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Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn / Christiane Iven, Hanno Muller-Brachmann

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2011-10-25

Works: Gustav Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"
Performers: Iven, Christiane; Muller-Brachmann, Hanno
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden und Freiburg

The collection of anonymous German folk poems assembled by Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano known as 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn' ('The Youth's Magic Horn') inspired...continue...

Verdi: Messa da Requiem / Rilling

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2010-08-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Colombara, Carlo; Kim, Alfred; Orgonasova, Luba; Vondung, Anke
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth

Gramophone Magazine
The choral work in the Sanctus and elsewhere is of a quality one has come to expect from Rilling's Stuttgart forces...Anke Vondung is the...continue...
Recording information: Beethovensaal, Liederhalle Stuttgart (2009-04-02&2009-04-04&2009-)....continue...

Handel: Alexander's Feast HWV 75 / Beck, Bruns, Mihályová, Mamonova, Okamura, et al

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2009-07-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75
Performers: Bruns, Benjamin; Duchonov, Lucia; Mamonova, Yana; Mihalyov, Aneta; Okamura, Chiyuki; Sikora, Karolina; Witholt, Wiard
Conductors: Beck, Rolf
Ensemble: Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra

A rare complete recording of one of Handel's most popular and colorfully scored works, and the first of a series featuring the large ensembles of...continue...

Messiaen: Works for Orchestra / Cambreling, et al

8 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2008-09-18

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Les offrandes oubliées; L' Ascension, 4 meditations for orchestra, I/12a; Poèmes pour Mi; Turangalîla-Symphonie; Réveil des oiseaux, for piano & orchestra, ...
Performers: Boffard, Florent; Friedel, Horst; Hartmann-Claverie, Valerie; Latzko, Reinhard; Lentz, Thierry; Maier, Markus; Muraro, Roger; Naef, Yvonne; Ott, Gunhild; Pencz, Wolfhard; Schorer, Jochen
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

"This 8-CD set contains almost all of Messiaen's music for orchestra or large mixed ensembles...While listeners might still have individual preferences in certain works, all...continue...

Berlioz: Vocal Works with Orchestra / Cambreling, Aikin, Poulson, SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2008-09-18

Works: Hector Berlioz: La Captive for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 12; Le jeune pâtre breton, Op. 13 no 4; Zaïde, boléro for voice, castsnets & piano or orchestra, Op. 19/1; Sara la b...
Performers: Aikin, Laura; Holscher, Florian; Poulson, Lani; Yudenkov, Alexander
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Vocal Ensemble, Stuttgart

This CD and bonus DVD features Skip Sempe, born in New Orleans and known as one of the most famous performers of French music for...continue...

Stravinsky: Canticum sacrum, Agon, Requiem Canticles / Gielen, Doufexis, Elsner, Rosen, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2008-09-18

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Canticum Sacrum ad honorem Sancti Marci nominis, cantata for 2 soloists, chorus & orchestra; Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra; Requiem Canticles, for 2 vocal soloists, chorus ...
Performers: Bossert, Frank; Doufexis, Stella; Drope, Kirsten; Elsner, Christian [Vocals]; Nikiforov, Mikhael; Rosen, Rudolf
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Vocal Ensemble, Stuttgart

A new CD from Michael Gielen features three late masterworks by Igor Stravinsky. There is very little competition in the catalogue for recordings of Canticum...continue...

The Messiah [Highlights]

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2007-09-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Brown, Donna; Kallisch, Cornelia; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Sacca, Roberto
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth

Schoenberg: Gurrelieder / Gielen, Diener, Naef, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Hanssler Classic / 2007-06-13

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Performers: Diener, Melanie; Lukas, Ralf; Naef, Yvonne; Smith, Robert Dean
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: South German Radio Symphony Orchestra

"This 'Gurrelieder is grand opera. It might even be thought of as "modern Wagner" and, in fact, sounds more Wagnerian in terms of sound, styling,...continue...

Mahler: Symphony No 2 / Norrington, Rubens, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Hanssler Classic / 2007-05-14

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Performers: Rubens, Sibylla; Vermillion, Iris
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

In this live concert performance, Roger Norrington performs Mahler using his "Pure Tone" technique, exhaustively researched to insure complete authenticity to Mahler's intentions...continue...

Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini / Norrington, Ford, Groop

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2006-11-14

Works: Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23
Performers: Chum, Johannes; Claycomb, Laura; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Groop, Monica; Hawlata, Franz; Hoffmann, Matthias; Lukas, Ralf; Maltman, Christopher; Mayr, Reinhard; Vogler, Ekkehard; Wagner, Eckhard
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

An authentic live performance of a seldom-heard masterpiece with world-famous Roger Norrington leading a talented young continental cast. Issued in celebration of the 2006 Berlioz...continue...

Bach: Mass in B minor / Rilling, Bach Collegium, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Hanssler Classic / 2006-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Doufexis, Stella; Gerhaher, Christian; Odinius, Lothar; Petersen, Marlis; Selig, Franz-Josef
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart

The long-awaited new recording from internationally renowned conductor and Bach expert Helmuth Rilling features his Gachinger Kantorei Stuttgart and the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart along with an...continue...

Mendelssohn: Der Onkel aus Boston / Helmuth Rilling, et al

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2005-06-11

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Die beiden Neffen oder Der Onkel aus Boston, opera; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Bauer, Julia; Daum, Andreas; Odinius, Lothar; Royal, Kate; Süss, Carsten; Valentin, Bernd
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Stuttgart Bach Collegium

Mendelssohns immortal Midsummer Nights Dream Overture was written at the age of 17, but this long-lost operatic masterpiece was created three years earlier! Written when...continue...

Mendelssohn: Athalie / Rilling, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2004-08-12

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Athalie, incidental music, Op. 74; Spoken Word: Zwischenreden zur Verbindung für Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Musik zu Athalia
Performers: Halmai, Katalin; Scherrer, Letizia
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth

Mahler: Symphonies no 1-9, Adagio / Michael Gielen

13 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2004-04-15

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Symphony no 3 in D minor; Symphony no 4 in G major; Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Symphony no 6 in A minor ...
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Boesiger, Christiane; Grunewald, Eugenie; Hock, Wolfgang; Kallisch, Cornelia; Lika, Peter; Marc, Alessandra; Michaels-Moore, Anthony; Pecková, Dagmar; Whittlesey, Christine; Wi...
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Aurelius Boys Choir of Calw; Europa ChorAkademie; European Soloists Academy; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

"Michael Gielen's Mahler cycle is now complete, and as predicted it moves straight to the top of the list as the most idiomatic and consistent...continue...

Faszination Musik - Beethoven: Symphonies no 1-9

6 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2003-09-17

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C min...
Performers: Kaufmann, Jonas; Nylund, Camilla; Selig, Franz-Joseph; Vermillion, Iris
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Norrington delivers drama, poetry and a potent new vision of Beethoven's timeless masterworks. "This is Beethoven 'stripped for action!" - Gramophone "Simply put - a...continue...

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder, etc; Webern: Passacaglia /Gielen

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2003-02-07

Works: Gustav Mahler: Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra); Symphony no 10 in F sharp minor/major; Anton Webern: Passacaglia for orchestra, Op. 1; Im Sommerwind, idyll for orchestra
Performers: Kallisch, Cornelia
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

This song cycle is one of immense comfort, and is one of the highpoints of late-Romantic orchestral songs. To those people who think that Mahler's...continue...

The Messiah / Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, et al

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2003-02-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Brown, Donna; Kallisch, Cornelia; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Sacca, Roberto
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart

Handels ever-popular oratorio in Mozarts stunning arrangement! Helmuth Rilling and some of Europes leading vocalists provide a vivid listening experience....continue...

Faszination Musik - On Wings of Jewish Songs / Schneiderman

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2002-04-15

Works: Lazare Saminsky: Schir Haschirim, for voice & piano; First Hebrew Song Cycle, for voice & piano, Op. 12; Second Hebrew Song Cycle, for voice & piano, Op. 13; Schlaf, mein Kind ("Tachas ieizias bni"),...
Performers: Nemtsov, Jascha; Schneiderman, Helene

Messa per Rossini / Rilling, Quivar, Agache, Wagner, et al

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2001-06-01

Works: Antonio Buzzolla: Requiem and Kyrie; Antonio Bazzini: Dies irae; Carlo Pedrotti: Tuba mirum; Antonio Cagnoni: Quid sum miser; Federico Ricci: Recordare; Alessandro Nini: Ingemisco; Raimondo Boucheron...
Performers: Agache, Alexandru; Benackova, Gabriela; Haugland, Aage; Quivar, Florence; Wagner, James
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart ; Prague Philharmonic Chorus; Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Rihm: Deus Passus / Rilling, Banse, Pregardien, et al

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2001-04-10

Works: Wolfgang Rihm: Deus passus
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Kallisch, Cornelia; Pregardien, Christoph; Schmidt, Andreas [baritone]; Vermillion, Iris
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart ; Stuttgart Bach Collegium

"Rilling and his forces bring all this out with crackling sympathy. The soloists are remarkably expressive, the Kantorei aren't one of the world's most recorded...continue...

Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette / Messiaen: L'Ascension

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2000-10-15

Works: Hector Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17; Olivier Messiaen: L' Ascension, 4 meditations for orchestra, I/12a
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Denize, Nadine; Lika, Peter
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain

Edition Bachakademie Vol 50 - Cantatas BWV 165-168 / Rilling

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2000-04-20

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: O heiliges Geist- und Wasserbad, das Gottes Reich uns einverliebet, BWV 165; Cantata no 166 "Wo gehest du hin?" BWV 166; Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe, BWV 167; Cantat...
Performers: Altmeyer, Theo; Auger, Arleen; Baldin, Aldo; Burns, Nancy; Equiluz, Kurt; Gardow, Heldrun; Gohl-Muller, Verena; Graf, Kathrin; Kraus, Adalbert; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Rogers, Alyce; Schone, Wolfgang; Tu...
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Frankfurt Kantorei; Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart ; Gedächtniskirche Figuralchor, Stuttgart ; Stuttgart Bach Collegium

Edition Bachakademie Vol 49 - Cantatas BWV 161-164 / Rilling

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2000-02-22

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, du süsse Todesstunde, BWV 161; Ach, ich sehe, itzt, da ich zu Hochzeit gehe, BWV 162; Nur jedem das Seine, BWV 163; Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet, BWV 164
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Equiluz, Kurt; Hamari, Julia; Harder, Lutz-Michael; Heldwein, Walter; Kraus, Adalbert; Laurich, Hildegard; Rogers, Alyce; Schöne, Wolfgang; Tüller, Niklaus; Watts, Hel...
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Frankfurt Kantorei; Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart; Stuttgart Bach Collegium

Edition Bachakademie Vol 47 - Cantatas BWV 152-155 / Rilling

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2000-02-22

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn, BWV 152; Cantata no 153, "Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind" BWV 153; Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren, BWV 154; Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange, B...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baldin, Aldo; Heldwein, Walter; Kraus, Adalbert; Kunz, Hanns-Friedrich; Lerer, Norma; Melzer, Friedreich; Murray, Ann; Reichelt, Ingeborg; Schone, Wolfgang
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart ; Stuttgart Bach Collegium

Edition Bachakademie Vol 38 - Cantatas BWV 119-121 / Rilling

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 1999-12-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn, BWV 119; Gott, mann lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120; Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 121
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Donath, Helen; Kraus, Adalbert; Laurich, Hildegard; Murray, Ann; Schone, Wolfgang; Soffel, Doris
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart ; Stuttgart Bach Collegium

Edition Bachakademie Vol 29 - Cantatas BWV 91-93 / Rilling

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 1999-08-16

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91; Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn mein Herz und Sinn ergeben, BWV 92; Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 93
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baldin, Aldo; Donath, Helen; Heldwein, Walter; Huttenlocher, Philippe; Kraus, Adalbert; Murray, Ann; Schone, Wolfgang; Schreckenbach, Gabriele; Watts, Helen
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Frankfurt Kantorei; Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart ; Stuttgart Bach Collegium; Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn

Liszt: Christus / Rilling, Bonde-Hansen, Vermillion, et al

3 CD / Hanssler Classic / 1999-03-22

Works: Franz Liszt: Christus, S 3
Performers: Bonde-Hansen, Henriette; Schade, Michael; Schmidt, Andreas [baritone]; Vermillion, Iris
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Cracow Chamber Choir; Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart ; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Christus is essentially a contemplative work and so could really be said to exist in a different timescale to most music. Much...continue...

Schubert: Mass in Ab Major / Rilling, Oregon Bach Festival

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 1999-03-22

Works: Franz Schubert: Mass no 5 in A flat major, D 678
Performers: Brown, Donna [Soprano]; Groop, Monica; Taylor, James [tenor]; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Oregon Bach Festival Chorus; Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis / Rilling, Coburn, Quivar, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 1998-11-17

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Performers: Baldin, Aldo; Coburn, Pamela; Quivar, Florence; Schmidt, Andreas [baritone]
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart; Stuttgart Bach Collegium

Penderecki: Credo / Rilling, Oregon Bach Festival

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 1998-11-13

Works: Krzysztof Penderecki: Credo
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Quasthoff, Thomas; Randle, Thomas; Simpson, Marietta; Vargas, Milagro
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Oregon Bach Festival Chorus; Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra

"A magnificent work of searching beauty," wrote The Oregonian music critic following the world premiere performance of Penderecki's "Credo" at the 1998 Oregon Bach Festival....continue...

Schubert: Lazarus / Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 1998-09-24

Works: Franz Schubert: Lazarus, D 689
Performers: Azesberger, Kurt; Goerne, Matthias; Michael, Nadja; Nold, Simone; Nylund, Camilla; Rubens, Sibylla; Voigt, Christian; Weir, Scot
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart; Stuttgart Bach Collegium