Bass Baritone > Berry, Walter

Mozart: Requiem; Bruckner: Te Deum

2 CD / Red/membran / 2012-07-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Anton Bruckner: Te Deum in C major, WAB 45; Georg Philipp Telemann: Warum verstellst du die Gebarde, sacred cantata for v...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Fischer, Fritz; Price, Leontyne; Rossel-Majdan, Hilde; Sauer, Franz; Werdermann, Hermann; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Langenbeck, Wolfgang

Herbert von Karajan - The 1960s [82 CDs]

82 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-06-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Don Quixote, Op. 35; Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144; Concerto for Horn no 2 in E flat major, o.Op. 132 (TrV ...
Performers: Anda, Géza; Berry, Walter; Borwitzky, Ottomar; Brandis, Thomas [Violin]; Cappone, Giusto; Cherkassky, Shura; Civil, Alan; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; F...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Priem-Bergrath, Hans
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble

We're going Big in 2012! Almost incredible: between 1959 and the end of the following decade, Herbert von Karajan recorded 82 CDs worth of orchestral...continue...

Best of Mozart / various artists

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, KV 620; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, KV 467; Die Entführung aus dem Serail, KV 384; Concerto for Clarinet in A major, KV 622; Ave verum cor...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Berry, Walter; Kruger, Erich; Mathis, Edith; Michallik, Oskar; Ousset, Cecile; Piasetzki, Erich; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Rosenbusch, Thorsten; Schmidt, Annerose; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Masur, Kurt; Kurz, Siegfried; Kegel, Herbert; Haenchen, Hartmut; Pommer, Max; Goritzki, Johannes; Blomstedt, Herbert

Hermann Scherchen: Enregistrements "Live" Inedits

2 CD / Tahra / 2012-03-13

Works: Franz Schubert: Rondo for Violin and Strings in A major, D 438; Maurice Ravel: Ma mere l'Oye; Arnold Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46; George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Ludwig van B...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Danco, Suzanne; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hellmann, Claudia; Koth, Erica; Lins, Heniz Maria; Lippmann, Ursula; Rialland, Louis; Schech, Marianne; Spoerri, Lore; Traxel, Josef
Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann

To celebrate the 120th anniversary of the birth of the great German conductor Hermann Scherchen, Tahra assembled this collection, which includes only previously unissued recordings...continue...

Mozart for my Baby

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Leopold Mozart: Toy Symphony (Cassation), for toys, 2 oboes, 2 horns & strings in G major (formerly K. 63); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A, K. 331; Wiegenlied (...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Berry, Walter; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Miljakovic, Olivera; Schellenberger, Dagmar; Zacharias, Christian
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Faerber, Jörg

The Best of Operetta / Wunderlich, Fassbaender, Gedda, Prey, Rothenberger

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Der Zigeunerbaron; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; Giuditta; Der Zarewitsch; Das Land des Lächelns; Das Land Des Lächelns; Fred Raymond: Maske In Blau;...
Performers: Böhme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Barabas, Sari; Berry, Walter; Brokmeier, Willi; Dallapozza, Adolf; Donch, Karl; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Forster, Jurgen...
Conductors: Boskovsky, Willi; Allers, Franz; Wallberg, Heinz; Moltkau, Hans; Michalski, Carl; Mattes, Willy

Lisa Della Casa sings W.A. Mozart and Richard Strauss (rec. 1947-1960) [4 CDs]

4 CD / Red/membran / 2011-11-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Richard Strauss: Der Ros...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bierbach, Franz; Casa, Lisa della; Corena, Fernando; Guden, Hilde [vocals]; Jurinac, Sena; Kirschstein, Leonore; Ludwig, Christa; Otto, Lisa [Soprano Vocal]; Puttar, Nada; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich; Böhm, Karl; Szell, George; Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Solti, Sir Georg; Hollreiser, Heinrich

Recording information: 1947-1960....continue...

Popular Arias (Sung in German)

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Hochzeit des Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro); Don Giovanni; So machen es alle (Così fan tutte); Gioachino Rossini: Der Barbier von Sevilla (Il barbiere di Siviglia); Gae...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Anheisser, Wolfgang; Apreck, Rolf; Berry, Walter; Bjoner, Ingrid; Borg, Kim; Buchner, Eberhard; Bumbry, Grace; Burmeister, Annelies; Casapietra, Celestina; chke, Thomas; Crass, Franz; End...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Fricke, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Kurz, Siegfried; Patanè, Giuseppe; Stein, Horst; Apelt, Arthur; Kegel, Herbert

Mozart: The Magic Flute for Kids

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute
Performers: Berry, Walter; Brokmeier, Willi; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Gramatzki, Ilse; Kirschstein, Leonore; Miljakovic, Olivera; Moll, Kurt; Moser, Edda; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schreier, ...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Mozart Highlights from Berlin Classics

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-04-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonie no 40 in G minor, KV 550; Concerto for Clarinet in A minor, KV 622; Concerto for Piano no 27 in B flat major, KV 595; Sinfonia concertante in E flat major for violin...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Berry, Walter; Casper, Bernd; Hahnchen, Dieter; Kruger, Erich; Mathis, Edith; Michallik, Oskar; Olbertz, Walter; Ousset, Cecile; Piasetzki, Erich; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Rosenbu...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Kurz, Siegfried; Masur, Kurt; Haenchen, Hartmut; Goritzki, Johannes; Pommer, Max; Blomstedt, Herbert

"Too simple for children, too difficult for musicians" - that is what the great pianist Arthur Schnabel once said about Mozart’s sonatas. Indeed, what seems...continue...

W.A. Mozart: Cantatas / Paumgartner

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-04-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Dir, Seele des Weltalls, K. 429; Die Maurerfreude, K. 471; Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K 477 (479a); Laut verkünde unsre Freude, cantata for male chorus & orchestr...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Christ, Rudolf; Majkut, Erich; Schey, Hermann
Conductors: Paumgartner, Bernhard

This disc of historic recordings of Mozart cantatas and concert arias features Rudolf Christ, tenor and Herman Schey, bass....continue...

Anton Dermota: Live Recordings, 1949-1981

2 CD / Orfeo / 2010-12-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, ...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bierbach, Franz; Borkh, Inge; Casa, Lisa della; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Dutoit, Laurence; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hellwig, Judith; Helm, Hans; Jurinac, Sena; Kalin, Mira; Kun...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Kleiber, Erich; Solti, Sir Georg; Klobucar, Berislav; Matacic, Lovro von; Schrottner, Peter; Baudo, Serge; Swarowsky, Hans; Sanderlin...

Recording information: 1944-1981....continue...

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

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...

Essential Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Rigoletto; Nabucco; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siv...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Berry, Walter; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Daniels, Da...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Dervaux, Pierre; Plasson, Michel; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Prêtre, Georges; Barbirolli, John; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Soltesz, Stefan; Bicke...

Opera today is more popular than ever before. Opera companies play to packed houses, while a new generation of exciting young opera singers appeal to...continue...

J.S. Bach: Great Choral Works

9 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-07-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Cantata no 10, "Meine Seel erhebt den Herren," BWV 10 (BC A175); Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Performers: Ackermann, Manfred; Ahrans, Allan; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Andre, Maurice; Barchet, Siegfried; Berry, Walter; Dohn, Robert; Ellenbeck, Dieter; Hartmann, Karl-Otto; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor Voca...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl

Karl Munchinger and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra were pioneers of the late 1960s and 1970s Baroque revival, offering more authentic performance practice from small-scale forces...continue...

German Romantic Opera

3 CD / Gala / 2010-03-11

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Albert Lortzing: Der Wildschütz; Undine; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Carl Zeller: Der Vogelhändler
Performers: Berry, Walter; Blankenheim, Toni; Braun, Hans; Brouwenstijn, Gre; Czubok, Engelbert; Fischer, Res; Gunter, Horst; Hann, Georg; Junker-Giesen, Ellinor; Kmentt, Waldemar; Lipp, Wilma; Ludwig, Walther; ...
Conductors: Hollreiser, Heinrich; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Leitner, Ferdinand; Reinshagen, Victor; Salmhofer, Franz; Moralt, Rudolf

Magic Flute - Live Salzburg 1959

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Berry, Walter; Casa, Lisa della; Charlebois, Robert; Hotter, Hans; Jerger, Alfred; Koth, Erika; Majkut, Erich; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Plumacher, Hetty; Sailer, Friederike; Simoneau, Léopold [Te...
Conductors: Szell, George

Christa Ludwig Sings Rarities

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Gustav Mahler: Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Performers: Amara, Lucine; Berry, Walter; Kmentt, Waldemar; Ludwig, Christa; Rysanek, Lotte
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Böhm, Karl; Klobucar, Berislav; Cleva, Fausto; Maazel, Lorin

Mozart: Don Giovanni / George London, Ludwig Weber, Hilde Zadek, et al

3 CD / Preiser / 2009-10-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Mentre ti lascio, o figlia, K 513; Per questa bella mano, K 612; Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo, K 584
Performers: Berry, Walter; Jurinac, Sena; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Neikrug, George; Sciutti, Graziella [Soprano Vocals]; Simoneau, Leopold [Tenor Vocals]; Wachter, Eberhard; Weber, Ludwig [Bass Vocal]; Z...
Conductors: Moralt, Rudolf; Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

This historic recording of Don Giovanni was originally issued on Philips in 1955. Included as bonus tracks is George London singing Mozart arias. No libretto...continue...

Verdi: Falstaff Commedia Lirica In Tre Atti

2 CD / Orfeo / 2009-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Berry, Walter; Gahmlich, Wilfried; Mazzola, Rudolf; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin

Recording information: Neueinstudierung (02/02/1983)....continue...

R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Kleiber, Reining, Gueden, Jurinac, Weber, Poell, Dermota, et al

3 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-31

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers: Berry, Walter; Daucha, Wolf; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Jurinac, Sena; Klein, Peter; Poell, Alfred; Reining, Maria; Weber, Ludwig [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Heritage Masters - Mozart: Don Giovanni / Krips, Siepi, Dermota, Corena, Danco

3 CD / Decca / 2009-03-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Casa, Lisa della; Corena, Fernando; Danco, Suzanne; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Krips, Josef
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
A 1955 classic that still captivates thanks to Krips's darkly dramatic atmosphere and a ripe Viennese cast headed by Siepi's richly Italianate seducer,...continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Mozart: Credo Mass, Missa Brevis, etc / Paumgartner, et al

1 CD / Archipel / 2009-02-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass no 10 for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major ("Credo"), K. 257; Mass no 14 for soloists, chorus & orchestra in B flat major (missa brevis), K. 275 (K. 272b); Laut v...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Cahnbley-Maedel, Annelore; Christ, Rudolf; Krenn, Werner; Majkut, Erich; Maran, George; Raninger, Walter; Sauer, Franz
Conductors: Paumgartner, Bernhard; Moralt, Rudolf

Mozart for Kids

1 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2008-11-04

Works: Leopold Mozart: Toy Symphony (Cassation), for toys, 2 oboes, 2 horns & strings in G major (formerly K. 63); Concerto for Trumpet in D major; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic F...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bonner, Tessa; Guerrier, David; Leleux, Francois; Lonquich, Alexander; Marion, Alain [Flute]; Mey, Guy de; Pierard, Catherine; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Schmidt, Andreas [Barito...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Norrington, Roger; Nelson, John; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques
Ensemble: Auvergne Orchestra; London Classical Players; Paris Orchestral Ensemble; Philharmonia Orchestra

Legendary Masterworks Recordings - Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Wagner, etc / Suitner, Schreier, et al

8 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberflöte (The Mag...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Casa, Lisa della; Funke, Christian; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Leib, Gunther; Michallik, Oskar; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Blomstedt, Herbert; Tate, Jeffrey; Janowski, Marek; Sanderling, Kurt; Wakasugi, Hiroshi; Vonk, Hans; Kurz, Siegfried; Neuhaus, Rudolf
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden State Opera Chorus

Renée Fleming - Signature Roles at the Met Opera - R. Strauss: Four Last Songs [Deluxe Edition]

2 CD / Decca / 2008-09-16

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Songs (4) for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 33; Lieder (5), Op. 48; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Die ägyptische Helena, Op. 75; Capriccio, O...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Diadkova, Larissa; Fleming, Renee
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian; Solti, Sir Georg; Abel, Yves; Eschenbach, Christoph
Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Beethoven: Fidelio

2 CD / Orfeo / 2008-07-31

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Berry, Walter; Edelmann, Otto; Jurinac, Sena; Kmentt, Waldemar; Majkut, Erich; Vocals], Christel Goltz [Soprano; Vocals], Paul Schoffler [Baritone; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Bach: Matthäuspassion

3 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-07-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Performers: Berry, Walter; Brown, Wilfred; Case, John Carol; Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gedda, Nicolai; Kraus, Otakar; Ludwig, Christa; Pears, Peter, Sir; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto

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...

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...

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

The Great Masters of the Opera

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2008-05-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Otello; La traviata; Aida, opera; Aroldo; Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gi...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Caruso, Enrico; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Gigli, Beniamino; Jasper, Bella; Knoll, Rudolf; Kraus, Alfredo...

Christa Ludwig: Live Recordings, 1955-1994

3 CD / Orfeo / 2008-02-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65; Capriccio, ...
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Bonisolli, Franco; Casa, Lisa della; Cathy Berns-Rund; Chauvet, Guy; Donch, Karl; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Flossman, Gilels; Gall...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Krips, Josef; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Ludwig, Leopold; Prêtre, Georges; Heger, Robert; Maazel, Lorin; Bernstein, Leonard; Stein, Horst; Albrecht, Gerd; Mehta, Zubi...

R. Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos / Bohm/VPO, Janowitz, Kollo, Gruberova [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-01-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60
Performers: Berry, Walter; Gruberova, Edita; Janowitz, Gundula; Kollo, Rene; Schmidt, Trudeliese; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This DVD features an ideal Straussian cast and conductor in Filippo Sanjust’s enchanting Vienna State Opera production from 1978. Karl Bohm conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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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...

Mozart: The Magic Flute / Sawallisch, Moser, Schreier, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Adam, Theo; Badorek, Wilfried; Berry, Walter; Brokmeier, Willi; Gampert, Walter; Gramatzki, Ilse; Hinterreiter, Peter; Kirschstein, Leonore; Miljakovic, Olivera; Moll, Kurt; Moser, Edda; Rothenberger...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus

Best Beethoven 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-07-31

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C min...
Performers: Altmeyer, Theo; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Arrau, Claudio; Bär, Olaf; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Baldwin, Dalton; Bar, Olaf; Barbizet, Pierre; Berry, Walter; Blochwitz, Hans-...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Sanderling, Kurt; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Jochum, Eugen; Karajan, Herbert von; Davies, Dennis R.; Boult, Adrian; Pritchard, John; Galliera, Alceo; Szell, George; Gibson, Alexander, Sir;...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Chung Trio; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Melos Ensemble of London; Nash Ensemble; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Orchestra ...

The Originals - J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus / Karajan, Kmentt

2 CD / Decca / 2007-05-08

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; The Land of Smiles; Benedetto Ferrari: Domino; Frederick Loewe: My Fair Lady, musical; Vincenzo Valente: Passione for voice & orc...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Berry, Walter; Bjorling, Jussi; Corena, Fernando; Del Monaco, Mario; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Kmentt, Waldemar; Koth, Erika; Nilsso...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

BBC Music Magazine
The most luxuriantly Viennese of all Fledermice, with Karajan and the Philharmonic at their most effervescent and a delectable Staatsoper cast, plus a...continue...

Leonie Rysanek, Live Recordings 1955-1991

2 CD / / 2007-02-26

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Bedrich Smetana: Dalibor, B 133/T 96; Luigi Cherubini: Médée (Medea), opera in 3 acts; Rich...
Performers: Benackova, Gabriela; Berry, Walter; Groote, Hilda de; Hoffmann, Grace; Hongen, Elisabeth; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Ligendza, Catarina; Lilowa, Margarita; Lindroos, Peter; London, George [Baritone Vocal]...
Conductors: Klobucar, Berislav; Kubelik, Rafael; Verchi, Nino; Berry, Walter; Krips, Josef; Stein, Horst; Schneider, Peter; Rudel, Julius; Neumann, Václav; Böhm, Karl; Karajan, Herbert von

Mozart: Così fan tutte

2 CD / Orfeo / 2007-01-17

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Berry, Walter; Dallapozza, Adolf; Janowitz, Gundula; Ludwig, Christa; Miljakovic, Olivera; Wachter, Eberhard
Conductors: Krips, Josef

Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten / Karajan, Berry, Janowitz, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-11-21

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seasons
Performers: Berry, Walter; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor Vocals]; Janowitz, Gundula
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus

"... No other recording so successfully brings out the work's vivid drama and excitement while retaining a stylish poise and expressive depth... The soloists are...continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Böhm, Milnes, Schreier, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-11-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Berry, Walter; Duesing, Dale; Macurdy, John [Bass Vocals]; Mathis, Edith; Milnes, Sherrill; Schreier, Peter; Taussig, Walter; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna; Zylis-Gara, Teresa
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

"A drama of cruel appetites and damnation. Milnes takes charge of his fate as few other recorded Giovanni's have...an outstanding release." -Met Opera Guide...continue...

Grand Tier - Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten / Böhm, Rysanek

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-10-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65
Performers: Alvary, Lorenzo; Berry, Walter; Dickie, Murray; Egel, Martin; Haug, Maria; Hesse, Ruth; Kelemen, Zoltan; King, James [Vocals]; Ludwig, Christa; Mayr, Ingrid; Rysanek, Leonie; Schomberg, Martin
Conductors: Böhm, Karl

"Other recordings of 'Die Frau ohne Schatten' have been in and out of the catalogue, some even with similar casts. This version... may be the...continue...

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

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...

Mozart: Lieder

2 CD / Orfeo / 2006-08-18

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: An Chloë, K 524; Die Verschweigung, K 518; Als Luise die Briefe, K 520; Un moto di gioia, K 579; Das Lied der Trennung, K 519; Sehnsucht nach dem Frühling, K 596; D...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Demus, Jorg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donath, Klaus; Gage, Irwin; Gruberova, Edita; Hallstein, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocals]; Mathis, Edith; Medjimorec, Heinz; Schreier, Pete...

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Sir Thomas Beecham, et al

2 CD / Melodram / 2006-03-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Berry, Walter; Cetera, Amanda; Chelavine, Olga; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Ecignard, Maria del Carmen; Gagliardo, Tullio; Giuliano, Carmela; Lorengar, Pilar; Malfa, Corrada; Mill, Arnold van; Pas...
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra

The magic Beecham imparted to the music he performed in the concert hall and to his classic recordings is the stuff of legend. Thanks to...continue...

Beethoven: Symphonies No. 7-9 / Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-12-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Berry, Walter; Janowitz, Gundula; Ludwig, Christa; Thomas, Jess
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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