Hanssler Classic > Wagner, Richard

Peter Anders sings Arias & Lieder

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2011-04-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Bedrich Smetana: Die verkaufte Braut; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Wilhelm Kienzl: Der Evangel...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Giesen, Hubert; Jurinac, Sena; Mende, Heinz; Tüscher, Nata
Conductors: Ackermann, Otto; Burkhardt, Paul

Connoisseurs of the vocal arts will cherish these previously unreleased recordings from the great German heldentenor, Peter Anders. Anders studied at the Berlin Music Academy...continue...

Stokowski conducts Blacher, Prokofiev, Milhaud, Egk, Wagner, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2009-03-12

Works: Boris Blacher: Variations on a Theme of Paganini for orchestra, Op. 26; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Suite no 3 for orchestra, Op. 101; Darius Milhaud: Concerto, for percussion & chamber orche...
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Several of the recordings on this exciting program have never been released on CD!...continue...

Romantic Orchestral Masterpieces / Rilling, Gielen, Marriner, Sanderling, et al

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2009-01-15

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, in E major Op. 21; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"; Hector Berlioz: Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouvertur...
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth; Gielen, Michael; Cambreling, Sylvain; Marriner, Sir Neville; Hahn, Klaus-Peter; Starek, Jiri; Sanderling, Kurt
Ensemble: ; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

The masterpieces of European Baroque, Classical, and Romantic choral and orchestral music are the foundation of the Hanssler Classic catalog. The new 'Masterpieces' series will...continue...

Best of Stuttgart Sound - Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, etc / Norrington, Stuttgart Radio SO, et al

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2008-10-17

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 11; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 29 in A major, K 201 (186a); Symphony no 25 in G minor, K 183 (17...
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

"All my concerts and recordings with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra are characterized by a serious attention to historical playing style, which has up to...continue...

Roger Norrington/ Stuttgart RSO / "The Romantics" / Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Berlioz [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Hanssler Classic / 2007-06-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique"; Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

This invaluable DVD explores the creative and controversial interpretive choices of Roger Norrington through a series of interviews, rehearsal footage, documentaries, and live concert performances....continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Friedrich Schorr sings Richard Wagner

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2006-01-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; The Flying Dutchman; Die Walküre
Performers: Davis, Ben; Ljungberg, Gota; Melchior, Lauritz; Parr, Gladys; Schorr, Friedrich; Schumann, Elisabeth
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Collingwood, Lawrance; Blech, Leo; Heger, Robert
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Freidrich Schorr was the leading heroic baritone in Germany during the 1920s. His studio and live recordings reveal him to have been the perfect embodiment...continue...

Meta Seinemeyer sings Puccini, Verdi, Giordano & Wagner

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2006-01-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; La forza del destino; Otello; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Jung, Helene; Pattiera, Tino; Seinemeyer, Meta; Taucher, Curt
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder

This CD contains original recordings from 1926-1929 of a great German soprano, Meta Seinemeyer. Sadly ignored following her premature death, Seinemeyer was a stunning artist...continue...

Carl Schuricht Collection - Wagner / Stuttgart Radio SO

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2005-02-15

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal; Tristan und Isolde; Götterdämmerung; Siegfried Idyll
Conductors: Schuricht, Carl
Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

"It will be no surprise to anyone who knows Schuricht's Bruckner that these are flowing, beautifully balanced, serious readings. I don't know any quite like...continue...

Michael Bohnen - At the Metropolitan Opera

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2004-11-15

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer:...
Performers: Bohnen, Michael
Conductors: Meyrowitz, Selmar; Szell, George

"Michael Bohnen was a superb singing-actor with a vibrant and attractive bass-baritone voice that demonstrated extraordinary facility in the lower and upper reaches for the...continue...

Living Voices - Leo Slezak sings Wagner, Verdi & Meyerbeer

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2004-11-15

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Le Prophète; Di...
Performers: Scheidl, Theodor; Slezak, Leo
Conductors: Gurlitt, Manfred; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Weyersberg, Bruno; Kunneke, Eduard

Leo Slezak, sometimes referred to as 'the German Caruso', was one of the most celebrated tenors at the Vienna Court Opera. His exquisitely beautiful lyric-dramatic...continue...

Joseph Schwarz - Arias

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2004-11-15

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Zazà, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Ave Maria; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrika...
Performers: Dux, Claire; Jadlowker, Hermann; Schwarz, Joseph
Conductors: Seidler-Winkler, Bruno

These historic recordings from 1916-1918 by German baritone Joseph Schwartz showcase how he combined emotional intensity with Italianate 'bel canto' style....continue...

Carl Schuricht-Collection - Bruckner: Symphony no 7; Wagner

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2004-11-11

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Conductors: Schuricht, Carl
Ensemble: SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Neither rhetorical nor labored, Schuricht allows Bruckner's vision to take wing in this recordings, with a bonus of Wagner favorites. Recordings from 1950 and 1953,...continue...

Wagner: Parsifal etc / Norrington, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2004-10-27

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Pathétique Symphony, Op. 74
Conductors: Norrington, Roger

Elgar: Symphony no 1 / Norrington, SWR RSO Stuttgart

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2000-05-19

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra