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Orff: Carmina Burana; Catulli Carmina; Trionf di Afrodite / Putz, Grobe, Cousins, McDaniel et al. Ferdinand Leitner

3 CD / Acanta / 2012-10-30

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Catulli Carmina, scenic cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Trionfo di Afrodite, scenic concert in 7 scenes
Performers: Becker, Werner; Bode, Hannelore; Cousins, Michael; Durrler, Brigitte; Grobe, Donald; Hermann, Roland; Kaufhold, Karl; Malone, Carol; Maxen, Toni; McDaniel, Barry; Nocker, Hans Gunther; Peysang, Andre...
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand
Ensemble: ; Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra

In these complete recordings Ferdinand Leitner conducts the Kölner Rundfunkchor, the Tölzer Knabenchor and the Kölner-Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester. The soloists featured are Ruth-Margret ...continue...

Martha Mödl: The Portrait of a Legend / Wagner, Strauss, Fortner, Reimann

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2012-04-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Tristan und Isolde; Wesendonck Lieder; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Richard Strauss: Elektra; Wolfgang Fortner: Bluthochzeit; Aribert Reimann: Melusine; Pyotr ...
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Hoffmann, Grace; Mödl, Martha; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Raucheisen, Michael; Ronisch, Rosemarie; Rose, Elisabeth; Steger, Ingrid; Suthaus, Ludwig; Topper, Hertha; Wi...
Conductors: Hollreiser, Heinrich; Keilberth, Joseph; Leitner, Ferdinand; Sebastian, Georges; Suitner, Otmar; Peters, Reinhard; Bareza, Niksa

Never released before recordings from 1950 - 1982 Wilhelm Furtwängler aptly referred to her as a "magic box", because her voice changed with every character...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

Documents of a singing career: Annelies Kupper

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-05-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Figaros Hochzeit; Don Giovanni; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Eugen d'Albert: Die toten Augen; Tiefland; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Sta...
Performers: Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Kupper, Annelies; Reinmar, Hans; Schlemm, Anny; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand; Sandberg, Herbert; Heger, Robert; Kraus, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg; Reinshagen, Victor; Rother, Artur; Lehmann, Fritz

Annelies Kupper (1906-1987) was born in Poland. She was a schoolteacher while at the same time studying voice. She launched her stage career at the...continue...

Elisabeth Höngen

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-04-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Der Troubadour; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson und Dalila; Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung; Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Grefe, Gustav; Hongen, Elisabeth; Kupper, Annelies; Ludwig, Walther; Plumacher, Hetty; Vocals], Christel Goltz [Soprano
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand; Solti, Sir Georg

Born in 1906 in Germany, Elisabeth Hongen completed her musical studies at the Academy of Music in Berlin. Championed by Karl Bohm, she sang at...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

Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg [Excerpts]

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Baumann, Ralph; Gonszar, Rudolf; Graf, Uta; Herrmann, Josef; Hoernicke, Richard; Holm, Richard; Jockel, Robert; Klomser, Herbert; Kunz, Roland; Kupper, Annelies; Liebl, Karl; Misske, Gerhard; Mueller...
Conductors: Bamberger, Carl; Leitner, Ferdinand

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...

In Memoriam Christel Goltz

2 CD / Preiser / 2009-09-08

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Hermann Goetz: Der Widersp...
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Frantz, Ferdinand; Frick, Gottlob; Höngen, Elisabeth; Katona, Julius; Löbel, Hans; Lorenz, Max; Plumacher, Hetty; Vocals], Christel Goltz [Soprano; Windgassen, Wolfgang [T...
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Striegler, Kurt; Leitner, Ferdinand; Schmitz, Paul; Solti, Sir Georg; Böhm, Karl; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden State Opera Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Württemberg State...

Christel Goltz (1912-2008) was one of the most outstanding dramatic singers of German origin. Singing and acting were combined in her case and there were...continue...

Strauss: Salome / Wozniak, Zimmer, Caballe, Brock

2 CD / Gala / 2009-09-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Final Scene; Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers: Brock, Karl; Eckenstein, Yvonne; Marshall, Lois; Plumacher, Hetty; Vocals], Christel Goltz [Soprano; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Varviso, Silvio; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Leitner, Ferdinand

Recording information: Basel, Switzerland (01/1958)....continue...

Wagner: Parsifal / Leitner, Windgassen, Cramer, Mödl, Neidlinger, Sentpaul, et al

4 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2009-07-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Bauer, Paul; Cramer, Heinz; Fischer-Sandt, Siegfried; Modl, Martha; Moll, Olga; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Plumacher, Hetty; Rieser, Karl; Rohr, Otto van; Sailer, Friederike; Schabo, Toni;...
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand
Ensemble: Paris Opéra Orchestra

Handel: Alcina / Leitner, Sutherland, Wunderlich, Cappella Coloniensis

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-01-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina
Performers: Dijck, Jeannette Van; Hemsley, Thomas; Monti, Nicola; Procter, Norma; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand
Ensemble: Cappella Coloniensis

This recording is the first official release in any format of this once-in-a-lifetime concert performance featuring Dame Joan Sutherland and Fritz Wunderlich. In 1959 performances...continue...

Cornelius: Der Barbier von Bagdad / Leitner, Duesing, Peter, Donath, et al

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2008-09-30

Works: Peter Cornelius: Der Barbier von Bagdad
Performers: Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Duesing, Dale; Krull, Rolf Dieter; Laubenthal, Horst R.; Maxem, Anton; Peter, Fritz; Peysang, Andre; Schiml, Marga; Schnelle, Ferdinand; Sotin, Hans
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Elfride Trötschel

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-02-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Albert Lortzing: Der Waffenschmied; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Antoni...
Performers: Behsing, Heinrich; Gunter, Horst; Sauerbaum, Heinz; Trötschel, Elfriede
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen; Schroder, Kurt; Leitner, Ferdinand; Striegler, Kurt; Heger, Robert

Beethoven: Leonore / Leitner, Zadek, Dermota, Schöffler

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-09-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore, opera (early version of Fidelio), Hess 109
Performers: Braun, Hans; Rohr, Otto van; Schreyer, Gerda; Vocals], Paul Schoffler [Baritone; Zadek, Hilde
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Handel: Julius Caesar / Leitner, Berry, Ludwig, Wunderlich

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-03-23

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Berry, Walter; Ernst, Hans Bruno; Kohn, Karl Christian; Nocker, Hans Gunther; Popp, Lucia; Probstl, Max; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus

This live recording of a German revival of 1965 features some of the greatest singers of that era. This predates the New York City Opera...continue...

Handel: Alcina / Leitner, Sutherland, Ruggiero, et al

2 CD / Melodram / 1998-10-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina
Performers: Dijck, Jeannette Van; Hemsley, Thomas; Monti, Nicola; Procter, Norma; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand
Ensemble: Cappella Coloniensis

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice

2 CD / Orfeo / 1995-06-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Putz, Ruth-Margaret; Soderstrom, Elisabeth
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand

Händel: Julius Caesar / Leitner, Popp, Ludwig, Berry, et al

3 CD / Orfeo / 1994-04-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Berry, Walter; Ernst, Hans Bruno; Kohn, Karl Christian; Ludwig, Christa; Nocker, Hans Gunther; Popp, Lucia; Proebstl, Max; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand
Ensemble: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra