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Grand Tier - Marschner: Der Vampyr / Rieger, Hermann, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-11-15

Works: Heinrich August Marschner: Der Vampyr, opera
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Fiedler, Hans Herbert; Grobe, Donald; Halem, Victor von; Hermann, Roland; Hillebrand, Nikolaus; Hopfner, Heiner; Kesteren, John van; Malta, Alexander; Marsh, ...
Conductors: Rieger, Fritz
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Heinrich Marschner was a popular Early Romantic opera composer in Germany whose works disappeared for a few decades but have been successfully revived in recent...continue...

Lehár: The Merry Widow

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

Works: Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow
Performers: Gedda, Nicolai; Kraus, Otakar; Kunz, Erich; Kurty, Hella; Loose, Emmy; Mattoni, André von; Niessner, Anton; Schmidinger, Josef; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: ; Ackermann, Otto
Ensemble: Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

"The stellar vocal soloists are, then and now, names to conjure with even the smaller roles are well and knowledgeably cast Schwarzkopf shows her seductive...continue...
The mono recording of this work with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf in the lead role, in the full bloom of her youth, is a special treat, a brilliant, fully realized version of the work that, even more helpful...continue...

Marschner: Hans Heiling / Keilberth, Prey, Kirschstein

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-04-02

Works: Heinrich August Marschner: Hans Heiling, opera, Op. 80
Performers: Franzen, Hans; Kirschstein, Leonore; Meister, Harald; Plumacher, Hetty; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Synek, Liane
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Cologne State Opera Chorus

Heinrich Marschner was the most important German Romantic opera composer between Weber and Wagner, and in fact Wagner derived many of his ideas, including the...continue...

Schoenberg: Moses und Aron / Scherchen, Greindl, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-09-04

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Moses und Aron, biblical drama in 3 acts (unfinished)
Performers: Driscoll, Loren; Gotz, Werner; Greindl, Josef; Hoffmann, Robert; Hoppe, Fritz; Melchert, Helmut; Nissen, Hans-Heinz; Oelke, Alice; Reitan, Ronald; Sardi, Ivan; Treptow, Gunther; Turke, Marina
Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus

Marschner: Der Vampyr / Hillebrand, Augér, Fiedler

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-11-17

Works: Heinrich August Marschner: Der Vampyr, opera
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Fiedler, Hans Herbert; Grobe, Donald; Halem, Victor von; Hermann, Roland; Hillebrand, Nikolaus; Hopfner, Heiner; Kesteren, John van; Malta, Alexander; Marsh, ...
Conductors: Rieger, Fritz
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra