Post Romantic Period > Voice

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Songs of a Wayfarer / Doris Soffel, Wolfgang Muller-Lorenz, Roman Trekel. Fabio Luisi.

1 CD / Querstand / 2013-05-14

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Performers: Soffel, Doris; Trekel, Roman; Wolfgang Muller-Lorenz
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Middle German Radio Symphony Orchestra

The seventh in Querstand's MDR Edition presents two Gustav Mahler masterpieces in miniature: 'Das Lied von der Erde' in the chamber music transcription by Arnold...continue...

Carl Reinecke: Dornröschen / Bertucci, Romberger, Kohler, Ponicke, Hollich, Kleinert, Kreutz

1 CD / CPO / 2013-03-26

Works: Carl Reinecke: Dornröschen, for narrator, 4 voices, female chorus & piano, Op. 139; An den Abendstern ("Du lieblicher Stern"), for voice & piano, Op. 138/7; Wer hat die schönsten Schäf...
Performers: Bertucci, Catalina; Hollich, Janina; Kohler, Markus; Kreutz, Peter; Leluschko, Meike; Ponicke, Maria
Conductors: Kreutz, Peter
Ensemble: Feen-Ensemble

CPO's latest Reinecke CD demonstrates that his oeuvre contains genuine musical treasures. His Sleeping Beauty displays consummate musical craftsmanship and is highly romantic, a subject...continue...
Recording information: Musikhochschule, Detmold, Germany (02/28/2011-03/02/2011)....continue...

Happy New Year: Opera Gala from Dresden / Diana Damrau; Piotr Beczala. Thielemann

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-12

Works: Emmerich Kálmán: Gräfin Mariza; Die Csárdásfürstin; Die Zirkusprinzessin; Kaiserin Josephine; Der Teufelsreiter; Die Herzogin von Chicago; Das Veilchen vom Montmartre; D...
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Denoke, Angela; Labin, Ana-Maria; Schopf, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: ; Staatskapelle Dresden

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Recording information: Semperoper, Dresden (2011-12-31&2012-12-29_2012-)....continue...

Puccini: Turandot / Foster, La Spina, Kwon, Arthur, Lowrencev, Moran, Corcoran et al. / Opera Australia

2 CD / Opera Australia / 2013-02-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Lowrencev, Shane
Conductors: Licata, Andrea
Ensemble: Opera Australia Chorus

Susan Foster sings the role of the cruel daughter of the Chinese emperor who demands her suitors correctly answer three riddles, on pain of death,...continue...
Recording information: Sydney Opera House (04/20/2012/04/25/2012)....continue...

The Very Best of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Ridente la calma, K 152 (210a); Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz...
Performers: Fischer, Edwin [Piano]; Gieseking, Walter; Grummer, Elisabeth; Jackson, Harold; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Pritchard, John; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Susskind, Walter; Schmidt, Heinrich; Karajan, Herbert von; Matacic, Lovro von; Gellhorn, Peter; Szell, George; Ackermann, Otto

Multi-award winning opera singer Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, praised for the 'pristine beauty of her lyric soprano' voice by The Guardian, was revered in opera houses worldwide...continue...

Groáe Tenöre der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 3

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-02-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Otello; Aida, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Amilcare Ponchiell...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Ancona, Mario; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gogorza, Emilio de; Hempel, Frieda; Homer, Louise; Perini, ...

Hymn to the Dawn - works for female choir by Holst, Prokofiev, Beach, Rheinberger, Mendelssohn & Rossini / Etherea Vocal Ens.

1 CD / Delos / 2013-01-29

Works: Gustav Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, H99, Op. 26/3; Eastern Pictures (2), for female chorus & harp, H. 112; Sergey Prokofiev: Prelude in C major for piano (or harp), Op. 12/7; Amy Beach: Sha...
Performers: Cloutier, Grace [Harp]; Gomez, Esteli [Soprano vocal]; Greten-Harrison, Derek; Murchie, Alan; Petrus, Jessica; Sidebottom, Amanda
Conductors: ; Horn, Noah
Ensemble: ; Etherea Vocal Ensemble

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
...With only eight singers, and several of the works sung by a portion of that number, each...continue...

Sensatiable

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2013-01-17

Works: Luigi Denza: Funiculì funiculà; George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme; Andrew Lloyd Webber: Don't Cry for Me Argentina, song (for the musical Evita); Pie Jesu (fro...
Performers: Akin, Joseph [Vocals]; Akin, Mary Penick; Ernst, Janna [Piano]; Gabka, Jane; Gisclair, Jean-Paul; Gisclair, Lauren Mouney; Hardin, Harry; Kelly, Frankie J.; Meyer, Joseph [Composer]; Nolan, Jesse; Pe...

Recording information: Axistudio, New Orleans, LA....continue...

Richard Strauss: Elektra / Michaela Schuster, Evelyn Herlitzius, Camilla Nylund, Hubert Delamboye, and Gerd Grochowski. Netherlands Opera

2 Super Audio CD / Challenge Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Bolle, Lisette [Vocals]; Engeland, Anja Van; Haegeman, Lien; Hofer, Astrid [Vocals]; Rasker, Helena
Conductors: Albrecht, Marc
Ensemble: ; Toonkunst Choir Amsterdam

The first CD release of De Nederlandse Opera on Challenge Classics! Due to its immense success this was the fourth time that this production, with...continue...
Recording information: 2011-10-06&2011-10-09&2011-....continue...

Portrait of a Legend - 17 arias from Mignon, La Cenerentola, Barber of Seville et al. / Giulietta Simionato, mezzo-soprano (mono)

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-12-11

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il Barbiere di Siviglia; L' Italiana in Algeri; Tancredi; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Jules M...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bettarini, Luciano; Pellegrino, Lilliana; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Quadri, Argeo; Rossi, Mario [Management]; Previtali, Fernando; Basile, Arturo; Ghione, Franco; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von

Born in 1910, Giulietta Simionato had a slow start with her career, but had her big breakthrough at La Scala in 1955. Her workload was...continue...
Recording information: 1949-1960....continue...

Classical Album 2013

4 CD / Decca Import / 2012-11-27

Works: André Rieu: Strauss and Co., medley for violin & pops orchestra; Paul Mealor: Wherever You Are, song; Ubi caritas, for chorus; Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song;...
Performers: Benedetti, Nicola; Bo, Alfie; Brustenghi, Alessandro, Friar; Calleja, Joseph; Domingo, Placido; Jenkins, Katherine; Jones, Aled; Karadaglic, Milos [Guitar]; Klass, Myleene; Lang Lang; Lulu; McElderry...
Conductors: Malone, Gareth; ; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: ; Escala

Vergiss mein Nicht

2 CD / Red/membran / 2012-11-19

Works: Oscar Straus: Ein Walzertraum; Maurus Katt: Wenn mein Herz Heimweh hat; Hans Moltkau: Geh' nicht fort; Niemals lass ich dich allein; Nico Dostal: Monika; Gunter Georgy-Engelhardt: Gondel, gleite du h...
Performers: Fahberg, Antonia; Sailer, Friederike; Stankovski, Ernst; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Marszalek, Franz; Mareczek, Fritz; Stech, Willi; Becker, Gerhard

Strauss: Four Last Songs; Arias from Arabella, Capriccio & Der Rosenkavalier / Anne Schwanewilms, soprano

1 CD / Orfeo / 2012-11-13

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Arabella; Capriccio; Rosenkavalier
Performers: Böhnert, Jutta; Richter, Regina; Schwanewilms, Anne
Conductors: Stenz, Markus
Ensemble: ; Gurzenich Orchestra Cologne

In the tradition of greatest Strauss sopranos, Anne Schwanewilms offers her own interpretation of the composer's Four Last Songs complemented by three operatic roles, accompanied...continue...
Recording information: Stolberger Strasse Studio, Cologne, Germany (02/02/2011-02/04/2012)....continue...

Libera - Song of Life: A Collection

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-06

Works: Robert Prizeman: Salva me, for chorus; Sanctus (based on Pachelbel's Canon); Ave verum; Voca Me; Ave Virgo, for boys' chorus, keyboards & ensemble (after Mozart's Clarinet Concerto); I am the day, fo...
Performers: Chadney, Anthony; Crawley, Ben; Cully, Tom; Day, Edward; Fontannaz, Daniel; Horncastle, Michael; Leadbeater, Stefan; Madine, Joshua; Moriarty, Samuel; Platt, Joseph; Robson, Christopher [Counter Teno...

Celebrate this holiday season with Song of Life, a collection of sacred and spiritual music from chart-topping choral group Libera. Featuring the group's distinctive sound...continue...

Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mameli / Antonio De Palma, Natalia Margarit, Lorenzo Battagion, Barbara Vivian

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2012-11-04

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Goffredo Mameli, operetta
Performers: Battagion, Lorenzo; Grassi, Luciano; Margarit, Natalia; Palma, Antonio De; Vessella, Giampaolo; Vivian, Barbara
Conductors: Frontalini, Silvano
Ensemble: Orchestra Filarmonica, Ucraina di Donetsk

Recording information: Palazzetto Comunale di Sondalo (SO) (10/14/2011)....continue...

Voice from Assisi / Friar Alessandro

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-16

Works: Donovan Leitch: Brother Sun, Sister Moon (Fratello sole, sorella luna); Steven Baker: Pater Noster (The Lord's Prayer), for voice & orchestra; Paul Mealor: Le Lodi di Dio Altissimo, for voice & orche...
Performers: Brustenghi, Alessandro, Friar

The legendary Mike Hedges (U2, The Cure, Manic Street Preachers) discovered Alessandro while in Italy, after years of searching for "the next Italian Tenor". Much...continue...

Dreamticket to La Boheme - Arias excerpted from performances 1902-1960 / Bjorling, Caruso, Bori, Schone at al.

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Arizmendi, Elena; Björling, Jussi; Bori, Lucrezia; Caruso, Enrico; Cebotari, Maria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Eisinger, Irene; Ferrani, Cesira [Soprano Vocal]; Fr...

This recording offers the opportunity to hear some of the world's famous singers performing the same arias and scenes so the listener can put together...continue...

Respighi: Quartett Dorico; Ill Tramonto; Lauda per la Nativita del Signore / Sena Jurinac, Liliana Rossi, Lidia Marimpietri, sopranos; Tommaso Frascati, tenor

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2012-10-06

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Quartet for Strings ("Quartetto dorico"), P. 144; Il tramonto; Lauda per la Natività del Signore, for soloists, chorus & ensemble, P. 166
Performers: Frascati, Tommaso; Jurinac, Sena; Marimpietri, Lidia; Rossi, Liliana
Conductors: ; Antonellini, Nino
Ensemble: Barylli String Quartet; Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma

Up to 50 years ago the knowledge of Ottorino Respighi 's music was essentially limited to the three famous roman symphonic poems. The Chamber production...continue...

The Heartfelt Voice - Heinz Hoppe, tenor [4 CDs]

4 CD / Acanta / 2012-09-25

Works: Werner Bochmann: Heimat, deine Sterne, song for voice & piano; Abends in der Taverne, song; Robert Stolz: Vor meinem Vaterhaus steht eine Linde; Karl Blume: Grün ist die Heide, song (from the fi...
Performers: Bak, Valerie; Bartos, Rita; Hallstein, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocals]; Hansen, Max; Hofmann, Willi; Hoppe, Heinz; Langel, Willy [Vocals]; Litz, Gisela; Owen, Chloe; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schlemm, Anny;...
Conductors: Becht, Erich; Stolz, Robert; Marszalek, Franz; Stephan, Wilhelm; Schandert, Manfred; Muller-Lampertz, Richard; Cremer, Curt; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Burkhardt, Paul; Erede, Alberto; Martin, Wolfgang...

Heinz Hoppe was been the incarnation of the "olk singer": that rare species of singer possessing the necessary vocal qualities to pursue a career in...continue...

Simply Opera

4 CD / Simply / 2012-09-04

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; George Frederick Handel: Xerxes (Serse); Gaetano Donizetti: L' Elisir d'Amore; La Favorita; Don Sebastiano; Il Duca d'Alba; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fis...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Barowska, Janna; Callas, Maria; Cupido, Alberto; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; DiDonato, Joyce; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Jeric, Ana P...
Conductors: Camerata Budapest; Kovács, László; Elmquist, Martin; Rahbari, Alexander; ; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Halász, Michael; Greenwood, Andrew; Zedda, Alberto; Kuchar, Theodore; Wildner...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Budapest; I Solisti Italiani; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

The Art of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Schubert, Bach et al. / Gerald Moore, Daniel Barenboim

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-08-21

Works: Franz Schubert: An die Musik, D 547; Der Musensohn, D 764/Op. 92 no 1; Der Erlkönig, D 328; Schwanengesang, D 957; Das Lied im Grünen, D 917/Op. 115 no 1; Die liebe Farbe ("In Grün wil...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Demus, Jorg [Piano]; Engel, Karl; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Klust, Hertha; Kohn, Karl Christian; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Richter, Sviatoslav; Sawallisch, Wolfgan...
Conductors: Ristenpart, Karl; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Jochum, Eugen; Keilberth, Joseph; Böhm, Karl

A 2-CD musical journey through Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's seemingly boundless Lied, opera and cantala repertoire....continue...

The Song of the Nightingale - Coloratura operetta arias / Ingeborg Hallstein, coloratura soprano [4 CDs]

4 CD / Acanta / 2012-07-31

Works: Franz Grothe: Lied der Nachtigall ("Zauberlied der Nacht"), for voice & piano; Napoleon ist an allem Schuld; Carl Zeller: Ich bin die Christel von der Post, song (from Der Vogelhändler); Eduard ...
Performers: Bader, Hans-Dieter; Clarin, Hans; Hallstein, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocals]; Hoppe, Heinz; Kieling, Wolfgang; Rubin, Peter
Conductors: Marszalek, Franz; Bernet, Dietfried; Ebert, Wolfgang; Geese, Heinz; Hoffman, Ernest

Ingeborg Hallstein was one of the outstanding coloratura sopranos in the second half of the twentieth century. Born in Munich on May 23, 1936, Ingeborg...continue...

Puentes: Canciones de Argentina - Songs by 19th & 20th Century Argentinian composers influenced by European music / Graciela de Gyldenfeldt, soprano; Henning Lucius, piano

1 CD / Telos / 2012-07-31

Works: Ernesto Drangosch: Si les étoiles pouvaient te dire, song for voice & piano, Op. 19/1; Rechtfertigung, song for voice & piano, Op. 4/1; Lauf der Welt, song for voice & piano, Op. 4/6; Ein Lied...
Performers: Gyldenfeldt, Graciela von; Lucius, Henning [Piano]

Aptly named "Puentes," which translates from Spanish as "Bridges," this disc highlights the work of Argentinean composers of the 19th and 20th centuries who were...continue...
Recording information: Goethe Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina (09/2011)....continue...

Schoenberg: Complete Songs / Claudia Barainsky; Melanie Diener, Konrad Jarnot, Urs Liska, piano [4 CDs]

4 CD / Capriccio / 2012-07-31

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Waldesnacht; Eclogue; Warum bist Du aufgewacht, song for voice & piano; Zweiffler; Du kehrst mir den Rücken, song for voice & piano; Gott grüss dich Marie, song for voice...
Performers: Barainsky, Claudia; Diener, Melanie; Jarnot, Konrad; Liska, Urs; Schafer, Markus

Capriccio presents the first complete recording of songs for voice and piano by Arnold Schoenburg. This 4 CD set includes pieces such as Gurre-Lieder, Fifteen...continue...
Recording information: Siemens-Villa Berlin-Lankwitz....continue...

Strauss: Elektra / Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet, Angela De, Felicity Palmer, Matthias Goerne - Gergiev

2 Super Audio CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2012-07-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Kravtsova, Tatiana; Popova, Ekaterina [Soprano (Vocal)]; Sergeeva, Ekaterina [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Shevtsova, Lia; Solovieva, Varvara [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

On this new set from LSO Live, Valery Gergiev conducts Strauss' Elektra, one of the most powerful operas in the repertoire, accompanied by a superlative...continue...
Recording information: The Barbican, London (2010-01-11_2010-01-12&2010-)....continue...

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Symphony No. 4; Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" / Fritz Reiner, Chicago SO

2 CD / Widescreen / 2012-07-05

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major; Das Lied von der Erde; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Puccini Operas, Vol. 1 - Manon Lescaut; La boheme; Tosca

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca
Performers: Benacka, Stanislav; Carroll, Silvano; Deyck, Lucienne Van; Durco, Jan; Dvorsky, Miroslav; Gauci, Miriam; George, Donald; Gijsegem, Ludwig van; Gonzales, Carmen; Hallon, Ladislav; Kaludov, Kaludi; Lam...
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander; Humburg, Will
Ensemble: ; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra Brussels; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchesra

Giacomo Puccini is one of the most celebrated and beloved operatic composers that has ever lived. Included in this first installment of Puccini Operas are...continue...

Sångare till glädje 2012 / 8 different vocalists sing Grandert, Simon, Grieg, Ellington, Dowland, Sibelius, Bach and more

1 CD / Nosag / 2012-06-26

Works: Johnny Grandert: Vandring (Wandering), song; Marionetterna (The Marionettes), song; Fruset fotspår (Frozen Footprints), song; När isen bryter upp (When the Ice Dissolves), song; Paul Simon:...
Performers: Baraula, Andre; Baraula, Desiree; Bjorling, Raymond; Bromme, Rolf; Geiland, Stefan; Geissendorf, Wanda; Lindgren, Stefan; Lindkvist, Anna; Linse, Carolina; Mukherjee, Anouchka; Neumuller, Maria; Pett...
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Ensemble: Foreningen Ideell Musik

The 2012 version of the FIM/nosag charity CD contains a selection of 8 fine Swedish singers from varied genres including lied, musical, chanson, opera, and...continue...

Best of Accentus - Choral works by Faure, Haydn, Brahms, Dusapin

5 CD / Naïve / 2012-06-26

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Rückert Lieder (5); Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, s&...
Performers: Anorga, Solange; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Chiama, Jean-Francois; Costes, Pascale; Degout, Stephane; Engerer, Brigitte; Henry, Christophe; Hery, Luc; Isshiki, Kaoli; Lombard, Jean-Francois; Piau, Sa...
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Ars Nova Ensemble (Copenhagen)

Under its conductor, Laurence Equilbey, who founded accentus in 1991, the choir is committed to promoting the vocal arts as widely as possible, with more...continue...

Heuberger: Der Opernball (Opera Ball) / Helen Mane, Maria Tiboldi, Tatjana Iwanow, Christiane Schroder [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-06-26

Works: Richard Heuberger: Der Opernball, Operetta Film
Performers: Erhardt, Heinz; Iwanow, Tatjana; Mane, Helen; Serafin, Harald; Tiboldi, Maria
Conductors: Mattes, Willy
Ensemble: Symphony Orchestra Kurt Graunke, Munich

In this work, Richard Heuberger (1850-1914) tried to create a new operetta style, the "comedy operetta". He eschewed spectacular costumes and choruses, sentimentality and drama...continue...
Run Time: 100 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo,
Subtitles: German, English, French
Country of Origin: G...continue...

Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila à l'église / La Lyre Sérophique

1 CD / Hortus / 2012-06-12

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Rapsodies (3) sur des cantiques bretons, Op. 7; Ave Maria, motet for 2 altos & organ in A major; Elévation, ou Communion, for organ or harmonium in E major, Op. 13; Ave...
Performers: Genvrin, Vincent; Masset, Francoise
Conductors: Genvrin, Vincent
Ensemble: La Lyre Sérophique

The motets for solo voices by Camille Saint-Saëns represent a little known, yet quite engaging, aspect of his work. Written for the church of the...continue...

Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos; Der Burger als Edelmann / Margaret Price; Sumi Jo, Gosta Winbergh - Nagano

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Bürger als Edelmann (Le bourgeois gentilhomme), incidental score, Op. 60-III (TrV 228b); Ariadne Auf Naxos; Unspecified: Ariadne auf Naxos Synopsis and Libretto [CD-ROM]
Performers: Cole, Steven; Jo, Sumi; Kuhn, Alfred; Mohr, Thomas; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Schafer, Markus; Winbergh, Gosta
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: ; Lyon National Opera Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
It is high time we had the chance to hear the artistic collaboration that Strauss and Hofmannsthal originally intended. For Strauss enthusiasts this excellent...continue...
Recording information: Opéra National de Lyon (04/1994/05/1994)....continue...

Essential Gilbert & Sullivan - Over 2 hours of witty and delightful operaetta

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Arthur Sullivan: The Mikado; Trial by Jury; H.M.S. Pinafore; The Pirates of Penzance; Patience; Iolanthe; Ruddigore; The Gondoliers; The Yeomen of the Guard
Performers: Baker, George [Baritone Vocal]; Bowden, Pamela; Brannigan, Owen; Cameron, John; Cantelo, April; Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Graham, Edna; Harper, Heather; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Milligan, James...
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir

Great Voices of the Century / Prey, Damrau, Domingo, Bartoli, Schock, Kraus, Wunderlich

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2012-05-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze de Figaro; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Missa in C, KV 257, "Credo-Messe"; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Don Giovanni; Vincenzo Bellini: I Pur...
Performers: Arnaltes, Edelmiro; Bartoli, Cecilia; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Damrau, Diana; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor Vocals]; Jones, Gwyneth,...
Conductors: Vonk, Hans; Paternostro, Roberto; Wöss, Kurt; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Gardelli, Lamberto; Raichev, Rouslan; Simonov, Georgi; Kraus, Richard; Marinov, Ivan; Froschauer, Helmuth; Knubben, Klaus; Sussk...

Great Voices of the Century is a wonderful collection featuring the greatest voices of the century as well as the greatest works by Mozart, Donizetti,...continue...

Glorious

1 CD / Decca Import / 2012-05-29

Works: Hubert Parry: Jerusalem; Steven Baker: Sanctus, for voice, chorus & orchestra (after Elgar's Nimrod); Walter Kent: The White Cliffs of Dover; Vangelis: Chariots of Fire, theme from the film score; Fr...
Performers: Baker, Steven; Jean-Marie, Lincoln; Karlsson, Fridrik "Frizzy"; Lawson, Geoff; Stewart, Noah [Tenor Vocal]; Wright, Laura
Conductors: Hein, Richard

One of many classical crossover releases designed to capitalize on the patriotic spirit that's swept the U.K. in 2012, Suffolk soprano Laura Wright's second solo album, Glorious, has a stronger pedigr...continue...

15th Anniversary Collection

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-05-29

Works: Traditional Spiritual: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; John Saw the Number; Brazilian Traditional: Tutú Maramb; John B. Lowitz: Don't Argify; Stephen Hatfield: Camino caminante, for children's chorus;...
Performers: Bennett, Erin; Carney, Caitlyn; Carter, Chelsea; Coates, Chloe; Conley, Lizzy; Curry, Peter; Desantis, Christine; Haskins, Colette; Haynes, Foster; Kiefer, William; Morris, Samuel; Rancka, Kate; Robe...

Pierre Boulez Conducts Ravel & Debussy

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-05-08

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Images for Orchestra; Printemps, symphonic suite for chorus, piano & orchestra, L. 61; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Premiè...
Performers: Cohen, Franklin; Hagley, Alison [Soprano Vocals]; von Otter, Anne Sofie; Wellbaum, Lisa; Zimerman, Krystian
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre

"In Ma mere, he is among the master magicians: subtleties of nuance and timing now abound; here is playing of a wholly different order of...continue...

Album Debussy: The composer and his interpreters / Historic recordings from 1904 - 1955

3 CD / Aeon / 2012-05-08

Works: Claude Debussy: Ariettes oubliées; Mandoline; Fêtes galantes; Trois Ballades de Villon; Cinq Poèmes de Charles Baudelaire; Chansons (3) de Bilitis; Estampes; Images; Children's Corner;...
Performers: Bathori, Jane; Bonneau, Jacqueline; Brothier, Yvonne; Cloez, Gustave; Croiza, Claire; Debussy, Claude; Dufranne, Hector; Garden, Mary; Joachim, Irene; Meedintiano, Ivana; Meyer, Marcelle; Moiseiwitsc...
Conductors: Chevillard, Camille; Toscanini, Arturo; Straram, Walther; Desomiere, Roger; Monteux, Pierre; Truc, Georges; Coppola, Piero; Cloez, Gustave; Beydts, Louis; Lindenberg, Edouard

The "Debussy, Music and the Arts" exhibition, organized by Paris's Musée d'Orsay, proposes to evoke the musician's major encounters with contemporary artists and poets. Paintings,...continue...

Victor Herbert: Collected Songs / Marnie Breckenridge, George Dvorsky, Sara Jean Ford, et al.

4 CD / New World / 2012-05-08

Works: Victor Herbert: Three Songs, for voice & piano, Op. 15; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, for voice & piano, Op. 10; Lieder und Gesänge, for voice & piano, Op. 13; Lieder und Gesänge, for vo...
Performers: Bratton, Jason; Breckenridge, Marnie; Carfizzi, Chris; Cazwell, Christopher; Daniels, Laura; Dvorsky, George; Ford, Sara Jean; Hicks, William [Piano]; Hoglund, Maeve; Inghram, Elizabeth; Labrie, Stev...

In an attempt to understand the foundations of the modern American musical theater, we believe that it is best to start with an understanding of...continue...
Recording information: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City (09/18/2010-01/07/2011)....continue...

Love and Longing / Magdalena Kozena Sings Ravel, Dvorak & Mahler

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-05-01

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Biblical Songs (Biblické písne) (10) for voice & orchestra, B. 189 (Op. 99); Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or ...
Performers: Kozena, Magdalena
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Magdalena Kozena's silken mezzo delivers definitive interpretations of this luscious and enchanting orchestral-song repertoire. Magdalena Kozena, Sir Simon rattle, and the Berliner Philharmokiker sedu...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie, Berlin (01/2012)....continue...

The Debussy Edition [18 CDs]

18 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-05-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra; Jeux; La mer; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Images for Orchestra; Printemps,...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Badings, Vera; Borkh, Inge; Cassard, Philippe; Christ, Wolfram [Viola]; Cohen, Franklin; Danco, Suzanne; Dietschy, Veronique; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Ericourt, Daniel; Ewi...
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Beinum, Eduard Van; Chailly, Riccardo; Tetu, Bernard; Abbado, Claudio; Ansermet, Ernest; Gardiner, John Eliot; Lindenberg, Edouard; Fistoular...

Following our successful Mahler and Chopin editions, this is a joint Deutsche Grammophon/Decca Classics unlimited edition with benchmark Deutsche Grammophon and Decca Classics recordings....continue...

Great Opera - Puccini, Bizet, Verdi, Rossini, Mozart et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, ope...
Performers: Abel, Jozef; Alperyn, Graciela; Aragall, Giacomo; Benacka, Stanislav; Boschkowa, Nelly; Braga, Rannveig; Carroli, Silvano; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Daniel, Boaz; Dever, Barbara; Dragoni, Maria; D...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Saccani, Rico

The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest...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...

Lehar: Gypsy Love / Perry, Buzea, Dallapozza, Lorand [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-04-24

Works: Franz Lehár: Zigeunerliebe
Performers: Buzea, Ion; Dallapozza, Adolf; Friedrich, Heinz; Grosskurth, Kurt; Lorand, Colette; Perry, Janet
Conductors: Wallberg, Heinz
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Orchestra

"Gypsy Love" is considered to be one of Franz Lehár's most successful operettas. After its triumphant Vienna premiere in 1910, it was performed all over...continue...
Run Time: 88 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, English, French
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Bellissimo French Opera: arias by Salieri, Meyerbeer, Gounod, Massenet, Bizet et al. / Caballe, Rancatore, Wok, Breedt

1 CD / Dynamic / 2012-04-24

Works: Antonio Salieri: Les Danaïdes; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots; Charles Gounod: La Reine de Saba; Polyeucte; Jules Massenet: Roma; Chérubin; Le Roi de Lahore; Meditation (from "Thaïs"...
Performers: Breedt, Michelle; Caballé, Montserrat; Casciarri, Giorgio; Girard, Guylaine [Soprano]; Grassi, Luca; Gueze, Sebastien; Lee, Jeong-Won; Martin-Bonnet, Éric; Massis, Annick; Mok, Warren; ...
Conductors: Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Palumbo, Renato; Benzi, Manlio; Guidarini, Marco; Villaume, Emmanuel; Viotti, Marcello; Davin, Patrick; Tingaud, Jean-Luc

After the first two "Bellissimo" recordings dedicated to Handel, Vivaldi and Italian opera arias, the new CD features some of the rarest and beautiful French...continue...

Ihre gröáten Erfolge

2 CD / ZYX Records Import / 2012-04-17

Works: Carl Zeller: Der Vogelhändler; Franz von Suppé: Boccacio; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Oscar Straus: Ein Walzertraum; Rund um die Liebe; Franz Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns; ...
Performers: Albrecht, Otto; Dolz, Dolf; Fritz, Bruno; Gedda, Nicolai; Glawitsch, Rupert; Groh, Herbert Ernst; Gunter, Horst; Lais, Detlev; Pfeifle, Alfred; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; ...
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Stephan, Wilhelm; Marszalek, Franz; Hermann, Harry; Zacharias, Helmut; Jary, Michael; Walter, Fried; Burkhardt, Paul; Szell, George; Rother, Artur

Recording information: 1950-1958....continue...

Time Traveller: La Belle Epoque

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaité Parisienne; La Périchole; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Prinz Methusalem; Emile Waldteufel: Les Patineurs Valse ("Skater's Waltz"),...
Performers: Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Baldwin, Dalton; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Cziffra, György; de los Angeles, Victoria; Gigli, Beniamino; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Pennario, Leonard; Royal, Kate
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Boskovsky, Willi; Rosenthal, Manuel; Gardner, Edward; Goehr, Walter; Boult, Adrian; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae

As the 19th century faded and the 20th century began; something special was in the air: the scent of decadence mingled with the thrill of...continue...

Le Voci Di Lecce / Camassa, Emitry, Elmo, Gallo, Perulli, Rizzo, Tafuro

1 CD / Nireo / 2012-04-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La Traviata; Rigoletto; I Lombardi alla prima criciata; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Strauss: Serenata; Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix; Lucia di Lamm...
Performers: Camassa, Vanna; Demitry, Luigi; Elmo, Cloe; Gallo, Gustavo; Gigli, Beniamino; Pagliughi, Lina; Perulli, Franco; Rizzo, Niceta; Salerno, Mario; Tafuro, Franco; Vocals], Gina Cigna [Soprano
Conductors: Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Berretoni, U.; Morel, Jean Paul; Capuana, Franco; Mignone, E.; Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno

Puccini: Messa di Gloria; Verdi: Stabat Mater, Te Deum / Karl Rathgeber

1 CD / Rondeau Production / 2012-03-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Messa di Gloria; Giuseppe Verdi: Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra
Performers: Bubl, Barbara; Schmidt, Christian; Schneider, Bernard
Conductors: Rathgeber, Karl
Ensemble: ; Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

This recording juxtaposes 3 works by 2 famous Italian composers of opera: Puccini's Messa di Gloria, an early composition by the only 20-year-old scholar bursting...continue...
Recording information: Stadtkirche Bayreuth (03/18/2006)....continue...

Leo Fall: The Dollar Princess / Iwanow, Niendorf, Jacoby, Lippert [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-03-27

Works: Leo Fall: Die Dollarprinzessin, operetta
Performers: Behrens, Stefan; Iwanow, Tatjana; Jacoby, Gabriele; Lemnitz, Regina; Lippert, Gerhart; Niendorf, Horst; van Bergen, Ingrid
Conductors: Grund, Bert
Ensemble: Graunke Symphony Orchestra

Leo Fall's works are among the best of the second generation of the Vienna operetta. "Dollar Princess", written in 1908, is one of his most...continue...
Run Time: 87 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, English, French
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