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Best of Brahms / Rosemarie Lang, mezzo-soprano; Theo Adam, bass; Peter Rösel, piano

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-07-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/1; Violinsonate Nr. 3 in D minor, Op. 108; Sinfonie Nr. 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Fantasien, Op...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Amadeus Webersinke; Arens, Rolf-Dieter; Canino, Bruno; Damm, Peter; Dunckel, Rudolf; Lang, Rosemarie; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Ousset, Cecile; Pekinel, Guher [Piano]; Pekinel, Suher [Pian...
Conductors: Neumann, Václav; Eschenburg, Hartwig; Herbig, Günther; Koch, Helmut; Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Solistenvereinigung; Berlin Symphony Orchestra

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder, etc; Brahms / Kathleen Ferrier

1 CD / Regis Records / 2010-05-01

Works: Gustav Mahler: Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra); Rückert Lieder (5); Johannes Brahms: Serious Songs (4), Op. 121; Gesänge (2) for Alto, Viola and Piano, Op. 91
Performers: Ferrier, Kathleen; Gilbert, Max; Newmark, John; Spurr, Phyllis
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"In the Brahms and Mahler record everything benefits from the loveliness of voice and sincerity of approach. Finest of all, I think, are the Vier...continue...

Ernestine Schumann-Heink: The 1934 Broadcasts

1 CD / Bel Age Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Spoken Word: Broadcast Commentary; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5), Op. 49; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 94; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Alexander MacFayden: Cradle Song; Richard Wagner: Träume (...
Performers: Schumann-Heink, Ernestine

Brahms: Complete Songs & Duets / Volle, Elsner

14 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 72; Songs (9) for voice & piano, Op. 63; Über die Heide, song for voice & piano, Op. 86/4; Der Tod, das ist...
Performers: Adolfsen, Hans; Baianu, Adrian; Bognar, Ferenc; Bourve, Antonia; Danz, Ingeborg; Deutsch, Helmut; Elsner, Christian [Vocals]; Glassl, Roland; Hartlieb, Tobias; Huber, Gerold; Irányi, Stefanie;...

The songs of Brahms span his entire, 60-year creative life, and contain many of his most personal utterances, as well as many of his most...continue...

Carolyn Watkinson - Song Recital / Tan Crone

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 7; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 85; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 107; Georges Bizet: Adieux de l'hô...
Performers: Crone, Tan; Watkinson, Carolyn

Doris Soffel sings Lieder / Axel Bauni, Bengt Ake Lundin

1 CD / Caprice Records / 2008-12-23

Works: Franz Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118; Szene aus Goethe's "Faust" ("Wie anders, Gretchen"), song for voice & piano (two versions), D. 126; Lullaby; Robert Schumann: Abschied von Frankreich ("I...
Performers: Bauni, Axel; Lundin, Bengt-Ake; Soffel, Doris

Singers to Remember - Marian Anderson - Oratorio and Lieder

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2007-10-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Cantata no 112, "Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt" BWV 112; Saint John Passion, BWV 245; George Frederick Handel: De...
Performers: Anderson, Marian; Bloom, Robert; Fuchs, Joseph; Rupp, Franz; Vehanen, Kosti
Conductors: Shaw, Robert; O'Connell, Charles

The Essential Collection - Great Sopranos, Contraltos, et al

2 CD / West End Records Import / 2007-02-20

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Antonio Lotti: Arminio, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Il rè pastore, K 208; Le nozze di Figaro (The Mar...
Performers: Anderson, Marian; Barone, Clement; Butt, Clara, Dame; Callas, Maria; de los Angeles, Victoria; Ferrier, Kathleen; Flagstad, Kirsten; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Hayward, Marjorie; Kirkby-Lunn, Louise [Cont...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Krips, Josef; Byng, George W.; Ormandy, Eugene; Pasternack, Josef A.; Bourdon, Rosario; Susskind, Walter; Molajoli, Lorenzo; Rogers, Walter B.; Robinson, Stanford; Sargent, Malcolm, S...

It 's time for the ladies to step up for the second of our "high brow" classical additions to the Essential Collection. This set features...continue...

Brahms: Choral Works / Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1 CD / Philips Import / 2006-09-12

Works: Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes (18), Op. 52; Choruses (4) for female voices, 2 horns & harp, Op. 17; Songs (3) for chorus, Op. 42; Quartets (4) for mixed voices & piano, Op. 92; Gesänge (...
Performers: Halstead, Anthony; Levin, Robert D. [American Pianist]; Perry, John [Piano]; Rutherford, Christian; Salmon, Philip; Shaw, Teresa; Wynne, Delyth
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir

"Gardiner captures the quintessentially Viennese flavour...the choir produces some direct and richly expressive singing, with every individual phrase shaped with immense care and sensitivity." -Gramop...continue...

A Portrait - Else Paaske

2 CD / Danacord / 2006-04-01

Works: Peter Heise: Fair lady Beatrice; Gudrun's grief; Peter E. Lange-Müller: Genboens forste vise, Op 13 no 1; Yderst i slæbet, det lette, Op 48 no 5; Three Poems, Op. 4; Dybt i skumring, Op. 20...
Performers: Graf, Peter-Lukas; Gurtler, Friedrich; Paaske, Else; Riber, Anders; Schuster, Martha; Wolf, Jurgen
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth; Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Stuttgart Bach Collegium

Only a minor and short singing career can be properly represented on two CDs, whereas Else Paaske's career is both significant and extensive. This volume...continue...

Homage to Brahms / Gabriele Ferro, et al

1 CD / Edition HERA / 2005-10-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op. 54; Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73
Performers: Remmert, Birgit
Conductors: Ferro, Gabriele
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Chorus; Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

"Ferro's view of the Second Symphony is a lyrical one, with lines singing and the edges rounded off. The music is very beautiful, though it...continue...

Brahms: Geistliche Chormusik / Norrington, Schütz Choir

1 CD / Carus / 2005-08-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Ave Maria, for female chorus in F major, Op. 12; Marienlieder (7) for chorus, Op. 22; Psalm 13 ("Herr, wie lange willst du mich"), for chorus & organ, Op. 27; Motets (2) for chorus, ...
Performers: Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Fryer, Cherith Milburn; Hardy, Rosemary
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: Heinrich Schütz Choir, London

Kathleen Ferrier - A Tribute

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-10-14

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; MEDLEY; Atalanta; Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63; Der Messias; Franz Schubert: An die Musik, D 547; Der Musensohn, D 764/Op. 92 no 1; G...
Performers: Boyd Neel String Orchestra; Ferrier, Kathleen; Gilbert, Max; Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra, The; London Symphony Orchestra; McCallum, David; National Symphony Orchestra;...
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Stiedry, Fritz; Neel, (Louis) Boyd; Boult, Adrian; Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra; Southern Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

One of the most celebrated English Singers, contralto Kathleen Ferrior brought a unique level of musicianship and emotional commitment to everything she performed during her...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Sigrid Onegin Vol 3

1 CD / Preiser / 2001-05-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Ad una stella ("Bell'astro della terra"), song for voice & piano; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera...
Performers: Onegin, Sigrid

The EMI Record of Singing Vol 3 - 1926-1939

10 CD / Testament / 1999-12-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Das Rheingold; The Flying Dutchman; Siegfried; Wesendonck Lieder; Rudolf Wille: Königsballade, ...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Allin, Norman; Andrésen, Ivar; Angelis, Nazzareno de; Arangi-Lombardi, Giannina; Austral, Florence; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Badia, Conchita; Badini, Ernesto; Baillie, Isobel; Ba...
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Viebig, Ernst; Heidenreich, Johannes; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Weissmann, Frieder; Kun, Cornelius; Dobrindt, Otto; Blech, Leo; Muller, Hans Udo; Orthmann, Erich; Alwin, Carl; Schmals...

Prima Voce - Marian Anderson Vol 2

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1998-10-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Siroe; Te Deum in D major, HWV 283 "Dettingen"; L'Allegro il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, süsser Tod, komm, sel'ge Ruh'!, BWV 478; Alessandro S...
Performers: Anderson, Marian; Primrose, William; Rupp, Franz; Vehanen, Kosti

Mendelssohn: Symphony no 2; Brahms: Alt-Rhapsody / Beringer

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 1998-06-25

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 "Lobgesang"; English Church Pieces (3), Op. 69; Psalms (3), Op. 78; Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen über dir; Johannes Brahms: Alto Rh...
Performers: Braun, Lioba; Coburn, Pamela; Van der Walt, Deon
Conductors: Beringer, Karl-Friedrich
Ensemble: Austrian-Hungarian Philharmonic; Windsbach Boys Choir

Stanford Archive Series Vol 4 / Ernestine Schumann-Heink

2 CD / Delos / 1998-01-01

Works: Adolf Mehrkens: Wie ein Grüssen, Op. 18; Luigi Arditi: Leggero Invisibile, for voice & orchestra; Franz Schubert: Der Tod und das Mädchen ("Vorüber, ach vorüber"), song for voice ...
Performers: Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Prince, Charles Adams; Schmidt, Alexander; Schumann-Heink, Ernestine; Wille, Stewart; Witherspoon, Herbert
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario

Prima Voce - Ernestine Schumann-Heink

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Luigi Arditi: Leggero invisible "Bolero"; John Joseph Becker: Frühlingszeit; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète; Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Götter...
Performers: Schumann-Heink, Ernestine; Witherspoon, Herbert
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario

Hanne Stavad - A Recital / Lonskov, Christensen

1 CD / Danacord / 1996-03-01

Works: Gustav Mahler: Rückert Lieder (5); Johannes Brahms: Zigeunerlieder (11) for vocal quartet & piano, Op. 103
Performers: Christensen, Jens E.; Lonskov, Tove; Stavad, Hanne

From Solo to Quartet / Schéle, Thallaug, Winbergh, Hagegård

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1996-02-03

Works: Robert Schumann: Erste Begegnung ("Von dem Rosenbusch"), for soprano voice, alto voice & piano (Spanisches Liederspie; Intermezzo ("Und schläfst du, mein Mädchen"), for tenor voice, bass vo...
Performers: Hagegard, Erland; Negro, Lucia; Schele, Maria; Thallaug, Edith; Winbergh, Gösta

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Sigrid Onegin

1 CD / Preiser / 1995-02-07

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; La Favorita; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Le Prophète; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Cami...
Performers: Onegin, Sigrid
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Orchestra

Marian Anderson Vol 1

1 CD / Pearl / 1993-01-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Siroe, rè di Persia, opera, HWV 24; Te Deum in D major, HWV 283 "Dettingen"; Der Messias; L'Allegro il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, süss...
Performers: Anderson, Marian; Vehanen, Kosti
Conductors: O'Connell, Charles; Collingwood, Lawrance

Marian Anderson- Bach, Brahms, Schubert

1 CD / RCA Records / 1989-07-03

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Schwanengesang, D 957; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Der Tod und...
Performers: Anderson, Marian; Rupp, Franz; Vehanen, Kosti
Conductors: Shaw, Robert; O'Connell, Charles; Monteux, Pierre; Ormandy, Eugene; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Prince, Mr.
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Philadelphia Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus; Victor Orchestra