Weingartner, Felix

Felix Weingartner: Symphony no 7 / Boog, Gottwald, Romei, Bolduc. Marko Letonja

1 Super Audio CD / CPO / 2013-02-26

Works: Felix Weingartner: Symphony no 7 in C major, for 4 voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 88
Performers: Mondry, Babette
Conductors: Letonja, Marko
Ensemble: Tschechischer Philharmonic Chorus

There is more to Weingartner than the internationally acclaimed conductor and the influential figure who left his mark on Basel's music life; during the course...continue...

Felix Weingartner: String Quartets, Vol. 3 / Sarastro Quartett

1 CD / CPO / 2011-11-15

Works: Felix Weingartner: Quartet for Strings no 2 in F minor, Op. 26; Quartet for Strings no 4 in D major, Op. 62
Conductors:
Ensemble: Sarastro Quartett

Violinist Carl Halir and his string quartet are featured on this volume of Weingartner's 2nd and 4th string quartets, which were both composed in 1917....continue...
Recording information: Kirche Marthalen (10/16/2008-10/18/2008)....continue...

Felix Weingartner: String Quartets, Vol. 2

1 CD / CPO / 2010-10-26

Works: Felix Weingartner: Quartet for Strings no 5 in E flat major, Op. 81; String Quintet in C major, Op. 40
Performers: Vahle, Petera

CPO is now finally able to continue the Weingartner edition - this time with chamber music, which for him occupied the same high importance in...continue...
Recording information: Kirche Martholen, Germany....continue...

Kammersanger: Songs of Rudolf Schock

4 CD / Gala Import / 2010-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Abendempfindung, K 523; An Chloë, K 524; Sehnsucht nach dem Frühling ("Komm, lieber Mai"), song for voice & piano, K. 596; Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müll...
Performers: Heinemann, Herbert; Michel, Erhard; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Stauch, Adolf
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Fox, Frank; Gaebel, Kurt; Eisbrenner, Werner
Ensemble: ; Mandolinenorchester

Weingartner: Violin Concerto Op. 52; Schubert: Symphony

1 CD / CPO / 2009-10-27

Works: Felix Weingartner: Concerto for Violin in G major, Op. 52; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 7 in E major (sketch), D. 729
Performers: Breuninger, Albrecht Laurent
Conductors: Francis, Alun

"I have repeatedly been approached about completing Schubert's sketch. In the clear presence of the bold modulatory intentions, in the character of the andante radiating...continue...
Recording information: Musikstudio 1 des SR, Groáer Sendesaal (02/05/2007)....continue...

Rare Recordings of Famous Tenors Vol 3 - Calleja, Lomanto, Erb, Friant, et al

1 CD / Symposium / 2008-10-14

Works: Alberto Franchetti: Germania; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Il Trovatore; Falstaff; Un ballo in maschera; Adriano Luald...
Performers: Bregy, Viktor; Calleja, Icilio; Casset, Camille; Dygas, Ignacy; Erb, Karl; Friant, Charles; Jorn, Karl; Krossing, Adolf; Lomanto, Enzo De Muro; Orlandis, Fernando; Radaelli, Giuseppe; Ritch, Theodore...

This fascinating compilation of famous tenors is digitally transferred from recordings made from 1908 to 1930. The notes provide biographical information on each of the...continue...

Weingartner: String Quartets Vol 1 / Sarastro Quartet

1 CD / CPO / 2008-06-24

Works: Felix Weingartner: Quartet for Strings no 1 in D minor, Op. 24; Quartet for Strings no 3 in F major, Op. 34

The year was 1898 and in Weingartner's chamber works personal experience was lent direct expression. From his memoirs we learn that his Opus 24 was...continue...

Felix Weingartner: Symphonies Vol 5 / Letonja, et al

1 Super Audio CD / CPO / 2008-01-29

Works: Felix Weingartner: Overture, Op. 56 "Aus ernster Zeit"; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 71
Conductors: Letonja, Marko
Ensemble: Basel Symphony Orchestra

Weingartner: Sextet & Octet / Oliver Triendl, Ensemble Acht

1 CD / CPO / 2007-07-31

Works: Felix Weingartner: Sextet in E minor, Op. 33; Octet in G major, Op. 73
Performers: Triendl, Oliver
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Acht

Here we have music of unprecedented mastery, resting on a classical and traditional foundation but also full of romantic expression and high suspense, with each...continue...

Singers to Remember - The Art of Meta Seinemeyer

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2007-03-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Otello; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride; Giacomo Puccini: Madama...
Performers: Jung, Helene; Pattiera, Tino; Seinemeyer, Meta
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder
Ensemble: Orchestra

Weingartner: Symphony no 3, etc / Letonja, Basel SO

1 Super Audio CD / CPO / 2006-06-20

Works: Felix Weingartner: Merry Overture, Op. 53; Symphony no 3 in E major, Op. 49
Conductors: Letonja, Marko
Ensemble: Basel Symphony Orchestra

Felix Weingartner (1863 - 1942) was a conductor, composer, pianist, and enthusiast of the ethereal. Weingartner wrote of this symphony: "In astrological myth its E...continue...

Weingartner: Symphony no 2, etc / Letonja, Basel SO

1 Super Audio CD / CPO / 2006-01-17

Works: Felix Weingartner: Das Gefilde der Seligan, symphonic poem, Op. 21; Symphony no 2 in E flat major, Op. 29
Conductors: Letonja, Marko
Ensemble: Basel Symphony Orchestra

This Hybrid SACD features two works of Felix Weingartner. The first, Das Gefilde der Seligen was written during the second half of the 1890s. It...continue...

Weingartner: Symphony no 4, Der Sturm / Letonja, et al

1 Super Audio CD / CPO / 2005-06-21

Works: Felix Weingartner: Der Sturm Overture; Der Sturm Suite, for orchestra; Serenade for string orchestra in F major, Op. 7; Symphony no 4 in F major, Op. 61
Conductors: Letonja, Marko
Ensemble: Basel Sinfonietta Orchestra

Weingartner was able to evoke poetic images through his atmospheric compositions. This second volume of CPO's complete recording of his symphonies shows that though much...continue...

Felix Weingartner: Symphonic Works Vol 1 / Letonja, Basel SO

1 Super Audio CD / CPO / 2004-09-21

Works: Felix Weingartner: König Lear, symphonic poem, Op. 20; Symphony no 1 in G major, Op. 23
Conductors: Letonja, Marko
Ensemble: Basel Symphony Orchestra

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These seem to be excellent performances. Moreover the recording is first-rate, one of the best I've heard from CPO.
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Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, et al: Arias /Patzak, Martin, et al

1 CD / Pearl / 2002-03-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, ...
Performers: Patzak, Julius; Runger, Gertrud; Rupp, Franz
Conductors: Melichar, Alois; Böhm, Karl; Weigert, Herman; Blech, Leo; Prüwer, Julius; Gurlitt, Manfred; Martin, Wolfgang
Ensemble: ; Vienna State Opera 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

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Luise Willer

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-10-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Wesendonck Lieder; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY;...
Performers: Bergner, Carl; Hartmann, Carl; Kusche, Ludwig; Stern, Jean; Willer, Luise
Conductors: Meyrowitz, Selmar; Rosbaud, Hans; Winter, Hans Adolf; Viebig, Ernst
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Frankfurt Radio Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Famous Basses of the Past

1 CD / Preiser / 1997-01-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Ernani; Nabucco; Ambroise Thomas: Le songe d'une nuit d'été, opera in 3 acts; Mignon; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction ...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Angelis, Nazzareno de; Autori, Fernando; Belhomme, Hippolyte; Bender, Paul; Chaliapin, Feodor; Didur, Adamo; Journet, Marcel; Kipnis, Alexander; Knupfer, Paul; Lazzari, Virgilio; Mard...

The Art of Meta Seinemeyer

4 CD / Preiser / 1996-10-15

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Johann Strauss II: Der Zigeunerbaron; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera; Giacomo Puccini...
Performers: Andrésen, Ivar; Burg, Robert; Hirzel, Max; Jung, Helene; Merrem-Nikisch, Grete; Pattiera, Tino; Seinemeyer, Meta; Taucher, Curt; Vocals], Emanuel List [Bass

Heinrich Schlusnus - Liederalbum Vol I

2 CD / Preiser / 1993-05-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, song Op. 46; Ich liebe dich, WoO 123; In questa tomba oscura, WoO 133; Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur ("Himmel ruhmen des ewigen Ehre"), song for voice & piano, Op. 48/...
Performers: Rupp, Franz; Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Weigert, Herman; Melichar, Alois