Popp, Lucia > Post Romantic Period

Great Singers Live, from the Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Grummer, Prey, Popp, M. Price, Ghiaurov, Freni

6 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kmentt, Waldemar; Popp, Lucia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor...
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo; Stein, Horst; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto; Quadri, Argeo; Fricke, Heinz...

The "Great Singers Live" series regularly presents recordings of The Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Previously five singer portraits have been released, featuring Mirella...continue...

The Unforgettable - Arias and Songs / Lucia Popp, soprano (rec. 1976 - 1983) [4 CDs]

4 CD / Acanta / 2012-07-31

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Albert Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Sc...
Performers: Kraus, Adalbert; Parsons, Geoffrey; Popp, Lucia; Reinhart, Carole Dawn
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Wallberg, Heinz; Voorberg, Marinus
Ensemble: ; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Lucia Popp (1939-1993) richly endowed the world of music during her short life. Her artistry and personality are apparent in a multitude of recordings, many...continue...
Recording information: 1976-1983....continue...

Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; Daphne, closing scene; 12 lieder / Lucia Popp, soprano

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Daphne; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Geduld ("Geduld, sagst du"), song for voice & piano, Op. 10/5 (TrV 141/5); Lieder (8), Op. 49; Rote Rosen ("Weisst Du die Rose, d...
Performers: Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Richard Strauss was not only a master of great symphonies and opera, he also composed Lieder throughout his career. Interpreted by Lucia Popp, these works...continue...

The Decca Sound / Highlights from the 50 CD Special Editon [5 CDs]

5 CD / Decca / 2011-11-15

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West; Turandot; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; O...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Augér, Arleen; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Bonney, Barbara; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Caballé, Montserrat; Carlin, Mari...
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo; Capuana, Franco; Maag, Peter; Martinon, Jean; Kertész, István; Willcocks, David; Ansermet, Ernest; Karajan, Herbert von; Monteux, Pierre; Britten, Benjamin; Fistoular...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Matrix Ensemble; Melos Ensemble of London; New London Consort; Vienna Octet

Includes tracks from all 50 CDs in The Decca Sound box. 55 years of recording celebrating the glorious Decca Sound from the early days of...continue...

Great Singers Live: Lucia Popp / Arias by Stolz, Lehar, Weber, Lortzing, Mozart et al.

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2011-10-25

Works: Robert Stolz: Der Favorit; Venus in Seide; Franz Lehár: Paganini; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Albert Lortzing: Undine; George Frederick Handel: Julius Cäsar; Wolfgang Amadeus...
Performers: Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Eichhorn, Kurt; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto

Lucia Popp is one of the best-documented and most versatile singers of her generation. Because of her linguistic and stylistic flexibility she was able to...continue...
Recording information: Kongress Saal, Deutches Museum, Munich, Germany....continue...

100 Best Soprano Arias

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; "Hunt" Cantata BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Henry...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Régine; Croisie...
Conductors: Huggett, Monica; Schreier, Peter; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Fischer, Georg; Trevor, Kirk; Hickox, Richard; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Barbirolli, John; Rousset, Ch...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Talens Lyriques; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

Rolando Villazon's Guide to Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-06-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; La Bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, oper...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbié, Jane; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cross, Gregory; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Pl...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von

Live On Stage / Fritz Wunderlich

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-10-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Gioachino Rossini: Der Barb...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Casa, Lisa della; Guden, Hilde [vocals]; Hallstein, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocals]; Heater, Claude; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Kmentt, Waldemar; Knapp, Josef...
Conductors: Rieger, Fritz; Karajan, Herbert von; Böhm, Karl; Prêtre, Georges; Kempe, Rudolf; Wallberg, Heinz; Krips, Josef

Fritz Wunderlich, Germany's greatest tenor in the 20th century - and one of the greatest tenors of all time - would have celebrated his 80th...continue...

Schubert, Schönberg, Strauss: Lieder / Lucia Popp

1 CD / Orfeo / 2010-05-28

Works: Franz Schubert: Der Knabe, D 692; Die Gebüsche, D 646; Der Fluss, D 693; Der Schmetterling, D 633/Op. 57 no 1; Die Rose, D 745/Op. 73; Fülle der Liebe, D 854; An mein Herz, D 860; Der J...
Performers: Gage, Irwin; Popp, Lucia

Recording information: Bayerischen Staatsoper, Cuvilliés-Theater (07/25/1984)....continue...

Icon - Lucia Popp - Mozart, Handel, Schubert, Dvorak, et al

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; MEDLEY; Ottone; Giulio Cesare; Joshua; Der Messias; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Laudate Dominum; Vesperae de Dominica, K 321; Il r&e...
Performers: Briggs, David; Gage, Irwin; Labeque, Katia; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Fischer, Georg; Bickenbach, Christfried; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; Slatkin, Leonard; Krips, Josef; Klemperer, Otto; Haitink, Bernard; Tennstedt, Klaus; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae;...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Graunke Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Philha...

Little Music Lovers - Lullabies

1 CD / Decca / 2009-09-22

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (8) for voice & piano, Op. 59; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Lullaby; Stephen Foster: Beautiful dreamer; Jeannie with the light brown hair; Antonin Dvorák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 5...
Performers: Ellis, Osian; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Jones, Della; Popp, Lucia; Price, Leontyne; Su...
Conductors: Magiera, Leone; Karajan, Herbert von; Davis, Carl; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tate, Jeffrey; Solti, Sir Georg; Dutoit, Charles; Bonynge, Richard

Relax - The World's Most Beautiful Music - Music for the Soul - 36 Tracks

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C majo...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bean, Hugh; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Beniston, Paul; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; du Pre, Jacqueline; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Galway, James [Flute]; Helmis, Fritz;...
Conductors: Vonk, Hans; Lysy, Alberto; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Marriner, Sir Neville; Boult, Adrian; Karajan, Herbert von; Barbirolli, John; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Welser-Möst, Franz; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; T...

The modern world seems to constantly be getting more and more hectic, with more and more things going on around us all at once. This...continue...

Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten / Karajan, Rysanek, Ludwig, Thomas, Berry, Wiener Staatsoper, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-06-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65
Performers: Berry, Walter; Dutoit, Laurence; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Hellwig, Judith; Hoffmann, Grace; Kreppel, Walter; Lilowa, Margarita; Ludwig, Christa; Majkut, Erich; Miljakovic, Olivera; Popp, Lucia; Rysan...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

"The casting was absolutely magnificent, offering us the finest voices and well-drawn characters involved in significant drama." -Die Presse...continue...

Richard Strauss: Capriccio

2 CD / Orfeo / 2008-06-04

Works: Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Berry, Walter; Casa, Lisa della; Christian, Hans; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Jaresch, August; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Klein, Peter; Kmentt, Waldemar; Lackner, Herbert; Ludwig, Christa; Majkut,...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

Cunning Little Vixen

2 CD / Decca Import / 2008-02-12

Works: Leos Janácek: Príhody Lisky Bystrousky (The Cunning Little Vixen); The Cunning Little Vixen
Performers: Hudecov, Zuzana; Jedlicka, Dalibor; Krejcik, Vladimir; Marova, Libuse; Novak, Richard; Ondraskov, Miriam; Popp, Lucia; Randova, Eva; Saray, Peter; Zigmundov, Eva; Zitek, Vaclav
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir

BBC Music Magazine
The first in the original astringent but atmospheric scoring. Mackerras is slightly less warmly idiomatic than his Czech rivals, but it's better sung.
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Personnel: Peter Saray, Eva Zigmundová, Ivana Mixova, Vaclav Zitek, Eva Randova, Eva Hríbiková, Miriam Ondrásková, Zuzana Hudecová, Libuse Marova, Vladimir Krejcik, Richa...continue...

100 Best Romantic Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-01-15

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Romeo & Juliet; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; D...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bean, Hugh; Bergonzi, Carlo; Beroff, Michel; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Br...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Kurtz, Efrem; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Temirkanov, Yuri; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Lanchbery, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Thompson, Bryden; Marriner, ...

This 6 CD set contains an unrivalled collection of 100 favourite romantic classics. Performed by some of the world?s leading artists. Among them are the...continue...

Best Romantic Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-01-15

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Romeo & Juliet; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; D...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bean, Hugh; Bergonzi, Carlo; Beroff, Michel; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Br...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Kurtz, Efrem; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Temirkanov, Yuri; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Lanchbery, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Thompson, Bryden; Marriner, ...

The second of this month's 'Best 100' releases is the 'Best Romantic Classics 100'. A fantastic present for Valentine's Day, this 6-CD album sets the...continue...

Smetana: The Bartered Bride / Fischer/Vienna State Opera, Popp, Jerusalem [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-11-13

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93
Performers: Fink, Walter; Jahn, Gertrude; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Popp, Lucia; Ridderbusch, Karl; Sima, Gabriela; Slania, Czeslawa; Sramek, Alfred; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Fischer, Adám
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Smetana's second opera, 'Die Verkaufte Braut' was composed in 1863–1870, and was originally envisioned as an operetta. Though it received its premiere in Prague in...continue...
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Mahler: Lieder / Hampson, Popp, Groenroos, Bernstein / Wunderhorn, Ruckertlieder, Wayfarer [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-09-11

Works: Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Kindertotenlieder; Rückert Lieder (5)
Performers: Gronroos, Walton; Hampson, Thomas; Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This disc features Leonard Bernstein conducting masterworks by Gustav Mahler from the Grosser Musikvereinssaal in Wien and the Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv. Among the...continue...
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A Mahler Documentary "The Little Drummer Boy" Leonard Bernstein [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-09-11

Works: Gustav Mahler: Work(s); Das Knaben Wunderhorn
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame; Gronroos, Walton; Ludwig, Christa; Mathis, Edith; Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This television essay from 1985 was written by Leonard Bernstein to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Gustav Mahler's birth. The essay features Bernstein talking, playing...continue...
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The Originals - Janacek: Jenufa, etc / Mackerras, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2007-05-08

Works: Leos Janácek: Jenufa; Jealousy
Performers: Dvorsky, Peter; Jedlicka, Dalibor; Jonasova, Jana; Mixova, Ivana; Mrazova, Marie; Ochman, Wieslaw; Pokorna, Jindra; Popp, Lucia; Randova, Eva; Söderström, Elisabeth; Soukupova, Vera; Zitek,...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

"Despite some fine, recent competition (including the English-language Chandos release) this 1982 recording is still the Jenufa to own. Charles Mackerras, long a Janacek champion,...continue...

Janacek: The Operas / Mackerras, Vienna Philharmonic

9 CD / Decca / 2006-09-12

Works: Leos Janácek: Jenufa; Jealousy; Príhody Lisky Bystrousky (The Cunning Little Vixen); The Cunning Little Vixen; From the House of the Dead- Suite; The Makropulos Case (Vec Makropulos), ope...
Performers: Blachut, Beno; Czakov, Anna; Drechsler, Hedwig; Dvorsky, Peter; Hribikov, Eva; Hudecov, Zuzana; Jahn, Gertrude; Janska, Jaroslava; Jedlicka, Dalibor; Jonasova, Jana; Joran, Jiri; Kniplova, Nadezda; K...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

BBC Music Magazine
Charles Mackerras's partnership with soprano Söderström produced definitive and superbly recorded studio performances of Kát'a Kabanová, Jenufa and...continue...

Best Classics 100 Vol 2

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: ...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andre, Maurice; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bennett, William; Brown, Iona; Byzantine, Julian; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; ...
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Bernstein, Leonard; Temirkanov, Yuri; Prêtre, Georges; Karajan, Her...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Boston Symphony ...

Peaceful Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2006-07-04

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Franz Liszt: Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Alessandro Marcello: Concerto for Oboe in D minor; Piet...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bolet, Jorge; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Fernández, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Kocsis, Zoltan; LaGoya, Alexandre; Lupu, Radu; Ortiz, Cristina; Popp...
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Sillito, Kenneth; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; Stein, Horst; Chailly, Riccardo; Tate, Jeffrey; Malcolm, George; Bonynge, Richard; Haitink, Bernard; Agoult, Raymond; ...

This is the latest release in the popular "Adagio Series": a great selection of soothing and relaxing music as well as a great introduction to...continue...

Essential Choral Classics

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-06-13

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Der Messias; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Felix Mendelssohn: Hear my prayer; Elijah, Op. 70; César Franck: Panis angelicus...
Performers: Brown, Wilfred; Burrowes, Norma; Freni, Mirella; Goodman, Roy; Harper, Heather; Hussain, Alastair; Kollo, Rene [Tenor Vocal]; Krause, Tom; Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Morris, James; Norman, Jess...
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Willcocks, David; Daniel, Paul; Cleobury, Stephen; Gandolfi, Romano; Ottley, Jerold D.; Britten, Benjamin; Solti, Sir Georg; Preston, Simon; Marriner, Sir Neville; Guest, George; Hai...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Cambridge University Music Society; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chr...

This 2-CD set Includes more than 21/2 hours of the greatest 'hits' of the chorus. Performances are by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Kings College Choir...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 8 / Solti, Chicago Symphony, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2006-06-13

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 8 in E flat major
Performers: Harper, Heather; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Popp, Lucia; Shirley-Quirk, John; Talvela, Martti
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

"Now at last Mahler's 'Symphony of a Thousand' can be heard on record at something approaching its full, expansive stature. Here is a version from...continue...

Mahler: Symphonies 1-10, etc / Bertini, Kölner Rundfunk

20 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-01-10

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 7 in E minor;...
Performers: Frey, Paul; Haggander, Marianne; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Lipovsek, Marjana; Popp, Lucia; Titus, Alan; Varady, Julia [Soprano Vocals]; Venuti, Maria; Vogel, Siegfried
Conductors: Bertini, Gary
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Stuttgart Radio Chorus

In remembrance of the late conductor Gary Bertini, this reissue features his superb interpretations of Mahler's symphonies with the Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester. These electric performances inclu...continue...

Bernstein Collectors Edition - Mahler I: Symphonies 1-4, etc

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-11-08

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Symphony no 3 in D minor; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Symphony no 4 in G major; Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Performers: Alessi, Joseph [Trombone]; Dicterow, Glenn; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Ludwig, Christa; Popp, Lucia; Schmidt, Andreas [Baritone Vocals]; Smith, Philip [Trumpet]; Wittek, Hel...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Brooklyn Boys Chorus; New York Philharmonic; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"This is definitely the Mahler set to have if youre only having one - few conductors penetrated more deeply into the painful beauty and raw...continue...

Strauss: Rosenkavalier / Jones, Jungwirth, Kleiber/Orchester Der Bayerischen [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-09-13

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, AV 112
Performers: Araiza, Francisco; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame; Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Orchestra

"Kleiber's conducting is spacious, transparent and warm. Brigitte Fassbaender is ideal as Octavian, Gwyneth Jones a moving Marschallin, Lucia Popp a sweet-voiced if mature Sophie,...continue...
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Janácek: Jenufa / Rosen, Jurinac, Söderström, Jones, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2004-10-01

Works: Leos Janácek: Jenufa
Performers: Braun, Hans; Cervena, Sona; Cox, Jean; del Carlo, John; Felbermayer, Anny; Ganz, Sara; Hongen, Elisabeth; Jones, Gwendolyn; Jurinac, Sena; Kmentt, Waldemar; Lewis, William [tenor]; Modl, Martha; Popp...
Conductors: Rosen, Albert; Krombholc, Jaroslav
Ensemble: San Francisco Opera Chorus; San Francisco Opera Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Schubert, Schoenberg, et al / Lucia Popp

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-06-29

Works: Franz Schubert: An mein Herz, D 860; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Jägers Abendlied, D 368/Op. 3 no 4; Der Einsame, D 800; Arnold Schoenberg: Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 2; Richar...
Performers: Gage, Irwin; Parsons, Geoffrey; Popp, Lucia

These two recitals taken from the Edinburgh Festivals of 1981 and 1984 offer a wonderful and varied follow-up to her St. John Smith's Square disc...continue...

For Your Life - For Your Baby

1 CD / Decca / 2004-01-13

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations (12) for Piano in C major on "Ah vous dirai-je maman", K 265 (300e); Sonata for Piano no 15 in C major ("Sona...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Arrau, Claudio; BBC Concert Orchestra; Berry, Walter; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Burrowes, Norma; English Chamber Orchestra; Eschenba...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Solti, Sir Georg; Judd, James; Wordsworth, Barry; Ozawa, Seiji; Previn, Andre; Davis, Carl; Munchinger, Karl
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Concert Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Marilyn Horne (mezzo soprano); Naoko Yoshino (harp); Toyohiko Satoh (lute); Christian Ferras (violin); Julian Lloyd Webber (cel...continue...

Classical Heartbreakers

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-01-13

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Co...
Performers: Abel, David [Violin]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bergonzi, Carlo; Boult, Adrian, Sir [Conductor]; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Chung, Myung-Wh...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tennstedt, Klaus; Sutherland, Iain; Barbirolli, John; Serafin, Tullio; Susskind, Walter; Prêtre, Georges; Ormandy, Eug...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London ...

Personnel: Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Lucia Popp, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anne Sofie von Otter, Jeannine Collard (mezzo soprano); Carlo Bergonzi (tenor); Steve Mor...continue...

The Very Best of Lucia Popp

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-09-02

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Dalibor, B 133/T 96; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (8...
Performers: Briggs, David; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle [Piano]; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Soltesz, Stefan; Marriner, Sir Neville; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Tennstedt, Klaus; Fischer, Georg; Krips, Josef; Slatkin, Leonard; Klemperer, Otto; Haitink, Bernard; Cleobury, Stephen

Schubert, Mozart, Dvorák, Mahler, et al: Lieder /Lucia Popp

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ridente la calma, K 152 (210a); Als Luise die Briefe, K 520; An Chloë, K 524; Franz Schubert: Canzonen (4), for voice & piano, D. 688; Daß die hier gewesen, D. 775...
Performers: Gage, Irwin; Parsons, Geoffrey; Popp, Lucia

Since Lucia Popp's untimely death a few years ago, there have been virtually no recital discs available of this great talent. Now, for the first...continue...

The Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-10-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Magnificat in D major, BWV 243; Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Felix Mend...
Performers: Biggs, E. Power; Blegen, Judith; Carolan, Lucy; Deutsch, Helmut; Domingo, Placido; Farrell, Eileen; Finucane, Tom; Hadda, Natanja; Horne, Marilyn; Kirchschlager, Angelika; Kirkby, Emma; Lagoya, Alexa...
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Mercurio, Steven; Rilling, Helmuth; Ottley, Jerold; Condie, Richard P.; ; Radu, Valentin; Parrott, Andrew; Bernstein, Leonard; Zukerman, Pinchas; Bernius, Frieder; Newman, Anthony; M...
Ensemble: Ama Deus Ensemble; Ambrosian Singers; American Boychoir; Canadian Brass; Chestnut Brass Company; Choral Guild of Atlanta Brass Ensemble; Christmas Concert Choir; Cleveland Orchestra Brass Ensemble; C...

Dreaming Adagios

2 CD / Decca Import / 2002-01-01

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Franz Liszt: Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Alessandro Marcello: Concerto for Oboe in D minor; Piet...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bolet, Jorge; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Fernández, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Kocsis, Zoltan; LaGoya, Alexandre; Lupu, Radu; Ortiz, Cristina; Popp...
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Sillito, Kenneth; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Stein, Horst; Chailly, Riccardo; Tate, Jeffrey; Malcolm, George; Bonynge, Richard; Haitink, Bernard; Marriner, Sir Neville; Agoult, Raymond; ...

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Dohnanyi, Minton, Popp, et al

3 CD / Gala / 2001-09-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers: Janowitz, Gundula; Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Moll, Kurt; Pavarotti, Luciano; Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The Only Operetta Album You'll Ever Need - Lèhar, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2000-05-16

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Der Zigeunerbaron; Eine Nacht in Venedig; Robert Stolz: Der Favorit, operetta; Frühjahrsparade; Liebeskommando; Franz Lehár: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (Yo...
Performers: Caballé, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Hadley, Jerry; Johnson, Julia Migenes; Lanza, Mario [Actor/Singer]; Moffo, Anna; Popp, Lucia; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Schramm, Margit; Von Stade, F...
Conductors: Stolz, Robert; Melichar, Alois; Sinatra, Ray; Collado, Jose; Santi, Nello; Wallberg, Heinz; Eisbrenner, Werner; Bonynge, Richard; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Almeida, Antonio de
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra; Rudolf Lamy Choir; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Mahler: Symphony no 4, etc / Tennstedt, Popp, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-01-25

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major; Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor
Performers: Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, etc / Tennstedt, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1999-08-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Don Juan, Op. 20; Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers: Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Opera Treasury - Humperdinck: Hänsel and Gretel / Eichhorn

2 CD / RCA Records / 1999-07-13

Works: Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel, opera
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Berthold, Charlotte; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Ludwig, Christa; Moffo, Anna; Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt
Ensemble: Tölz Boys Choir

"The news here is not the performances, which has been almost universally praised, but the availability of Humperdink's wonderful fairy tale in spiffy new sound...continue...

Mahler: Complete Symphonies & Orchestral Songs / Bernstein

16 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1998-11-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Symphony no 3 in D minor; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Symphony no 4 in G major; Des Knaben Wunderhorn; S...
Performers: Alessi, Joseph [Trombone]; Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Dicterow, Glenn; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; King, James [Vocals]; Ludwig, Christa; Pop...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Brooklyn Boys Chorus; New York Philharmonic; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Westminster Choir

Mahler: Complete Symphonies / Tennstedt, London Philharmonic

11 CD / EMI Classics / 1998-11-03

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 7 in E minor;...
Performers: Connell, Elizabeth; Hill, David; Hynninen, Jorma; Mathis, Edith; Popp, Lucia; Soffel, Doris; Sotin, Hans; Versalle, Richard; Wiens, Edith
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Tennstedt's Mahler cycle is the single greatest contribution the late conductor made to the world of music. These recordings, made at Abbey Road and Kingsway...continue...

Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel / Solti, Fassbaender, Popp

2 CD / Polydor Import / 1997-11-11

Works: Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel, opera
Performers: Berry, Walter; Burrowes, Norma; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Gruberova, Edita; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Humperdinck, Engelbert [Classical]; Popp, Lucia; Schlemm, Anny
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Soloists of the Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Schoeck: Venus / Venzago, Popp, O'Neal, Atelier, Heidelberg

2 CD / Musiques Suisses / 1995-03-06

Works: Othmar Schoeck: Venus, opera in 3 acts, Op. 32
Performers: Fassbender, Hedwig; Lang, Frieder; O'Neal, James; Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Venzago, Mario
Ensemble: Swiss Academic Philharmonic

Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy - My Favorite Opera for Children

1 CD / Decca / 1994-08-23

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Richard Wagner: Die Walk...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Berbie, Norma; Berry, Walter; Burrowes, Norma; Charon, Jacques; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Domingo, Placido; Elkins, Margreta; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Hamari, Jul...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Varviso, Silvio; Bonynge, Richard;
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Strauss: Elektra

2 CD / Orfeo / 1992-07-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Ahlin, Cvetka; Franc, Tugomir; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Hellwig, Judith; Hillebrecht, Hildegard; King, James [Vocals]; Modl, Martha; Otto, Lisa [Soprano Vocal]; Popp, Lucia; Rutgers, Hildegard; Sjost...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Mahler: The Symphonies / Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

10 CD / Decca Import / 1992-02-11

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: Augér, Arleen; Buchanan, Isobel; Harper, Heather; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Popp, Lucia; Shirley-Quirk, John; Talvela, Martti; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Glen Ellyn Children's Choir