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The Erato Recitals / Soprano Sumi Jo (10 CDs)

10 CD / Erato / 2012-01-31

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Semiramide; Tancredi; Les soirées musicales; L'assedio di Corinto; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; I Capuleti e Montecchi; ...
Performers: Arevalo, Octavio; Bach, Gottfried; Barritt, Paul; Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Conlon, James; Davis, Mike [Violin]; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Graham, Susan; Jo, Sumi; Kurosaki, Hiro; Maugue, Anne; R...
Conductors: Olmi, Paolo; Jordan, Armin; Montgomery, Kenneth; Carella, Giuliano; Bibl, Rudolf; Stratta, Ettore; Conlon, James; Schneider, Michael
Ensemble: ; Cappella Coloniensis

Praised for the remarkable agility, precision and warmth of her voice, and for her outstanding musicianship, Sumi Jo has established herself as one of her...continue...

The Best of Yvonne Kenny

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Gypsy Songs, Op. 55; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Messiah; Alcina; Richard Strauss: Lieder (4), Op. 27; Four Last Songs; Rudolf Sieczynski: Wien, du Stadt meiner Tr...
Performers: Almonte, Caroline; Chindamo, Joe; Kenny, Yvonne; Martineau, Malcolm; Sandilands, Ron; Vries, Doug de
Conductors: Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Fritzsch, Johannes; Bonynge, Richard; Noble, Guy; Dyer, Paul

Vienna Premiere, Vol. 1-3 / Works by the Strauss Family & their contemporaries, Marily Hill Smith, soprano

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-07-26

Works: Carl Millöcker: Die Sieben Schwaben-Marsch, for orchestra; Jonathan-Marsch, for orchestra; Klopf' an!, polka-française; Johann Strauss II: Concurrenzen (Rivalry), waltz for orchestra, Op....
Performers: Smith, Marilyn Hill [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Rothstein, Jack [Violin]
Ensemble: Johann Strauss Orchestra

Stellar Sopranos

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-26

Works: Victor Massé: La Reine topaze (The Topaz Queen); Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann); Un mari à la porte (A Husband at the Door); George Frederick Handel: Giuli...
Performers: Connell, Elizabeth; Gruberova, Edita; Jo, Sumi; Kenny, Yvonne; Macliver, Sara; Matthews, Emma; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Price, Leontyne; Serra, Luciana; Streich, Rita; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Cohen, Brad; Dyer, Paul; Davis, Colin; Pritchard, John; Leinsdorf, Erich; Tang, Muhai; Rudner, Ola; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Hager, Leopold; Gaebel, Kurt

Rita Streich sings Waltzes & Arias

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Johann Strauss II: Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410; Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le rossignol; Giuseppe Verdi: Lo spazzacamino, song for voice & piano; Benjamin Godard: J...
Performers: Streich, Rita
Conductors: Gaebel, Kurt
Ensemble: Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin

"...she delights the ear from start to finish. Highly recommended, this true Original." -Gramophone Magazine...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin, Germany....continue...

Johann Strauss Collection: Early Recordings on 78s (1901-1951)

8 CD / Opus KURA / 2011-04-12

Works: Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Annen-Polka, Op. 117; Champagner-Polka, Op. 211; Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214; Accelerationen, Op. 234; Perpetuum mobile, Op. 257 "Mus...
Performers: Barrientos, Maria; Bela, Dajos; Bloch, Max; Branzell, Karin; Cavallaro, Carmen; Cebotari, Maria; Dorsey, Tommy [Trombone]; Eisinger, Irene; Engels, Friedrich Eugen; Geczy, Barnabas Von; Gerhardt, Ele...
Conductors: Strauss III, Johann; Krauss, Clemens; Barlow, Howard; Szell, George; Ormandy, Eugene; Mengelberg, Willem; Böhm, Karl; Toscanini, Arturo; Karajan, Herbert von; Leinsdorf, Erich; Prüwer, Juli...
Ensemble: ; Kölner Klavier-Trio ; Staatskapelle Berlin

A comprehensive collection of recordings of the music of Johann Strauss, almost all of them come from a Japanese collector, Mayumi Cho, who began collecting...continue...

Astor Piazzolla

1 CD / Transart Live / 2011-04-12

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Aire de la Zamba Niña, song for voice & piano; C'est l'amour, tango for piano; Milonga sin palabras, for bandoneón & piano; Suite for piano, Op. 2; Enrico IV; Retrato d...
Performers: Léger, Magali; Roggeri, Marcela

Recording information: Grand Théâtre of Reims, in the Cadre du Festival des Fl (07/2008)....continue...

Giuseppe Verdi: Verdi Gala 2004 / Renato Palumbo / Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Works
Performers: Cura, José; Damato, Adriana; Michailov, Zvetan; Nucci, Leo; Rezza, Alessandra; Stoyanov, Vladimir; Zanellato, Riccardo
Conductors: Palumbo, Renato
Ensemble: Parma Teatro Regio Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Classic Australian Performances / Sutherland, Bonynge

2 CD / Decca Import / 2010-11-16

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; La Fille du Régiment; Lucia di Lammermoor; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Francis Poulenc: Dialogues of the Carmelites; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, op...
Performers: Allman, Robert; Baigildin, Sergei; Begg, Heather; Bermingham, Jennifer; Black, Jeffrey; Brynnel, Monique; Collins, Kenneth; Dawes, Christopher; Donald, Robin; Donnelly, Malcolm; Elkins, Margreta; Ewe...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard

Recording information: Sydney Opera House....continue...

Schumann, Wolf, Berg, Strauss: Songs

1 CD / Telos / 2010-10-26

Works: Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Hugo Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch I; Du denkst mit einem Fädchen, song for voice & piano (Italienisches Liederbuch); Du sagst mir, dass ich kein...
Performers: Ehwald, Natalia; Kessler, Astrid

Recording information: Telos Studios (04/2010-05/2010)....continue...

José Serebrier conducts Ned Rorem

5 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-10-26

Works: Ned Rorem: The Waking, for voice & piano; Root Cellar, for voice & piano (from "Three Poems of Theodore Roethke"); My Papa's Waltz, for voice & piano; I Strolled Across an Open Field, for voice & pia...
Performers: Farley, Carole; Khaner, Jeffrey; Mulligan, Simon; Quint, Philippe; Rorem, Ned; Yang, Wen-Sinn
Conductors: Serebrier, José

"This stuff is simply gorgeous. Ned Rorem's symphonies are shot through with long, lyrical melodies that some observers might relate to his gifts as a...continue...

Waltz of My Heart

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-10-12

Works: Johann Strauss II: Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410; An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Freikugeln, Op. 326; Richard Rodgers: Edelweiss, song (from "The Sound of Music"); Franz Lehár: The...
Performers: Harrison, Jack; Kenny, Yvonne; Payne, Geoffrey; Smith, Wilma
Conductors: Ponkin, Vladimir; Rieu, André; Bonynge, Richard; Dommett, Leonard; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Summerbell, Mark; Forestier, Jean-Louis; Rudner, Ola; Shapirra, Elyakum; Mills, Richard; Divall, Richard...

The Ultimate Operetta Album

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-06-29

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Mein Herr Marquis (Adele's Laughing Song) (from Die Fledermaus); Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410; The Gypsy Baron; Der Zigeunerbaron; Franz Lehár: Lippen schwei...
Performers: Berkes, Janos; Csonka, Zsuzsa; Ebner, Karl-Michael; Erdmann, Mojca; Kathol, Marko; Kenny, Yvonne; Kertesi, Ingrid; Martinez, Ana Maria; Roider, Michael
Conductors: Wildner, Johannes; Kovács, László; Bonynge, Richard; Mercurio, Steven

A beautiful selection of the best-known operetta arias, duets & orchestral music from Vienna's golden age of operetta, including Die Fledermaus, The Merry Widow, The...continue...

Carl Michael Ziehrer, Vol, 12

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-02-09

Works: Carl Michael Ziehrer: Es gibt kein zweites Wien!, marsch, Op. 475; Singen, Lachen, Tanzen, waltz for orchestra, Op. 486; Leben heiát genieáen!, polka schnell, Op. 325; Die verliebte Esk...
Performers: Frank, Gunther; Holm, Renate; Seiffert, Peter
Conductors: Mogg, Herbert

This disc continues the series on Preiser of C.M. Ziehrer's music. Ziehrer was the last significant representative of Viennese dance music of the classical age...continue...

A Bolshoi Opera Night / Kraus, Arkhipova, Nesterenko, Aliberti, Bergonzi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-08-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Works; Modest Mussorgsky: Works; Gaetano Donizetti: Works; Friedrich von Flotow: Works; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Works; Gioachino Rossini: Works; Richard Wagner: Works; Alexander Borodin:...
Performers: Aliberti, Lucia; Arkhipova, Irina; Bergonzi, Carlo; Kraus, Alfredo; Nesterenko, Yevgeny
Conductors: Ermler, Mark
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theater Orchestra

With an all-star cast, this historical concert evening brings together eleven of the greatest opera voices, with famous arias from Italian, Russian and German operas...continue...
Run Time: 118 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM,
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Lebendige Vergangenheit - Selma Kurz Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-07-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Vincenzo Bellin...
Performers: Kurz, Selma

Born in 1874 in Bielitz-Biala, Selma Kurz started work as a seamstress to support her family. Her vocal gifts were recognized and she studied in...continue...

Festival of the Primadonnas

3 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2009-06-30

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jacques Offenbach: ...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Barabas, Sari; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Callas, Maria; Cebotari, Maria; Gedda, Nicolai; Groh, Herbert Ernst; Grummer, Elisabeth; Koth, Erika; Kupper, Annelies; Losch, Liselotte; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Rudolf, Max; Böhm, Karl; Prohaska, Felix; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Santini, Gabriele; Erede, Alberto; Weigert, Herman; Karajan, Herbert von; Krips, Josef; Lehmann, Fritz; Reiner, Fri...

Live in Vienna - Mozart, Lehar, etc / André Rieu, Johann Strauss Orchestra

1 CD / Savoy Label Group / 2008-09-30

Works: Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214; Die Fledermaus; Der Zigeunerbaron; Emmerich Kálmán: Gräfin Maritza; Die Csárdásfürstin; Franz Lehár: Gold und...
Performers: Bennett, Gary; Erens, Suzan; Greuel, Thomas; Koller, Dagmar; Louwerse, Mirusia; Mavrak, Bela; Monarcha, Carmen; Rieu, Andre
Conductors: Rieu, André

Personnel: André Rieu (violin); Gary Bennett (tenor).

Recording information: André Rieu Studios B.V., Maastricht, The Netherlands....continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Antonina Nezhdanova

1 CD / Preiser / 2008-08-12

Works: Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla; A Life for the Tsar; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Snow Maiden; The Tsar's Bride; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Anton Arensky: Romances (6) for voice & piano, Op. ...
Performers: Nezhdanova, Antonina

This compilation of recordings by Antonina Nazhdanova (1873-1950) draws attention to one of the great Russian singers, who was well-known and revered in Russia but...continue...

Vocalises

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

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Alexander Alyabyev: The Nightingale; Camille Saint-Saëns: Parysatis, incidental music; Léo Delibes: Les Filles de Cadiz "Chanson Espagnole"; Maurice ...
Performers: Dessay, Natalie; Waage, Richard
Conductors: Schoenwandt, Michael

Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Pelléas et Mélisande Op 46, etc / Järvi, Stene, Mattei, Kringelborn, Paasikivi, Jonsson, et al

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-05-27

Works: Jean Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22; Luonnotar, Op. 70; Maiden in the Tower; Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46; Kuolema
Performers: Jonsson, Lars-Erik; Kringelborn, Solveig; Lavotha, Elemér; Magee, Garry; Paasikivi, Lilli
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi

From the Heart

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-11-13

Works: David MacIntyre: Ave Maria, for chorus; Joseph Rheinberger: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Psalm 84), Op. 35; Ron Jeffers: Missa Brevis in tempore violentiae; Anonymous: Flos Regalis, for 4 voice...
Performers: Hominick, Eric; Reinhardt, Lorraine

Highlights Of The Vienna Symphonic Orchestra 4 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2007-08-28

Works: Johann Strauss Jr.: Waldmeister; Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214; Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410; Das Spitzentuch der Königen; Der Zigeunerbaron; Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437
Performers: Donath, Helen; Hollweg, Werner
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Volume 4 features: Johann Strauss' Overture from the operetta 'Waldmeister,' Waltz from the Operetta, 'The Queen's lace handkerchief,' 'Tritsch-Tratsch Polka' op. 214 'Voices of spring,'...continue...
Run Time: 122 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, DD 5.1 Surround
Country of Origin: USA
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Lebendige Vergangenheit - Milizia Korjus Vol 3

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-06-01

Works: Johann Strauss II: Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333; Kaiserwaltzer Waltz, Op. 437; Indigo und die vierzig Räuber; An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Künstlerleben, Op. 316; Das Spitz...
Performers: Korjus, Milizia
Conductors: Bamboschek, Giuseppe; Dorati, Antal; Finston, Nathaniel; Roemer, Ernest; Schönbaumsfeld, Franz

Although she had virtually no stage career, Korjus was considered one of the most astounding coloratura sopranos of all time, whose voice revealed a crystalline...continue...

Recordings for German Radio - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-02-01

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie, tragédie lyrique; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Weisse ...
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Piltti, Lea; Pitti, Lea; Raucheisen, Michael; Scheck, Gustav; Schonecke, Herbert; Schultz, Rudolf; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Wolf, Deta

The recordings of songs presented here, ranging from a Bach cantata excerpt to folk songs, were all made during World War II for the Reichsrundfunk...continue...

The Miracle of the Voice - Natalie Dessay

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Gaîté Parisienne; Robinson Crusoé; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"; Jules Mass...
Performers: Bonaccorso, Rosario; Cassar, Yvan; Cavallier, Nicolas; Ceccarelli, Andre; Dessay, Natalie; Naouri, Laurent; Nougaro, Claude; Tezier, Ludovic
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Fournillier, Patrick; Minkowski, Marc; Langrée, Louis; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Pappano, Antonio; Schoenwandt, Michael; Conlon, James; Rombi, Philippe; Davis...

From Baroque music to Stravinsky, this 2-CD compilation offers a comprehensive sample of Natalie Dessay's musicianship....continue...

Elisabeth Schwazkopf - 1915-2006

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Hugo Wolf: Elfenlied; Goethe Lieder; Ganymed ("Wie im Morgenglanze"), song for voice & piano (Goethe Lieder); Lieder (6) für eine Frauenstimme; Alte Weisen (6); Wenn du zu den Blumen gehst, song...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter; Grummer, Elisabeth; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parsons, Geoffrey; Schmitt-Walter, Karl; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Sutcliffe, Sidney
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; De Sabata, Victor; Ackermann, Otto; Serafin, Tullio; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Krips, Josef; Dart, Thurston; Galliera, Alceo
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century. Blessed with a voice of exquisite beauty, as well as...continue...

Prima Voce - Nina Koshetz

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2007-01-09

Works: Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko; The Tsar's Bride; Snow Maiden; Jewish Traditional: Kaddish; Eili-Eili (Folk song); Manuel Ponce: Serenata Mexicana, for voice & piano; ...
Performers: Dougherty, Celius; Grechaninov, Alexander; Koshetz, Nina; Lapitino, Francis J.; Leboshutz; Lennartz; Linton; Pavelvsky; Schmidt; Sprishevskaya, Odarka Trifonieva
Conductors: Reibold, Bruno

To devotees of recorded vocal art, the voice of Nina Koshetz epitomizes that special quality associated with the finest Russian lyric sopranos. Her recordings, particularly...continue...

Prima Voce - Lucrezia Bori in Opera & Song

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2006-09-12

Works: Louis Varney: L' amour Mouillé, operetta; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: La Rondine; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Giuseppe...
Performers: Bori, Lucrezia; Copeland, George; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]; Tibbett, Lawrence
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Pasternack, Josef A.; Black, Frank; Shilkret, Nathaniel
Ensemble: ; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Giuliani: Opere per voce e chitarra / C. Curti, A. Vianello

1 CD / Tactus / 2006-06-13

Works: Mauro Giuliani: Cavatinas (6), for voice & guitar (or piano), Op. 39; Waltzes (12), for guitar, Op. 57; German Songs (6), for voice & piano, Op. 89; Ariettas (6), Op. 95
Performers: Curti, Cristina; Vianello, Aldo

Mauro Giuliani was the great guitar virtuoso of his age. Friend of both Beethoven and Rossini, he wrote hundreds of pieces for the guitar, plus...continue...

The Very Best of J. Strauss Jr.

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-10-18

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Das Spitzentuch der Königin; Eine Nacht in Venedig; Champagner-Polka, Op. 211; Kaiserwaltzer Waltz, Op. 437; Eljen a Magyar, Op. 332; Wiener Bonbons, Op. 307; ...
Performers: Berkes, Janos; Csonka, Zsuzsa; Fontana, Gabriele
Conductors: Kovács, László; Walter, Alfred; Wildner, Johannes

A tribute to Nadia Boulanger - Brahms, etc/ Boulanger, et al

2 CD / Cascavelle / 2005-08-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes (18), Op. 52; Vocal Quartets (3), Op. 31; Waltzes (16) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 39; Franz Schubert: Mondenschein, D 875/Op. 102; Jean Françaix: Concerto for P...
Performers: Astruc, Yvonne; Boulanger, Nadia; Conrad, Doda; Cuenod, Hugues; Derenne, Paul; Francaix, Jean; Kedroff, Nathalie; Lipatti, Dinu
Conductors: Boulanger, Nadia
Ensemble: Orchestre de la Société Philharmonique Paris

Love's Seasons - Howe, Ward / McClain, Garrett

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2005-07-01

Works: Mary Howe: Viennese Waltz, for voice & piano; O Mistress Mine, for voice & piano; The Lake Isle of Innisfree, for voice & piano; Chanson Souvenir, for voice & piano; Soit, for voice & piano; Berceuse...
Performers: Garrett, Margo; McClain, Sandra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Lea Piltti

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Il rè pastore, K 208; Idomeneo; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos; Lieder (5), Op. 15; Lieder (8), ...
Performers: Lang, Wilhelm; Piltti, Lea; Reinmar, Hans; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schilp, Maria Luise; Strauss, Richard; Zimmermann, Erich
Conductors: Kretschmar, Curt; Zaun, Fritz; Rother, Artur; Winter, Hans Adolf; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Städtisches Orchestra Berlin

Salute to Vienna - The Best of Salute to Vienna

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-11-23

Works: Johann Strauss II: Der Carneval in Rom; Eine Nacht in Venedig; Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214; Der Zigeunerbaron; Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410; Die Fledermaus; Eljen a Magyar, Op. 332; An der sch&#...
Performers: Dondalska, Katarzyna; Fischi, Monika; Gonzaga, Otoniel; Lind, Eva [Soprano Vocals]; Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Scharf, Wilfried; Serafin, Martina; Sigwald, Thomas; Szilagyi, Olga; Vadasz, Zsolt...
Conductors: Guth, Peter; Deák, András; Russell, John

Miliza Korjus - The Art of Coloratura

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2004-11-15

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L...
Performers: Korjus, Milizia; Wittrisch, Marcel [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Müller, Johannes; Schönbaumsfeld, Franz; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno

The stunningly attractive soprano Miliza Korjus was a phenomenon. She was a gifted actress (earning an Academy Award nomination for her role in 1939s The...continue...

The Lighter Side of Emmy Bettendorf

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories Import / 2004-08-10

Works: Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Anton Rubinstein: Melodies (2) for Piano, Op 3; Rocky Island, Op. 10; Emile Waldteufel: La Barcarolle Waltz, Op 178; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Vio...
Performers: Bettendorf, Emmy; Hans Clemens
Conductors: Dobrindt, Otto

La Mer jolie - Chants d'Acadie / Suzie LeBlanc

1 CD / ATMA / 2004-08-01

Works: Traditional: Le long de la mer jolie; Reels Côté-Benoît-LeBlanc; Avec un avocat; Bransle de Poitou; Valses Benoît; Jolis Bois; La belle se promène; Medley Guinchard; Le mari ...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Chartrand, Pierre; Greenberg, David; LeBlanc, Suzie; MacMillan, Betsy; McGuiness, David; Norman, Chris

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Adele Kern

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-03-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio...
Performers: Kern, Adele; Marherr, Elfriede; Ohms, Elisabeth
Conductors: Prüwer, Julius; Melichar, Alois; Weissmann, Frieder; Weigert, Herman
Ensemble: ; Berlin City Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Prima Voce - Maria Barrientos (1884-1946)

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2003-09-03

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriag...
Performers: Barrientos, Maria; Gordon, Jeanne; Hackett, Charles Francis; Stracciari, Riccardo
Conductors: Polacco, Giorgio

Bear Essentials - British Film Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-08-26

Works: Ron Goodwin: The Trap; Battle of Britain; 633 Squadron; Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines; Sir Arthur Bliss: Things to Come, F 131; Alan Rawsthorne: Uncle Silas; The Cruel Sea; William W...
Performers: Carewe, Mary [soprano]; Dukes, Philip; Roscoe, Martin; Wild, Earl
Conductors: Goodwin, Ron; Gamba, Rumon; Marriner, Sir Neville; Hickox, Richard; Stephens, D. S.; Horenstein, Jascha
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Air Force Regiment Band; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Great Voices of the Past - Light Opera Gems

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-07-02

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Linda di Chamounix; La figlia del reggimento; Don Pasquale; Franz Lehár: Eva (Das Fabriksmädel), ope...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Barone, Clement; Bechi, Gino; Belhomme, Hippolyte; Bjorling, Jussi; Cerne, Charles; Debicka, Hedwig von; Fleta, Miguel; Forest, Frank; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Hesch, Wilhelm; Lapitino, F...
Conductors: Lehár, Franz; Pitt, Percy; Sabajno, Carlo

Operetta is rare on CD these days, so a collection of highlights from the most famous repertoire, sung by the great voices of the Golden...continue...
Includes modern travel, an opera parody on donizetti, gouno by various composers....continue...

La vie est une parade /Patrice Michaels, Paul Freeman, et al

1 CD / Cedille / 2003-01-01

Works: Erik Satie: La diva de l'Empire, song for voice & piano; Je te veux (I Want You), café-concert song for voice & piano; Mélodies (3) of 1916, for voice & piano; Mélodies (3) of 1886, fo...
Performers: Michaels, Patrice
Conductors: ; Feeman, Paul
Ensemble: ; Chicago Chamber Musicians

American Classics - Rorem: Selected Songs / Carole Farley

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-11-01

Works: Ned Rorem: The Waking, for voice & piano; Root Cellar, for voice & piano (from "Three Poems of Theodore Roethke"); My Papa's Waltz, for voice & piano; I Strolled Across an Open Field, for voice & pia...
Performers: Farley, Carole; Rorem, Ned

"American audiences have known about Ned Rorem's songs for ages, it seems; on the evidence of this disc, it's about time the rest of the...continue...
Recording information: Old North Church, Nantucket, MA, USA (06/06/2000-06/09/2000)....continue...

Maria Ivogün - The Complete Odeon Recordings

2 CD / Preiser / 2001-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; G...
Performers: Erb, Karl; Ivogün, Maria

Ljuba Welitsch - Broadcasts 1947-49

1 CD / Bella Voce / 2000-11-17

Works: Johannes Brahms: Zigeunerlieder (11) for vocal quartet & piano, Op. 103; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (9) for voice & piano, Op. 63; Romances and Songs (5), Op. 84; Franz Schubert: Im W...
Performers: Lush, Ernest; Marx, Joseph; Nelles, Joseph P.; Welitsch, Ljuba

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Selma Kurz

1 CD / Preiser / 2000-11-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Rigoletto; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"; Die Hugenoten; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; S&eac...
Performers: Kurz, Selma; Prihoda, Vasa

Viennafest - The Music of Lehár, Lanner, etc / Kunzel, etc

1 CD / Telarc / 2000-10-24

Works: Johann Strauss I: Radetzky March, Op. 228; Johann Strauss II: Der Zigeunerbaron; Jäger-Polka (Hunter's Polka), polka française for orchestra, Op. 229 (RV 229); Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 41...
Performers: Bishop, Michael [Engineer]; Dahl, Tracy [Soprano]
Conductors: Kunzel, Erich
Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Fritzi Jokl, Maria Gerhart

1 CD / Preiser / 2000-04-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: L'Allegro il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Il rè pastore, K 208; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte ...
Performers: Jokl, Fritzi

"...The voice [of Gerhart] is quite beautiful, and if her 1924 Reader's Digest edition of Zerbinetta's aria is an accurate indication, she had a fabulous...continue...

Prima Voce - Marcella Sembrich

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-06-15

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Lucia di Lammermoor; Stanislaw Moniuszko: Halka; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Ernani; Rigo...
Performers: Gogorza, Emilio de; Scotti, Antonio; Sembrich, Marcella

Marcella Sembrich was born near Lemberg, Poland in 1858 into a family of traveling musicians. She made her operatic debut in Athens as Elvira in...continue...