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Marie-Nicole Lemieux: Meilleurs Moments - arias by vivaldi, Scarlatti, Handel and Brahms. Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto

1 CD / Analekta / 2013-02-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater; Domenico Scarlatti: Salve Regina; George Frederick Handel: Mi palpita il Cor, HWV 132; Irene, idolo mio; Lungi da me, pensier tiranno!; Johannes Brahms: Neun Gesän...
Performers: Beausejour, Luc; Eugelmi, Nicolo; Keesmaat, Amanda; Labbe, Marie-Celine; McMahon, Michael
Conductors: Lamon, Jeanne

Just a few notes of Marie-Nicole Lemieux's velvety contralto is all it takes to fall under her spell. With her unique timbre, innate sense of...continue...

Mahler: Ruckert-Lieder; Brahms: Zwei Gesange, Op. 91; Schubert, Sibelius / Julia Morgan, mezzo-soprano, Amanda Johnston, piano; Jody Davenport, viola

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2012-08-14

Works: Jean Sibelius: Songs (6), Op. 50; Johannes Brahms: Songs (2) for Alto, Viola and Piano, Op. 91; Franz Schubert: Abendstern, D 806; Nachtviolen, D 752; Auf der Donau, D 553/Op. 21 no 1; Gustav Mahler:...
Performers: Davenport, Joy; Johnston, Amanda; Morgan, Julia

Canadian mezzo-soprano Julia Morgan has a burgeoning career in opera and recital. She was selected to study with Dame Anne Evans at the Britten-Pears Young...continue...
Recording information: Humbercrest United Church in Toronto, Canada (12/28/2009/12/29/2009)....continue...

Songs of Johannes Brahms: Liebestreu / Jane Christeson, mezzo soprano

1 CD / Clear Note / 2012-06-26

Works: Johannes Brahms: Liebestreu, Op. 3 no 1; Songs (9) for voice & piano, Op. 63; Songs (8) for voice & piano, Op. 59; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 94; Die Meere ("Alle Winde schlafen..."), duet for ...
Performers: Christeson, Jane; Christeson, Jesse [Cello]; Holbrook-Loar, Rebecca; Rickman, Michael [Piano]; Robinson, Bobb

Liebestreu or "True Love", explores the romantic songs of Brahms. Brahms Lieder is some of the most beautiful, haunting and richly satisfying to perform in...continue...

Brahms: Lieder / Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo; Irwin Gage, piano; Thomas Riebl, viola

1 CD / Acanta / 2012-05-29

Works: Johannes Brahms: Liebestreu, Op. 3 no 1; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 106; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 19; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 105; Über die Heide, song for voice & piano, ...
Performers: Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Gage, Irwin; Riebl, Thomas

Brahms' lieder are characterized by a unity of style which has no exceptions, and there is nothing in his lieder that is unpolished or thoughtlessly...continue...

Kathleen Ferrier: A Centenary Celebration [4 CDs]

4 CD / Regis Records / 2012-04-02

Works: Spoken Word: Interview with Kathleen Ferrier, Montreal 1950; English Traditional: Blow the Wind Southerly (Northumbrian Folk Song); The Keel Row, Northumbrian folk song; Down by the Salley Gardens, f...
Performers: Gilbert, Max; Newmark, John; Patzak, Julius; Spurr, Phyllis
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens; Walter, Bruno

'The greatest thing in music in my life has been to have known Kathleen Ferrier and Gustav Mahler - in that order" -Bruno Walter 'No...continue...

Kathleen Ferrier Centenary Edition: The Complete Decca Recordings

15 CD / Decca / 2012-03-20

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Vergiss mein nicht, vergiss mein nicht! BWV 505; Ach, dass nicht die letzte Stunde, BWV 439; Bist du...
Performers: Ayars, Ann; Britten, Benjamin; Curzon, Clifford; Dobson, Michael; Gal, Hans; Gauntlett, Ambrose; Gilbert, Max; Greene, Eric; Gunter, Horst; Lush, Ernest; McCallum, David; Newmark, John; Parsons, Will...
Conductors: Stiedry, Fritz; Jacques, Reginald; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Neel, (Louis) Boyd; Henderson, Roy; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Krauss, Clemens; Klemperer, Otto; Beinum, Eduard Van; Walter, Bruno

She was an artist held in awe and affection by numerous colleagues and countless fans worldwide and her reputation is undiminished to this day. A...continue...

Northern Passion

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-02-28

Works: Jacob Fabricius: Die schönste Erscheinung, for voice, cello & piano; Niels Gade: Bilder des Orients, for voice & piano, Op. 24; Robert Schumann: Four Songs, Op. 40; Johannes Brahms: Songs (2) fo...
Performers: Cook, Arthur [Cello]; Day, Louis; Padgett, Nelson

Recording information: Sean Swinney Recording (2009-2011)....continue...

Brahms: Piano Concertos 1 & 2; Lieder Opp. 91 & 105 / Stephen Kovacevich, piano; Ann Murray, soprano

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-24

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15; Songs (2) for Alto, Viola and Piano, Op. 91; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 105
Performers: Imai, Nobuko; Kovacevich, Stephen; Murray, Ann
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Hamlet Echoes: Songs by Loeffler, Liszt, Brahms, et al. / Stella Doufexis, mezzo soprano

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2011-11-08

Works: Charles Martin Loeffler: La chanson des Ingénues (The Song of the Ingenues), for voice, viola & piano; Harmonie du soir (Evening Harmony), for voice, viola & piano; Quatre poèmes, for vioce...
Performers: Doufexis, Stella; Heide, Daniel [Piano]; Sachse, Pauline [Viola]

These recordings, all based on Shakespeare's Hamlet, feature unusual scoring with mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano. German-Greek singer Stella Doufexis studied at the Hochschule der Künste...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandradio Kultur Produktionsstätte Gärtnerstraáe (04/2011)....continue...

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder; Schumann: Frauenliebe un Leben; Brahms: Four Serious Songs / Kathleen Ferrier

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-11-08

Works: Gustav Mahler: Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra); Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Johannes Brahms: Serious Songs (4), Op. 121; Songs (2) for Alto, Viola a...
Performers: Gilbert, Max; Newmark, John; Spurr, Phyllis
Conductors: Walter, Bruno

Recording information: 1949-1950....continue...

Brahms: Piano Quintet; To Songs, Op. 91 / Modigliani Quartet

1 CD / Mirare / 2011-04-12

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, Op. 34; Songs (2) for Alto, Viola and Piano, Op. 91
Performers: Hill, Andrea; Marfaing, Laurent; Neuburger, Jean-Frédéric
Conductors:
Ensemble: Modigliani Quartet

Written twenty years apart, these gems of chamber music by Johannes Brahms present two captivating faces of a complicated romantic composer. Mezzo-soprano Andrea Hill sings...continue...
Recording information: TAP de Poitiers (09/12/2010-09/15/2010)....continue...

Florilegium: Frank Bridge, WA Mozart, Brahms Turina / Viola by Choice

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-08-17

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Quartet no 15; Johannes Brahms: Songs (2) for Alto, Viola and Piano, Op. 91; Sextet no 1, Op. 18; Hans Sitt: Mazurka, for ensemble, Op. 132/2; Lowell Liebermann: Struwwelpete...
Performers: Barber, Elaine; Birdsong, Nikki; Bourianoff, Jennifer; Bravenec, Helen; Bustos, Isaac; Carapetyan, Martha; Cory, Julia; Ebbets, Alexis; Lyons, David; Minaux, Francois; Petillot, Aurelion; Petillot, E...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Viola By Choice

Recording information: Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Church, Austin,; Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest, Church, Austin, TX; St. David's Episcopal Church, Austin, TX; St. Martin Lutheran Ch...continue...

Brahms: Complete Songs & Duets / Volle, Elsner

14 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 72; Songs (9) for voice & piano, Op. 63; Über die Heide, song for voice & piano, Op. 86/4; Der Tod, das ist...
Performers: Adolfsen, Hans; Baianu, Adrian; Bognar, Ferenc; Bourve, Antonia; Danz, Ingeborg; Deutsch, Helmut; Elsner, Christian [Vocals]; Glassl, Roland; Hartlieb, Tobias; Huber, Gerold; Irányi, Stefanie;...

The songs of Brahms span his entire, 60-year creative life, and contain many of his most personal utterances, as well as many of his most...continue...

Kathleen Ferrier [Box Set]

10 CD / Decca Import / 2008-11-04

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11 "Ascension Oratorio"; Vergiss mein nicht, vergiss mein nicht! BWV 505; Ac...
Performers: Ayars, Ann; Britten, Benjamin; Dobson, Michael; Gauntlett, Ambrose; Gilbert, Max; Greene, Eric; Lam, Basil; Lofthouse, Thornton; Lush, Ernest; McCallum, David; Newmark, John; Parsons, William; Peasgo...
Conductors: Stiedry, Fritz; Jacques, Reginald; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Neel, (Louis) Boyd; Henderson, Roy; Barbirolli, John; Walter, Bruno; Krauss, Clemens

Joyaux Romantiques, Jewels of the Romantic Era, Vol. 2: Music & Poetry

1 CD / Analekta / 2008-08-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Franz Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 14 in D minor, D 810 "Death and the Maiden"; Franz Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, deu...
Performers: Baril, Louise-Andree; Laplante, Andre; Lefevre; McMahon, Michael; Motard, Therese
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quatuor Alcan

The Art of Christa Ludwig

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-04-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 94; Liebestreu, Op. 3 no 1; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 19; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (8) for voice & piano, Op. 59; Songs (5) ...
Performers: Callas, Maria; de Peyer, Gervase; Downes, Herbert; Fleming, Amaryllis; Ludwig, Christa; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parsons, Geoffrey; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Stich-Randall, ...
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto; Böhm, Karl; Stein, Horst; Forster, Karl; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Ludwig's range of repertoire was remarkable, from Bach through Mozart to Brahms, Mahler and Strauss. She was equally at home in German Lieder, French melodies,...continue...

Brahms: Viola Works / Dann, Orkis, Platts

1 CD / ATMA / 2006-06-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1; Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 120/2; Songs (2) for Alto, Viola and Piano, Op. 91
Performers: Dann, Steven; Orkis, Lambert [Keyboards]; Platts, Susan

Released earlier this summer in Canada, just in time for the 34th International Viola Congress (June 7-11) in Montreal, is this marvelous all-Brahms, all-viola CD....continue...

Art of Elaine Bonazzi - Monteverdi, et al / Bonazzi, Mack

1 CD / Bridge / 2005-09-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Scherzi musicali, volume 2; L'Orfeo; Benjamin Britten: A Charm of Lullabies, song cycle for mezzo-soprano & piano, Op. 41; Johannes Brahms: Songs (2) for Alto, Viola and Piano, Op...
Performers: Bonazzi, Elaine; Day, Timothy; Kates, Stephen; Mack, Ellen; Tuttle, Karen

The Jessye Norman Collection - Brahms, Schumann: Lieder

2 CD / Philips / 2005-05-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 86; Botschaft ("Wehe, Lüftchen, lind und lieblich"), song for voice & piano, Op. 47/1; Der Tod, das ist die...
Performers: Gage, Irwin; Norman, Jessye; Parsons, Geoffrey; Wrochem, Ulrich von

Brahms: Viola Sonatas, Two Songs / Yuri Bashmet, et al

1 CD / RCA Import / 2003-11-18

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1; Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 120/2; Songs (2) for Alto, Viola and Piano, Op. 91
Performers: Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Muntian, Mikhail

Brahms: Lieder / Jessye Norman, Daniel Barenboim

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2000-03-14

Works: Johannes Brahms: Liebestreu, Op. 3 no 1; Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 6; Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 7; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 19; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 47; Songs (7) fo...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Norman, Jessye

"Jessye Norman, full and golden of tone, consistently reveals how her art has developed, in most ways matching even the imagination of Fischer-Dieskau. Not the...continue...

The Art of Ria Ginster

2 CD / Preiser / 1997-10-01

Works: Bernhard Flies: Wiegenlied for voice & piano (often incorrectly attr. to Mozart); Franz Schubert: Lullaby; Wiegenlied, D 867/Op. 105 no 2; Seligkeit, D 433; Rastlose Liebe, D 138/Op 51; Die Liebe hat...
Performers: Baumgartner, Paul; Ginster, Ria; Moore, Gerald [Piano]

Brahms / Oleg Kagan, Tomoko Masur, Yuri Bashmet, et al

1 CD / Live Classics / 1997-04-14

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1; Songs (2) for Alto, Viola and Piano, Op. 91; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Performers: Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Kagan, Oleg; Lobanov, Vassili; Masur, Tomoko

Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas no 1 & 2, etc / Berkes, Jandó

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-03-12

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1; Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 120/2; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, Wo...
Performers: Berkes, Kalman; Jando, Jeno; Takacs, Tamara

"...all praise to Naxos for yet another of their very generously priced super-bargains. these two responsive Hungarians play with a spontaneous give and take, conveying...continue...

Kathleen Ferrier Edition Vol 10- Brahms, Mahler

1 CD / Decca Import / 1992-04-01

Works: Gustav Mahler: Rückert Lieder (5); Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Songs (2) for Alto, Viola and Piano, Op. 91; Serious Songs (4), Op. 121
Performers: Gilbert, Max; Newmark, John; Spurr, Phyllis
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra