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Verdi: Requiem

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-10-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Anton Bruckner: Te Deum in C major, WAB 45
Performers: Cossutta, Carlo; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Ludwig, Christa; Scholz, Rudolf; Schreier, Peter; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Die Himmel Rühmen

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-10-19

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur ("Himmel ruhmen des ewigen Ehre"), song for voice & piano, Op. 48/4; Joseph Ignaz Schnabel: Transeamus Usque Bethlehem for chorus & orchestra; Fran...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Grobe, Donald; Janacek, Bedrich; Janowitz, Gundula; Lehrndorfer, Franz [Organ]; Otto, Lisa [Soprano Vocal]; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Arnde, Günther; Schrems, Theobald; Richter, Karl; Karajan, Herbert von; Kubelik, Rafael

Thomas Quasthoff sings German Opera Arias

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-10-19

Works: Albert Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann; Der Wildschütz; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Richard Strauss: Die schweigsame Frau (The Silent Woman), ope...
Performers: Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]; Quasthoff, Thomas
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian

Wagner: Die Walküre

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

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Ahlin, Cvetka; Brockhaus, Lilo; Crespin, Regine; Ericson, Barbro; Janowitz, Gundula; Mastilovic, Danica; Ordassy, Carlotta; Rebmann, Liselotte; Stewart, Thomas [Bass-Baritone]; Talvela, Martti; Vease...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Penguin Guide
The great merits of Karajan's version are the refinement of the orchestral playing and the heroic strength of Jon Vickers as Siegmund...Veasey as Fricka...continue...

Wagner: Siegfried

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

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Gayer, Catherine; Kelemen, Zoltan; Ridderbusch, Karl; Stewart, Thomas [Bass-Baritone]; Stolze, Gerhard; Thomas, Jess
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

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

Pergolesi: Salve Regina / Abbado - Lucio Gallo, Julia Kleiter, Rachel Harnisch

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-03-09

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Confitebor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Segreto tormento (Che non ode e chi non vede), chamber cantata for soprano, strings & continuo, Op.; Salve Regina in A minor; Dixit D...
Performers: Gallo, Lucio; Harnisch, Rachel; Kleiter, Julia
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Recording information: Bologna, Chiesa di Santa Cristina della Fondazza (06/2008)....continue...

Handel Arias

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2009-10-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Agrippina; Orlando; Siroe; Rodrigo, HWV 5; Ariodante; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Rinaldo; MEDLEY; Ezio, HWV 29; Apollo e Dafne (La Terra è Liberata), dr...
Performers: D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando
Conductors: Sardelli, Federico Maria

Olivier Messiaen - Complete Edition

32 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-12-09

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Preludes (8) for Piano; La fauvette des jardins; Petites esquisses d'oiseaux (6), for piano, I/54; Études (4) de rhythme; Cantéyodjayâ; Rondeau, for piano, I/24;...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Banlaky, Akos; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Barker, Noelle; Cantin, Catherine; Collerette, Hélène; C...
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Nagano, Kent; Boulez, Pierre; ; Kreder, Jean-Paul; Davis, Andrew; Chailly, Riccardo; Rickenbacher, Karl Anton
Ensemble: ; Members of the Ensemble Le Madrigal (Members); Sextuor Jeanne Loriod

The 2008 Messiaen celebrations come to an overwhelming climax with this superb 32-CD set of his complete works. This limited edition set from Deutsche Grammophon...continue...

Beethoven: The Symphonies [Box Set]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-09-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Egmont Overture, Op. 84A; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Symphony n...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Schreier, Peter; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Gramophone Magazine - Richard Osborne
Beethoven is in no way déjà vu to Karajan, as this set gloriously proves
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Beethoven: Fidelio / Karajan, Ludwig, Janowitz, Vickers, Berry, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-06-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Berry, Walter; Janowitz, Gundula; Kmentt, Waldemar; Kreppel, Walter; Ludwig, Christa; Pantscheff, Ljubomir; Paskalis, Kostas; Vickers, Jon; Wachter, Eberhard
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

The first official release of a legendary performance that marked Christa Ludwig's debut in a signature role. "An intense, exciting night at the opera." -Hermes...continue...

Brahms, Liszt: Lieder

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-06-03

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (9) for voice & piano, Op. 32; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 72; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 94; Franz Liszt: Sonetti di Petrarca (3), song cycle for voice & piano (I &...
Performers: Quasthoff, Thomas; Zeyen, Justus

In My Element / Anne Sofie van Otter

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-04-15

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito...
Performers: Augustsson, Mikael; Bjorkman, David; Blair, Michael; d'Oustrac, Stephanie; Dohmen, Albert; Forsberg, Bengt; Henryson, Svante; Jonsson, Fredrik; Kress, Roland; Lindberg, Jakob; Lindberg, Magnus; Linds...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Gardiner, John Eliot; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Boulez, Pierre; Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Baroque Soloists; English Concert; Les Musiciens du Louvre; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; North German ...

Opera News
Smart, sophisticated and opinionated, Anne Sofie von Otter has become a star by doing exactly what she wants
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The Anthems Album

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Unspecified: European Anthem; Anonymous, Austrian: Land der Berge, Land am Strome (National Anthem, Austria); Francois Van Campenhout: La Brabançonne (National Anthem, Belgium); Nicolaos Mantzar...
Performers: Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Berry, Walter; Domingo, Placido; Hornik, Gottfried; Janowitz, Gundula; Kmentt, Waldemar; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Personnel: Heinz Zednik, Francisco Araiza (vocals); Gundula Janowitz (soprano); Waldemar Kmentt, Plácido Domingo (tenor); Walter Berry (bass voice).

Recording information: Festspielhaus S...continue...

Betrachte, mein Seele, Thomas Quastoff

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seasons; The Creation, H...
Performers: Kettmann, Jorg; Lorenz, Andreas; Maass, Stefan; Muhlbach, Bernhard; Quasthoff, Thomas; Rubens, Sibylla; Schmutzler, Mathias; Scobel, Ulrike
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian

BBC Music Magazine
... there's much to enjoy in Quasthoff's jaunty ploughman's song from Haydn's The Seasons, his majestic invocation to 'Herr Gott Abrahams' from Mendelssohn's...continue...

Bach: Dialogue Cantatas / Quasthoff, Röschmann, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 57, "Selig ist der Mann" BWV 57; Cantata no 152, "Tritt auf due Glaubensbahn" BWV 152; Cantata no 49, "Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen," BWV 49
Performers: Kussmaul, Rainer; Quasthoff, Thomas; Roschmann, Dorothea
Conductors: Kussmaul, Rainer
Ensemble: Berlin Baroque Soloists; Berlin RIAS Chamber Chorus

Thomas Quasthoff makes a welcome return to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach with a collection of the "Dialogue" Cantatas BWV 49, 57, and 152....continue...

We wish you a Merry Christmas - Alagna, Terfel, Rieu, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-10-23

Works: Irving Berlin: Holiday Inn
Performers: Terfel, Bryn

"This is an excellent selection of Christmas music from a rich variety of sources and artists. It raised my spirits at a time of near-Christmas...continue...

Grand Prix - An die Musik - Favorite Schubert Songs / Bryn Terfel

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

Works: Franz Schubert: Gruppe aus dem Tartarus, D 583/Op. 24 no 1; Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen, D 343; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; An die Leier ("Ich will von Atreus Söhnen"), song fo...
Performers: Martineau, Malcolm; Terfel, Bryn

"In Deutsche Grammophon's reissue of its 1994 recital of Schubert lieder, baritone Bryn Terfel is in absolutely top-notch form. He is completely secure in his...continue...

Die Zauberflote (Highlights)

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-05-15

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Azesberger, Kurt; Miklosa, Erika; Muller-Brachmann, Hanno; Pape, Rene; Roschmann, Dorothea; Strehl, Christoph
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Die Zeit
Claudio Abbado's Magic Flute sounds like a breath of fresh air... Since his own near-death experience during a grave illness, every piece he conducts...continue...

Shostakovich: Orchestral Songs and Waltzes / Sanderling, Leiferkus, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-11-14

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Verses (4) of Captain Lebyadkin, songs for bass & piano, Op. 146; Satires (5), for soprano & piano, Op. 109; Songs (5) from the journal Krokodil, for bass & piano, Op. 121; Prefa...
Performers: Leiferkus, Sergei
Conductors: Sanderling, Thomas
Ensemble: Russian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

"Here are two of the more unusual yet also more welcome releases for Shostakovich's centenary year... In so-so performances probably none of these pieces would...continue...

Weekend Classics - A Verdi Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-11-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Otello; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Falstaff; I lombardi; Don Carlos; Un ballo in maschera; Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cotrubas, Ileana; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Foiani, Giovanni; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Kleiber, Carlos; Abbado, Claudio; Kubelik, Rafael; Levine, James; Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

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

Verdi: Traviata (Highlights)

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bonato, Armanda; Carbonari, Virgilio; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Morresi, Giuseppe; Raimondi, Gianni; Ricciardi, Franco; Scotto, Renata; Tavolaccini, Giuliana
Conductors: Votto, Antonino

Collection Du Millenaire....continue...

Thomas Quasthoff - The Voice

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-04

Works: Franz Schubert: An die Musik, D 547; An den Frühling, D 338; Schwanengesang, D 957; Greisengesang, D 778; Auf der Bruck, D 853; Du bist die Ruh, D 776/Op. 59 no 3; Der Jüngling an der Quell...
Performers: Kussmaul, Rainer; Mayer, Albrecht; Quasthoff, Thomas; Zeyen, Justus
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Thielemann, Christian;
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Berliner Barock Solisten; Chamber Orchestra of Europe

"There's no question regarding this singer's extraordinary gifts, either in a technical sense or as an interpreter of songs--as I noted previously, he has a...continue...

Opera House - Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa / Järvi, Leiferkus, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-04-11

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa
Performers: Diadkova, Larissa; Gorchakova, Galina; Kotscherga, Anatolij; Larin, Sergei; Leiferkus, Sergei; Margison, Richard; Pederson, Monte; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

Betrayal, torture, execution, murder and madness are all present in Tchaikovsky's fascinating portrayal of anti-hero Mazeppa and his world, dramatically realized in Neeme Jarvi's heady...continue...

Quasthoff/Barenboim / Schubert: Winterreise [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-11-08

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel; Quasthoff, Thomas

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin / Quasthoff, Zeyen

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-11-08

Works: Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25
Performers: Quasthoff, Thomas; Zeyen, Justus

One of the worlds foremost Schubert interpreters, two-time Grammy award winner Thomas Quasthoff, accompanied by Justus Zeyen, offers his first-ever recording of Schuberts Die Schone...continue...

Mozart: Requiem / Janowitz, Bohm/Vienna Symphony [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-10-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K 626
Performers: Berry, Walter; Janowitz, Gundula; Ludwig, Christa; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Verdi: Rigoletto / Kubelik, Scotto, Fischer-Dieskau

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-06-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Bergonzi, Carlo; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Fiorentini, Mirella; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Morresi, Giuseppe; Scotto...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Gramophone
Kubelik is a conductor in Fricsay's class as his support for Fischer-Dieskau's Rigoletto reveals. Fischer-Dieskau once more reaches to a character's soul
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Silent Noon / Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-04-12

Works: Roger Quilter: Shakespeare Songs (3) for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 6; Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal for voice & piano, Op. 3/2; Elizabethan Lyrics (7) for voice & piano, Op. 12; Ivor Gurney: E...
Performers: Martineau, Malcolm; Terfel, Bryn

"The bass-baritone Bryn Terfel, with Malcolm Martineau a true partner at the piano, offers another program of English songs and is in glorious voice, his...continue...

Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra [Hybrid SACD]

2 Super Audio CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2004-09-14

Works: Franz Schubert: Rosamunde Incidental Music, Op. 26; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Ellens Gesang II, D 838/Op. 52 no 2; Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118; An Sylvia; Im Abendrot, D 799; Nacht und...
Performers: Quasthoff, Thomas; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Handel: Saul / McCreesh, Scholl, Padmore, Davies, Gritton

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2004-04-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Saul
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Argenta, Nancy; Clarkson, Julian; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Jones, Susan Hemington; Lemalu, Jonathan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Phillips, Tom...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas, King Arthur, Dioclesian, etc/Pinnock

5 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2004-03-09

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Music in "The Prophetess; Or, The History of Dioclesian" (after John Fletcher and Philip Massinger,; Timon of Athens,...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Alder, Stephen; Amps, Kym; Argenta, Nancy; Bannatyne-Scott, Brian; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Chance, Michael; Davidson, Angus [Counterten...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: English Concert; English Concert Choir

Karajan - The Collection - Beethoven: Symphonies 5, 6 & 9

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2003-04-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Schreier, Peter; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Singverein

Beethoven played a central role in the life of Herbert von Karajan. Karajan recorded three complete symphony cycles for Deutsche Grammophon, all meeting with outstanding...continue...

Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2003-04-08

Performers: Quasthoff, Thomas; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

The product of separate concerts at Paris's Cite de la Musique last spring, this fascinating album is the fruit of an idea Claudio Abbado had...continue...
This album received the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance....continue...

Wagner / Terfel, Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker

1 Super Audio CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2003-01-14

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Parsifal; Die Walküre
Performers: Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Berlioz: Damnation Of Faust, Harold En Italie

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2002-10-23

Works: Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra, Op. 16
Performers: Mollet, Pierre; Roux, Michel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Rubio, Consuelo; Verreau, Richard
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor

Mahler - The Complete Recordings / Sinopoli, Philharmonia

15 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2002-05-14

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied, cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Symphony no 3 in D minor; Lieder eines fahrenden...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Blasi, Angela Maria; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Goldberg, Reiner; Gruberova, Edita; Jo, Sumi; Lewis, Keith; Meier, Waltraud; Plowright, Rosalind; Sotin, Hans; Studer...
Conductors: Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle; New London Children's Choir; Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra; Shinyukai Choir

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2002-04-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Quasthoff, Thomas; Vocals], Thomas Moser [Tenor
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Eric Ericson Chamber Choir

Wagner / Terfel, Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2002-02-12

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Parsifal; Die Walküre
Performers: Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"The tantalising prospect of Byran Terfel singing Wagner has been held out for some years. So far we've had only a glimse of the possibilities....continue...

Verdi: Choruses

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2001-06-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Il trovatore; Otello; Ernani; Aida, opera; Macbeth; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlo; Un Un ballo in maschera; Simon Boccanegra; Requiem
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Foiani, Giovanni; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Obraztsova, Elena; Obraztsova, Yelena; Raimondi, Ruggero
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Penguin Guide
The combination of precision and tension is riveting and the analogue recording is of DG's highest standard, offering a wide dynamic range, fine detail...continue...

Bach: Trinity Cantatas I / Fuge, Taylor, Gardiner, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2000-12-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 94, "Was frag ich nach der Welt," BWV 94; Cantata no 168 "Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort" BWV 168; Cantata no 105, "Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht" BWV 105
Performers: Fuge, Katharine; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Taylor, Daniel
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Handel: Solomon / McCreesh, Scholl, Gabrieli Consort

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1999-07-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Bickley, Susan; Dam-Jensen, Inger; Gritton, Susan; Hagley, Alison [Soprano Vocals]; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Scholl, Andreas

This new recording of "Solomon" presents for the first time the full, uncut, original version. The title role is sung by countertenor Andreas Scholl, who...continue...

Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn / Abbado, Von Otter, Quasthoff

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1999-06-15

Works: Gustav Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Performers: Quasthoff, Thomas
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"From the first, rhythmically crisp trumpet fanfares, so skilfully imitated by Berlin woodwind later on, you know you are in the presence of the most...continue...

in paradisum - Fauré, Duruflé / Chung, Bartoli, Terfel

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1999-05-11

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Maurice Duruflé: Requiem
Performers: Balboni, Enrico; Bartoli, Cecilia; Piovano, Luigi; Rossi, Daniele; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

This disc quite effectively recommends itself. Cecilia Bartoli with Bryn Terfel and Myung-Whun Chung join together to perform two of the loveliest spiritual pieces in...continue...

Cherubini: Requiem; Mozart: Coronation Mass / Markevitch

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1999-05-11

Works: Luigi Cherubini: Requiem no 2, for male chorus & orchestra in D minor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass no 15 for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major ("Coronation"), K. 317
Performers: Roux, Michel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Stader, Maria; Vocals], Ernst Haefliger [Tenor
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor;
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Lamoureux Concert Association Orchestra

"Markevitch's performance is incisively brilliant, and its sheer vigour is irresistible...He has a splendid team of soloists, and they are well matched in ensemble as...continue...

The All-Star Christmas Album / Battle, Brightman, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1998-10-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Jester Hairston: Mary's boy child; Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald an...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Brightman, Sarah; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Davis, Carlene; Domingo, Placido; Forsberg, Bengt; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gardiner, John Eliot; Herrick, Christopher [Organ]; ...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor; Davis, Carl; Karajan, Herbert von; Ocejo, José Luis; Gardiner, John Eliot; Daniel, Paul; Maazel, Lorin; ; Minkowski, Marc; Loges, Karl-Heinz; Marin, Ion
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Singers; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; English Concert; English Northern Philharmonia; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; London Sym...

Personnel: Ambrosian Singers (vocals); Paul Miles-Kingston (soprano, treble); Sarah Brightman, Kathleen Battle, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano); Bryn Terfel (baritone, b...continue...

Mozart: Requiem K.626, Great Mass In C Minor, Missa Brevis

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1998-10-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"; Mass no 9 for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major (missa brevis, "Spatzenmesse...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Cuberli, Lella; Engen, Keith; Krenn, Werner; Laubenthal, Horst R.; Mathis, Edith; Moll, Kurt; Scholz, Rudolf; Seiffert, Peter; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna; Van Dam, José
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Levine, James; Kubelik, Rafael

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Abbado, Freni, Cappuccilli, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1998-01-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Foiani, Giovanni; Freni, Mirella; Gallamini, Maria Fausta; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Savastano, Antonio; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

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This famous recording has become a classic, a studio performance following a series of performances at La Scala in the Strehler staging....continue...

The Classic Christmas Album / Carreras, Norman, Domingo, etc

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1997-10-14

Works: Jean Joseph Mouret: Symphony de Fanfare; Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Traditional: O Tannenbaum; Wolfgang Amadeu...
Performers: Argerich, Martha; Barenboim, Daniel; Battle, Kathleen; Brewer, Edward; Carreras, José; Christ, Wolfram; Domingo, Placido; Economou, Nicolas; Läubin, Bernhard; Läubin, Hannes; Lä...
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Harrer, Uwe Christian; Abbado, Claudio; Daniel, Paul; ; Marin, Ion; Levine, James; Sanchez, Damian; Gardiner, John Eliot; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Jung, Matthi...
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bilbao Choral Society; Dresden Kreuz Choir; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; English Concert; English Concert Choir; Laredo Choral Salvé; Lon...