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Wagner: Tannhäuser / Albert Dohmen, Robert Dean Smith, Christian Gerhaher, Nina Stemme. Janowski

3 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2013-03-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Dohmen, Albert; Gerhaher, Christian; McCown, Michael; Prudenskaja, Marina; Puhlmann, Sabine; Reim, Bianca; Schwinghammer, Wilhelm; Smith, Robert Dean; Snell, Martin; Sonn, Peter; Stemme, Nina [Sopran...
Conductors: Janowski, Marek
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

The sixth installment of PentaTone's successful Wagner Edition features the epic Tannhäuser. With world-class voices like Robert Dean Smith, Nina Stemme, and Albert Dohmen, this...continue...
Personnel: Sabine Puhlmann, Nina Stemme , Bianca Reim, Isabelle Voákühler (soprano); Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo soprano); Robert Dean Smith, Michael McCown, Peter Sonn (tenor); Christian Ge...continue...

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


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Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen

13 CD / Orfeo / 2010-07-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Ilosvay, Maria von; Malaniuk, Ira; Resnik, Regina
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens

Recording information: Festspielhaus, Bayreuth (08/08/1953-08/12/1953)....continue...

Wagner: Götterdämmerung

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-07-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Brilioth, Helge; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Janowitz, Gundula; Kelemen, Zoltan; Ludwig, Christa; Moser, Edda; Reynolds, Anna; Ridderbusch, Karl; Stewart, Thomas [Bass-Baritone]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Herbert von Karajan

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-07-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Dominguez, Oralia; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Grobe, Donald; Kelemen, Zoltan; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Mangelsdorff, Simone; Moser, Edda; Reynolds, Anna; Ridder...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
Rolls-Royce orchestral playing in a fine studio recording, with a starry cast led by Fietrich Fischer-Dieskau's Wotan. What is lacking in the rough...continue...

50 Best Opera

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Don ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastin, Jules; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Call...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

Wagner: Die Walküre / Fisch, State Opera of South Australia

4 Super Audio CD / Melba Recordings Import / 2010-03-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Barnes, Jennifer; Brocheler, John; Campbell, Lisa; Dunlop, Donna-Maree; Gasteen, Lisa; Green, Richard; Harper-Brown, Lisa; Keegan, Liane; Ladner, Kate; MacFarlane, Gaye; McKendree-Wright, Zan; Riedel...
Conductors: Fisch, Asher
Ensemble: State Opera of South Australia

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Wagner: Götterdämmerung

4 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Hinsch-Grondahl, Natalie; Ilosvay, Maria von; Litz, Gisela; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Plumacher, Hetty; Resnik, Regina; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astrid; Windg...
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens

Wagner: Siegfried

4 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kuen, Paul; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Streich, Rita; Varnay, Astrid; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens

Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Historical Recordings 1926-1932

4 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried
Performers: Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Austral, Florence; Bockelmann, Rudolf; Easton, Florence; Fear, Arthur; Fry, Howard; Gruhn, Nora; Guszalewicz, Genia; Habich, Eduard; Henke, Waldemar; Kinderma...
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Blech, Leo; Collingwood, Lawrance; Barbirolli, John; Heger, Robert; Alwin, Carl

Wagner: Das Rheingold

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Falcon, Bruni; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kuen, Paul; Litz, Gisela; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Plumacher, Hetty; Stolze, Gerhard; Uhde, Hermann; Weber...
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens

Wagner: Die Walküre

4 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Falcon, Bruni; Friedland, Brunnhild; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Litz, Gisela; Malaniuk, Ira; Plate, Sibylla; Resnik, Regina; Schubert, Erica; Sorrell, Lise; Thomamuller, Liesel...
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens

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

Wagner: Die Walküre (1955), etc / Martha Mödl, Astrid Varnay, et al

4 CD / Testament / 2009-10-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Tannhäuser
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Graf, Maria [Mezzo-soprano]; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Lammers, Gerda; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Modl, Martha; Schartel, Elisabeth; Scheppan, Hilde;...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph

The release of Joseph Keilberth’s legendary stereo recordings of the first cycle of the 1955 Ring at Bayreuth brought Testament worldwide acclaim. Partly for recording...continue...

Wagner: Die Walküre / Joseph Keilberth, et al

3 CD / Myto Records Import / 2009-09-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Borkh, Inge; Brivkalne, Paula; Bugarinovic, Melanie; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ludwig, Hanna; Meining, Irmgard; Roesler, Trude; Siewert, Ruth; Thomamuller, Lieselotte; Topper, Hertha; Treptow, Gu...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Joseph Keilberth, et al

4 CD / Myto Records Import / 2009-09-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Bugarinovic, Melanie; Greindl, Josef; Lorenz, Max; Ludwig, Hanna; Modl, Martha; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Siewert, Ruth; Topper, Hertha; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astrid; Zimmermann, Erika
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

HIstorical - Wagner: Das Rheingold / Keilberth, Uhde, Malaniuk, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2009-06-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Borkh, Inge; Bugarinovic, Melanija; Faulhaber, Werner; Greindl, Josef; Kuen, Paul; Ludwig, Hanna; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinger, Gustav; Töpper, Hertha; Uhde, Hermann; Weber, Ludwig; Windgassen, Wol...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Historical - Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Keilberth, Varnay, Mödl, Lorenz

4 CD / Myto Records / 2009-06-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Bugarinovic, Melanija; Greindl, Josef; Lorenz, Max; Ludwig, Hanna; Mödl, Martha; Neidlinger, Gustav; Siewert, Ruth; Töpper, Hertha; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astrid; Zimmermann, Erika
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner: Lohengrin / Nagano/Deutsches SO, Berlin, Meier, Konig, Kringelborn [2 Blu-Ray]

2 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2009-05-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Fox, Tom; Kringelborn, Solveig; Meier, Waltraud; Vogt, Klaus Florian
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Europa Chorakademie

This is a BLU-RAY DVD and will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as BOA 0964. With powerful conviction,...continue...
Run Time: 279 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.0
Subtitles: Englsih, French, German, Spanish, Ital...continue...

Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Keilberth, Mödl, Windgassen, Greindl, Hotter, et al

4 CD / Testament / 2009-02-10

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Brouwenstijn, Gre; Graf, Maria [Mezzo-soprano]; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Modl, Martha; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Schartel, Elisabeth; Va...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Testament's highly acclaimed release of the legendary 1955 stereo recordings of the Ring made by Decca at Bayreuth featured the first of two cycles of...continue...

Verstummte Stimmen

4 CD / Membran / 2008-11-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Idomeneo; Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Ab...
Performers: Alpar, Gitta; Anday, Rosette; Berg, Johannes; Hussa, Maria; Jager, Robert [Piano]; Janssen, Herbert; Jokl, Fritzi; Kalter, Sabine; Kipnis, Alexander; Lehmann, Lotte; Massary, Fritzi; Metzger, Ottilie...
Conductors: Sebastian, Georges; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Moralt, Rudolf; Paumgartner, Bernhard; Prüwer, Julius; Goehr, Walter; Hauke, Ernst; Weissmann, Frieder; Günther, Felix; Dobrindt, Otto; Meyrowitz, ...

2008 four CD set. Verstummte Stimmen (Voices Falling Silent) is an exposition in Germany in honor of the artists from the opera and concert houses...continue...

Ultimate Wagner - Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2008-08-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Parsifal
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bode, Hannelore; Browner, Alison; Burmeister, Annelies; Cervena, Sona; Cox, Jean; Dene, Jozsef; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Esser, Hermin; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Greindl, Jos...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Varviso, Silvio; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Kempe, Hotter, Nilsson, Windgassen, Vinay, et al

13 CD / Testament / 2008-08-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Allman, Robert; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Coates, Edith; Dalberg, Frederick; Evans, Edgar; Fisher, Sylvia; Grant, June; Hale, Una; Hotter, Hans; Howitt, Barbara; Ilosvay, Maria von; Klein, Peter; Kra...
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Richard Wagner's complete 'Ring' cycle led by Rudolf Kempe, recorded live at the Royal Opera House in 1957 is now available from Testament in new...continue...

Marches & Dances - Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner, etc / Claudio Abbado, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Contradances (5), K 609; Contredanse for orchestra in D major, K. 609/3; German Dances (3), K 605; Ludwig van Beethoven: Ruins of Athens, Op. 113; Franz Schubert: Galop & ...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Domingo, Placido; Eder, Gretchen; Erfurt, Ulrike; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Hasler, Renate; Kenny, Yvonne; Nafe, Alicia; Pogson, Geoffrey; Sandison, Gordon; Sattmann...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Abbado 2008 is a celebration of the 75th birthday (June) of Claudio Abbado, "the most respected living conductor" (The New York Times). The maestro himself,...continue...

Wagner: Die Walkure / Karajan, Suthaus, Rysanek, Frick, Hotter, Nilsson, Ludwig, et al

3 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2008-07-04

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Anday, Rosette; Frick, Gottlob; Hellwig, Judith; Hotter, Hans; Ludwig, Christa; Madeira, Jean; Nilsson, Birgit; Rössl-Majdan, Hilde; Rohs, Martha; Rysanek, Leonie; Rysanek, Lotte; Scheyrer, Gerd...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von;
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

On the 100th anniversary of Herbert von Karajan's birth, IDIS is proud to present a World Premiere Recording on CD, one of the most significant...continue...

Wagner: The Great Operas from the Bayreuth Festival / Sawallisch, Nilsson, Rysanek, Silja, et al

33 CD / Decca Import / 2008-06-17

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdä...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Appel, Wolfgang; Bauer, Hartmut; Bode, Hannelore; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Browner, Alison; Bumbry, Grace; Burmeister, Annelies; Cervena, Sona; Cox, Jean; Crass, Franz; Dene, Jozsef; Der...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Böhm, Karl; Varviso, Silvio; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

A special, limited edition 33-CD box set containing all of Wagner's operas from 'The Flying Dutchman' (1841) to his final masterpiece 'Parsifal' (1882) in performances...continue...

Gottlob Frick Vol 2 - Rossini, Nicolai, Verdi, Wagner

1 CD / Preiser / 2008-06-10

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seasons; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Albert Lortzing: Der Wildschütz; Zar und Zimmermann; Giuseppe Verdi: N...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Gorgen, Martin; Krukowski, Ernst; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Westenberger, Erna
Conductors: Forster, Karl; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Matzerath, Otto; Konwitschny, Franz; Striegler, Kurt; Rother, Artur
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden State Opera Orchestra; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Called by Furtwangler the "blackest bass" of his generation, Frick had no competitors capable of surpassing or even matching his powerful voice in either force...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Haitink, Morris, Marton, Jerusalem, Adam, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, et al

14 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-05-27

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bundschuh, Eva-Maria; Eaglen, Jane; Falcon, Ruth; Goldberg, Reiner; Haage, Peter; Hagen, Christine; Hampson, Thomas; Herman, Sylvia; Hintermeier, Margaretha; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Johanss...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Richard Wagner's tetralogy 'The Ring of the Nibelung' remains, quite simply, one of the largest-scale works of art ever conceived. With a total performance time...continue...

Wagner: Ring Cycle / Furtwängler, La Scala Orchestra & Chorus

14 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-02-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Batic, Polly; Crkall, Karen Marie; Emmerich, Albert; Falke, Margret Welk; Flagstad, Kirsten; Frantz, Ferdinand; Gabory, Magda; Herrmann, Josef; Hongen, Elisabeth; Kenney, Margherita; Konetzni, Hilde ...
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

This 1950 performance is the only live complete recording of The Ring conducted by the legendary Wilhelm Furtwangler. Although it has been available on several...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Keilberth, et al

14 CD / Testament / 2008-02-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Performers: Blankenheim, Toni; Bolotine, Mina; Brouwenstijn, Gre; Graf, Maria [Mezzo-soprano]; Greindl, Josef; Hollweg, Ilse; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kuen, Paul; Lammers, Gerda; Lustig, Rudolf; Milinko...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Testament is proud to present the first-ever stereo recording of the 'Ring' cycle featuring definitive performances by Wolfgang Windgassen as Siegfried, Hans Hotter as Wotan,...continue...

Wagner: Gotterdämmerung / Asher Fisch, et al

4 CD / Melba Recordings / 2007-09-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Campbell, Elizabeth; Cole, Joanna; Dal Monte, Duccio; Dunlop, Donna-Maree; Gasteen, Lisa; Jones, Natalie; Keegan, Liane; Ladner, Kate; MacFarlane, Gaye; McKendree-Wright, Zan; Mussard, Timothy; Summe...
Conductors: Fisch, Asher
Ensemble: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra; State Opera of South Australia

The Ring Cycle for the 21st century reaches its triumphal conclusion with this magnificent performance, in resplendent surround-sound Super Audio. The previous releases have received...continue...

Ultimate Opera - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2007-06-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; La tr...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastianini, Ettore; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borthayre, Jean; Braun, Victor; Bumbry, Grace; Burrowes,...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Lewis, Henry; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Maazel, Lorin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Bernet, Dietfried; Solti, Sir Georg; Patanè, Giuseppe; Serafin, Tullio; Downes, Edward; Gibson,...

"Decca doesn't stint in offering some of its most outstanding performances -- the star-studded list of singers includes Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Birgit Nilsson, Marilyn...continue...

Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer / Böhm

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-06-12

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Ek, Harald; Esser, Hermin; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame [Soprano Vocal]; Ridderbusch, Karl; Stewart, Thomas [Bass-Baritone]; Wagner, Sieglinde
Conductors: Böhm, Karl

BBC Music Magazine
Recorded live at Bayreuth in 1971, Wagner's opera has a problematic Dutchman in the shape of the late Thomas Stewart, Gwyneth Jones as...continue...

Wagner: Siegfried / Asher Fisch, Adelaide SO

4 Super Audio CD / Melba Recordings / 2007-05-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Bröcheler, John; Gasteen, Lisa; Greager, Richard; Hibbard, David; Keegan, Liane; Rideout, Gary; Wegner, John; Yu, Shu-Cheen
Conductors: Fisch, Asher
Ensemble: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Finally, in the 21st century, the operas are being presented in SACD for the first time by the Melba label and the State Opera of...continue...

Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Zagrosek, Bonnema, Bracht, et al

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-04-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Bonnema, Albert; Bracht, Roland; Castle, Sarah; Collins, Janet; DeVol, Luana; Indridadottir, Helga Ros; Iturralde, Hernan; Kapellmann, Franz-Josef; Patchell, Sue; Poulson, Lani; Vaughn, Tichina; West...
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

Comprising four separate operas, Wagner's visionary Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) took 25 years to complete. Centred around a ring of...continue...

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Asher Fisch, Adelaide SO

2 Super Audio CD / Melba Recordings / 2007-04-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Bröcheler, John; Brunsdon, Andrew; Campbell, Elizabeth; Collis, Andrew; Doig, Christopher; Du Fore, Timothy; Dunlop, Donna-Maree; Greager, Richard; Hibbard, David; Jones, Natalie; Keegan, Liane;...
Conductors: Fisch, Asher
Ensemble: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

"This recording of Das Rheingold, though, is entirely successful, and while it may not displace the Solti or Boulez or Levine versions, it deserves a...continue...

Wagner: Die Walküre / Knappertsbusch, Varnay, et al

3 CD / Urania (Italy) / 2007-03-07

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Bader, Helena; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Lammers, Gerda; Lenchner, Paula; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Nilsson, Birgit; Plümacher, Hetty; Schärtel, Elisabeth; Scheppan,...
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

This live performance, recorded at the Bayreuth Festival in 1957, is one of the most powerful and dramatic interretations of Die Walkure ever performed. In...continue...

Wagner: Die Walküre Act 3 / Karajan, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-03-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Bjorling, Sigurd; Friedland, Brunnhild; Lausch, Eleanor; Ludwig, Hanna; Malaniuk, Ira; Rysanek, Leonie; Siewert, Ruth; Thomamuller, Lieselotte; Topper, Hertha; Varnay, Astrid; Wild, Elfriede
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Maria von Ilosvay

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-03-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La finta semplice, K 51 (46a); La Betulia liberata, K 118 (74c); Ombra felice...Io ti lascio, K 255; La Clemenza de Tito; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Requiem M...
Performers: Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von
Conductors: Paumgartner, Bernhard; Loibner, Wilhelm; Krauss, Clemens; Kempen, Paul van
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Maria von Ilosvay was born in Budapest. She received her vocal training at the Conservatory there and at Vienna's Academy of Music. In 1937 she...continue...

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...

Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Keilberth, et al

4 CD / Testament / 2007-02-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Bolotine, Mina; Brouwenstijn, Gré; Graf, Maria [Mezzo-soprano]; Greindl, Josef; Ilosvay, Maria von; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Schartel, Elisabeth; Uhde, H...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus

"So the great project reaches its glorious close, as magnificently conducted, played, and sung as the rest of this revelatory Ring. One wonders anew at...continue...

Wagner: Lohengrin / Vogt, Kringelborn, Konig, Trekel, Nagano/Berlin SO [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2007-01-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Fox, Tom; Kringelborn, Solveig; Meier, Waltraud; Vogt, Klaus Florian
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Berlin Symphony Orchestra

With powerful conviction, Nikolaus Lehnhoff interprets Wagner's Lohengrin as the dramatic struggle of masculine and feminine, revenge and compassion. Powerfully acted, almost like a Strindberg...continue...
Run Time: 275 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Keilberth, Hotter, Lustig, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2006-12-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Blankenheim, Toni; Graf, Maria [Mezzo-soprano]; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kuen, Paul; Lustig, Rudolf; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Schartel,...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

"It turns out that the landmark account of Wagner's "Ring" with Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic, begun in 1958, was not the first stereo...continue...

Wagner: Tannhauser / Sinopoli/Bayreuth Festival Orch. & Chorus, Hans Sotin, Richard Versalle [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2006-10-31

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Brendel, Wolfgang; Engert, Ruthild; Sotin, Hans; Studer, Cheryl; Versalle, Richard; Vogel, Siegfried
Conductors: Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

The abstract starkness of Wolfgang Wagner's production is underscored by the crystalline clarity and vigor of Giuseppe Sinopoli's conducting, which particularly highlights the progressive aspects...continue...
Run Time: 188 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, Germa...continue...

Wagner: Die Walküre / Haitink, Martón, Studer, Salminen

4 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-10-17

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Falcon, Ruth; Goldberg, Reiner; Herman, Sylvia; Hintermeier, Margaretha; Kunz, Ursula; Lilowa, Margarita; Marton, Eva; Meier, Waltraud; Morris, James; Salminen, Matti; Soldh, Anita; Studer, Cheryl; W...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Wagner: Die Walküre / Zagrosek, Staatsoper Stuttgart

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-09-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Behle, Renate; Denoke, Angela; Diefenthal, Margit; Gambill, Robert; Goetjes, Wiebke; Jun, Attila; Kleindienst, Stella; Palacios, Nidia; Ranada, Helene; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Schafer, Magdalena; Ull...
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Orchestra

Stuttgart State Opera has been voted 'Opera Theatre of the Year' four times by critics in Austria, Switzerland and Germany. "Lothat Zagrosek offers a masterclass...continue...

Everybody's Opera

2 CD / Decca / 2006-09-12

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigole...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Collier, Marie; Corelli, Franco; Crespin, Regine; Cross, Gr...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Davis, Colin; Karajan, Herbert von; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Mehta, Zubin; Pidò, Evelino; Mackerr...
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symph...

Featuring an all-star lineup that includes Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Renee Fleming, Placido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, Jose Carreras and many others. This is...continue...

Best Opera Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Be...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von; Barbirolli, John...

An impressive collection of the best-loved opera arias ever, sung by the world's greatest stars: Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Maria Callas, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,...continue...

Wagner: Die Walküre / Fisch, State Opera of South Australia

4 Super Audio CD / Melba Recordings / 2006-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Barnes, Jennifer; Bröcheler, John; Campbell, Elizabeth; Dunlop, Donna-Maree; Gasteen, Lisa; Green, Richard; Harper-Brown, Lisa; Keegan, Liane; Ladner, Kate; MacFarlane, Gaye; McKendree-Wright, Z...
Conductors: Fisch, Asher
Ensemble: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra; State Opera of South Australia

For those of you who were around for the birth of Stereo in the late fifties and who waited expectantly for the first installment of...continue...

Wagner: Siegfried / Heinz Kruse, Graham Clark, John Br+Cheler, Henk Smit, Carsten Stabell [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2006-06-20

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Altmeyer, Jeanine; Brocheler, John; Clark, Graham; Gjevang, Anne; Kruse, Heinz; Smit, Henk
Conductors: Haenchen, Hartmut
Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

In the third part of the epic cycle, 'Der Ring des Nibelungen,' Siegfried pursues his path to manhood. As parental love dissipates and is replaced...continue...
Run Time: 273 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...