2 CD / Testament /
2010-09-14
Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Performers:
Rossel-Majdan, Hilde; Steingruber, Ilona
Conductors:
Klemperer, Otto
This fascinating release from Testament features a live performance from 1951 with Otto Klemperer leading the Vienna Symphony in Mahler's 'Resurrection' symphony. Recorded in mono,...continue...
Recording information: Muskiverein, Vienna (05/18/1951)....continue...
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TES 1456
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...
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TES 1432
4 CD / Testament /
2009-08-11
Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Spoken Word: Jon Vickers in conversation with Jon Tolansky
Performers:
Allman, Robert; Carlyle, Joan; Davies, Rhoderick; Elms, Lauris; Evans, Edgar; Kelly, David C. [Bass Vocal]; Langdon, Michael; Lewis, Ronald; Robinson, Forbes; Rouleau, Joseph; Shuard, Amy; Thebom, Bl...
Conductors:
Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
From our privileged position, half a century on, there may be a temptation to feel superior and to undervalue the 1957 Covent Garden Trojans and...continue...
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TES 1443
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...
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TES 1433
2 CD / Testament /
2008-10-14
Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers:
Bergonzi, Carlo; di Stasio, Anna; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Labo, Flaviano; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Rinaudo, Mari...
Conductors:
Leibowitz, René; Previtali, Fernando; Leinsdorf, Erich; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble:
; Rome Opera House Orchestra
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TES 1420
2 CD / Testament /
2008-10-14
Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers:
Adam, Theo; Burmeister, Annelies; King, James [Vocals]; MacDonald, Kenneth; Silja, Anja; Talvela, Martti
Conductors:
Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble:
BBC Chorus
The great conductor Otto Klemperer was known for his 'deliberate' tempos. The Observer's review of the live performance heard here said, "From the opening bars...continue...
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TES 1423
13 CD / Testament /
2008-08-12
Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers:
Allman, Robert; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Coates, Edith; Dalberg, Frederick; Evans, Edgar; Fisher, Sylvia; Grant, June; Hale, Una; Hotter, Hans; Howitt, Barbara; Ilosvay, Maria von; Klein, Peter; Kra...
Conductors:
Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Richard Wagner's complete 'Ring' cycle led by Rudolf Kempe, recorded live at the Royal Opera House in 1957 is now available from Testament in new...continue...
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TES 1426
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...
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TES 1412
2 CD / Testament /
2008-01-08
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani
Performers:
Bardi, Giorgio Kokolios; Callas, Maria; Carmassi, Bruno; Christoff, Boris; Frosini, Mario; Mascherini, Enzo; Masini, Mafalda; Paoli, Aldo de; Pettini, Lido; Ristori, Brenno; Sarri, Gino
Conductors:
Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble:
Florence Teatro Comunale Orchestra
Testament scores a major coup with this seminal recording by Maria Callas in its first-ever release made from newly-discovered masters. The high-quality tapes which were...continue...
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TES 1416
2 CD / Testament /
2007-07-10
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers:
Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie, William; Forti, Carlo; Galassi, Elvira; Gobbi, Tito; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Mandelli, Luisa; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal];...
Conductors:
Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Testament's La Traviata presents the first CD release of EMI's original 1956 recording. Walter Legge would have preferred Maria Callas for Violetta, but she was...continue...
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TES 2211
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...
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TES 1393
2 CD / Testament /
2006-12-12
Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers:
Blankenheim, Toni; Graf, Maria [Mezzo-soprano]; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kuen, Paul; Lustig, Rudolf; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Schartel,...
Conductors:
Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble:
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
"It turns out that the landmark account of Wagner's "Ring" with Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic, begun in 1958, was not the first stereo...continue...
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TES 1390
1 CD / Testament /
2006-12-12
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Don Carlos; Il Trovatore
Performers:
Frank, Ernst; Grandi, Margherita; McKinley, Andrew; Midgeley, Walter; Tajo, Italo; Terry, Vera; Thomas, Edward; Valentino, Francesco; Vivian, Robert
Conductors:
Goldschmidt, Berthold; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Erede, Alberto; Goehr, Walter
Ensemble:
; Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
"Margherita Grandi, Australian by birth, Italian by musical upbringing, was something of a hit-and-miss meteor in her stuttering career, badly affected by two world wars....continue...
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TES 1402
2 CD / Testament /
2006-11-14
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Pietro Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz
Performers:
Gobbi, Tito; Lelio, Loretta Di; Luise, Melchiorre; Monti, Nicola; Vocals], Margherita Carosio [Soprano
Conductors:
Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble:
Rome Opera House Orchestra
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TES 2150
1 CD / Testament /
2006-10-10
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers:
Borriello, Mario; Jurinac, Sena; Kunz, Erich; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Noni, Alda; Thebom, Blanche
Conductors:
Busch, Fritz; Susskind, Walter
Ensemble:
Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra
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TES 1040
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...
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TES 1384
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...
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TES 1391
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...
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TES 1392
2 CD / Testament /
2006-03-14
Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella
Performers:
Casa, Lisa della; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Malaniuk, Ira; Nentwig, Kathe; Peter, Albrecht; Proebstl, Max; Trötschel, Elfriede; Uhde, Hermann
Conductors:
Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble:
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra
This set features a live performance of 'Arabella' given by the Bayerischen Staatsoper at the Royal Opera House during their visit to London since the...continue...
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TES 1367
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...
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TES 1369
2 CD / Testament /
2005-04-12
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers:
Baum, Kurt; Callas, Maria; Langdon, Michael; Neri, Giulio; Simionato, Giulietta; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Thomas, Hector; Walters, Jesse
Conductors:
Barbirolli, John
When Sir John Barbirolli first heard that he was to be working with Maria Callas, he wondered what he was in for as the myth...continue...
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TES 1355
1 CD / Testament /
2004-12-14
Works: Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Charles Gounod: Mireille; Roméo et Juliette; Emma...
Performers:
Gianotti, Pierre; Luca, Libero de; Micheau, Janine; Mollien, Jean
Conductors:
Desormiere, Roger; Erede, Alberto; Fournet, Jean
In all her roles, Micheau was admired for the care, skill and taste with which she used her decidedly French vocal timbre. Her light voice...continue...
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TES 1347
2 CD / Testament /
2004-12-14
Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2
Performers:
Adam, Theo; Dijck, Jeannette Van; Schreier, Peter
Conductors:
Wand, Günter
"This performance comes from the early 1960s, when Wand was making his series of recordings for the Club Francais du Disc. It is very well...continue...
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TES 1363
1 CD / Testament /
2004-07-01
Works: Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24; Don Juan, Op. 20; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Parsifal
Performers:
Treptow, Gunther
Conductors:
Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble:
Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Hans Knappertsbusch's posthumous reputation rests mainly on his association with the music of Wagner, Bruckner, Brahms and Strauss. The performances on this disc clearly demonstrate...continue...
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TES 1338
1 CD / Testament /
2004-07-01
Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 105; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 106; Franz Schubert: Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D 774; Im Frühling, D ...
Performers:
Casa, Lisa della; Hudez, Karl; Peschko, Sebastian
Lisa Della Casa's art was always of the kind that conceals art, and had no truck with artifice. Her illustrious career on the international scene...continue...
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TES 1341
10 CD / Testament /
1999-12-01
Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Das Rheingold; The Flying Dutchman; Siegfried; Wesendonck Lieder; Rudolf Wille: Königsballade, ...
Performers:
Albanese, Licia; Allin, Norman; Andrésen, Ivar; Angelis, Nazzareno de; Arangi-Lombardi, Giannina; Austral, Florence; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Badia, Conchita; Badini, Ernesto; Baillie, Isobel; Ba...
Conductors:
Barbirolli, John; Viebig, Ernst; Heidenreich, Johannes; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Weissmann, Frieder; Kun, Cornelius; Dobrindt, Otto; Blech, Leo; Muller, Hans Udo; Orthmann, Erich; Alwin, Carl; Schmals...
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TES 0132
1 CD / Testament /
1999-11-01
Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers:
Hotter, Hans; Kmentt, Waldemar; Lovberg, Aase Nordmo
Conductors:
Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble:
Philharmonia Chorus
"This [disc]...is...so good, in fact, that I am tempted to say that if this were the only recording by Klemperer to have survived, future critics...continue...
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TES 1177
4 CD / Testament /
1999-09-01
Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers:
Aldenhoff, Bernd; Höngen, Elisabeth; Ludwig, Hanna; Mödl, Martha; Malaniuk, Ira; Pflanzl, Heinrich; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Siewert, Ruth; Topper, Hertha; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astrid; Web...
Conductors:
Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble:
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
"This set... belatedly becomes the most important; no other... makes the drama at once so immediate and so substantial... the most conspicuous recorded example of...continue...
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TES 4175
1 CD / Testament /
1996-06-01
Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Maid of Orleans; Jules Massenet: Hérodiade;...
Performers:
Farrell, Eileen [Soprano Vocals]; Trovillo, George
Conductors:
Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
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TES 1073
1 CD / Testament /
1996-01-10
Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Einerlei ("Ihr Mund ist stets derselbe"), song for voice & piano, Op. 69/3 (TrV 237/3); Lieder (8), Op. 49; Hat gesagt - bleibt's nicht ...
Performers:
Casa, Lisa della; Kirschstein, Leonore; Otto, Lisa [Soprano Vocal]; Peschko, Sebastian; Purrar, Nada; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors:
Erede, Alberto
Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
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TES 1036
1 CD / Testament /
1996-01-01
Works: Maurice Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges, opera-ballet in 2 parts
Performers:
Angelici, Martha; Michel, Solange; Peyron, Joseph; Sautereau, Nadine; Scharley, Denise; Vessieres, Andre
Conductors:
Bour, Ernest
Ensemble:
Radio France Maîtrise
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TES 1044
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