Spoken Vocals > Classical Period

Grétry Traversant l'Achéron / Penson, Bernier, et al

1 CD / Musique en Wallonie / 2009-09-01

Works: André Modeste Grétry: Seizème leçon; Zémire et Azor; Le jugement de Midas; Armand-Louis Couperin: Variations for Harpsichord on Grétry's "Que le sultan Saladin"; Wolfgan...
Performers: Bernier, Sylvia; Dussenne, Frederic; Penson, Guy; Vandaele, Dirk

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Seraglio / Suitner, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384
Performers: Apreck, Rolf; Forster, Jurgen; Kiessler, Hans; Mill, Arnold van; Ronisch, Rosemarie; Vulpius, Jutta
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar
Ensemble: Dresden State Opera Chorus

Mozart: Thamos - King of Egypt / Giulini, Meneguzzer, Zilio, Frascati, et al

1 CD / Archipel / 2008-06-06

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Thamos, King of Egypt, K 345 (336a)
Performers: Cajati, Fernando; Frascati, Tommaso; Marescalchi, Maria Grazia; Meneguzzer, Iolanda; Monreale, Leonardo; Zilio, Elena
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria;
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Turin; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Beethoven in Berlin - 1991 New Year's Eve Concert

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-02-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84; Ah, Perfido!, Op. 65; Leonore Overture no 2 in C major, Op. 72; Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy"
Performers: Ganz, Bruno; Kissin, Evgeni; Studer, Cheryl
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Abbado, Pape, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-06-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Azesberger, Kurt; Bauer, Andreas; Beyer, Tobias; Borris, Sascha; Formaggia, Danilo; Jost, Frederic; Kleiter, Julia; Lischke, Alexander; Mallmann, Niklas; Miklósa, Erika; Muller-Brachmann, Hann...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir

"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 has taken...continue...

Mozart: Great Opera Moments 1 / Bartoli, Domingo, etc

1 CD / Decca Import / 2006-01-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Zaide, K 344 (334b); Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Aronson, David; Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Domingo, Placido; Gruberova, Edita; Jo, Sumi; Netrebko, Anna; Pavarotti, Luciano; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Quadflieg, Will; Talvela, Martti...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Noseda, Gianandrea; Levine, James; Pritchard, John; Jochum, Eugen; Solti, Sir Georg; Böhm, Karl; Chung, Myung-Whun
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

'The Mozart Collection' features the most acclaimed performances from the catalogs of Deutsche Grammophon, Decca and Philips! On this release, 'Great Opera Moments, Volume 1',...continue...

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail / Gardiner, Minetti

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-06-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384
Performers: Clarkson, Julian; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Kazimierczuk, Angela; Minetti, Hans-Peter; Olsen, Stanford; Orgonasova, Luba; Peper, Uwe; Sieden, Cyndia; Tindall, Paul
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir

"The overture immediately establishes the extra zest of the performance... with Orgonasova in particularly oustanding form". -Penguin Guide...continue...

Grétry: Richard Coeur de Lion; Rousseau / Doneux, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2003-02-04

Works: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Richard Coeur-de-lion, opera in 3 acts; Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Le devin du village
Performers: Bastin, Jules; Bost, Monique; Burles, Charles; Bussard, Jean; Dokens, Nicole; Gedda, Nicolai; Gorp, Jean van; Mesple, Mady; Micheau, Janine; Perriers, Danielle; Roux, Michel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Sa...
Conductors: Doneux, Edgard; Froment, Louis de
Ensemble: ; Louis de Froment Chamber Ensemble

Mozart: David, König in Jerusalem / Hager, Rubens, et al

2 CD / Orfeo / 2002-09-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: David, König in Jerusalem, oratorio (constructed by Richard Bletschacher)
Performers: Browner, Alison; Chum, Johannes; Elsner, Christian [Vocals]; Ganz, Bruno; Rubens, Sibylla; Selig, Franz-Josef; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Hager, Leopold
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus

E.T.A. Hoffmann: Dirna / Goritzki, Krautzberger, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2002-01-01

Works: E.T.A. Hoffmann: Dirna, melodrama, AV 51
Performers: Herman, Martin; Klockow, Werner; Krautzberger, Angelika
Conductors: Goritzki, Johannes
Ensemble: Cantemus

The Classical Kids Collection Vol 2

4 CD / Children's Group / 1999-09-21

Works: Anonymous: Danse Royale; Sumer is icumen in; English Dance; Trotto; Ghaetta; Amen; Orlando Gibbons: First Set of Madrigals and Mottets; Thomas Tallis: Audivi vocem; Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Mon Die...
Performers: Adilman, Victoria; Arpin, John; Boyes, Derek; Budd, Barbara; Campbell, Kelly; Crawley, Amos; Donnelly, Mark; Druce, Mary; Forster, Elizabeth; Fox, Colin; Gay, Errol; Goldbloom, Daniel; Hammond, Katie...
Conductors: Babiak, Walter; Fallis, David
Ensemble: High Park Girls Choir; Studio Arts Orchestra

Selection includes the Foundling Concert.

Selection includes Arrival in Rome.

Selection includes Songs of the Unicorn - A Merlin Tale....continue...

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro

2 CD / Preiser / 1998-07-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Ahlersmeyer, Mathieu; Böhme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Buchta, Hubert; Cebotari, Maria; Fiedler, Hans Herbert; Schöffler, Paul; Teschemacher, Margarete; Waldenau, Elisabeth
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Weber: Der Freischütz J 277 / Keilberth, Prey, Grümmer, Otto, Kohn, Schock, Berlin PO, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 1996-11-26

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277
Performers: Dicks, William Walther; Eichberger, Wolfgang; Friederun, Maria; Giese, Heinz; Grummer, Elisabeth; Hildebrand, Helga; Hoppe, Fritz; Kirschstein, Leonore; Kohn, Karl Christian; Otto, Lisa [Soprano Voca...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Gardiner, Oelze, Schade, Sieden

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1996-09-17

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Burt, Robert; Dieterich, Andreas; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Guber, Carola; Johnston, Robert; Jonas, Maria; Knauer, Wolfgang; Mann, Noel; Mendel, Jan Andreas; Oelze, Ch...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot

"...disciplined, ordered playing and singing, buoyant rhythms, tellingly balanced sonorities, attention to every detail of color and counterpoint allowing for pellucid textures...these, allied to the...continue...

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail / Mehta, Wunderlich

2 CD / Orfeo / 1995-07-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384
Performers: Corena, Fernando; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals]; Heltau, Michael; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Unger, Gerhard; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail / John Eliot Gardiner

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1993-04-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384
Performers: Bury, Alison; Clarkson, Julian; East, Angela; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Kazimierczuk, Angela; Minetti, Hans-Peter; Olsen, Stanford; Orgonasova, Luba; Peper, Uwe; Robson, Anthony; Ross, Alist...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Bill Moyers Narrates... The Story of Percussion / Nexus

1 CD / Nexus / 1992-12-17

Works: Benjamin Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34; Jean-Baptiste Lully: Thésée, LWV 51; Jacques Philidor: March for Kettledrums; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung a...
Performers: Becker, Bob; Hartenberger, Russ; Moyers, Bill; Wyre, John Harvey
Conductors: Cahn, William
Ensemble: Nexus (Ensemble); Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

The Classical Kids Collection Vol 1

4 CD / Children's Group / 1991-10-18

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Piccolo in C major, RV 443; Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Sonata for Reco...
Performers: Armin, Adele; Binsley, Richard; Bodle, Douglas; Braun, Adriana; Braun, Russell; Brown, Nils; Budd, Barbara; Childs, Mark; Cowell, John; Feore, Colm; Forster, Elizabeth; Granik, Jon; Hammond, Susan; L...
Conductors: Babiak, Walter
Ensemble: St. Simon's Chorus, Toronto; Studio Arts Orchestra; Toronto Boys' Choir

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Solti, Heilmann, Ziesak, Kraus, Jo

2 CD / Decca / 1991-09-17

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Bieber, Clemens; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Franzen, Hans; Hauer-Riedl, Robert; Heilmann, Uwe; Jo, Sumi; Kraus, Michael [Tenor/Baritone Vocal]; Kuttenbaum, Annette; Leitner, Lotte; Leitner, Markus; Moll, K...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus Konzertvereinigung

Zaide

2 CD / Orfeo / 1990-07-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Zaide, K 344 (334b)
Performers: Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Holl, Robert; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor Vocals]; Paul, Gerhard; Schöne, Wolfgang; Vocals], Thomas Moser [Tenor
Conductors: Hager, Leopold