Blech, Leo

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2; Schubert: Symphony No. 9 'Great' / Julian von Karolyi, piano

1 CD / Audite / 2011-10-25

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"
Performers: Karolyi, Julian von
Conductors: Blech, Leo
Ensemble: RIAS Symphony Orchestra

Here is the historical live performance by Blech (conductor) & von Karolyi (pianist) given at the Berlin Titania Palast, 1950. Blech, a leading German conductor...continue...
Recording information: Titania-Palast, Berlin-Steglitz (06/04/1950)....continue...

Johann Strauss Collection: Early Recordings on 78s (1901-1951)

8 CD / Opus KURA / 2011-04-12

Works: Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Annen-Polka, Op. 117; Champagner-Polka, Op. 211; Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214; Accelerationen, Op. 234; Perpetuum mobile, Op. 257 "Mus...
Performers: Barrientos, Maria; Bela, Dajos; Bloch, Max; Branzell, Karin; Cavallaro, Carmen; Cebotari, Maria; Dorsey, Tommy [Trombone]; Eisinger, Irene; Engels, Friedrich Eugen; Geczy, Barnabas Von; Gerhardt, Ele...
Conductors: Strauss III, Johann; Krauss, Clemens; Barlow, Howard; Szell, George; Ormandy, Eugene; Mengelberg, Willem; Böhm, Karl; Toscanini, Arturo; Karajan, Herbert von; Leinsdorf, Erich; Prüwer, Juli...
Ensemble: ; Kölner Klavier-Trio ; Staatskapelle Berlin

A comprehensive collection of recordings of the music of Johann Strauss, almost all of them come from a Japanese collector, Mayumi Cho, who began collecting...continue...

111 More Classic Tracks [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93; Adagio and Allegretto (Elegy and Polka), for string quartet; Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Fr...
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Anda, Géza; Andre, Maurice; Antonietti, Jean; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Askenase, Stefan; Baldwin, Dalton; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Batt...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Ancerl, Karel; Stadlmair, Hans; Nelson, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Blech, Leo; Böhm, Karl; Previn, Andre; Boulez, Pierre; Karajan, Herbert von; Marcon, Andrea; Pletnev, Mikhail; ...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London

111 More Classic Tracks carries on from where 111 Classic Tracks of 2009 left off. In another mesmerizing journey through the history of Deutsche Grammophon's...continue...

Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Historical Recordings 1926-1932

4 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried
Performers: Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Austral, Florence; Bockelmann, Rudolf; Easton, Florence; Fear, Arthur; Fry, Howard; Gruhn, Nora; Guszalewicz, Genia; Habich, Eduard; Henke, Waldemar; Kinderma...
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Blech, Leo; Collingwood, Lawrance; Barbirolli, John; Heger, Robert; Alwin, Carl

Icon - Fritz Kreisler plays Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Elgar, etc

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin in D major, K 271a (271i); Serenade no 7 in D major, K 250 (248b) "Haffner"; Work(s); Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Sonata...
Performers: Kreisler, Fritz; Raucheisen, Michael; Rupp, Franz; Sandor, Arpad; Squire, Haddon
Conductors: Ronald, Landon; Blech, Leo; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Goossens, Eugene, Sir
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra

A transcendent violinist, notable composer, and overall charming maverick, Fritz Kreisler was one of the great musical personalities of our time. This 10-CD set includes...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen - Historical Recordings 1922-1954 Vol 3

4 CD / Gala / 2009-04-05

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung
Conductors: Défosse, Henri; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Mörike, Eduard; Weissmann, Frieder; Breisach, Paul; Blech, Leo; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Barbirolli, John, Sir; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Hager, Robe...

Singers to Remember - Heinrich Schlusnus - The Quintessential Baritone Vol 2

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2009-03-10

Works: Albert Lortzing: Undine; Zar und Zimmermann; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen ...
Performers: Peschko, Sebastian; Raucheisen, Michael; Rupp, Franz; Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Heidenreich, Johannes; Schuler, Johannes; Blech, Leo; Melichar, Alois; Gurlitt, Manfred; Zillig, Winfried; Weigert, Herman

The immortal sound of baritone Heinrich Schlusnus is served up in this second volume, collating his recordings from the late 1920s and '30s. Among the...continue...

Verstummte Stimmen

4 CD / Membran / 2008-11-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Idomeneo; Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Ab...
Performers: Alpar, Gitta; Anday, Rosette; Berg, Johannes; Hussa, Maria; Jager, Robert [Piano]; Janssen, Herbert; Jokl, Fritzi; Kalter, Sabine; Kipnis, Alexander; Lehmann, Lotte; Massary, Fritzi; Metzger, Ottilie...
Conductors: Sebastian, Georges; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Moralt, Rudolf; Paumgartner, Bernhard; Prüwer, Julius; Goehr, Walter; Hauke, Ernst; Weissmann, Frieder; Günther, Felix; Dobrindt, Otto; Meyrowitz, ...

2008 four CD set. Verstummte Stimmen (Voices Falling Silent) is an exposition in Germany in honor of the artists from the opera and concert houses...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Historical Recordings 1926-1951 Vol 2 / Walter, Toscanini, Coates, et al

4 CD / Gala / 2008-11-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Siegfried
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrence; Walter, Bruno; Toscanini, Arturo; Coppola, Piero; Coates, Albert; Blech, Leo; De Sabata, Victor

Eterna Collection-Grosse Sänger der Vergangenheit /Schlusnus

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Heinrich August Marschner: Hans Heiling, opera, Op. 80; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Richard Wagner: Tannh...
Performers: Rosvaenge, Helge; Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Prüwer, Julius; Schuler, Johannes; ; Blech, Leo; Rother, Artur; Steinkopf, Hans
Ensemble: ; Members of the Staatskapelle Berlin (Members)

This CD features historic recordings of the great Heinrich Schlusnus, a baritone who sang not only with his throat but also with his heart -...continue...

Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos / Kreisler, Blech, Ronald, Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, et al

2 CD / Opus KURA / 2008-06-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 4 in D major, K 218; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77; Felix Mende...
Performers: Burmester, Willy; Kreisler, Fritz
Conductors: Blech, Leo; Ronald, Landon, Sir
Ensemble: Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Royal Albert Hall Orchestra

When Fritz Kreisler emerged as a major soloist, he showed all the traits then expected of a great violinist, but he had an added ingredient...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Alexander Welitsch

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-03-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Heinrich August Marschner: Hans Heiling, opera, Op. 80; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; C...
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Altmuller, Christoph; Borkh, Inge; Konetzni, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Proebstl, Max; Schech, Marianne; Vogel, Adolf; Welitsch, Alexander
Conductors: Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Blech, Leo; Baltzer, Erwin; Müller-Kray, Hans; Albert, Rudolf

Alexander Welitsch was born in Macedonia as Alexander Asgaruh. He began his studies in his hometown, later moving to Hanover for further training. In 1936...continue...

Ivar Andrésen sings Wagner

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-04-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Götterdämmerung; Parsifal
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Graarud, Gunnar; Guszalewicz, Genia; Habich, Eduard; Noe, Marcel; Pistor, Gotthelf
Conductors: Zweig, Fritz; Weissmann, Frieder; Elmendorff, Karl; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Ivar Andresen was born in Oslo, Norway. Considering the relatively short span of his career, he made quite a success for himself. He strode the...continue...

Mozart Singers of the Past

3 CD / Preiser / 2006-04-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Idomeneo; Il rè pastore, K 208; Die Entführung aus dem Serai...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Beuf, Augusto; Bori, Lucrezia; Cebotari, Maria; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Gigli, Beniamino; Ginster, Ria; Gueden, Hilde [Sopra...
Conductors: Reibold, Bruno; Cleva, Fausto; Morel, Jean Paul; Leinsdorf, Erich; Sabino, Antonio; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Walter, Bruno; Black, Frank; Busch, Fritz; Berrettoni, Umberto; Barbirolli, John; Collingwo...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra; Metropolitan...

The recordings in this CD edition of outstanding Mozart singers were made between 1926 and 1950. This is the period of shellac records made with...continue...

Prima Voce - Great Singers Vol 2 (1903-1939)

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2006-02-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Ernani; Traditional: Ma Lisette; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L'Africaine; Les Huguenots; George Frederic...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Calvé, Emma; Chaliapin, Feodor; Cottone, Salvatore; de Luca, Giuseppe; Ebert, Harry; Farrar, Geraldine; Favero, Mafalda; Flagstad, Kirsten; Garden, Mary; Gluck, Alma; Ivo...
Conductors: Blech, Leo; Barbirolli, John, Sir
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

...An utterly splendid collection, winners every one...a tour from one superlative to another. Gramophone. Very popular selection of arias and featuring the greatest singers recorded...continue...

Wagner: Gotterdammerung Act II, etc / Beecham, et al

2 CD / Guild / 2006-02-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung; Die Walküre; Siegfried
Performers: Habich, Eduard; Janssen, Herbert; Laubenthal, Horst R.; Leider, Frida; Marherr, Elfriede; Melchior, Lauritz; Nezadal, Maria; Schorr, Friedrich; Thorborg, Kerstin; Vocals], Emanuel List [Bass; Weber, ...
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Here is an essential release for anyone who loves great Wagnerian singing and the conducting art of Sir Thomas Beecham. By the time of this...continue...

Friedrich Schorr sings Richard Wagner

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2006-01-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; The Flying Dutchman; Die Walküre
Performers: Davis, Ben; Ljungberg, Gota; Melchior, Lauritz; Parr, Gladys; Schorr, Friedrich; Schumann, Elisabeth
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Collingwood, Lawrance; Blech, Leo; Heger, Robert
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Freidrich Schorr was the leading heroic baritone in Germany during the 1920s. His studio and live recordings reveal him to have been the perfect embodiment...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Rudolf Laubenthal

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-03-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Die Afrikanerin; Giusepp...
Performers: Laubenthal, Rudolf
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Blech, Leo; Mörike, Eduard; Waghalter, Ignatz
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Maria Gentile

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-01-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Don Pasquale; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Baccaloni, Salvatore; Baracchi, Aristide; Borgioili, Dino; Galeffi, Carlo; Gentile, Marina; Granda, Alessandro; Lomanto, Enzo De Muro; Mannarini, Ida; Nessi, Giuseppe; Pedroni, Gina; Vannelli, Gino
Conductors: Molajoli, Lorenzo; Martin, Wolfgang; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: ; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Milan Symphony Orchestra

Keith Hardwick - In Memoriam

1 CD / Pearl / 2004-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir...
Performers: Chaliapin, Feodor; Crabbe, Armand; Dawson, Peter; Franci, Benvenuto; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Koshetz, Nina; Melchior, Lauritz; Monte, Toti Dal; Nemeth, Maria; Pinza, Ezio; Schiotz, Ak...
Conductors: Alwin, Carl; Santini, Gabriele; Bourdon, Rosario; Byng, George W.; Setti, Giulio; Nastrucci, Gino; Albergoni, Angelo; Steinmann, Max; Tango, Egisto; Blech, Leo; Collingwood, Lawrance; Weissmann, Frie...
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

D'Albert: Tiefland, etc / Albert, Welitsch, Proebstl, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2003-05-04

Works: Eugen d'Albert: Tiefland; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Benningsen, Lilian; Hoppe, Karl; Kuen, Paul; Michaelis, Ruth; Proebstl, Max; Schech, Marianne; Scholl, Hanna; Schwaiger, Rosl; Welitsch, Alexander
Conductors: Albert, Rudolf; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Blech, Leo

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Johanna Blatter

1 CD / Preiser / 2003-02-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson e...
Performers: Demuth, Irma; Hufnagel, Elisabeth; Richter, Traute; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Suthaus, Ludwig
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Blech, Leo; Ludwig, Leopold; Fricsay, Ferenc; Fischer, Karl
Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

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

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Göta Ljungberg

1 CD / Preiser / 2001-12-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Die Walküre; Parsifal; Richard Strauss: Final Scene; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act;...
Performers: Janssen, Herbert; Leider, Frida; Ljungberg, Gota; Mummery, Browning; Schmidt, Joseph; Schorr, Friedrich
Conductors: Veroli, Manlio di; Coates, Albert; Collingwood, Lawrance; Blech, Leo; Schmalstich, Clemens; Hauke, Ernst; Goossens, Eugene, Sir

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Maria Olszewska

1 CD / Preiser / 2001-04-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Orfeo; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Götterdämmerung; Georges Bizet: C...
Performers: Guszalewicz, Genia; Knepel, Else; Reeves, George; Schipper, Dr. Emil
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Blech, Leo; Zweig, Fritz
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

The Golden Age of Singing Vol 3 - 1920-1930

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-03-06

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus ...
Performers: Anthony, Grace; Bori, Lucrezia; Chaliapin, Feodor; Cortis, Antonio; de Luca, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Fugere, Lucien; Galeffi, Carlo; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Garden, Mary; Gigli, Beniamino; Granforte, ...
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Gelabert, Maestro; Gurlitt, Manfred; Setti, Giulio; Zweig, Fritz; Blech, Leo; Sabajno, Carlo; Weissmann, Frieder; Robinson, Stanford; Cloez, Gustave; Coates, Albert

This special 2-CD collection represents the third volume in a mini-series presenting 50 years of great voices on record. With all tracks culled from the...continue...

Lotte Schoene - Mozart, Donizetti, Massenet, Verdi, et al

1 CD / Pearl / 2000-07-25

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Jules Massenet: Manon; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in mas...
Performers: Hislop, Joseph [Tenor Vocals]; Janssen, Herbert; Schoene, Lotte; Vocals], Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender [Baritone; Wittrisch, Marcel [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Orthmann, Erich; Blech, Leo; Zweig, Fritz; Coppola, Piero; Schmalstich, Clemens

The EMI Record of Singing Vol 3 - 1926-1939

10 CD / Testament / 1999-12-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Das Rheingold; The Flying Dutchman; Siegfried; Wesendonck Lieder; Rudolf Wille: Königsballade, ...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Allin, Norman; Andresen, Ivar; Angelis, Nazzareno de; Arangi-Lombardi, Giannina; Austral, Florence; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Badia, Conchita; Badini, Ernesto; Baillie, Isobel; Balbon, A...
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Viebig, Ernst; Heidenreich, Johannes; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Weissmann, Frieder; Kun, Cornelius; Dobrindt, Otto; Blech, Leo; Muller, Hans Udo; Orthmann, Erich; Alwin, Carl; Schmals...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Violetta de Strozzi

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-10-01

Works: Heinrich August Marschner: Overture to "Der Templer und die Judin"; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; La f...
Performers: Hutt, Robert; Roth, Max; Stieber-Walter, Paul; Strozzi, Violetta de
Conductors: Heidenreich, Johannes; Weigert, Herman; Weissmann, Frieder; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

The Art of Maria Müller - Wagner, Puccini, Brahms, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 1999-05-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Wesendonck Lieder; Träume ("Sag, welch wunderbare Träume"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Wesendo...
Performers: Hoffmann, Ludwig; Janssen, Herbert; Klose, Margarete; Muller, Maria; Newton, Ivor; Pattiera, Tino; Pilinszky, Sigismund; Prohaska, Jaro; Raucheisen, Michael; Völker, Franz [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Tietjen, Heinz; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin Municipal Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg /Schorr, Blech, et al

2 CD / Symposium / 1999-03-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Hutt, Robert; Kinderman, Lydia; Marherr, Elfriede; Schorr, Friedrich; Schutzendorf, Leo; Vocals], Emanuel List [Bass
Conductors: Blech, Leo; Coates, Eric; Collingwood, Lawrance
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Julius Patzak - The Early Operatic Recordings 1929-1938

2 CD / Preiser / 1999-02-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; Bedrich Smetana: Prodaná nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1; Pyo...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Patzak, Julius; Runger, Gertrud
Conductors: Gurlitt, Manfred; Weigert, Herman; Melichar, Alois; Blech, Leo; Martin, Wolfgang; Schuler, Johannes

Four Famous Sopranos of the Past - Kemp, Reinhardt, et al

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-02-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Armide; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Final Scene; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Carl Ma...
Performers: Kemp, Barbara; Leider, Frida; Ljungberg, Gota; Pattiera, Tino; Reinhardt, Delia
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Blech, Leo; Weissmann, Frieder; Sebastian, Georges

Four Famous German Sopranos

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-09-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Otello; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Oberon; Bedrich Smetana: Bartere...
Performers: Lemnitz, Tiana; Muller, Maria; Rethberg, Elisabeth; Teschemacher, Margarete; Völker, Franz [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Zweig, Fritz; Heger, Robert; Elmendorff, Karl; Tietjen, Heinz; Blech, Leo; Schuler, Johannes; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin City Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Richard Wagner on Record

4 CD / Preiser / 1998-08-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Das Rheingold; Tristan und Isolde; The Flying Dutchman; Rienzi; Lohengrin; Siegfried; Parsifal; Götterd&au...
Performers: Armster, Carl; Arndt-Ober, Margarete; Bender, Paul; Berger, Rudolf; Berglund, Joel; Bertram, Theodore; Bettendorf, Emmy; Bockelmann, Rudolf; Bohnen, Michael; Branzell, Karin; Briesemeister, Otto; Bug...
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Blech, Leo; Elmendorff, Karl; Gurlitt, Manfred; Schmalstich, Clemens; Zweig, Fritz; Meyrowitz, Selmar; Krauss, Clemens; Lange, Hans; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Knoch, Ernst; Schuler,...

German Ensemble Recordings

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-07-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidel...
Performers: Beck, Walter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Fischer, Susanne; Friedrich, Elisabeth; Fuchs, Eugen; Gerson, Therese; Gottlieb, Henriette; Grossmann, Walter; Heidersbach, Kate; Hirzel, Max; Husch, Gerh...
Conductors: Zaun, Fritz; Blech, Leo; Zweig, Fritz; Schmalstich, Clemens; Orthmann, Erich
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Set Svanholm Live

2 CD / Preiser / 1998-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Götterdämmerung; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Berglund, Joel; Björling, Sigurd; Bjorker, Leon; Booth, Margary; Dalberg, Frederick; Edwards, Simon [Tenor Vocal 2]; Jonsson, Folke; Koch, Egmont; Langhammer, Irmgard; Lindberg, Gosta; Molin, Co...
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: Royal Stockholm Opera Chorus; Royal Stockholm Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Friedrich Schorr Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-07-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seasons; Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, ...
Performers: Jager, Richard; Newton, Ivor; Schorr, Friedrich
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Barbirolli, John; Blech, Leo; Heger, Robert
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; New Symphony Orchestra

Four German Contraltos of the Past

1 CD / Preiser / 1997-09-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Alceste; O del mio ...
Performers: Guszalewicz, Genia; Knepel, Else; Wittrisch, Marcel [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Meyrowitz, Selmar; Orthmann, Erich; Zweig, Fritz; Blech, Leo; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Prima Voce - Maria Ivogün

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Henry Bishop: Comedy of errors; George Frederick Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Lucia di Lammermoor; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Sivigl...
Performers: Ivogün, Maria; Raucheisen, Michael
Conductors: Blech, Leo
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Prima Voce - Great Singers in Mozart

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-10-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; La clemenza di Tito, K 621; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, ...
Performers: Hüsch, Gerhard; Hesch, Wilhelm; Ivogün, Maria; Journet, Marcel; Kipnis, Alexander; Lehmann, Lotte; Leider, Frieda; Noréna, Eidé; Patzak, Julius; Schöne, Lotte; Schorr, Fr...
Conductors: ; Orthmann, Erich; Alwin, Karl; Albergoni, Angelo; Gurlitt, Manfred; Défosse, Henri; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Schmalstich, Clemens; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Ivar Andrésen Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 1996-08-20

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Götterdämmerung; Parsifal; Carl Loewe: Tom der Reimer, Op. 135a; Der selt'ne Beter (Der alte Dessauer) ("Im ...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Janssen, Herbert; Larsen-Todsen, Nanny
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Elmendorff, Karl; Blech, Leo; Hallasch, Dr. Franz
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Alexander Kipnis Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 1995-08-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Charles Gounod: Faust; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Die Wal...
Performers: Kipnis, Alexander
Conductors: Heidenreich, Johannes; Blech, Leo

Heinrich Schlusnus - Arien und Szenen

2 CD / Preiser / 1995-02-21

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; La forza del destino; Otello; Un ballo in maschera; I vespri siciliani; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlos; Umberto Giordano: ...
Performers: Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Heidenreich, Johannes; Prüwer, Julius; Gurlitt, Manfred; Melichar, Alois; Blech, Leo; Krauss, Clemens; Schuler, Johannes; Steeger, Gerhard; Rother, Artur

"Schlusnus was perhaps the premier baritone in Germany during the inter war years, especially in Italian repertory. He had a beautiful, evenly produced voice, strong...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Heinrich Schlusnus

1 CD / Preiser / 1995-02-07

Works: Heinrich August Marschner: Hans Heiling, opera, Op. 80; Albert Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La traviata; Rigoletto; Un ballo in mascher...
Performers: Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Blech, Leo; Schuler, Johannes; Steeger, Gerhard; Melichar, Alois
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Sigrid Onegin

1 CD / Preiser / 1995-02-07

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; La Favorita; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Le Prophète; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Cami...
Performers: Onegin, Sigrid
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Lauritz Melchior Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 1993-09-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Parsifal; Richard Trunk: Mir träumte von einem Königskind Op.4/5; In meiner Heimt, Op.14/2; Carl Leopold Sjöber...
Performers: Guszalewicz, Genia; Melchior, Lauritz
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Blech, Leo; Breisach, Paul
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Joseph Schmidt - Religiöse Gesänge und Arien

1 CD / Preiser / 1993-07-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63; Louis Lewandowski: Aus jeglichem Munde erschallet der Ruf; Ob der Morgen erglühet, ob sich senket die Nacht; Preist den Herrn, er gab seine Leh...
Performers: Lechner, Frederick; Mania, Paul; Schmidt, Joseph
Conductors: Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Meyrowitz, Selmar; Blech, Leo; Weissmann, Frieder; Dobrindt, Otto

Historic Strauss Interpretations

1 CD / Preiser / 1991-10-01

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Morgenblätter, Op. 279; Wiener Blut, Op. 354; Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437; Indigo und die vierzig Räuber; Perpetuum mobile, Op. 257 "Musikalischer Scherz"; Der...
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Krauss, Clemens; Koussevitzky, Serge; Blech, Leo; Weingartner, Felix; Mengelberg, Willem; Kleiber, Erich; Szell, George; Walter, Bruno; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Toscanini, Art...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Immortal Voices of the Vienna Opera

1 CD / Preiser / 1991-04-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Ric...
Performers: Jeritza, Maria; Kiepura, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Kipnis, Alexander; Konetzni, Anny; Konetzni, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Lehmann, Lotte; Mayr, Richard; Nemeth, Maria; Nissen, Hans Hermann; Pataky, Koloman v...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Heidenreich, Johannes; Schmalstich, Clemens; Szell, George; Alwin, Carl; Krauss, Clemens; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Gurlitt, Manfred; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Schmidt, Franz; Bl...