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Nacht der Traume: Orchestral Songs / Stefan Blunier, WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne / Bo Skohvus, baritone

1 CD / Delta Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Louis Spohr: Songs (6) for baritone, violin & piano, Op. 154; Ludwig van Beethoven: Es war einmal ein König, song for voice, men's choir & piano, Op. 75/3; Franz Schubert: Gruppe aus dem Tartaru...
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan
Ensemble: ; WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne

Baritone Bo Skovhus was born in Denmark and studied at the Academy of Music in Aarhus, the Royal Academy for Opera of Copenhagen, and in...continue...
Recording information: Klaus von Bismarck-Saal, Köln (02/02/2009-02/07/2009)....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...

Till Solveig / Karen Vourch, soprano; Susan Manoff, piano

1 CD / Aparte / 2011-06-14

Works: Edvard Grieg: Songs (6), Op. 48; Jeg elsker dig! (I Love Thee!), song for voice & piano, Op. 5/3; Dromme (Dreams), poem for voice & piano, Op. 69/5; Songs (6), Op. 25; To brune Ojne (Two Brown Eyes),...
Performers: Manoff, Susan; Vourc'h, Karen [Soprano]

Prize winning French soprano Karen Vourc'h is joined here by accompanist Susan Manoff for Till Solveig..., a delightful recital disc featuring songs by Grieg, Sibelius,...continue...
Recording information: Temple Manin, Paris, France (09/??/2009/09/11/2009)....continue...

Essential Highlights Of Karita Mattila

2 CD / Ondine / 2010-04-27

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La forza del destino; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Jean Sibelius: Flickan kom...
Performers: Lerche, Peter; Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Ranta, Ilmo [Piano]
Conductors: Saraste, Jukka-Pekka

On the occasion of its 25th anniversary in 2010, Ondine releases a series of five two-fers, featuring each two best-selling CD titles from its back...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...

Romantic Songs

1 CD / Swedish Society Discofil / 2010-02-16

Works: Hugo Alfvén: Jag Längtar Dig, song for voice & piano, Op. 28/5; Saa tag mit hjerte, R 203; Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: Ballads (4) in Swedish folk style, Op. 5; Gustaf Nordqvist: Songs (3); Au...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Westerberg, Stig

Icon - Jussi Björling, The Swedish Caruso sings Verdi, Puccini, etc

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Requiem Mass; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; A...
Performers: Amara, Lucine; Bjorling, Anna-Lisa; Bjorling, Jussi; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Ebert, Harry; Franke, Paul; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Newton, Ivor; Reardon, Joh...
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Waldimir, Sune; Bokstedt, Bertil; Cellini, Renato; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Santini, Gabriele

Swedish opera star Jussi Bjorling (1911–1960) was essentially a lyric tenor with the added ability to sing dramatic roles, which enabled him to excel in...continue...

Jussi Björling in Song

1 CD / Testament / 2008-09-09

Works: Henry Geehl: For you alone; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Emil Sjögren: I drömmen di är mig nära; August Körling: Vita rosor; Gerald A...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Schauwecker, Frederick
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils
Ensemble: Orchestra

Historic Masters Ltd., a company formed to continue historic reissues of vocal recordings initiated by the British Institute of Recorded Sound, contributed to this release...continue...

Some Enchanted Evening

1 CD / Finlandia Import / 2007-12-25

Works: Jussi Rasinkangas: Oot kaunis niin (You Came to Me), song; Andrew Lloyd Webber: All I Ask of You, song (for the musical The Phantom of the Opera); Arne B. Glimcher / Robert M. Kraft: Suloinen Maria (...

Sibelius: Songs Vol 1 / Hannu Jurmu, Jouni Somero

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-02-27

Works: Jean Sibelius: Songs (7), Op. 17; 'Neath the fir trees (Under strandens granar), song for voice & piano, Op. 13/1; The First Kiss (Den förste kyssen, II), song for voice & piano, Op. 37/1; Songs...
Performers: Jurmu, Hannu; Somero, Jouni

Although Sibelius wrote around a hundred songs over a period of more than thirty years - mainly settings of Swedish texts, with eight in German...continue...

Björling Rediscovered - Carnegie Hall Recital September 1955

1 CD / RCA Records / 2003-09-09

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, song Op. 46; Franz Schubert: Frühlingsglaube, D 686/Op. 20 no 2; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Schwanengesang, D 957; Die sch&...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Schauwecker, Frederick

A Five-Star Sibelius Celebration

1 CD / Ondine / 2003-03-06

Works: Jean Sibelius: Bagatelles (10) for piano Op. 34; Runeberg Songs (7), Op. 13; The First Kiss (Den förste kyssen, II), song for voice & piano, Op. 37/1; But my Bird is Long in Homing (Men min f...
Performers: Groop, Monica; Hynninen, Jorma; Kuusisto, Pekka; Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Mustonen, Olli [Conductor/Piano]; Ranta, Ilmo [Piano]
Conductors: Saraste, Jukka-Pekka; Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

"It is almost impossible to find any fault with anything here. Mustonen's quirky approach to rhythm and phrasing in the Bagatelles brings out all their...continue...

Sibelius: Songs / Katarina Karnéus, Julius Drake

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-05-01

Works: Jean Sibelius: Songs (7), Op. 17; Belshazzar's Feast (Belsazars gästabud), incidental music, Op. 51; Songs (6), Op. 36; I am a Tree (Jag är ett träd), song for voice & piano, Op. 57/5;...
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]; Karneus, Katarina

"Karneus is a lighter, finer wine, yet no less expressively heady. Her perfectly integrated and focused mezzo, with its flaming top, and dark, gleaming lower...continue...

Sibelius: Luonnotar, Orchestral Songs / Isokoski, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Ondine / 2002-04-11

Works: Jean Sibelius: The Echo Nymph (Kaiutar), somg for voice & piano, Op. 72/4; Luonnotar, Op. 70; But my Bird is Long in Homing (Men min fågel märks dock icke), song for voice & piano, Op. 36/2...
Performers: Isokoski, Soile
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

"If you haven't encountered this music, you can't do better than to acquire this disc without delay. Sibelius was a terrific song writer, and the...continue...

Prima Voce - Marian Anderson Vol 2

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1998-10-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Siroe; Te Deum in D major, HWV 283 "Dettingen"; L'Allegro il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, süsser Tod, komm, sel'ge Ruh'!, BWV 478; Alessandro S...
Performers: Anderson, Marian; Primrose, William; Rupp, Franz; Vehanen, Kosti

Black Roses - Grieg, Nielsen, Rangstrom, et al / Kringelborn

1 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 1998-10-06

Works: Ture Rangström: Idyll; Flickan under nymanen; Bonn till natten (Supplication to Night), song for voice & piano; Melody; Pan, for voice & piano; Trevor Tureski: Villemo; Edvard Grieg: Songs (4), ...
Performers: Kringelborn, Solveig; Martineau, Malcolm

Prima Voce - Björling Vol 2

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-10-03

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, song Op. 46; Franz Schubert: An Sylvia; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; An die Leier ("Ich will von Atreus Söhnen"), song for voice & piano, D. 737 (Op. 56/...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Ebert, Harry; Schymberg, Hjordis
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils

Gabriel Suovanen - Sydämeni laulut - Sings Finnish Songs

1 CD / Ondine / 1996-04-24

Works: Toivo Kuula: Luullahan jotta on lysti olla, for voice & piano; Pappani maja, for voice & piano; Hae pois vaan sormukses; Taneli Kuusisto: Kehtolaulu, for voice & piano; Heilani kammarin ikkunan alla,...
Performers: Paananen, Ilkka; Suovanen, Gabriel

The Finnish solo song was the sole exponent of national identity prior to Sibelius. There was no comparable school in instrumental music. This collection of...continue...

Sibelius: Songs / Anne Sophie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-09-26

Works: Jean Sibelius: Arioso, Op. 3; Songs (7), Op. 17; Row, row duck (Souda, souda, sinisorsa), for voice & piano; Songs (6), Op. 36; Songs (5), Op. 37; Pelléas et Mélisande, incidental music for...
Performers: Forsberg, Bengt; von Otter, Anne Sofie