Heger, Robert

Great Wagner Singers / Kirsten Flagstad, Birgit Nilsson, Astrid Varnay, Josef Greindl, Hans Hotter, Siegfried Lorenz, Lauritz Melchior [6 CDs]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Hollreiser, Heinrich; Pitz, Wilhelm; Leitner, Ferdinand; Gerdes, Otto; Böhm, Karl; Ludwig, Leopold; Heger, Robert
Ensemble: Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele; Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele; Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin; RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

An outstanding 6 CD set for the Wagner fan in all of us!

"They don't make Wagner singers like that anymore" - "There has never

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Lortzing: Der Wildschutz / Rothenberger, Litz, Ollendorff, Wunderlich

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-05

Conductors: Heger, Robert
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Albert Lortzing's operas did not always enjoy a positive audience reception during his lifetime. But Der Wildschutz, which premiered in 1842, was an immediate hit,...continue...

Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor / Frick, Mathis, Putz, Litz, Wunderlich. Heger

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-05

Conductors: Heger, Robert
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

When Otto Nicolai took up a position at the Vienna Court Opera in 1841, he had already enjoyed resounding success in Italy. The turbulent comedy...continue...

Weber: Der Freischutz / Nilsson, Koth, Gedda, Berry, Crass, Anheisser, Weller. Heger

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-05

Conductors: Heger, Robert
Ensemble: Munich State Opera Chorus; Munich State Opera Orchestra

The premiere of Der Freischutz in 1821 met with an enthusiastic reception: The story oscillating between reason and outdated rituals reflected the zeitgeist of a...continue...

Gustav Klimt: - Music of his Era from the Belle Epoque at the turn of the 19th century - works by Berg, Brahms, Wolf, Webern, Sieher et al.

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-12-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sinfonie no 9; Alban Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder; Franz Lehár: Vilja-Lied ("Es lebt eine Vilja") (from "Die lustige Witwe"); Johannes Brahms: Sonate für Klarinette ...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Foggin, Myers; Harvey, Kathryn [Vocals]; Hongen, Elisabeth; Hotter, Hans; Kommerell, Heidi; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Ritterbusch, Sabine; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Thurston, Fr...
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Goehr, Walter; Klemperer, Otto; Karajan, Herbert von; Scherchen, Hermann; Heger, Robert; Fricsay, Ferenc

This is a compilation of music that was performed at the turn of the 19th century, the Belle Epoque in which Gustav Klimt flourished....continue...

Richard Strauss: The Legend of Joseph, ballet Pantomine, Op. 63 / Heger

1 CD / Acanta / 2012-11-13

Works: Richard Strauss: Josephslegende, Op. 63
Conductors: Heger, Robert
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Richard Strauss' rarely recorded Josephs-Legende was in its time a daring and compelling theatrical experiment- a combination of ballet and stage play. This recording is...continue...
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The Essential Wagner - highlights from the great operas performed by the artists of EMI Classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-06

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Die Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tris...
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gedda, Nicolai; Goldberg, Reiner; Gorr, Rita; Haage, Peter; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Lipovsek, Marj...
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Heger, Robert; Ludwig, Leopold; Jansons, Mariss; Tennstedt, Klaus; Konwitschny, Franz; Schneider, Peter; Cluytens, André; Bender, Heinrich; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang;...

The operas of Richard Wagner have never been more popular than they are today, and performances of his Ring cycle continue to fill opera houses...continue...

Essential Overtures - Over 2 hours of thrilling overtures (overture highlights only)

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La scala di seta; Guillaume Tell; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; George Frederi...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Gardelli, Lamberto; Davis, Colin; Willcocks, David; Muti, Riccardo; Rodzinski, Artur; Kempe, Rudolf; Tausky, Vilem; Marriner, Sir Neville; Karajan, Herbert ...

50 Best Overtures [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La scala di seta; Il Signor Bruschino; Tancredi; Overture to L'italiana in Algeri; Overture to Guillaume Tell; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro;...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Gardelli, Lamberto; Davis, Colin; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rodzinski, Artur; Lanchbery, John; Kempe, Rudolf; Serafi...

Flotow: Martha / Rothenberger, Fassbaender, Gedda, Prey

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Conductors: Heger, Robert
Ensemble: Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen; Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen

Tchaikovsky, Schumann: Piano Concertos; Liszt / Julian von Karolyi

1 CD / Doremi / 2012-03-13

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Franz Liszt: Hungarian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, S 123
Performers: Karolyi, Julian von
Conductors: Zdravkovitch, Gika; Heger, Robert; Nick, Dr. Edmund
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Julian von Karolyi was one of the leading pianists of the 20th century, but has now unjustly faded into obscurity. These concertos were recorded in...continue...

Essential Schubert / Over 2 hours of Schubert's most beautiful melodies

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor 'Unfinished', D759; Symphony no 5 in B flat, D485; Piano Quintet in A 'Trout', D667; Ave Maria; Die schöne Müllerin, D795; String Quintet in C, D956...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bar, Olaf; Bostridge, Ian; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frantz, Justus...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Menuhin, Yehudi; ; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Heger, Robert; Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: ; Chilingirian Quartet; Melos Ensemble of London

Franz Schubert was born in Vienna in 1797 and although he died at the early age of 31 he was a tremendously prolific composer. He...continue...

Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann / Prey, Schreier, Frick, Koth, Gedda

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-15

Conductors: Heger, Robert
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Dresden

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Gottlob Frick gets the first excerpt off the ground with plenty of panache and is a tower of strength throughout...To Gedda falls the charming...continue...

Holy Night: Choral Music for Advent & Christmas / Vivaldi, Telemann, Haydn, Johannsen, Mendelssohn, et al.

1 CD / Carus / 2011-10-25

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Ihr lieben Christen freut euch nun, BuxWV 51; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV 589; Georg Philipp Telemann: In deinem Wort und Sakrament, TWVW 1; Johann David Heinichen: Te Deum; ...
Performers: Berndt, Thomas; Berner, Michael; Bourve, Antonia; Giefer, Romano; Gotting, Tobias; Hamann, Jens; Johannsen, Kay; Kovács, Robert; Lunn, Joanne; Mayhaus, Raphaela; Petzold, Martin; Rydén,...
Conductors: Speck, Holger; Kaljuste, Tönu; Johannsen, Kay; Kopp, Peter; Bernius, Frieder; Prinz, Johannes; Lustig, Hans-Joachim; Heger, Robert; Rademann, Hans-Christoph
Ensemble: ; Dresdner Instrumental-Concert; Ensemble 94

The Carus catalog offers the music lover a wide range of Christmas music, from traditional carols to exciting rarities. This compilation represents the beauty &...continue...

100 Best Choruses

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 140; Henry Purcell: Come ye sons of art away (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary); Christoph Willibald Gl...
Performers: Barrard, Marc; Bracht, Roland; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Erwen, Keith; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Harper, Heather; Hollweg, Wern...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Munrow, David; Gardiner, John Eliot; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Willcocks, David; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Vienna Philharmon...
Ensemble: ; Dunedin Consort; Orféon Donostiarra ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

La Boheme, Madame Butterfly & More / Opera Sung In German

2 CD / Red/membran / 2011-09-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Das Mädchen aus dem Goldenen Westen; Madame Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Der Mantel
Performers: Anders, Peter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Frick, Gottlob; Friedrich, Karl; Gester, Kurt; Gunter, Horst; Hoppe, H...
Conductors: Kraus, Richard; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Geese, Heinz; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Szenkar, Eugen; Ackermann, Otto; Schroder, Kurt; Wallat, Hans; Rother, Artur; Stein, Horst; Heger, Robert; Dobrindt, Otto;...

Maud Cunitz sings highlights from Der Freischütz, Lohengrin, Tannhäuser

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-09-13

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenotten; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Die sizilianische Vesper
Performers: Cunitz, Maud; Frick, Gottlob; Klose, Margarete; Metternich, Josef; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Terkal, Karl
Conductors: Ackermann, Otto; Heger, Robert; Rother, Artur; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Schroder, Kurt

Born in London in 1911, Maud Cunitz returned with her parents to Germany before the outbreak of World War I. She started singing minor roles...continue...

Wedding Classics / Bridal March, Bridal Chorus, Caro mio ben; Exsultate Jubilate

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Serse; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Charles Gounod: Messe à Ste. ...
Performers: Frimmer, Monika; Hoppe, Heinz; Kalafusz, Hans; Lorengar, Pilar; Seiffert, Peter; Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ]
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Wallberg, Heinz; Christie, William; Parrott, Andrew; Hartemann, Jean-Claude; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Neumann, Peter; Hickox, Richard; Heger, Robert; Kout, Jirí; Mackerras, Ch...

Verdi: Opera Arias and Duets

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-05-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Der Troubadour; Rigoletto; La Traviata; Ein Maskenball; Don Carlos; Die Macht des Schicksals; Die sizilianische Vesper
Performers: Rosvaenge, Helge; Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Steinkopf, Hanns; Schuler, Johannes

These duets are among the finest recordings these two singers ever made, at a time when both of them were at the height of their...continue...

Documents of a singing career: Annelies Kupper

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-05-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Figaros Hochzeit; Don Giovanni; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Eugen d'Albert: Die toten Augen; Tiefland; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Sta...
Performers: Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Kupper, Annelies; Reinmar, Hans; Schlemm, Anny; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand; Sandberg, Herbert; Heger, Robert; Kraus, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg; Reinshagen, Victor; Rother, Artur; Lehmann, Fritz

Annelies Kupper (1906-1987) was born in Poland. She was a schoolteacher while at the same time studying voice. She launched her stage career at the...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...

Gottlob Frick Volume 3

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-01-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenotten; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: Die Macht des Schicksals; Peter Cornelius: De...
Performers: Buchsbaum, Harald; Cunitz, Maud; Edelmann, Otto; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Frick, Gottlob; Fuchs, Franz; Grummer, Elisabeth; Heppe, Leo; Herrmann, Josef; Hoffgen, Marga [Contralto Vocals]; Klose, ...
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Heger, Robert; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Kempe, Rudolf; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Hollreiser, Heinrich; Elmendorff, Karl; Kraus, Richard

Gottlob Frick (1906-1994) was called by Wilhelm Furtwängler the "blackest bass" of his generation. Frick had no competitors capable of surpassing or even matching his...continue...

Icon: Fritz Wunderlich - A Poet among Tenors

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Heinrich Finck: O schönes Weib; Heinrich Isaac: Mein Freud allein, song for 4 voices; Adam Krieger: Amanda, darf man dich wohl küssen?, song for voice & ensemble; Johann Sebastian Bach: Was...
Performers: Baumgartner, Georg; Cordes, Marcel; Engen, Keith; Frick, Gottlob; Grummer, Elisabeth; Hildebrand, Helga; Kastner, Gerhard; Kupper, Annelies; Lorengar, Pilar; Mathis, Edith; Muszely, Melitta; Naumann,...
Conductors: Forster, Karl; Müller-Kray, Hans; Klobucar, Berislav; Rothe, Ernst; Heger, Robert; Walter, Fried; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Michalski, Carl; Moltkau, Hans; Zanotelli, Hans; Stein, Horst; Kempe, Ru...

Friedrich "Fritz" Karl Otto Wunderlich was born into a musical family - his father was a choir director, his mother a violinist. As a young...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...

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

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Jaro Prohaska

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-12-08

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Jacques Offenbach: Hoffmanns Erzählungen; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame
Performers: Anders, Peter; Greindl, Josef; Hoffmann, Ludwig; Klose, Margarete; Lorenz, Max; Muller, Anneliese; Muller, Maria; Prohaska, Jaro; Soot, Fritz; Suthaus, Ludwig; Zimmermann, Erich
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Furtwängler, Wilhelm

One of the most outstanding bass-baritones between 1920 and 1950 was Jaro Prohaska. For 12 years he was among the leading performers at the Bayreuth...continue...

Dokumente einer Sängerkarriere - Wolfgang Windgassen

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-11-10

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Eugen d'Albert: Tiefland; Albert Lortzing: Der Wildschütz
Performers: Czubok, Engelbert; Hann, Georg; Varnay, Astrid; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]; Wissmann, Lore
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Leitner, Ferdinand; Ludwig, Leopold; Rother, Artur

Wolfgang Windgassen's name is inseparably linked with the Bayreuth Festival and Wieland Wagner. He first performed there in 1951 in a production of Parsifal. A...continue...

A Portrait of Anton Dermota: Opera and Songs

2 CD / Gala / 2009-11-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Macbeth; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Bedrich Smetana: Die Verkaufte Braut; Giovanni Bononcini: Polifem; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe; Peter Cornelius: Der Barbier von...
Performers: Berger-Weyerwald, Hilda; Casa, Lisa della; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Kamann, Karl; Kern, Adele; Lienbach, Lisa; Nikolaidi, Elena; Rethy, Esther; Schwaiger, Rosl; Steingruber, Ilona; Topitz-Feile...
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens; Ludwig, Leopold; Moralt, Rudolf; Schönherr, Max; Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Hundertmark, Frank; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Kassowitz, Gottfried; Zallinger, Meinhard von; Schuc...

Best Tenor Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Roccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

The iconic three tenors - Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and Jose Carreras - highlight the caliber of vocalists in this collection. The stars of today...continue...

Die Rose Vom Liebesgarten - Romantische Oper - Pfitzner, Strauss, Wagner / Bernd Pfitzner Aldenhoff

2 CD / Gala / 2009-10-03

Works: Hans Pfitzner: Die Rose vom Liebesgarten, opera; Richard Wagner: Tannhauser; Richard Strauss: Arabella
Performers: Cordes, Marcel; Eipperle, Trude; Schlusnus, Heinrich; Treptow, Gunther
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Schroder, Kurt; Rischner, Alfons

In Memoriam Christel Goltz

2 CD / Preiser / 2009-09-08

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Hermann Goetz: Der Widersp...
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Frantz, Ferdinand; Frick, Gottlob; Höngen, Elisabeth; Katona, Julius; Löbel, Hans; Lorenz, Max; Plumacher, Hetty; Vocals], Christel Goltz [Soprano; Windgassen, Wolfgang [T...
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Striegler, Kurt; Leitner, Ferdinand; Schmitz, Paul; Solti, Sir Georg; Böhm, Karl; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden State Opera Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Württemberg State...

Christel Goltz (1912-2008) was one of the most outstanding dramatic singers of German origin. Singing and acting were combined in her case and there were...continue...

Festival of the Primadonnas

3 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2009-06-30

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jacques Offenbach: ...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Barabas, Sari; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Callas, Maria; Cebotari, Maria; Gedda, Nicolai; Groh, Herbert Ernst; Grummer, Elisabeth; Koth, Erika; Kupper, Annelies; Losch, Liselotte; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Rudolf, Max; Böhm, Karl; Prohaska, Felix; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Santini, Gabriele; Erede, Alberto; Weigert, Herman; Karajan, Herbert von; Krips, Josef; Lehmann, Fritz; Reiner, Fri...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Best Tenor Arias 100

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-02-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Riccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

100 Best Series offers an impressive assortment of well-known and beloved classical repertoire featuring performances by great artists from Menuhin to Kennedy, Callas to Te...continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Heger, Rosvaenge, Schlusnus, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Booth, Margary; Fuchs, Eugen; Greindl, Josef; Hann, Georg; Harmsen, Gerit; Jacobs, Ilse; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schlusnus, Heinrich; Weigelt, Ruth; Zimmermann, Erich
Conductors: Heger, Robert
Ensemble: Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra

This exceptional historic performance is presented as part of Berlin Classic's Eterna Collection of fine operas. Although appearing several times over the years on CD,...continue...

Eterna Collection - Grosse Sänger der Vergangenheit / Berger

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Giuseppe ...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Schmidt, Karl; Schuler, Johannes; Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Schuchter, Wilhelm

Erna Berger, who was born near Dresden in 1900, exhibited unusual musicality very early. Though her family disapproved of her of her attempt to pursue...continue...

Eterna Collection - Grosse Sänger der Vergangenheit / Klose

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Lasciatemi morire "Lamento d'Arianna a 1"; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; G...
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Abendroth, Hermann; Rother, Artur
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra

Margarete Klose was the celebrated prima dramatic contralto of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Her strong personality influenced the Berlin opera scene for a generation....continue...

Christa Ludwig: Live Recordings, 1955-1994

3 CD / Orfeo / 2008-02-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65; Capriccio, ...
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Bonisolli, Franco; Casa, Lisa della; Cathy Berns-Rund; Chauvet, Guy; Donch, Karl; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Flossman, Gilels; Gall...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Krips, Josef; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Ludwig, Leopold; Prêtre, Georges; Heger, Robert; Maazel, Lorin; Bernstein, Leonard; Stein, Horst; Albrecht, Gerd; Mehta, Zubi...

Shakespeare at the Opera - Verdi: Otello, etc

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Richard Wagner: Das Liebesverbot, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Otello; Falstaff; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Charles Gounod: R...
Performers: Abello, Andre; Aichberger, Ewald; Barbieri, Fedora; Borg, Kim; Cadoni, Fernanda; Campi, Enrico; Capecchi, Renato; Cappuccilli, Piero; Ciannella, Giuliano; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Cossutta, Carlo; Dermota...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Heger, Robert; Böhm, Karl; Rieger, Fritz; Almeida, Antonio de; Kleiber, Carlos; Rossi, Mario

Seven complete operas based on plays by Shakespeare—great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! Exciting live recordings taped 1958–1983 feature the...continue...

Sena Jurinac sings Mozart, Strauss & Puccini

2 CD / Orfeo / 2006-10-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Hans Pfitzner: Palestrina; Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos; Der Rosenkavalier; Ludwig van Beethov...
Performers: Cossutta, Carlo; Domingo, Placido; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals]; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Jurinac, Sena; Kesteren, John van; Kunz, Erich; Lackner, Herbert; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Lor...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Heger, Robert; Böhm, Karl; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Klobucar, Berislav; Wallberg, Heinz; Matacic, Lovro von; Krombholc, Jaroslav; Varviso, Silvio; C...

Prima Voce - Herbert Ernst Groh in Opera

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2006-10-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Adolphe Ad...
Performers: Alpar, Gitta; Bettendorf, Emmy; Cebotari, Maria; Groh, Herbert Ernst; Husch, Gerhard
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Dobrindt, Otto; Weissmann, Frieder

The voice of Herbert Ernst Groh (1906-1982) attracted attention at an early age, and he specialized in operetta from the outset. His career was dominated...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Mathieu Ahlersmeyer

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-08-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; Macbeth; Otello; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: ...
Performers: Ahlersmeyer, Mathieu; Beirer, Hans; Borkh, Inge; Perras, Margherita; Ranczak, Hildegarde; Rosvaenge, Helge
Conductors: Görlich, Gustav; Merten, Reinhold; Böhm, Karl; Striegler, Kurt; Krauss, Clemens; Heger, Robert; Secker, A.

Ahlersmeyer's singing career came about only after a delay, as he was 18 when World War I broke out. He was sent to the front...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 - Herbert Ernst Groh Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-01-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Albert Lortzing: Undine; Zar und Zimmermann; Adolphe Adam: Le postillon de Lonjumeau; Viktor Nessler: Der Trompeter von Säkkingen; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dut...
Performers: Cebotari, Maria; Groh, Herbert Ernst; Rossi, Pia
Conductors: Dobrindt, Otto; Weissmann, Frieder; Heger, Robert

Reopening of the Vienna State Opera - 1955 / Goltz, et al

3 CD / Preiser / 2005-11-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberfl&ou...
Performers: Böhme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Baylé, Theo; Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Braun, Hans; Braun, Helena; Casa, Lisa della; Czerwenka, Oskar; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Donch, Karl; Equiluz, Ku...
Conductors: Krips, Josef; Karajan, Herbert von; Ackermann, Otto; Swarowsky, Hans; Böhm, Karl; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Erede, Alberto; Prohaska, Felix; Zallinger, Meinhard von; Kegel, Herbert; Knappertsbusch, Ha...

Rheinberger: Stern von Bethlehem / Heger, Fischer-Dieskau

1 CD / Carus / 2005-08-01

Works: Joseph Rheinberger: Der Stern von Bethlehem, cantata, for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ, Op. 164
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Streich, Rita
Conductors: Heger, Robert
Ensemble: Graunke Symphony Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Elfride Trötschel

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-02-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Albert Lortzing: Der Waffenschmied; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Antoni...
Performers: Behsing, Heinrich; Gunter, Horst; Sauerbaum, Heinz; Trötschel, Elfriede
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen; Schroder, Kurt; Leitner, Ferdinand; Striegler, Kurt; Heger, Robert

Lebendige Verganenheit - Josef Greindl

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-12-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; The Flying Dutchman; Parsifal; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Rigoletto; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Charles Gounod: Faust; Richard Stra...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Gerhein, Ina; Greindl, Josef; Schlusnus, Heinrich; Tegetthoff, Else
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Schuler, Johannes; Szenkar, Eugen; Fricsay, Ferenc; Leitner, Ferdinand

Living Voices Vol 2 - Maria Cebotari

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2004-11-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Charles Gounod: Faust; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Ser...
Performers: Gebotari, Maria; Wittrisch, Marcel [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Prohaska, Felix; Steeger, Gerhard; Zweig, Fritz; Heger, Robert; Krips, Josef; Karajan, Herbert von

Schillings: Mona Lisa / Robert Heger, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2004-09-01

Works: Max von Schillings: Mona Lisa, opera; Glockenlieder (Bell Songs), for tenor & orchestra, Op. 22
Performers: Ahlersmeyer, Mathieu; Anders, Peter; Beirer, Hans; Borkh, Inge; Hagemann, Emmi; Wilhelm, Horst; Zimmermann, Alice; Zimmermann, Erich
Conductors: Heger, Robert
Ensemble: Berlin City Opera Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra