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Joseph Haydn: The Seasons / Agnes Giebel, Fritz Wunderlich, Kieth Engen

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-04-24

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seasons
Performers: Engen, Keith; Giebel, Agnes; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Müller-Kray, Hans
Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

In April 2012, the Schwetzingen Festival celebrates its 60th birthday. On this occasion, a very special oratorio recording from the festival's early years has been...continue...
Recording information: Schwetzinger Schloss, Rokokotheater (05/24/1959)....continue...

Musical Advent Calendar 2011 / Ancient & modern Christmas music of SW Germany

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2011-09-27

Works: Jean-Joseph Mouret: Sinfonies de Fanfares; Andreas Hammerschmidt: Machet die Tore weit (Open Wide the Gates); Katherine K. Davis: The Little Drummer Boy "Carol of the Drum"; Joseph Rheinberger: "Cant...
Performers: Auweiler, Birgit; Axtmann, Dominik; Banse, Juliane; Bongard, Andreas; Born, Jessica; Deger, Donat; Fischer, Diana-Marina; Hemmer, Petr; Herrmann, Joachim; Hoffmann, Andreas; Huhn, Katja; Kehr, Renate...
Conductors: Conrad, Hans-Georg; Müller, Volker; ; Schmidt, Christof
Ensemble: ; Freiburger Spielleyt; Marx Rootschilt Tillermann; RSO Chamber Ensemble

This recording documents the wealth of choral and instrumental ensembles in the southwest of Germany and shows the many facets of local Christmas Music: ancient...continue...

Christmas Season: Favorite Christmas Songs

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2010-09-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich (I), chorale prelude for organ (Orgel-Büchlein no 11), BWV 609; Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248; Magnificat, BWV 243; Wachet auf, ruft u...
Performers: Becker-Lefherz, Constanze; Bryndorf, Bine; Duske, Joachim; Finkbeiner, Hannelore; Gnann, Gerhard; Schabel, Tobias; Zerer, Wolfgang
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth; Bergmann, Hans; Stolzel, Ulrich
Ensemble: ; Stuttgart Bach Collegium

This specially priced double CD features a collection of the beautiful and popular music from the Baroque for the Christmas season. Many of the melodies...continue...

Mendelssohn: Complete Symphonies Vol 6 / Fey, Heidelberg SO

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2009-11-03

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 "Lobgesang"
Performers: Marguerre, Eleonore; Schafer, Markus; Stromstedt, Ulrika
Conductors: Fey, Thomas
Ensemble: Heidelberg Symphony

The sixth and final release of the complete Mendelssohn Symphonies by the Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra and Thomas Fey. Symphony No. 2, called "Lobgesang" by the...continue...

Elisabeth Grümmer sings Mozart, Schubert, Brahms & Wolf

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2009-09-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Non più, tutto ascoltai...Non temer, amato bene, K 490; Basta, vincesti...Ah, non lasciarmi, K 486a (295a); Im Frühlingsanfang, K 597; Abendempfindung, K 523; Die...
Performers: Diez, Hugo; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Grummer, Elisabeth
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl

Elizabeth Grummer was one the outstanding sopranos of the 20th century but only a few of her song recitals were ever recorded, making this CD...continue...

The Musical Advent Calendar

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2009-09-18

Performers: Carrack, Paul; Comes, Barbara; Czesla, Evelyn; Eppelsheimer, Mirjam; Floreani, Pauline; Floreani, Petra Föhr; Günschmann, Eva Maria; Gnmüller, Anze; Hammes, Thomas; Hennemann, Sebastia...
Conductors: Striegel, Johannes; Gilde, Hans de; ; Driess, Hans-Günther; Creed, Marcus; Crespo, Enrique; Storck, Karsten; Kölmel, Bernhard; Hoffmann, Michael; Ramroth, Martin; Knecht, Johannes; Leonardy...
Ensemble: ; Discorsi Salottieri; Instrumental-Ensemble Chantal; Marshall & Alexander

Haydn: Theresa Mass, Mass in Time of War / Rilling, Ziesak, Danz, Welch, Speer, Prégardien, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2008-02-15

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Theresienmesse"), H. 22/12; Missa in Tempore belli, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Paukenmesse...
Performers: Brodard, Michel; Felix, Yorck; Pregardien, Christoph; Saturova, Simona; Welch, Corby; Ziesak, Ruth
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Helmuth Rilling's international celebration of Haydn continues! In sparkling performances, drawing upon some of the finest singers and instrumentalists from both sides of the Atlantic,...continue...

The Messiah [Highlights]

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2007-09-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Brown, Donna; Kallisch, Cornelia; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Sacca, Roberto
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth

Bach: Soprano Arias / Augér, Laki, Donath, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2007-09-05

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; Cantata no 115, "Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit" BWV 115; Cantata no 29, "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir" BWV 29; ...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Banse, Juliane; Caspo, Eva; Cuccaro, Costanza; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Laki, Krisztina; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]; Sonntag, Ulrike
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Stuttgart Bach Collegium

Enjoy Bach’s loving celebration of the soprano voice as a sublime musical instrument with this collection, carefully selected from the epochal Edition Bachakademie. Artists include...continue...

Handel: Saul / Rilling, Taylor, Lutze, Eiche, et al

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2007-08-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Saul
Performers: Albino, Laura; Blaise, Kirsten; Eiche, Markus; Frisch, Wolfgang; Keusch, Elizabeth; Lutze, Matthias; Palm, Christian; Shankle, Norman
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart

Handel’s Saul is an operatic oratorio with ever-intensifying action and increasingly drastic scenes. Handel seems to have been especially moved by this particular text. Helmuth...continue...

Bach: Mass in B minor / Rilling, Bach Collegium, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Hanssler Classic / 2006-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Doufexis, Stella; Gerhaher, Christian; Odinius, Lothar; Petersen, Marlis; Selig, Franz-Josef
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart

The long-awaited new recording from internationally renowned conductor and Bach expert Helmuth Rilling features his Gachinger Kantorei Stuttgart and the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart along with an...continue...

Meta Seinemeyer sings Puccini, Verdi, Giordano & Wagner

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2006-01-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; La forza del destino; Otello; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Jung, Helene; Pattiera, Tino; Seinemeyer, Meta; Taucher, Curt
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder

This CD contains original recordings from 1926-1929 of a great German soprano, Meta Seinemeyer. Sadly ignored following her premature death, Seinemeyer was a stunning artist...continue...

Friedrich Schorr sings Richard Wagner

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2006-01-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; The Flying Dutchman; Die Walküre
Performers: Davis, Ben; Ljungberg, Gota; Melchior, Lauritz; Parr, Gladys; Schorr, Friedrich; Schumann, Elisabeth
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Collingwood, Lawrance; Blech, Leo; Heger, Robert
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Freidrich Schorr was the leading heroic baritone in Germany during the 1920s. His studio and live recordings reveal him to have been the perfect embodiment...continue...

Mendelssohn: Der Onkel aus Boston / Helmuth Rilling, et al

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2005-06-11

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Die beiden Neffen oder Der Onkel aus Boston, opera; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Bauer, Julia; Daum, Andreas; Odinius, Lothar; Royal, Kate; Süss, Carsten; Valentin, Bernd
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Stuttgart Bach Collegium

Mendelssohns immortal Midsummer Nights Dream Overture was written at the age of 17, but this long-lost operatic masterpiece was created three years earlier! Written when...continue...

From the Music Lbrary of Bach, Vol 2 / Hengelbrock, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2005-01-11

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Christ lag in Todesbanden, sacred concerto for 4 voices, 2 violins, 3 violas, bassoon & continuo, T.; Johann Sebastian Bach: Work(s); Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4; Johann Kaspar...
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Friedrich, Wolf Matthias; Giebelhausen, Nils; Mammel, Hans-Jorg; Mields, Dorothee; Oswald, Hermann; Spaltner, Beate
Conductors: Hengelbrock, Thomas
Ensemble: Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble

An exciting program of the music 'Father Bach' himself performed, and which often provided his musical inspiration, including a side-by-side comparision of his own famous...continue...

Michael Bohnen - At the Metropolitan Opera

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2004-11-15

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer:...
Performers: Bohnen, Michael
Conductors: Meyrowitz, Selmar; Szell, George

"Michael Bohnen was a superb singing-actor with a vibrant and attractive bass-baritone voice that demonstrated extraordinary facility in the lower and upper reaches for the...continue...

Maria Nemeth sings Arias by Verdi, Mozart, von Weber, etc

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2004-11-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La forza del destino; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Ca...
Performers: Nemeth, Maria; Schipper, Dr. Emil
Conductors: Alwin, Carl

Maria Nemeth made her debut in Budapest in 1923, being engaged the next season by the Vienna State Opera. She made guest appearances in all...continue...

Lecture Concerts - Bach: Cantatas / Helmuth Rilling, et al

4 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2003-05-28

Works: Spoken Word: Introduction to Bach's Cantata BWV 79, Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild (God the Lord Is Sun and Sh; Introduction to Bach's Cantata BWV 110, Unser Mund sei voll Lachens (Make our mouth ...
Performers: Brown, Donna; Genz, Christoph; Marquardt, Markus; Rubens, Sibylla; Schmidt, Andreas [Baritone Vocals]; Selig, Franz-Josef; Taylor, James [Tenor Vocal]; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Stuttgart Bach Collegium

The Messiah / Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, et al

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2003-02-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Brown, Donna; Kallisch, Cornelia; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Sacca, Roberto
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart

Handels ever-popular oratorio in Mozarts stunning arrangement! Helmuth Rilling and some of Europes leading vocalists provide a vivid listening experience....continue...

Faszination Musik - Beethoven: Symphony no 9

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2003-01-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Kaufmann, Jonas; Nylund, Camilla; Selig, Franz-Josef
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart

Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle / Eötvös, Kallisch, Fried, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2003-01-07

Works: Béla Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11/Sz 48
Performers: Fried, Peter; Kallisch, Cornelia
Conductors: Eötvös, Peter
Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

"...a musical volcano that erupts for sixty minutes of compressed tragedy and leaves us with one desire; the desire to hear it again!" - Zoltan...continue...

Faszination Musik - Mahler: Symphony no 8; Schoenberg

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2002-07-03

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Die Jakobsleiter; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 8 in E flat major
Performers: Aiken, Laura; Boesiger, Christiane; Brocheler, John; Lika, Peter; Marc, Alessandra; Michaels-Moore, Anthony; Muller-Brachmann, Hanno; Renard, Guy; Winslade, Glenn; Wray, Margaret Jane
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Faszination Musik - Gielen Edition

5 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2002-06-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93; Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Grosse Fuge for String Quartet in B flat major Op. 133; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 9 in C major, D...
Performers: Brocheler, John; Diener, Melanie; Litwin, Stefan; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Anton Webern Choir Freiburg; Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Faszination Musik - Berg, Webern, Schoenberg, etc / Gielen

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2002-06-04

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Die glückliche Hand, 1-act drama, Op. 18; Alban Berg: Der Wein; Anton Webern: Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 10; Cantata no 1 for soprano, chorus & orchestra, Op. 29; Eduard St...
Performers: Brocheler, John; Diener, Melanie; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mozart: Coronation Mass, Exsultate Jubilate, etc / Rilling

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2001-10-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass no 15 for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major ("Coronation"), K. 317; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Laudate Dominum
Performers: Brown, Donna; Hager, Klaus
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Stuttgart Bach Collegium

Gubaidulina: Johannes-Passion / Gergiev, Kornewa, Lutsiuk

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2001-09-04

Works: Sofia Gubaidulina: Johannes-Passion, for soloists, double chorus, organ & orchestra
Performers: Bezzubenkov, Gennady; Kornewa, Natalia; Lutsuk, Viktor
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra

"Sofia Gubaidulina's St. John Passion is a phenomenal feat of composition. It's hard to believe that anyone could make so much from so little... The...continue...

Golijov: La Pasión según San Marcos / Guinand, Souza, et al

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2001-08-16

Works: Osvaldo Golijov: La pasión según San Marcos
Performers: Gonzáles Fernández, Reynaldo; Ibrahim, Samia; Souza, Luciana
Conductors: Guinand, Maria
Ensemble: Alberto Grau Choir; Orquesta La Pasión; Schola Cantorum de Caracas

"A shame this couldn't have been a video. Osvaldo Golijov's 'St. MarkPassion' is, as the booklet note acknowledges, 'a kind of musical theatre situated between...continue...

Martin: Golgotha / Böck, Wiener Singakademie, et al

3 CD / Hanssler Classic / 1999-04-14

Works: Frank Martin: Golgotha, oratorio for 5 soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra
Performers: Courtis, Jean-Philippe; Hosp, Cornelia; Perdigón, Jorge; Salomaa, Petteri; Zeilberger, Norbert
Conductors: Bock, Herbert

Swiss composer Frank Martin's oratorio "Golgotha" found its inspiration in Rembrandt's etching "The Three Crosses". It was Martin's desire to depart from the Bachian model...continue...

Bach: Johannes Passion / Rilling, Stuttgart Bach Collegium

3 CD / Hanssler Classic / 1997-11-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Performers: Alexander Efanov; Banse, Juliane; Goerne, Matthias; Goetz, Sabine; Schade, Michael; Schmidt, Andreas [Baritone Vocals]; Taylor, James [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Stuttgart Bach Collegium