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Handel: Israel in Agypten / Hauschild, Nossek, Strate, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-05-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Work(s); Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54
Performers: Bernstein, Walter Heinz; Lorenz, Siegfried; Loth, Gert; Nossek, Carola; Stier, Gothart; Strate, Petra-Ines; Vogel, Christian
Conductors: Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter
Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Chorus; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Nova - Sinfonik in der DDR - East German Symphonies

5 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Hanns Eisler: Pieces (5), for orchestra; Chamber Symphony, Op. 69; Paul Dessau: In memoriam Bertold Brecht; Orchestermusik no 2 "Meer der Stürme"; Rudolf Wagner-Régeny: Orchestral Movements...
Conductors: Pommer, Max; Dessau, Paul; Kegel, Herbert; Frank, Hans-Peter; Sanderling, Kurt; Konwitschny, Franz; Neumann, Václav; Matthus, Siegfried; Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter; Masur, Kurt; Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: ; Berlin Comic Opera Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Chamber Music Society; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony ...

4 Elements - Classical Music of Fire, Water, Air and Earth

4 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-09-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate"; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 59 in A major, H 1 no 59 "Fire"; Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Georges ...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Kootz, Gunter; Laforet, Marc; Ousset, Cecile; Pistorius, Andreas; Rosel, Peter; Rucker, Fritz; Schmahl, Gustav; Zechlin, Dieter; Zehetmair, Thomas [Conductor/Violin]; Zoff, Jutta
Conductors: ; Haenchen, Hartmut; Kegel, Herbert; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Neumann, Václav; Kempe, Rudolf; Suitner, Otmar; Rögner, Heinz; Berglund, Paavo; Koch, Helmut; Blomstedt, Herbert; Wiesenhutter,...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Camerata Bern; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Greatest Works - Mendelssohn

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-08-12

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, in E major Op. 21; Overture for orchestra in F major ("Fair Melusina"), Op. 32; Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; Hebrides Overture, in...
Performers: Gheorghiu, Valentin; Rohde, Peter Arne; Schmahl, Gustav; Schorler, Renate
Conductors: Herbig, Günther; Masur, Kurt; Konwitschny, Franz; Koch, Helmut; Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: ; Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Schumann: Works for Choir / Neumann, Leipzig Radio Chorus

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Robert Schumann: Songs (3) for solo voices & piano, Op. 29; Ungewisses Licht ("Bahnlos und pfadlos"), part song for mixed voices, Op. 141/2; Das Schifflein ("Ein Schifflein ziehet leise"), part song ...
Performers: Arens, Rolf-Dieter; Bernstein, Walter Heinz; Brendel, Margot; Breuer, Liane; Ginzel, Reinhart; Henkel, Klaus; Kaltofen, Gisela; Knorrn, Horst-Dieter; Loebner, Wolfgang; Muller, Siegfried; Opitz, Gunt...
Conductors: Neumann, Horst
Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Chorus; Leipzig Radio Chorus Male Voices; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

"...This is an admirable sampler of Schumann's choral writing. Thus, we have music for mixed voices, with and without soloists, with and without piano accompaniment;...continue...

Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri / Hauschild, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Robert Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri (Paradise and the Peri), for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op. 50
Performers: Buchner, Eberhard; Hajossyova, Magdalena [Soprano Vocals]; Konig, Klaus; Lorenz, Siegfried; Nossek, Carola; Polster, Hermann-Christian; Vogel, Christian
Conductors: Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter
Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto in A minor, Violin Concerto in D minor / Kegel, Stöckigt, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano in A minor; Concerto for Violin in D minor
Performers: Schmahl, Gustav; Stockigt, Siegfried
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; Koch, Helmut
Ensemble: Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

"...[There's] much to embrace of the almost never performed A-major Piano Concerto...Stockigt [gives an] exuberant account, piling into the outer movements with great enthusiasm while...continue...

After Work Hour Vol 9 - Vivaldi, et al / Kegel, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Autumn (The Four Seasons); Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 73 in D major ("La chasse"/"The Chase"), H. 1/73; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Ludwig van Beethoven: S...
Performers: Dusset, Cecile; Kedra, Wladyslaw; Olbertz, Walter; Rosel, Peter; Schreier, Peter; Shetler, Norman; Zechlin, Dieter; Zehetmair, Thomas [Conductor/Violin]
Conductors: Haenchen, Hartmut; Kegel, Herbert; Blomstedt, Herbert; Pommer, Max; Neumann, Horst
Ensemble: C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Radio Chorus; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Moments of Peace

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Jean Sibelius: Kuolema; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Pian...
Performers: Funke, Christian; Morbitzer, Egon; Stockigt, Siegfried
Conductors: Sebastian, Georges; Sanderling, Kurt; Vonk, Hans; Kegel, Herbert; Herbig, Günther; Konwitschny, Franz; Masur, Kurt; Honeck, Manfred
Ensemble: ; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Eterna Collection-Grosse Sänger der Vergangenheit / Lemnitz

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eug...
Performers: Hüsch, Gerhard; Lemnitz, Tiana; Schmitt-Walter, Karl; Völker, Franz [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Rother, Artur; Gruber, Arthur
Ensemble: ; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

In a successful singing career stretching over 35 years, Lemnitz proved that even in such exalted realms as opera and concert singing the simple adage...continue...

Max Reger: Works for Orchestra / Staatskapelle Berlin, et al

8 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Max Reger: Ballet Suite in D major, Op. 130; Concerto for Orchestra in F major, Op. 123 "In the old style"; Variations and Fugue for 2 Pianos on a theme of Beethoven, Op. 86; Variations and Fugue on ...
Performers: Amadeus Webersinke; Hartwich, Walter; Scherzer, Manfred; Schunk, Heinz; Siering, Gunter; Suske, Karl
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Konwitschny, Franz; Bongartz, Heinz; Blomstedt, Herbert; Herbig, Günther; Rögner, Heinz
Ensemble: ; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Max Reger (1873-1916), best known for his output for organ, composed 32 orchestral works, 24 of which were written in the final thirteen years of...continue...

Piano Concertos - Beethoven, Haydn, etc / Rösel, et al

10 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. ...
Performers: Rosel, Peter
Conductors: Flor, Claus P.; Herbig, Günther; Bongartz, Heinz; Kegel, Herbert; Sanderling, Kurt; Masur, Kurt; Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Berlin Classics continues to offer its "star" pianist in these specially-priced packages of solo and concerted works. These collections display his broad artistic range not...continue...

Reference - Prokofiev, Stravinsky / Rösel, Bongartz, Kegel

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 16; Igor Stravinsky: Capriccio, for piano & orchestra; Circus Polka; Movements (3) from Pétrouchka
Performers: Rösel, Peter
Conductors: Bongartz, Heinz; Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Reference - Weill: Die sieben Todsünden, etc / Gisela May

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Kurt Weill: Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins), ballet; Das Berliner Requiem, cantata for tenor, baritone, male chorus & wind orchestra; Happy End, musical play; Aufstieg und Fall der ...
Performers: Leib, Gunther; May, Gisela; Polster, Hermann-Christian; Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; Krtschil, Henry; Rögner, Heinz
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Studio Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

This recording, made in 1966, remains the most authentic interpretation since the 1956 Lotte Lenya reading. The high-powered reading given by Herbert Kegel and the...continue...

Hermann Abendroth - Last Symphonies

8 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"; Symphony no 38 in D major, K 504 "Prague"; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D mi...
Performers: Laux, Edith; Paul, Karl; Suthaus, Ludwig; Tortelier, Paul
Conductors: Abendroth, Hermann
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra; Leipzig University Choir

Compiled to mark the 50th anniversary of his death, this set explores the art of the German conductor Hermann Abendroth. Perhaps not a household name...continue...

Schostakowitsch: Symphony no 1, etc / Kleinert, Kegel, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 1 in F minor, Op. 10; Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35
Performers: Garay, Gyorgy; Kootz, Gunter; Krug, Willi; Stöckigt, Siegfried; Stockigt, Siegfried
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; Kleinert, Rolf
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

After the triumphant premiere of his Symphony No. 1 by the State Academic Philharmonic Orchestra under Nicolai Malko on May 12, 1926, as Victor Ilyich...continue...

Nono: como una ola..., Epitaffio 1 & 3 / Kegel, Neumann

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Luigi Nono: Como una ola de fuerza y luz, for soprano, piano, orchestra & tape; Epitaffio per Federico Garcia Lorca no 1; Epitaffio per Federico García Lorca
Performers: Haseleu, Werner; Reinhardt-Kiss, Ursula; Trexler, Roswitha
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; Neumann, Horst
Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Chorus; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Moods - Floating Harmony / Kegel, Weigle, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Waltz for piano no 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2, CT. 213; Nocturne for piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9/1, CT. 108; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano no 1 in G min...
Performers: Casper, Bernd; Gabriel, Elfrun; Gheorghiu, Valentin; Hallmann, Dietmar; Hucke, Rainer; Rösel, Peter; Schmidt, Annerose; Schramm, Siegfried; Schumann, Manfred; Shetler, Norman; Suske, Karl; Timm,...
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Neumann, Václav; Blomstedt, Herbert; Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: ; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos / Gheorghiu, Kegel, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 40; Concerto for 2 Pianos in E major
Performers: Gheorghiu, Valentin; Lejsek, Vlastimil; Lejskova, Vera
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; Rögner, Heinz
Ensemble: ; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Moods - Tunes of Eternity - Respighi, etc / Weigle, Kegel

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 3; Robert Schumann: Phantasiestücke (8) for Piano, Op. 12; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 7 in C major ("Le midi"), H. 1/7; Antonio Vivaldi: Tri...
Performers: Feldmann, Klaus; Feldmann, Rainer; Koch, Nora; Michallik, Oskar; Pekinel, Guher [Piano]; Pekinel, Suher [Piano]; Pistorius, Andreas; Schmidt, Annerose; Schorler, Renate; Stockigt, Siegfried
Conductors: Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Herbig, Günther; Pommer, Max; Kegel, Herbert; Sanderling, Kurt; Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: ; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Hartmann: Symphonies nos 5, 6, 8 / Herbig, Kegel

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Symphony no 5; Symphony no 6; Symphony no 8
Conductors: Herbig, Günther; Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: ; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

"...if you don't yet know Hartmann's music and are wondering where to start, this is an excellent place to do so. Nothing less than a...continue...

Moods - Lay Down and Listen / Gabriel, Kegel, Walter, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 17 in B major, Op. 62/1, CT. 124; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 40; Louis Spohr: Nonet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, B...
Performers: Bauer, Arthur; Gabriel, Elfrun; Gheorghiu, Valentin; Ousset, Cecile; Shetler, Norman; Waage, Richard; Walter, Johannes; Zoff, Jutta
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; ; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Suitner, Otmar
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Octet; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ma'alot Quintett

Musik in der D.D.R. Vol I - Orchestral Music

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Günter Kochan: Symphony no 2 for large orchestra in one movement; Friedrich Goldmann: Symphony no 1; Udo Zimmermann: Sinfonia come un grande lamento; Siegfried Kurz: Concerto for trumpet and str...
Performers: Glaetzner, Burkhard; Scheitzbach, Hans-Joachim; Scherzer, Manfred
Conductors: Sanderling, Kurt; Kegel, Herbert; Herbig, Günther; Kurz, Siegfried; Bahner, Gert; Pommer, Max; Haenchen, Hartmut; Stein, Horst; Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Moods - Magic Moments - Mussorgsky, etc / Kegel, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Claude Debussy: Children's Corner; Suite bergamasque; Erik Satie: Sarabandes (3) for piano; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat ...
Performers: Arens, Rolf-Dieter; Erber, Gerhard; Fauth, Gerald; Philipp, Gunter; Rosel, Peter; Schmidt, Annerose; Scholz, Katrin; Schunk, Heinz
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; Masur, Kurt; Rögner, Heinz
Ensemble: Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

This new series implores you to "release your inner power through the harmony of classical music." Classical music has long since proved its lasting, timeless...continue...