Soprano > Varnay, Astrid

Voices of Italian Opera - Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini / Gigli, Caruso, Bjorling, Gobbi, Callas, Scotto et al.

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Basiola, Marco; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgonovo, Luigi; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Eichhorn, Kurt; Pidò, Evelino; Fistoulari, Anatole; Sabajno, Carlo; Davis, Colin; Robinson, Stanford; Goehr, Walter; Gui, Vittorio; Levine, James; Albergoni, Angelo; Norrington,...

These two compilations present a sampling of the many outstanding voices captured on record by EMI Classics over the past century in the field of...continue...

The Hero of New Beyreuth / Wolfgang Windgassen, tenor (rec. 1950 - 1958)

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

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz (The Marksman); Eugen d'Albert: Tiefland (Lowlands); Richard Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman); Rienzi; Die Meistersinger von Nü...
Performers: Czubok, Engelbert; Fischer, Res; Greindl, Josef; Hann, Georg; Hoffmann, Grace; Kuen, Paul; Kupper, Annelies; Modl, Martha; Muller, Maria; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astri...
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Wetzelsberger, Bertil; Fricsay, Ferenc; Leitner, Ferdinand; Rischner, Alfons; Ludwig, Leopold; Jochum, Eugen; Kraus, Richard; Keilberth, Joseph; Weigert, Hermann; Sawallisch, Wolfgang;...
Ensemble: ; Billiards Quintet

100 Best Soprano Arias

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; "Hunt" Cantata BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Henry...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Régine; Croisie...
Conductors: Huggett, Monica; Schreier, Peter; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Fischer, Georg; Trevor, Kirk; Hickox, Richard; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Barbirolli, John; Rousset, Ch...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Talens Lyriques; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci; Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana [Highlights] / Scotto, Carreras, Nurmela, Benelli

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Benelli, Ugo; Caballé, Montserrat; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Manuguerra, Matteo; Nurmela, Kari; Scotto, Renata; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Caballé and Scotto have some lovely moments and both are strong in dramatic commitment ... Carreras gives generously of voice and emotion in both...continue...

Levine/The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus / James Levine - Celebrating 40 Years At The Met / [21 DVD]

21 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-12-07

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu; Wozzeck, Op. 7; John Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giacomo Puccini: Il Trittico; Bedrich...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Battle, Kathleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Blegen, Judith; Cassilly, Richard; Clark, Graham; Creech, Philip; Dalayman, Katarina; Devlin, Michael; Fassbaender, Brigitte; F...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"An extraordinary career deserves an extraordinary tribute - which is exactly what the Metropolitan Opera has accomplished to mark the fortieth anniversary of James Levine's...continue...

Lauritz Melchior sings Wagner

2 CD / Preiser / 2010-05-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdammerung; Parsifal; Schmerze...
Performers: Dilworth, Gordon; Flagstad, Kirsten; Janssen, Herbert; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; McArthur, Edwin; Ormandy, Eugene

Generally regarded as the most important Wagner tenor in gramophone history, Lauritz Melchior observed every single demand that Wagner made scrupulously. We may regard his...continue...

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

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: 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

Dokumente einer Sängerkarriere - Wolfgang Windgassen

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-11-10

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Eugen d'Albert: Tiefland; Albert Lortzing: Der Wildschütz
Performers: Czubok, Engelbert; Hann, Georg; Varnay, Astrid; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]; Wissmann, Lore
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Leitner, Ferdinand; Ludwig, Leopold; Rother, Artur

Wolfgang Windgassen's name is inseparably linked with the Bayreuth Festival and Wieland Wagner. He first performed there in 1951 in a production of Parsifal. A...continue...

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

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...

Historical - Wagner: Die Walküre / Keilberth, Hotter, Varnay, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 2009-06-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Borkh, Inge; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Malaniuk, Ira; Treptow, Günther; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Historical - Wagner: Siegfried / Keilberth, Aldenhoff, Varnay, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 2009-06-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Hotter, Hans; Streich, Rita; Varnay, Astrid
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

Icon - Montserrat Caballé sings Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Boito, Mascagni, Giordano

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; Macbeth; Un ba...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baratti, Giuseppe; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Ferrin, Agostino; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; K...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Muti, Riccardo; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Levine, James; Guadagno, Anton; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Rudel, Julius; Bartoletti, Bruno; Lombard, Alain
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra...

Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballe was one of the world's leading operatic divas during the latter part of the 20th century. This 4-CD set brings together...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...

R. Strauss: Elektra / Kraus, Varnay, Rysanek, Hotter, et al

2 CD / Capriccio / 2009-02-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Fischer, Res; Horn, Heiner; Hotter, Hans; Melchert, Helmut; Rysanek, Leonie; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors:
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Leonie Rysanek, Astrid Varnay, Hans Hotter & Helmut Melchert Kolner Rundfunkchor & Orchester, Richard Kraus...continue...

Vocal Legends 7

1 CD / ARS Productions / 2009-02-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Tristan und Isolde; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Topper, Hertha; Varnay, Astrid; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Weigert, Herman

Astrid Varnay made her sensational debut at the Metropolitan Opera on December 6, 1941 at a broadcast performance singing Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walkure, substituting...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...

The Art of Dimitri Mitropoulos Vol. 2 - Broadcast Performances 1945-1955 - Mahler, Bach, et al

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2008-08-12

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 6 in A minor "Tragic"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. 26; Concerto for Pia...
Performers: Coppola, Carmine; Dow, Dorothy; Francescatti, Zino; koff, Mischa; Mitropoulos, Dimitri [Conductor/Piano]; Scarpini, Pietro; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Few great conductors can be classified by just a few characteristics. Although this cautionary remark applies to Dimitri Mitropoulos, it seems safe to say that,...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...

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...

Strauss: Salome / Stratas, Varnay / Böhm, VPO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-07-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Salome, Op 54
Performers: Beirer, Hans; Schwarz, Hanna; Stratas, Teresa; Varnay, Astrid; Weikl, Bernd
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"The staging and camera work are very competent, and the production by Götz Friedrich is thrilling. The orchestra playing is on the highest level. Böhm...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Prima Voce - Leonard Warren

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2007-06-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Il Trovatore; Simon Boccanegra; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff; Traditional: Blow the man down; The drummer and the cook; The Dru...
Performers: Keast, Raymond; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Varnay, Astrid; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Cellini, Renato; Perlea, Jonel; Bellezza, Vincenzo; Shaw, Robert; Black, Frank

Leonard Warren (1911-1960) was the acknowledged Metropolitan Opera successor to the previous leading baritone, Lawrence Tibbett. He dominated the Met stage, especially in Verdi roles,...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

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: The Flying Dutchman / Keilberth, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2006-10-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Lustig, Rudolf; Schartel, Elisabeth; Traxel, Josef; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astrid; Weber, Ludwig [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

At Bayreuth, Decca and their German subsidiary Teldec had already recorded 'Parsifal' and an unreleased 'Ring' cycle in 1951, and 'Lohengrin' in 1953. During the...continue...

Wagner: Die Walküre / Keilberth, Varnay, Brouwenstijn, et al

4 CD / Testament / 2006-06-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Brouwenstijn, Gre; Graf, Maria [Mezzo-soprano]; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Lammers, Gerda; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Schartel, Elisabeth; Scheppan, Hilde; Varnay, Astrid; Vinay...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

"This is the second release in the much-awaited, almost legendary "missing" Ring from 1955 that was professionally recorded live at Bayreuth and then dumped because...continue...

Ursula Schröder-Feinen Sings Fidelio, Die Walküre, Salome, Elektra, Die Frau ohne Schatten

1 CD / Orfeo / 2006-05-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Richard Strauss: Final Scene; Elektra; Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Cornelia Berger; Ernest, Wilhelm; Feldhoff, Gerd; Heinz Leyer; Kosnowski, Zenon; Kozub, Ernst; Linda Karen-Smith; Matti Kastu; Meven, Peter; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Peter Brunsmeier; ...
Conductors: Wich, Gunter; Schneider, Peter; Quennet, Arnold

Wagner: Siegfried / Joseph Keilberth, et al

4 CD / Testament / 2006-04-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Hollweg, Ilse; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kuen, Paul; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Varnay, Astrid; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus

"Magnificent is the only word for it and the stereo definition is more vivid than one dared to expect. This is team-work on an exalted...continue...

Strauss: Elektra / Rysanek, Varnay, Fischer-Dieskau, Bohm/VPO [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-11-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra, Op. 58
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Ligendza, Catarina; Rysanek, Leonie; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen [Box Set]

13 CD / Orfeo / 2005-07-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Brouwenstijn, Gre; Greindl, Josef; Herwig, Alfons; Hollweg, Ilse; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kamps, Luise Charlotte; Kuen, Paul; Lammers, Gerda; Lenchner, Paula; Madeira, Jean; Milinkovic, Geo...
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans

Verdi: La Traviata / Monteux, Carteri, Valletti, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2005-07-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il Trovatore; Simon Boccanegra; La forza del destino
Performers: Carteri, Rosanna; Caselli, Dario; Keast, Raymond; La Porta, Arturo [Baritone Vocal]; Maccagnani, Rina Allesandri; Marimpietri, Lidia; Monreale, Leonardo; Scarlini, Glauco; Tommaso, Salvatore De; Vall...
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre; Morel, Jean Paul; Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra

This 1956 'Traviata' departed from the usual formula in that the conductor chosen was Pierre Monteux, an eminent figure in the field of French music...continue...

Wagner: Lohengrin - Bayreuth 1954 / Jochum, Nilsson, et al

3 CD / Archipel / 2005-04-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Adam, Theo; Blankenheim, Toni; Crass, Franz; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Nilsson, Birgit; Stolze, Gerhard; Tobin, Eugene; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astrid; Windgassen, Wolfgang
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner: Die Walküre / Keilberth, Nilsson, et al

3 CD / Archipel / 2005-02-07

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Litz, Gisela; Lorenz, Max; Mödl, Martha; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Nilsson, Birgit; Plümacher, Hetty; Schärtel, Elisabeth; Scheppan, H...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Richard Strauss: Elektra (Highlights)

1 CD / Orfeo / 2004-12-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Madeira, Jean; Marijke van der Lugt; Modl, Martha; Symonette, Randolph; Tarres, Enriqueta; Varnay, Astrid; Zadek, Hilde
Conductors: Quennet, Arnold

Hans Hotter in Grossen Szenen - Wagner, Pfitzner

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-11-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Siegfried; Hans Pfitzner: Palestrina; Der arme Heinrich
Performers: Hotter, Hans; Kuen, Paul; Patzak, Julius; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens; Kraus, Richard; Rosbaud, Hans
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Legendary Voices / Astrid Varnay

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-10-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Tannhäuser; The Flying Dutchman; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Parsifal; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon
Performers: Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; Weigert, Herman; Sebastian, Georges

George London - 1953

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 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; Giuseppe Verdi...
Performers: London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Neikrug, George; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Weigert, Herman
Ensemble: ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Historical - Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Sawallisch

1 CD / Myto Records / 2004-06-01

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act
Performers: Hopf, Hans; Pease, James; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Der Ring des Nibelungen / Krauss, Varnay, Hotter, Windgassen

13 CD / Archipel / 2004-04-03

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Falcon, Bruni; Friedland, Brünnhild; Greindl, Josef; Hinsch-Gröndahl, Natalie; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kuen, Paul; Litz, Gisela; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinger, Gustav; Plümacher,...
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leonard Warren Vol 3

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-02-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Simon Boccanegra; La forza del destino; Otello; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Irish Traditional: Lond...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Keast, Raymond; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Moscona, Nicola; Motto, Thomas; Newman, Arthur; Sektberg, Willard; Sprinzena, Nathaniel; Tajo, Italo; Ukena, Paul; Varnay, Astrid...
Conductors: Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

The Very Best of Montserrat Caballé

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-04-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Don Carlos; Otello; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Gioachino Rossini: Gugli...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Elenkov, Stefan; Ferrin, Agostino; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Manuguerra...
Conductors: Guadagno, Anton; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Rudel, Julius; Muti, Riccardo; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bartoletti, Bruno; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Lombard, Alain; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Elena Nikolaidi

1 CD / Preiser / 2003-03-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Richard Strauss: E...
Performers: Behr, Jan; Nikolaidi, Elena; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Cleva, Fausto; Ludwig, Leopold; Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Wagner: Lohengrin / Sawallisch, Thomas, Bjoner, Crass, et al

3 CD / Living Stage / 2003-01-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Bjöner, Ingrid; Crass, Franz; Forti, Carlo; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Gullino, Walter; Krause, Tom; Manganotti, Gianfranco; Neidlinger, Gustav; Thomas, Jess; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Wagner: Gotterdämmerung / Kleiber, Varnay, Svanholm, et al

3 CD / Gebhardt / 2002-08-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Svanholm, Set; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich