Fortner, Wolfgang

Melos Quartett Recital 1979 - Haydn: Quartet Op. 76/5; Fortner: Quartet no 4; Ravel Quartet in F / Melos Quartett

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-08-28

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings no 64 in D major ("Largo"), Op. 76/5, H. 3/79; Wolfgang Fortner: Quartet for Strings no 4; Maurice Ravel: Quartet for Strings in F major
Conductors:
Ensemble: Melos Quartett

The Stuttgart-based Melos Quartet had existed for only half a dozen years at the time of this concert and had already performed in several countries....continue...
Recording information: Schwetzinger Schloss (09/05/1979)....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...

Songs by Mahler, Fortner, Martin, Wolff / Roman Trekel, baritone; Burkhard Kehring, piano

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Wolfgang Fortner: Songs (4) nach Worten von Hölderlin, for voice & piano; Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Frank Martin: Monologes (6) aus Jedermann, for alto (or baritone) & pian...
Performers: Kehring, Burkhard; Trekel, Roman

One of the most fascinating singers of recent years, in an impressive Lieder recital. The baritone brings out the somber mood of these songs with...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem (2002-09-17_2002-09-19&2002-)....continue...

Hermann Prey: Liederabend 1963

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2011-05-31

Works: Peter Cornelius: Vater unser, der du bist im Himmel, for voice & piano, Op. 2/1; Zu uns komme dein Reich, for voice & piano, Op. 2/3; Führe uns nicht in Versuchung, for voice & piano, Op. 2/7; E...
Performers: Weissenborn, Gunther

The latest release from the critically acclaimed Schwetzinger Festival Edition features Hermann Prey (in his prime), one of the most versatile and beloved singers of...continue...
Recording information: Schwetzinger Schloss, Konzertmitschnitt (05/15/1963)....continue...

Darmstadt Aural Documents Box 1: Composers - Conductors

6 CD / Neos Production / 2010-11-05

Works: Spoken Word: Introductory speech by Earle Brown; Earle Brown: Available Forms I for 18 instruments; René Leibowitz: Kammersymphonie, for 12 instruments, Op. 16; Wolfgang Fortner: Mitte des Leb...
Performers: Appenheimer, Yoma; Arden, David; Assmann, Klaus; Bauer, Adam; Blum, Eberhard; Bottner, Karlheinz; Brown, Earle [Composer]; Caskel, Christoph; Cazauran, Jacques; Clapperton, James; Deinzer, Hans; Dier...
Conductors: Brown, Earle [Composer]; Leibowitz, René; Fortner, Wolfgang; Krenek, Ernst; Maderna, Bruno; Stockhausen, Karlheinz; Otte, Hans; Pousseur, Henri; Kagel, Mauricio; Boulez, Pierre; Brün, Her...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Köln; Internationales Kammerensemble Darmstadt; Ixion Ensemble; Klangforum Wien; MusikFabrik; Mutare Ensemble; Ungarisches Kammerensemble Budapest

We do not ordinarily associate the terms "cultural heritage" or "cultural legacy" with works, objects and materials of recent vintage, but rather with things unearthed...continue...

Hölderlin Songs / Mitsuko Shirai, Hartmut Höll

1 CD / Capriccio / 2008-04-08

Works: Viktor Ullmann: Abendphantasie, for voice & piano (3 Lieder nach Hölderlin no 3); Der Frühling, for voice & piano (3 Lieder nach Hölderlin no 2); Hanns Eisler: Hölderlin-Fragmente...
Performers: Höll, Hartmut; Shirai, Mitsuko

Archive - Bruch, Bach, Fortner, Pfitzner / Taschner

1 CD / MD&G / 2007-06-26

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Hans Pfitzner: Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 34; Wolfgang Fortner: Concerto for Violin & orchestra
Performers: Taschner, Gerhard
Conductors: Müller-Kray, Hans; Kempe, Rudolf; Rosbaud, Hans
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Unfortunately not all of Taschner's recordings have survived; but those that have include the violin concertos of Bruch, Pfitzner, and Fortner heard in exquisite quality...continue...

Günter Wand Edition - Stravinsky, Fortner, Ligeti, et al

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2006-10-31

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for piano & wind instruments; Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Symphony in one Movement, for orchestra; Wolfgang Fortner: Symphony; György Ligeti: Lontano, for orchestra
Performers: Magaloff, Nikita
Conductors: Wand, Günter
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Northwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Archive - Fortner, Beethoven: Violin Concertos / Taschner

1 CD / MD&G / 2002-07-23

Works: Wolfgang Fortner: Concerto for Violin & orchestra; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61
Performers: Taschner, Gerhard
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Lieder / Reimann, Reutter

3 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2001-06-05

Works: Robert Franz: Gesänge (12) for voice & piano, Op. 5; Gesänge (6) for voice & piano, Op. 20; Lieder Op. 8; Gesänge (6) for voice & piano, Op 9; Gesänge (6) for voice & piano, Op. 1...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Reimann, Aribert; Reutter, Hermann