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Mezzo Moon: Lieder & Songs by Brahms, Zemlinsky, Weyse, Schubert, Schumann, Nielsen, Reger, Mozart / Pia Heise, mezzo-soprano

1 CD / Danacord / 2012-11-13

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Nachtwandler, Op. 86/3; Alexander von Zemlinsky: Süáe, süáe, Sommernacht, for voice & piano; Christoph Ernst Friedrich We...
Performers: Heise, Pia; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

Danish mezzo-soprano Pia Heise studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music in London. She offers a program of...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, England (11/21/2011-11/23/2011)....continue...

Nicolai Gedda sings Arias & Lieder / Werner Singer, Erik Werba, piano

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-03-27

Works: Adolphe Adam: Le Postillon de Lonjumeau; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Iphigenie in Aulis; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Gioachino Rossini: Le Comte Ory; Mikhail Glinka: Ein Leben für...
Performers: Gedda, Nicolai; Singer, Werner; Werba, Erik [Piano]
Conductors: Bour, Ernest
Ensemble: ; SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg

Hänssler Classics is proud to present this valuable compilation of songs and arias recorded by Gedda from the years 1954 to 1965. This anthology features...continue...

Italian & Neapolitan Songs: Tosti, Resphighi, DeCurtis / Zelikson

1 CD / Romeo Records / 2011-11-03

Works: Paolo Tosti: La serenata; Canzoni-stornelli (3); Addio; Ideale, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Romanze (3); 'A vucchella; A Marechiare; Non t'amo più; Tristezza for voice & piano/orchestra;...
Performers: Chaiter, Yoram; Zelikson, Irena

Recording information: The Classical Studio, Herzliya....continue...

The Art of Belcanto

3 CD / Capriccio / 2011-03-29

Works: Franz Liszt: Pace non trovo (Sonnetto no 104), song for voice & piano (I & II), S. 270/1 (LW N14/1-2/1); Benedetto sia'l giorno (Sonetto 47), song for voice & piano (3 versions), S. 270/2 & S. 270a ...
Performers: Angelis, Giovanni de; Arnaltes, Edelmiro; Bruson, Renato; Ghazarian, Sona; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Martel-Bittner, Monika; Nicolesco, Mariana; Rinaldi-Miliani, Stefano; Sabbatini, Giuseppe; Sc...
Conductors: Paternostro, Roberto

A few years ago, a singer at a top German opera house was begged by a conductor devoted to belcanto with the words: 'Don't just...continue...

In the Garden

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-10-12

Works: Robert Schumann: Lieder und Gesänge ii, Op. 51; Der schwere Abend ("Die dunklen Wolken hingen"), song for voice & piano, Op. 90/6; Marienwürmchen ("Marienwürmchen, setze dich"), song f...
Performers: Baetzhold, Sandra; Lemay, Barbara

Recording information: Aire Born Studios, Zionsville, IN....continue...

Liederabend: Salzburg Festival 1959 / Gedda, Werba

1 CD / Orfeo / 2010-08-10

Works: Niccolò Piccinni: O Nuit, Déesse du mystère, song for voice & piano; Andrea Falconieri: Vezzosette e care; Ottorino Respighi: Notte, song for mezzo-soprano & piano (from Liriche (6) Se...
Performers: Gedda, Nicolai; Werba, Erik [Piano]

Recording information: Mozarteum, Salzburger Festspiele (08/18/1959)....continue...

Icon: Nicolai Gedda

11 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 189, "Meine Seele rühmt und priest" (by Melchior Hoffmann), BWV 189; Cantata no 55, "Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht," BWV 55; Cantata no 160, "Ich weis...
Performers: Blanc, Ernest; Callas, Maria; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Clark, Raymond; Downes, Ralph; Dupré, Desmond; Eyron, Jan; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Halverson, Alan [Organ]; Malcolm, George; Mall...
Conductors: ; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Klemperer, Otto; Wangenheim, Volker; Heger, Robert; Bender, Heinrich; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Galliera, Alceo; Froment, Louis de; Dervaux, Pierre...
Ensemble: ; Balalaika-Ensemble Tschaika; Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Orchestra

Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda was a famous opera singer and recitalist. Having made some two hundred recordings, Gedda is said to be the most widely...continue...