Heinz; Vogel, Siegfried
Conductors: Patanè, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle

Sileo - Music for Contemplation

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Pietro Nardini: Concerto for Violin & orchestra in E minor; ...
Performers: Bauer, Arthur; Gabriel, Elfrun; Laforet, Marc; Morbitzer, Egon; Olbertz, Walter; Rösel, Peter; Scherzer, Manfred; Schmidt, Annerose; Shetler, Norman; Waage, Richard
Conductors: Koch, Helmut; Suitner, Otmar; Patanè, Giuseppe; Markgraf, Host-Tanu; Masur, Kurt; Kegel, Herbert; Flor, Claus P.; Haenchen, Hartmut; Blomstedt, Herbert; Berglund, Paavo;
Ensemble: Beethoven Trio, Wien (Piano Trio); Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Octet; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Dresden Philharmonic...

After Work Hour Vol 8 - Smetana, Verdi, Mozart

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Entführung aus dem S...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Breul, Elisabeth; Casa, Lisa della; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hruba-Freiberger, Venceslava; Neukirch, Harald; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Ridder, Anton de; Rothenberger, Anneli...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Hanell, Robert; Kleinert, Rolf; Neuhaus, Rudolf; Fricke, Heinz; Winkler, Johannes; Patanè, Giuseppe
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle

This latest release in the series is aimed towards the opera fan, with arias and orchestral selections from the greatest masterpieces. There are a lot...continue...

In den groáen Oper Szenen / Anneliese Rothenberger

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puc...
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; chke, Thomas; Lunow, Horst; Ridder, Anton de; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schreier, Peter; Spiess, Ludovic; Ude, Armin
Conductors: Kurz, Siegfried; Patanè, Giuseppe; Suitner, Otmar; Neuhaus, Rudolf

Anneliese Rothenberger, who lives at Schloss Salenstein on the Swiss side of Lake Constance, celebrated her 80th birthday on June 19, 2006. She made her...continue...

Eterna - Helge Rosvaenge - Gounod, Weber, Verdi, Bizet

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, op...
Performers: Rosvaenge, Helge
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Hager, Robert; Steinkopf, Hans

When Helge Rosvaenge celebrated his 40th anniversary on the stage of the Deutsche State Opera in Berlin, at the age of 65, he demonstrated clearly...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata [Highlights]

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata

Eterna Collection-Grosse Sänger der Vergangenheit /Schlusnus

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Heinrich August Marschner: Hans Heiling, opera, Op. 80; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Richard Wagner: Tannh...
Performers: Rosvaenge, Helge; Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Prüwer, Julius; Schuler, Johannes; ; Blech, Leo; Rother, Artur; Steinkopf, Hans
Ensemble: ; Members of the Staatskapelle Berlin (Members)

This CD features historic recordings of the great Heinrich Schlusnus, a baritone who sang not only with his throat but also with his heart -...continue...

Die Verkafte Braut: Romantische Ouvertüren

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Bedrich Smetana: Prodaná nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1; Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel, opera; Richard Wagner: The Fly...

Sensual Tunes

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F maj...
Performers: Ousset, Cecile; Suske, Karl; Timm, Jurnjakob
Conductors: Patanè, Giuseppe; Suitner, Otmar; Bongartz, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Rögner, Heinz; Kurz, Siegfried; Garaguly, Carl von; Herbig, Günther

Flieg, Gedanke: The Great Opera Choruses

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (me...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Patanè, Giuseppe

Featuring rousing selections from "The Flying Dutchman," "Nabucco," "Carmen," "The Magic Flute" and many more, this recording proves that the great choral scenes in grand...continue...

Flieg Gedanke: Die Berühmtesten Opernchöre

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (me...

Best of Basics

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the...
Performers: Dunckel, Rudolf; Kedra, Wladyslaw; Kootz, Gunter; Lear, Evelyn; Pistorius, Andreas; Schmidt, Annerose; Shetler, Norman; Stewart, Thomas [Bass-Baritone]; Stolte, Adele; Zechlin, Dieter
Conductors: Koch, Helmut; Rögner, Heinz; Neumann, Václav; Wiesenhutter, Gerhard; Masur, Kurt; Herbig, Günther; Fricke, Heinz; Suitner, Otmar

As we've seen and heard these past months, Berlin Classics Basics offers the new classical listener a chance to collect the world's greatest music at...continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto (German) - Highlights / Kurz, Wixell, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: chke, Thomas; Ilosfalvy, Robert; Katterfeld, Hannerose; Lunow, Horst; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Ude, Armin; Vogel, Siegfried; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Kurz, Siegfried
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Radio Chorus