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Mitropoulos Conducts Mahler Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 & 10

6 CD / Music & Arts / 2011-05-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 10 in F sharp minor/major; Symphony no 3 in D minor; Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Symphony no 6 in A minor "Tragic"; Symphony no 8 in E...
Performers: Coertse, Mimi; Edelmann, Otto; Krebs, Beatrice; Malaniuk, Ira; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; West, Lucretia; Zadek, Hilde; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri

Originally offered as a belated tribute on the centenary of Dimitri Mitropoulos's birth, this collection presents some of Mitropoulos's finest performances of Mahler, one of...continue...

Hindemith: Monteverdi's Orfeo

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2010-06-08

Works: Spoken Word: Interview with Paul Hindemith on his recording of the Symphony "Mathis der Maler"; Giovanni Gabrieli: Symphoniae Sacrae; Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Benton, Patricia; Foster, Norman; Graf, Uta; Guthrie, Frederick; Hermann, Dagmar; Iriarte, Ana Maria; Kmentt, Waldemar; Mertz, Wolfram; Paulee, Mona; Schretter, Gertrud; Sinimberghi, Gino; Strohbauer...
Conductors: Hindemith, Paul

Recording information: Grossen Konzerthaussaal, Wien (06/03/1954)....continue...

Verdi: La Traviata (complete rehearsal) / Toscanini, NBCSO

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2010-02-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Dennis, Paul; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Newman, Arthur; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Stellman, Maxine
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

This is an unaltered reprint/repressing of the 2003 release. Because the dress rehearsals did not constitute a real performance, given before a paying audience, Toscanini...continue...

Verdi: Requiem, Te Deum / Toscanini, Nelli, Merriman, McGrath, Scott, NBC SO, et al

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2008-11-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra; Requiem Mass; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: McGrath, William; Merriman, Nan; Nelli, Herva; Scott, Norman
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

This 1948 version is almost completely without mishap. Indeed, there is ample reason to consider it the finest of the Maestro's achievements with this monumental...continue...

Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Live 1942 Bayreuth / Elmendorff

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2008-02-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Booth, Margary; Dalberg, Frederick; Fuchs, Marta; Kallab, Camilla; Koch, Egmont; Langhammer, Irmgard; Scheppan, Hilde; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus

"...His [Elmendorff's] leadership in this performance reflects long experience in keeping up the forward momentun while relaxing tempos for dramatic emphasis in the climaxes. He...continue...

Arturo Toscanini's 1939 Beethoven Cycle / NBC SO

5 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-07-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Leonore Overture no 3 ...
Performers: Moscona, Nicola; Novotná, Jarmila; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Thorborg, Kerstin
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Classicalnotes.net states: "In general, the early NBC records are the best. To the exquisite architectural balances and subtle tempo modulations of the [NY Phil &...continue...

Igor Stravinsky Conducts His Own Works - Apollo, etc

3 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-05-01

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Apollon musagète, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra; Oedipus rex; Chorale for Piano; Capriccio, for piano & orchestra; Jeu de cartes; Symphony in Three Movements
Performers: Bergmann, Maria; Hessenland, Werner; Krebs, Helmut; Modl, Martha; Pears, Peter, Sir; Rehfuss, Heinz; Rohr, Otto van
Conductors: Stravinsky, Igor
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Orchestra; Northwest German Radio Chorus; Southwest German Radio Wind Quintet, Baden-Baden

David Del Tredici: Two Song Cycles / Del Tredici, et al

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2005-02-01

Works: David Del Tredici: Lament for the Death of a Bullfighter, for soprano & piano; Chana's Story, for mezzo-soprano & piano
Performers: Abramowitsch, Miriam; Del Tredici, David; Plitmann, Hila

Beethoven: Symphony no 9, Quartet Op 135 / Toscanini, et al

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2004-12-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Quartet for Strings no 16 in F major, Op. 135
Performers: Bovy, Vina; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Pinza, Ezio; Thorborg, Kerstin
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Walter conducts Beethoven

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2004-07-01

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Performers: Alvary, Lorenzo; Hain, William; Merriman, Nan; Steber, Eleanor
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: Westminster Choir

Verdi: Falstaff - Rehearsals / Toscanini, et al

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2004-07-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Elmo, Cloe; Guarrera, Frank; Merriman, Nan; Nelli, Herva; Scott, Norman; Stich-Randall, Teresa; Toscanini, Arturo; Valdengo, Giuseppe
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Toscanini Conducts Two Choral Masterpieces by Beethoven

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2003-10-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123; Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy"
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Castagna, Bruna; Dorfmann, Ania; Kipnis, Alexander; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; Westminster Choir

Verdi: Falstaff, etc / De Sabata, Serafin,Stabile, et al

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2002-08-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Aida, opera; Otello
Performers: Biasini, Piero; Canali, Anna Maria; Caniglia, Maria; Carteri, Rosanna; Caruso, Mariano; Elmo, Cloe; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Merli, Francesco; Nessi, Giuseppe; Oltrabella, Augusta; Silveri, Pao...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor
Ensemble: ; Orchestra

Merit - Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Knappertsbusch

13 CD / Music & Arts / 2002-05-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Brouwenstijn, Gre; Greindl, Josef; Herwig, Alfons; Hollweg, Ilse; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kamps, Luise Charlotte; Kuen, Paul; Lammers, Gerda; Lenchner, Paula; Madeira, Jean; Milinkovic, Geo...
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Writes critic William H. Youngren in his liner notes: When I reflect on what was unique about Knappertsbusch's work, Wagner's tempo direction `Lebhaft, doch gewichtig'...continue...

Merit - Schubert: Winterreise / Abramowitsch, Barth

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2000-09-26

Performers: Abramowitsch, Miriam; Barth, George

Thow: Songs for the Earth

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2000-07-25

Works: John Thow: Songs for the Earth; Trilce; Breath of the Sun; Quartet for Clarinet, Piano, Violin and Cello; Remembering Opus 109
Performers: Brooks, Sharon Louise; Friedman, Stephanie; Gray, Gary [Clarinet]; McElrath, Katheryn; McHenry, Richard; Rosenak, Karen; Waller, Susan
Conductors: Mosko, Stephen L.;
Ensemble: Francesco Trio; San Francisco Contemporary Music Players; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Members; The Flute Exchange