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R Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten / Böhm, Rysanek, Nilsson

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-09-12

Works: Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65
Performers: Aichberger, Ewald; Alvary, Lorenzo; Arneson, Sally; Berry, Walter; Dickie, Murray; Helm, Hans; Hesse, Ruth; Hintermeier, Margaretha; Jahn, Gertrude; King, James [Vocals]; Nikolova, Milkana; Nilsson, ...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites / B. Klobucar, E. Loose

2 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2006-06-03

Works: Francis Poulenc: Dialogues des carmélites
Performers: Anday, Rosette; Bierbach, Franz; Dickie, Murray; Goltz, Christel; Hongen, Elisabeth; Knoll, Rudolf; Loose, Emmy; Majkut, Erich; Pantscheff, Ljubomir; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Pistorius, Hedwig; Proglhof...
Conductors: Klobucar, Berislav
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin / Matacic, Fischer-Dieskau, et al

3 CD / Gala / 2005-09-03

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24
Performers: Cvejik, Biserka; Dermota, Anton; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Jurinac, Sena; Klein, Peter [Tenor]; Konetzni, Hilde; Kreppel, Walter; Rössl-Majdan, Hilde
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

D'Albert: Tiefland / Moralt, Braun, Frantz, Berry, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2005-07-01

Works: Eugen d'Albert: Tiefland
Performers: Berry, Walter; Braun, Helena; Feichtinger, Erika; Fez, Elisabeth; Frantz, Ferdinand; Kaufmann, Erich; Liebesberg, Else; Majkut, Erich; Riegler, Friedl; Treptow, Gunther
Conductors: Moralt, Rudolf
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

Bizet: Carmen / Bumbry, Vickers, Karajan [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-06-14

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Bumbry, Grace; Diakov, Anton; Diaz, Justino; Equiluz, Kurt; Freni, Mirella; Hamari, Julia; Kerns, Robert; Miljakovic, Olivera; Paunov, Milen; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

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Country of Origin: USA
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Dohnanyi, et al

4 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2004-05-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Aichberger, Ewald; Anday, Rosette; Beirer, Hans; Frick, Gottlob; Gunthrie, Frederick; Helm, Hans; Jahn, Gertrude; Janowitz, Gundula; King, James [Classical]; Moll, Kurt; Nitsche, Horst; Pernerstorfer...
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Strauss: Die Fledermaus / Krauss, Gueden, Dermota, Lipp, etc

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2004-03-02

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Performers: Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Jaresch, August; Lipp, Wilma; Patzak, Julius; Poell, Alfred; Preger, Kurt; Wagner, Sieglinde
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

Along with 'The Merry Widow' this is the most famous of all operettas. And this 1953 studio recording is one of the all-time classics, available...continue...

Egk: Irische Legende / Szell, Borkh, Klose, Berry, et al

2 CD / Orfeo / 2001-06-05

Works: Werner Egk: Irische Legende, opera
Performers: Bayle, Theo; Benningsen, Lilian; Berry, Walter; Bierbach, Franz; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Borkh, Inge; Czerwenka, Oskar; Frick, Gottlob; Klose, Margarete; Kmentt, Waldemar; Lorenz, Max; Szemere, Las...
Conductors: Szell, George
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro / Karl Böhm, et al

3 CD / Gala / 2001-05-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Il rè pastore, K 208; Così fan tutte, K 588; Zaide, K 344 (334b); Chi sa qual sia, K 582; Vado, ma dov...
Performers: Dickie, Murray; Felbermayer, Anny; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Kunz, Erich; Ludwig, Christa; Majkut, Erich; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Schneiderhan, Wolfgang; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Seefried, Irmgard; Ste...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Leitner, Ferdinand; Blech, Harry; Karajan, Herbert von; Ackermann, Otto
Ensemble: London Mozart Players; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / George Szell

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bohme, Kurt; Charlebois, Robert; Della Casa, Lisa; Donch, Karl; Hotter, Hans; Jerger, Alfred; Koth, Erika; Majkut, Erich; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Plumacher, Hetty; Sailer, Friederike; Si...
Conductors: Szell, George
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos / Karl Böhm, della Casa, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-03

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60; Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bierbach, Franz; Czerwenka, Oskar; Della Casa, Lisa; Dickie, Murray; Gueden, Hilde; Jaresch, August; Jurinac, Sena; Klein, Peter [Tenor]; Müller, Georges; Neugebauer, Alfred; Otto...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Furtwängler, Vienna PO, et al

3 CD / Gebhardt / 1999-12-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Batic, Polly; Boesch, Ruthilde; Dönch, Karl; Gallos, Hermann; Greindl, Josef; Grob-Prandl, Gertrud; Höngen, Elisabeth; Haefliger, Ernst; Klein, Peter [Tenor]; Lipp, Wilma; Ludwig, Walther; ...
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (abridged) / Heger, Lehmann

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-11-16

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers: Ettl, Karl; Gallos, Hermann; Lehmann, Lotte; Madin, Viktor; Mayr, Richard; Michalsky, Aenne; Olszewska, Maria; Paalen, Bella; Schumann, Elisabeth; Wernigk, William
Conductors: Heger, Robert
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

Strauss: Elektra / Mitropoulos, Borkh, Della Casa, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-03-23

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Borkh, Inge; Casa, Lisa della; Draskler, Sonja; Felbermayer, Anny; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Littasy, Georg; Loraine, Karol; Lorenz, Max; Madeira, Jean; Majkut, Erich; Meyer, Kerstin [Mez...
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

Weingartner dirigiert Beethoven: 9. Symphonie / Wiener

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-06-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Anday, Rosette; Helletsgruber, Luise; Maikl, Georg; Mayr, Richard
Conductors: Weingartner, Felix
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Wagner: Gotterdammerung / Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gottlob Frick / Christa Ludwig and Dame Gwyneth Jones

4 CD / Decca / 1997-10-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Guy, Maureen; Hoffmann, Grace; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame [Soprano Vocal]; Ludwig, Christa; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal];...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

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Götterdämmerung has moments of unprecedented savagery, even by Wagnerian standards, and the only conductor to get them brutally right is Solti. In Birgit...continue...

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Szell, Della Casa, Kopth, et al

3 CD / Orfeo / 1997-07-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Casa, Lisa della; Charlebois, Robert; Donch, Karl; Hotter, Hans; Jerger, Alfred; Koth, Erika; Majkut, Erich; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Plumacher, Hetty; Sailer, F...
Conductors: Szell, George
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Böhm, Schwarzkopf

3 CD / Orfeo / 1992-07-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Dickie, John; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Kunz, Erich; Ludwig, Christa; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Seefried, Irmgard; Wagner, Sieglinde
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus