Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]

La Boheme, Madame Butterfly & More / Opera Sung In German

2 CD / Red/membran / 2011-09-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Das Mädchen aus dem Goldenen Westen; Madame Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Der Mantel
Performers: Anders, Peter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Frick, Gottlob; Friedrich, Karl; Gester, Kurt; Gunter, Horst; Hoppe, H...
Conductors: Kraus, Richard; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Geese, Heinz; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Szenkar, Eugen; Ackermann, Otto; Schroder, Kurt; Wallat, Hans; Rother, Artur; Stein, Horst; Heger, Robert; Dobrindt, Otto;...

111 More Classic Tracks [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93; Adagio and Allegretto (Elegy and Polka), for string quartet; Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Fr...
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Anda, Geza; Andre, Maurice; Antonietti, Jean; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Askenase, Stefan; Baldwin, Dalton; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kat...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Ancerl, Karel; Stadlmair, Hans; Nelson, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Blech, Leo; Böhm, Karl; Previn, Andre; Boulez, Pierre; Karajan, Herbert von; Marcon, Andrea; Pletnev, Mikhail; ...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London

111 More Classic Tracks carries on from where 111 Classic Tracks of 2009 left off. In another mesmerizing journey through the history of Deutsche Grammophon's...continue...

Great Singers & Musicians in Copenhagen 1931-1939

6 CD / Danacord / 2010-06-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40; Missa Solemnis, Op. 125; Richard Wagner: Parsifal; Tristan...
Performers: Berettoni, Umberto; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Brems, Else; Bruusgaard, Holger; Busch, Adolf; Byrding, Holger; Cassado, Gaspar; Ettl, Karl; Fidesser, Hans; Gigli, Beniamino; Granfelt, Hanna; Hamm...
Conductors: Weisbach, Hans; Malko, Nicolai; Walter, Bruno; Tango, Egisto; Grondahl, Launy; Mahler, Fritz; Schneevoigt, Georg; Wöldike, Mogens; Busch, Fritz; Paray, Paul; Fitelberg, Grzegorz; Hoeberg, Georg;...

Étienne Henry Méhul: Joseph in Aegypten

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Etienne-Nicolas Méhul: Joseph; Jules Massenet: Werther; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Braun, Hans; Generesch, Gunter; Grefe, Gustav; Gunter, Horst; Kunz, Rolf; Luca, Libero de; Michaelis, Bernhard; Mill, Arnold van; Pfeifle, Alfred; Sailer, Friederike; T...
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Rischner, Alfons; Gressier, Jules

Festival of the Primadonnas

3 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2009-06-30

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jacques Offenbach: ...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Barabas, Sari; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Callas, Maria; Cebotari, Maria; Gedda, Nicolai; Groh, Herbert Ernst; Grummer, Elisabeth; Koth, Erika; Kupper, Annelies; Losch, Liselotte; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Rudolf, Max; Böhm, Karl; Prohaska, Felix; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Santini, Gabriele; Erede, Alberto; Weigert, Herman; Karajan, Herbert von; Krips, Josef; Lehmann, Fritz; Reiner, Fri...

Flotow: Martha / Schüler, Berger, Tergetthoff, Anders, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Friedrich von Flotow: Martha
Performers: Anders, Peter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Fuchs, Eugen; Greindl, Josef; Sauer, Franz; Tegetthoff, Else
Conductors: Schuler, Johannes

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...

Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann - excerpts / Rother, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne
Performers: Anders, Peter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Langhammer, Irmgard; Muller, Anneliese; Prohaska, Jaro; Reimann, Kurt; Soot, Fritz; Stoll, Walter; Streich, Rita; Stumpf, Franz; Witting, Gerhard
Conductors: Rother, Artur

The young Offenbach had been thrilled by the first performance of this fantastic play by Barbier and Carre in 1851, and would eventually produce the...continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni

3 CD / Orfeo / 2004-07-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Berry, Walter; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Edelmann, Otto; Grummer, Elisabeth; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

Flotow: Martha / Schüler, Berger, Anders, Greindl, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-01-07

Works: Friedrich von Flotow: Martha
Performers: Anders, Peter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Fuchs, Eugen; Greindl, Josef; Sauer, Franz; Tegetthoff, Else
Conductors: Schuler, Johannes

The Art of Robert Bloom - Bach Aria Group Vol 1

1 CD / Boston Records / 2001-12-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 202, "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" ("Wedding Cantata") BWV 202; Cantata no 85, "Ich bin ein guter Hirt" BWV 85; Cantata no 114, "Ach, lieben Christen, seid g...
Performers: Baker; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Bloom, Robert; Bloom, Sara Lambert; Farrow, Norman; Greenhouse, Bernard; Harrell, Mark; Kahn, Erich Itor; Sherman, Robert B.; Starr; Ulanowsky, Paul; Warfield, W...
Conductors: Johnson, William; Brieff, Frank
Ensemble: ; Bach Aria Group; Bach Aria Group Chorus; Bach Aria Group Orchestra

Prima Voce Vol 2 - Treasury of Opera - Historic Recordings

5 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-11-14

Works: Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Manon Lescaut; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Turandot; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night; Sadko; Snow Maiden; The Tsar's Bri...
Performers: Anthony, Grace; Barone, Clement; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Björling, Jussi; Bori, Lucrezia; Bronskaya, Yevgeniya; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; de Luca, Giuseppe; Farrar, Geraldine [So...
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Romani, Romano; Molajoli, Lorenzo; Ormandy, Eugene; Cloez, Gustave; Bourdon, Rosario; Albergoni, Angelo; Dobrindt, Otto; Pelletier, Wilfred; Coppola, Piero; Ghione, Franco; Barb...

Four Famous Sopranos of the Past

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-05-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Der Rosenkavalier; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Ave Maria; Ludwig van Beethoven: F...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Braun, Helena; Lemnitz, Tiana; Ranczak, Hildegarde; Ursuleac, Viorica
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens; Schmidt, Franz; Meyrowitz, Selmar; Ludwig, Leopold; Steeger, Gerhard; Hollreiser, Heinrich

Julius Patzak - The Early Operatic Recordings 1929-1938

2 CD / Preiser / 1999-02-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; Bedrich Smetana: Prodaná nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1; Pyo...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Patzak, Julius; Runger, Gertrud
Conductors: Gurlitt, Manfred; Weigert, Herman; Melichar, Alois; Blech, Leo; Martin, Wolfgang; Schuler, Johannes

German Ensemble Recordings

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-07-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidel...
Performers: Beck, Walter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Fischer, Susanne; Friedrich, Elisabeth; Fuchs, Eugen; Gerson, Therese; Gottlieb, Henriette; Grossmann, Walter; Heidersbach, Kate; Hirzel, Max; Husch, Gerh...
Conductors: Zaun, Fritz; Blech, Leo; Zweig, Fritz; Schmalstich, Clemens; Orthmann, Erich
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Sergiu Celibidache Conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker

1 CD / Myto Records / 1998-03-02

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Reinhold Glière: Concerto for coloratura soprano and orchestra, Op. 82; Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72b
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]
Conductors: Celibidache, Sergiu

When Opera Reached the Airwaves: The Great Coloraturas

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 1996-01-03

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Lucia di Lammermoor; Linda di Chamounix; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberfl&ou...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ludwig, Walther; Pagliughi, Lina; Pons, Lily; Robin, Mado; Tagliabue, Carlo; Vocals], Margherita Carosio [Soprano
Conductors: Tansini, Ugo; Serafin, Tullio; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Walter, Bruno; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Cellini, Renato; Merola, Gaetano; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Simonetto, Alfredo