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Richard Strauss: Leider / Christiane Oelze, soprano; Eric Schneider, piano

1 CD / Solo Musica / 2013-04-30

Works: Richard Strauss: Xenion ("Nichts vom Vergänglichen wie's auch geschal"), song for voice & piano, o.Op. 131 (TrV 282,; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Die Nacht, Op. 10 no 3; Allerseelen, Op. 10 no 8; Lieder...
Performers: Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]; Schneider, Eric [Piano]

This recording invites listeners to stroll through Strauss' lieder production. Groups of works from various creative periods are loosely combined. The selection based purely on...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Cologne, Germany (03/20/2009-03/25/2009)....continue...

Strauss: Four Last Songs; songs; Wolf: songs / Anneliese Rothenberger, soprano; Gerald Moore & Gunther Weissenborn, piano; Andre Previn

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (5), Op. 48; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Lieder (6), Op. 37; Befreit, Op. 39 no 4; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Hugo Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch I; Italienisches Li...
Performers: Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Weissenborn, Gunther
Conductors: Previn, Andre
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

In the recordings she made for Electrola in 1964, 1971 and 1974, Anneliese Rothenberger focused on two of the most important Lied composers of the...continue...
Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London (12/13/1974-12/16/1974); Bürgerbräu, München (12/13/1974-12/16/1974); Abbey Road Studios, London (1964-07-16_1964-07-18&1971-); Bü...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...

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...

R. Strauss: Der Burger als Edelmann; Four Last Songs / Lisa Larsson, soprano

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-04-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60; Lieder (5), Op. 41; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (4), Op. 27
Performers: Larsson, Lisa
Conductors: Boyd, Douglas
Ensemble: ; Musikkollegium Winterthur

American Record Guide, July / August 2012
That takes 35 minutes. The other half-hour or so is songs, and Strauss wrote gorgeous songs - and they...continue...
Recording information: Stadthaus Winterthur (09/05/2011-09/09/2011)....continue...

Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; Daphne, closing scene; 12 lieder / Lucia Popp, soprano

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Daphne; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Geduld ("Geduld, sagst du"), song for voice & piano, Op. 10/5 (TrV 141/5); Lieder (8), Op. 49; Rote Rosen ("Weisst Du die Rose, d...
Performers: Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Richard Strauss was not only a master of great symphonies and opera, he also composed Lieder throughout his career. Interpreted by Lucia Popp, these works...continue...

Alois, um Mitternacht: Lieder by Mahler & Strauss / Franz Farnberger, Alois Muhlbacher

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-03-13

Works: Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Es sungen drei Engel, song for voice & piano (or orchestra) in F major (Des Knaben Wunderhorn no 11; Das himmlische Leben, song ...
Performers: Farnberger, Franz; Muhlbacher, Alois

"A talent that has really caught the attention of the professional music world" - "a spectacular voice prodigy" - these are some comments about Austrian...continue...
Recording information: Monastery of St. Florian (2011)....continue...

The Richard Strauss Edition [35 CDs + CD-Rom]

36 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24; Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Don Juan, Op. 20; Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Metamorph...
Performers: Becker, Herbert; Beranova, Katerina; Bierbach, Franz; Blankenburg, Heinz; Boese, Ursula; Botha, Johan; Cassilly, Richard; Clement, Manfred; Damm, Peter; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Dunn, Mignon; E...
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf; Plasson, Michel; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Böhm, Karl; Keilberth, Joseph; De Waart, Edo

This truly unique set comprises a superb collection of some of the greatest performances of Richard Strauss's orchestral, operatic, chamber and vocal works, brought together...continue...

Strauss: Four Last Songs; Lieder / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (3), Op. 43; Lieder (8), Op. 49; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Lieder (5), Op. 48; Lieder (6), Op. 56; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Lieder (6), Op. 37; Lieder (5), Op. 4...
Performers: Peinemann, Edith; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Szell, George
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Rare Recordings of Eugen Jochum / Ravel, Handel, Mozart, Strauss / Annelies Kupper, Edwin Fischer

1 CD / Tahra / 2011-12-13

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2; Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; George Frederick Handel: Agrippina; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo for ...
Performers: Fischer, Edwin [Piano]; Kupper, Annelies
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen

The eminent German conductor Eugen Jochum made his debut with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in 1926 in a program which included Bruckner's seventh symphony. In...continue...
Recording information: 1950-1954....continue...

Richard Strauss: Orchestral Works / Karajan, Berlin PO

5 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-10-18

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Don Juan, Op. 20; Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144; Don Quixote, Op. 35; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Salome, Op. 54; Ein Heldenleben, Op...
Performers: Bell, David [Organ]; Christ, Wolfram [Viola]; Hauptmann, Norbert; Koch, Lothar; Meneses, Antonio; Spierer, Leon; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna; Wolfrum, Paul
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"As a performance the 1983 Karajan Also sprach Zarathustra (coupled with an exciting account of Don Juan) will be hard to beat and could very...continue...

Richard Strauss: Famous Orchestral Songs / Qilian Chen, soprano

1 CD / Pavane / 2011-10-11

Works: Richard Strauss: Befreit, Op. 39 no 4; Lieder (4), Op. 36; Lieder (6), Op. 17; Allerseelen, Op. 10 no 8; Ich trage meine Minne, song for voice & piano, Op. 32/1 (TrV 174/1); Lieder (4), Op. 27; Liede...
Performers: Chen, Qilian
Conductors: Brossé, Dirk
Ensemble: Shanghai Opera House Orchestra

"Chinese soprano Qilian Chen delights the listener in this album of well-known and loved lieder by Richard Strauss, accompanied by the Shanghai Opera House Orchestra...continue...
Recording information: Shanghai (11/14/2010)....continue...

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Four Last Songs / Dorothea Röschmann, soprano

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2011-08-06

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers: Gruppman, Igor; Roschmann, Dorothea
Conductors: Nézet-Séguin, Yannick
Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

In a very short time, Yannick Nézet-Séguin has become one of the most sought-after young conductors in the world, popular with orchestras and audiences alike....continue...
Recording information: Doelen Hall, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (06/2010)....continue...

Lisa della Casa sings Richard Strauss

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-07-12

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Ariadne auf Naxos; Arabella
Performers: Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Kirchstein, Lenore; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Otto, Lisa [Soprano Vocal]; Puttar, Nada; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Erede, Alberto
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Legendary recordings of famed Swiss soprano Lisa Della Casa performing lieder and opera highlights from Richard Strauss. Taken from three performances in Vienna and Berlin,...continue...

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: Concert Arias / The Complete Studio Recordings

2 CD / Widescreen / 2011-05-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Le nozze di Figaro; Così ...
Performers: Ludwig, Christa; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Seefried, Irmgard
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Recording information: 1946-1956....continue...

Aga Mikolaj sings Strauss & Mozart

1 CD / CPO / 2011-03-29

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Ariadne auf Naxos; Capriccio; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Mikolaj, Aga
Conductors: Sollak, Karl

"I first met Elisabeth Schwarzkopf in June 2001 during a master class. I had come from Poland in search of assistance that would enable me...continue...
Recording information: Stadthalle Bergheim (09/21/2009-09/25/2009)....continue...

Fauré: Requiem: Strauss: Four Last Songs

1 CD / Cascavelle / 2010-11-09

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers: Souzay, Gérard; Stich-Randall, Teresa
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest

This recording of the Fauré Requiem comes from a performance in Geneva in February, 1957. It is coupled with the Four Last Songs, of especial...continue...
Recording information: Victoria Hall, Genève....continue...

Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite / Mariss Jansons

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2010-08-31

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers: Harteros, Anja
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss

Kiri Te Kanawa Sings Mozart & Strauss

2 CD / Decca / 2010-08-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Zaide; La finta giardiniera; La clemenza di Tito; Così fan tutte, K 588; Il re pastore; Lucio Silla; Idomeneo; Bella mia fiamma, addio!...Resta, o ca...
Performers: Cachemaille, Gilles; Fontana, Gabriele; Grundheber, Franz; Hornik, Gottfried; Ionitza, Alexandru; Rydl, Kurt [Bass Vocals]; Solti, Sir Georg; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Davis, Colin; Pritchard, John; Fischer, György; Tate, Jeffrey; Schirmer, Ulf

Richard Strauss: Don Quixote; Vier Letzte Lieder

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2010-03-09

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Don Quixote, Op. 35
Performers: Klein, Emil; Kwon, Hellen; Mendelssohn, Vladimir
Conductors: Leaper, Adrian

Don Quixote was premiered unsuccessfully in Paris in 1900. At that time Romain Rolland, who later helped Strauss with the French libretto to Salome (Op....continue...

Music of Mahler, Brahms & Strauss

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-01-12

Works: Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra); Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers: Schey, Hermann; Schlusnus, Heinrich; Vocals], Christel Goltz [Soprano
Conductors: Zillig, Winfried; Otterloo, Willem Van; Leitner, Ferdinand; Hollreiser, Heinrich

Some of the greatest interpreters of these magnificent works are offered here. The original recordings were made in the early 1950s....continue...

Icon - Lucia Popp - Mozart, Handel, Schubert, Dvorak, et al

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; MEDLEY; Ottone; Giulio Cesare; Joshua; Der Messias; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Laudate Dominum; Vesperae de Dominica, K 321; Il r&e...
Performers: Briggs, David; Gage, Irwin; Labeque, Katia; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Fischer, Georg; Bickenbach, Christfried; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; Slatkin, Leonard; Krips, Josef; Klemperer, Otto; Haitink, Bernard; Tennstedt, Klaus; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae;...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Graunke Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Philha...

Strauss: Salome / Wozniak, Zimmer, Caballe, Brock

2 CD / Gala / 2009-09-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Final Scene; Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers: Brock, Karl; Eckenstein, Yvonne; Marshall, Lois; Plumacher, Hetty; Vocals], Christel Goltz [Soprano; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Varviso, Silvio; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Leitner, Ferdinand

Recording information: Basel, Switzerland (01/1958)....continue...

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, 4 Last Songs / Haider, Borowska

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2009-09-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers: Arai, Eiji; Borowska, Joanna
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich
Ensemble: Polish Radio/TV Symphony Orchestra, Cracow; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

20th-Century Masterpieces - 100 Years of Classical Music

16 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Claude Debussy: La mer; Frederick Delius: Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Arnold Schoenberg: Pi...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Chang, Sarah; Devos, Louis; du Pre, Jacqueline; Harrell, Lynn; Isserlis, Steven; Kilanowisz, Zofia; Kremer, Gidon; Little...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klemperer, Otto; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Dutoit, Charles; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Berglund, Paavo; Frühbeck de Burgos...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Helsinki Philharmo...

The works in this set of 16 CDs have been arranged in strict chronological order of composition, the first disc beginning with a work from...continue...

R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder, Lieder und Arien / Christian Thielemann, Renée Fleming, Munich PO

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2008-10-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60; Songs (4) for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 33; Lieder (5), Op. 48; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Die ägyptische Helena, Op. 75
Performers: Fleming, Renée
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

R. Strauss: Four Last Songs, Songs & Arias / Christian Thielemann, Renée Fleming, Munich PO

1 CD / Decca / 2008-09-16

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Songs (4) for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 33; Lieder (5), Op. 48; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Die ägyptische Helena, Op. 75
Performers: Fleming, Renee
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Renee Fleming's 2008 album Four Last Songs highlighting Richard Strauss: Songs & Araia. Munchner Philharmonic. Christian Thielemann. Renée Fleming, the world's preeminent lyric soprano, is...continue...

Renée Fleming - Signature Roles at the Met Opera - R. Strauss: Four Last Songs [Deluxe Edition]

2 CD / Decca / 2008-09-16

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Songs (4) for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 33; Lieder (5), Op. 48; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Die ägyptische Helena, Op. 75; Capriccio, O...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Diadkova, Larissa; Fleming, Renee
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian; Solti, Sir Georg; Abel, Yves; Eschenbach, Christoph
Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner, Strauss, Berg, Reger: Lieder

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Alban Berg: Early Songs (7); Max Reger: Abend ("Es blüht um mich des Abends Stille"), song for voice & piano, Op. 79c...

Strauss: Orchestral Songs / Kaune, NDR, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Lieder (3), Op. 29; Lieder (5), Op. 41; Lieder (6), Op. 37; Songs (4) for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 33; Allerseelen, Op. 10 no 8; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Cäcilie; Lieder (8), Op. 49;...
Performers: Kaune, Michaela
Conductors: Oue, Eiji

While Richard Strauss's operas and orchestral works continue to be successful, his "lieder" tend to be unjustly neglected. Only the 'Four Last Songs' still appear...continue...

Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Metamorphosen; Alpensinfonie; Tod und Verklärung; Etc. [Box Set]

4 CD / Brilliant Classics Import / 2008-05-20

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Die Nacht, Op. 10 no 3; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Befreit, Op. 39 no 4; Lieder (5), Op. 41; Lieder (5), Op. 48; Lieder (8), Op. 49; Lieder (6),...

R. Strauss: Four Last Songs, etc / Merbeth, Halász

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-02-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (6), Op. 68; Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60
Performers: Merbeth, Ricarda
Conductors: Halász, Michael

A year before his death in 1948, Richard Strauss composed his masterpiece, 'Four Last Songs', expressing a calm acceptance of the inevitability of his own...continue...

Originals - Strauss: Four Last Songs, etc / Norman, Masur, Gewandhaus

1 CD / Philips / 2007-08-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Cäcilie; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Lieder (5), Op. 41; Lieder (6), Op. 37; Lieder (8), Op. 10
Performers: Norman, Jessye
Conductors: Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Strauss: Four Last Songs; Wagner / Furtwängler, Flagstad

1 CD / Testament / 2007-06-12

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

"As Michael Tanner opines in an interesting booklet-note, these two formidable artists had several collaborations in these Wagnerian excerpts, but caught live in very reasonable...continue...

R. Strauss: Four Last Songs, etc / Stemme, Pappano, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-05-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Final Scene; Capriccio, Op 85; Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers: Clews, Richard; Grodnikaite, Liora; Manning, Peter; Siegel, Gerhard; Stemme, Nina [Soprano Vocal]; White, Jeremy
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"Nina Stemme belongs in this select company. With the extra dramatic over-drive she can switch on when needed and her superb portraits of Salome and...continue...

Elisabeth Schwazkopf - 1915-2006

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Hugo Wolf: Elfenlied; Goethe Lieder; Ganymed ("Wie im Morgenglanze"), song for voice & piano (Goethe Lieder); Lieder (6) für eine Frauenstimme; Alte Weisen (6); Wenn du zu den Blumen gehst, song...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter; Grummer, Elisabeth; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parsons, Geoffrey; Schmitt-Walter, Karl; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Sutcliffe, Sidney
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; De Sabata, Victor; Ackermann, Otto; Serafin, Tullio; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Krips, Josef; Dart, Thurston; Galliera, Alceo
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century. Blessed with a voice of exquisite beauty, as well as...continue...

Kirsten Flagstad Vol 3 - Live Performances 1948-1957

3 CD / Simax / 2006-10-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; The Flying Dutchman; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Wesendonck Lieder; Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Befreit, Op. 39 no 4;...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]; Ursuleac, Viorica
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich; Merola, Gaetano; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Wallenstein, Alfred; Walter, Bruno; Jones, Geraint; Sebastian, Georges; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Hye-Knudsen, Johan; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Mermaid Orchestra; Metropol...

Lisa della Casa sings Richard Strauss

1 CD / Regis Records / 2006-08-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Arabella; Ariadne Auf Naxos; Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Czerwenka, Oskar; Dickie, Murray; Elderling, Anton; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Jaresch, August; Otto, Lisa [Soprano Vocal]; Poell, Alfred; Rossel-Majdan, Hilde; Schoeffler, Pau...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Moralt, Rudolf; Hollreiser, Heinrich; Hertog, Johannes den

Strauss: Four Last Songs, etc; Wagner / Brewer, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-08-15

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24; Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers: Brewer, Christine
Conductors: Runnicles, Donald
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"Christine Brewer uses her large voice cunningly, always staying with the words... Runnicles accompanies like a fine pianist, full of subtle nudges and holds." -Gramophone...continue...

R. Strauss: Orchestral Works / Zinman, et al

7 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-02-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Aus Italien, symphonic fantasy, Op. 16 (TrV 147); Macbeth (symphonic poem), Op. 23; Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24; Don Juan, Op. 20; Till Eulenspiegels lus...
Performers: Diener, Melanie; Fuchs, Simon; Grossenbacher, Thomas; Novsak, Primoz; Pontinen, Roland; Rouilly, Michel; Solomon, Peter
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra

Here are the complete Orchestral Works of Richard Strauss. All recent digital recordings in a deluxe 7 CD set for the price of 5! Heres...continue...

Strauss: Vier Letzte Lieder, etc / Jarnot, Deutsch

1 CD / Oehms / 2005-11-15

Works: Richard Strauss: Songs (8) from "Letzte Blätter" for voice & piano, Op. 10 (TrV 141); Wer hat's gethan? ("Es steht mein Lied in Nacht und Frost"), song for voice & piano, o.Op. 84a (TrV; Lieder ...
Performers: Deutsch, Helmut; Jarnot, Konrad

R. Strauss: Four Last Songs, etc / Te Kanawa, Davis

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-10-18

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Lieder (3), Op. 43; Lieder (5), Op. 41; Befreit, Op. 39 no 4; Lieder (8), Op. 10
Performers: Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Davis, Andrew

"Dame Kiri Te Kanawa gives an open-hearted, warmly expressive reading of the Four Last Songs her commitment is never in doubt. Her tone is consistently...continue...

Richard Strauss: Arabella

3 CD / Orfeo / 2005-06-30

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella; Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Edelmann, Otto; Eta Kohrer; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Malaniuk, Ira; Melchert, Helmut; Meyer, Kerstin [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Ruesche, Kurt; Stern, Georg; ...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph; Böhm, Karl

Strauss, Ravel, Mozart / Elisabeth Söderström, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-09-21

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Capriccio, Op 85; Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or piano); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Fig...
Performers: Soderstrom, Elisabeth
Conductors: Dorati, Antal; Boulez, Pierre; Pritchard, John
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Elisabeth Soderstrom has remaimed a member of the Swedish Royal opera for life. Her repertoire includes a wide range of roles - from Monteverdi's Poppea,...continue...

Per l'Amore

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-08-03

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Chinese Traditional: In the Silvery Moonlight, folk song (Tatar); A Glass of Beautiful Wine, song; Anonymous: I Live At the Source of the Yangtze River; Somt...

Classic Library - Strauss: Four Last Songs / Fleming, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-04-20

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Befreit, Op. 39 no 4; Lieder (3), Op. 43; Lieder (5), Op. 41; Lieder (8), Op. 49; Cäcilie; Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59
Performers: Fleming, Renee
Conductors: Eschenbach, Christoph
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra

These works are cornerstones of the flute repertoire, and enchanting showcases for the world's pre-eminent musicians....continue...

R. Strauss: Metamorphosen, Vier letzte Lieder, etc / Zinman

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-04-20

Works: Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Four Last Songs, AV 150; Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144
Performers: Diener, Melanie; Fuchs, Simon
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra

The Very Best of Lucia Popp

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-09-02

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Dalibor, B 133/T 96; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (8...
Performers: Briggs, David; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle [Piano]; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Soltesz, Stefan; Marriner, Sir Neville; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Tennstedt, Klaus; Fischer, Georg; Krips, Josef; Slatkin, Leonard; Klemperer, Otto; Haitink, Bernard; Cleobury, Stephen

Classics - R. Strauss: Four Last Songs, etc / Lott, Järvi

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-05-20

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (5), Op. 41; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Lieder (5), Op. 48; Lieder (8), Op. 49; Lieder (4), Op. 36; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Lieder (5), Op. 47; Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

"Felicity Lott is caught in her prime, floating Strauss's rapturous textures with just the right balance of weight and beauty of tone. The Scottish National...continue...

Karajan - The Collection - Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2003-05-13

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Don Juan, Op. 20; Four Last Songs, AV 150; Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Final Scene
Performers: Bell, David [Organ]; Schwalbé, Michel; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"Undoubtedly this performance is very distinguished, wonderfully spacious and beautifully shaped - the closing Night sequence is very touching - and played with the utmost...continue...