Kegel, Herbert

Günther Raphael, Vol. 4: Orchestral Works / Kegel; Stokowski, Schuricht, Reihardt

1 CD / Querstand / 2013-02-12

Works: Günter Raphael: Smetana Suite, for orchestra, Op. 40; Jabonah, ballet suite for orchestra, Op. 66; Sinfonia breve, for orchestra in D major, Op. 67; Zoologica, for orchestra, Op. 83
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; Stokowski, Leopold; Schuricht, Carl; Reinhardt, Rolf
Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin; Sinfonieorchester des NDR; Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart

A continuation of the Günter Raphael Edition, created to present the works of one of the most important - yet little-known - German composers of...continue...

Best of Wagner / Hanne-Lore Kuhse, soprano; Fritz Wunderlich, tenor; Theo Adam, bass

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-07-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Parsifal; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bolkestein, Els; Kuhse, Hanne-Lore; Ritzmann, Martin; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Konwitschny, Franz; Fricke, Heinz; Suitner, Otmar; Wakasugi, Hiroshi; Rögner, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: ; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra

Brahms: German Requiem / Mari Anne Häggander, soprano; Siegfried Lorenz, baritone

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Like all great music, Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem contains a universal message that goes beyond the circumstances of the work's conception, which is beautifully communicated...continue...
Recording information: Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche, Leipzig (10/1985)....continue...

Best of Mozart / various artists

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, KV 620; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, KV 467; Die Entführung aus dem Serail, KV 384; Concerto for Clarinet in A major, KV 622; Ave verum cor...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Berry, Walter; Kruger, Erich; Mathis, Edith; Michallik, Oskar; Ousset, Cecile; Piasetzki, Erich; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Rosenbusch, Thorsten; Schmidt, Annerose; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Masur, Kurt; Kurz, Siegfried; Kegel, Herbert; Haenchen, Hartmut; Pommer, Max; Goritzki, Johannes; Blomstedt, Herbert

Winter Classics: Klassische Musik zum Kuscheln

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Max Reger: Träume am Kamin, Op. 143; Maurice Ravel: Klavierkonzert G-Dur; Modest Mussorgsky: Scherzo for Piano in C sharp minor; Antonio Vivaldi: Fagottkonzert a-Moll, P. 72; Johannes Brahms: In...
Performers: Arens, Rolf-Dieter; Kretzschmar, Erwin; Rosel, Peter; Walter, Johannes; Zechlin, Dieter
Conductors: Rögner, Heinz; Kegel, Herbert; Kurz, Siegfried; Neumann, Václav; Suitner, Otmar; Koch, Helmut

A perfect soundtrack to complement a roaring log fire and a cup of eggnog - selected classical pieces to warm your heart and make you...continue...

Sensual Classics: Romance

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Antiche Arie e Danze; Robert Schumann: Phantasiestücke (8) for Piano, Op. 12; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 7 in C major, Hob.1; Antonio Vivaldi: Sonata in C major, RV 82; F...
Performers: Koch, Nora; Michallik, Oskar; Pekinel, Güher [Piano]; Pekinel, Süher [Piano]; Pistorius, Andreas; Schmidt, Annerose; Schorler, Renate; Stöckigt, Siegfried
Conductors: Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Herbig, Günther; ; Pommer, Max; Kegel, Herbert; Sanderling, Kurt; Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Music Orchestra; Dresdner Philharmonie; Gitarren-Duo Klaus & Rainer Feldmann; Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig; Staatskapelle Berlin; Staatskapelle Dresden

Sensual Classics: Reverie

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 17 in B major, Op. 62/1, CT. 124; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 40; Louis Spohr: Nonett in F major; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsak...
Performers: Bauer, Arthur; Gabriel, Elfrun; Gheorghiu, Valentin; Ousset, Cecile; Shetler, Norman; Waage, Richard; Walter, Johannes; Zoff, Jutta
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; ; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Suitner, Otmar
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Octet; Dresdner Philharmonie; Ma'alot Quintett; Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig; Staatskapelle Dresden

Sensual Classics: Vision

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Robert Schumann: Genoveva, Op. 81; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 94 in G major, Hob. 1; Paul Hindemith: Symphony "Mat...
Performers: Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]
Conductors: Patanè, Giuseppe; Konwitschny, Franz; Masur, Kurt; Jochum, Eugen; Kegel, Herbert; Herbig, Günther; Rögner, Heinz; Neumann, Václav; Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Dresdner Philharmonie; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig; Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin; Staatskapelle Dresden

Famous Overtures

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze die Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Der Schauspieldirektor; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Leonore Overtu...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Konwitschny, Franz; Boskovsky, Willi; Masur, Kurt; Janowski, Marek; Rögner, Heinz; Straka, Zeljko; Vonk, Hans; Klee, Bernhard; Forster, Horst; Hanell, Robert; Kempe, Rudolf; Kege...

Popular Arias (Sung in German)

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Hochzeit des Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro); Don Giovanni; So machen es alle (Così fan tutte); Gioachino Rossini: Der Barbier von Sevilla (Il barbiere di Siviglia); Gae...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Anheisser, Wolfgang; Apreck, Rolf; Berry, Walter; Bjoner, Ingrid; Borg, Kim; Buchner, Eberhard; Bumbry, Grace; Burmeister, Annelies; Casapietra, Celestina; chke, Thomas; Crass, Franz; End...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Fricke, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Kurz, Siegfried; Patanè, Giuseppe; Stein, Horst; Apelt, Arthur; Kegel, Herbert

Sensual Classics: Desire

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K. 467; Max Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart, Op....
Performers: Schmidt, Annerose
Conductors: Sebastian, Georges; Masur, Kurt; Bongartz, Heinz; Kegel, Herbert; Apelt, Arthur; Konwitschny, Franz; Herbig, Günther; Rögner, Heinz
Ensemble: Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Dresdner Philharmonie; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig; Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin; Staatskapelle Berlin; Staatskapelle Dresden

Peter Schreier: Songs and Arias

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-06-14

Works: Peter Cornelius: Weihnachtslieder (Christmas Carols), Op. 8; Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), BWV 248; Matthäuspassion (St. Matthew Passion), BWV 244; Cantata no ...
Performers: Adam, Karl-Dietfried; Dermoy, Claude; Merker, Karl-Ernst; Olbertz, Walter; Ragossnig, Konrad; Schreier, Peter; Shetler, Norman; Vogel, Siegfried; Wustmann, Erika
Conductors: Flämig, Martin; Koch, Helmut; Suitner, Otmar; Kurz, Siegfried; Klee, Bernhard; Mauersberger, Erhard; Mauersberger, Rudolf; Sanderling, Kurt; Hanell, Robert; Kegel, Herbert; Schreier, Peter

Whether as tenor or as lieder singer, Peter Schreier sets standards across the genres. This compilation takes a good hour to review the many facets...continue...

Seid nüchtern und wachet / 20th century masterpieces for chorus

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-01-11

Works: Max Reger: Geistliche Gesänge, for mixed choir, Op. 138; Sergey Rachmaninov: Vesper Op. 37 "Das groáe Abend - und Morgenlob"; Pablo Casals: O vos omnes; Rudolf Mauersberger: Chorzyklus "D...
Performers: Berndt, Tobias
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; Boreyko, Andrey

Carl Orff: Carmina Burana; Catulli Carmina; Trionfo di Afrodite

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Catulli Carmina, scenic cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Trionfo di Afrodite, scenic concert in 7 scenes
Performers: Buchner, Eberhard; Czapski, Jutta; Erber, Gerhard; Hiestermann, Horst; Krahmer, Renate; Nawe, Isabella; Philipp, Gunter; Stryczek, Karl-Heinz; Suss, Reiner; Wappler, Wolfgang; Werner, Regina
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert

Brecht Songs / Gisela May, soprano

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-07-13

Works: Kurt Weill: Die sieben Todsünden; Barbara Song, for voice & piano (from "Die Dreigroschenoper"); Die Seeräuber-Jenny (Pirate Jenny), song for voice & piano (from "Die Dreigroschenoper"); Ha...
Performers: May, Gisela
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; Rögner, Heinz

Mahler Highlights

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-05-11

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Lieder aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Symphony no 3 in D minor; Symphony no 4 ...
Performers: Lorenz, Siegfried; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; Masur, Kurt; Suitner, Otmar; Rögner, Heinz; Herbig, Günther; Neumann, Václav; Sanderling, Kurt

Gustav Mahler composed sublime and simple music, but in his works those opposites are directly juxtaposed. The openness with which he wanted to "create a...continue...

Da Capo: Opera Highlights

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde; Gaetano Doni...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Breul, Elisabeth; Bumbry, Grace; Casa, Lisa della; Cervana, Sona [vocals]; Geszty, Sylvia; Guden, Hilde [vocals]; Hruba-Freiberger, Venceslava; Kuhse, Hanne-Lore; Lorenz, Siegfried; Neuki...
Conductors: Klee, Bernhard; Suitner, Otmar; Vonk, Hans; Neumann, Václav; Fricke, Heinz; Kegel, Herbert; Masur, Kurt; Hanell, Robert; Kleinert, Rolf; Neuhaus, Rudolf; Winkler, Johannes; Patanè, Giuseppe...

Overtures, arias, and choruses: a medley of melodies that every opera lover knows!...continue...

Senza Parole: Opera Without Words/Various (Dig)

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridic...
Performers: Morbitzer, Egon
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Klee, Bernhard; Forster, Horst; Wiesenhutter, Gerhard; Kempe, Rudolf; Neumann, Václav; Konwitschny, Franz; Plasson, Michel; Kegel, Herbert; Apelt, Arthur; Hanell, Robert; Masur...

All who love the instrumental music to the opera will find their favorite orchestral pieces here!...continue...

Mendelssohn: Highlights - Favorite works by Mendelssohn / Oistrach, Gheorghiu, Kegel et al. [3 CDs]

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Performers: Gheorghiu, Valentin; Oistrach, Igor; Schorler, Renate
Conductors: Herbig, Günther; Masur, Kurt; Konwitschny, Franz; Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig; Staatskapelle Berlin

Mendelssohn's romantic style is embodied by a rich sense of inspiration, great delicacy, and the sheen of perfection. His style combines a sense of simplicity...continue...

Basics - Die Basis-Diskothek [Box Set]

25 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-11-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra no 4 in D major, BWV 1069; Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G ma...
Performers: Biggs, E. Power; Falewicz, Magdalena; Gabriel, Elfrun; Hallmann, Dietmar; Hiltawsky, Kurt; Hubenthal, Kurt; Hucke, Rainer; Jancik, Karl [Zither]; Kedra, Wladyslaw; Michallik, Oskar; Pistorius, Andrea...
Conductors: Koch, Helmut; Blomstedt, Herbert; Konwitschny, Franz; Reuter, Rolf; Herbig, Günther; Neumann, Václav; Suitner, Otmar; Masur, Kurt; Kurz, Siegfried; Kegel, Herbert; Honeck, Manfred; Kempe, R...

This gorgeous new digibox contains 25 CDs - the entire collection of the successful BASICS series. In addition to high quality recordings, a complete catalog...continue...

Song of Joy: The Finest Choirs

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Nabucco; Aida, opera; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Johannes Brahms: German folk songs (49) for voice & piano, WoO 33; Johann Sebast...
Conductors: Koch, Helmut; Kurz, Siegfried; Mauersberger, Rudolf; Kegel, Herbert; Mauersberger, Erhard; Suitner, Otmar; Patanè, Giuseppe
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle

Basics - Romanze - Classical Gems / Bongartz, Neumann, Kegel, Fricke, Apelt, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-06-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Francis Poulenc...
Performers: Herkomer, Ingeborg; Lerche, Juliane; Mitzewa, Elka; Otto, Hans; Suske, Karl; Walter, Johannes
Conductors: Bongartz, Heinz; Neumann, Václav; Kegel, Herbert; Fricke, Heinz; Hanell, Robert; Batzel, Friedemann; Apelt, Arthur; Reuter, Rolf
Ensemble: ; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Basics - Abendstimmung - Evening Mood / Neumann, Blomstedt, Masur, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-06-09

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Waltz for piano no 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2, CT. 213; Nocturne for piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9/1, CT. 108; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano no 1 in G min...
Performers: Casper, Bernd; Gabriel, Elfrun; Gheorghiu, Valentin; Hallmann, Dietmar; Hucke, Rainer; Rösel, Peter; Schmidt, Annerose; Schramm, Siegfried; Schumann, Manfred; Shetler, Norman; Suske, Karl; Timm,...
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Neumann, Václav; Blomstedt, Herbert; Masur, Kurt

Nova - Sinfonik in der DDR - East German Symphonies

5 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Hanns Eisler: Pieces (5), for orchestra; Chamber Symphony, Op. 69; Paul Dessau: In memoriam Bertold Brecht; Orchestermusik no 2 "Meer der Stürme"; Rudolf Wagner-Régeny: Orchestral Movements...
Conductors: Pommer, Max; Dessau, Paul; Kegel, Herbert; Frank, Hans-Peter; Sanderling, Kurt; Konwitschny, Franz; Neumann, Václav; Matthus, Siegfried; Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter; Masur, Kurt; Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: ; Berlin Comic Opera Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Chamber Music Society; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony ...

Legendary Masterworks Recordings - Haydn, Mozart, Berlioz, Liszt, etc / Dresdner Philharmonie, et al

8 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 7 in D minor, Op. 70/B 141; Johannes Brahms: Serenade for orchestra no 2 in A major, Op. 16; Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Piano in D flat major; Gerhard Rosenfeld:...
Performers: Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Pokorna, Mirka; Schmahl, Gustav; Schmidt, Annerose
Conductors: Bongartz, Heinz; Forster, Horst; Masur, Kurt; Herbig, Günther; Kegel, Herbert; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: ; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra

Classics in Heaven - Mozart, Bach, etc

4 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-09-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Su...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Arens, Rolf-Dieter; Michallik, Oskar; Morbitzer, Egon; Olbertz, Walter; Pistorius, Andreas; Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim; Scherzer, Manfred; Schmidt, Annerose; Schorler, Renate; Stockigt, Siegfr...
Conductors: Koch, Helmut; Rögner, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Schreier, Peter; Kurz, Siegfried; Hanell, Robert; Konwitschny, Franz; Suitner, Otmar; Pommer, Max; Herbig, Günther; Kegel, Herbert; Neumann, Vá...

4 Elements - Classical Music of Fire, Water, Air and Earth

4 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-09-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate"; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 59 in A major, H 1 no 59 "Fire"; Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Georges ...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Kootz, Gunter; Laforet, Marc; Ousset, Cecile; Pistorius, Andreas; Rosel, Peter; Rucker, Fritz; Schmahl, Gustav; Zechlin, Dieter; Zehetmair, Thomas [Conductor/Violin]; Zoff, Jutta
Conductors: ; Haenchen, Hartmut; Kegel, Herbert; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Neumann, Václav; Kempe, Rudolf; Suitner, Otmar; Rögner, Heinz; Berglund, Paavo; Koch, Helmut; Blomstedt, Herbert; Wiesenhutter,...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Camerata Bern; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Greatest Works - Mendelssohn

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-08-12

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, in E major Op. 21; Overture for orchestra in F major ("Fair Melusina"), Op. 32; Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; Hebrides Overture, in...
Performers: Gheorghiu, Valentin; Rohde, Peter Arne; Schmahl, Gustav; Schorler, Renate
Conductors: Herbig, Günther; Masur, Kurt; Konwitschny, Franz; Koch, Helmut; Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: ; Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Wagner: Parsifal / Kegel, Adam, Kollo, Bunger, Schröter, Leipzig Radio SO, et al

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-08-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Adam, Theo; Ambros, Hermi; Breul, Elisabeth; Bunger, Reid; Cold, Ulrik; Gebhardt, Horst; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Polster, Hermann-Christian; Schroter, Gisela; Termer, Helga; Teschler, Fred;...
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: St. Thomas Church Choir, Leipzig

Dessau: Klavierwerke / Siegfried Stöckigt

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Paul Dessau: Sonata for piano in F major; Guernica, piano piece after Picasso; Fantasietta for piano in C sharp major; Piano Pieces (9); Sonatina for piano no 2
Performers: Stöckigt, Siegfried
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra

Moods - Tunes of Eternity - Respighi, etc / Weigle, Kegel

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 3; Robert Schumann: Phantasiestücke (8) for Piano, Op. 12; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 7 in C major ("Le midi"), H. 1/7; Antonio Vivaldi: Tri...
Performers: Feldmann, Klaus; Feldmann, Rainer; Koch, Nora; Michallik, Oskar; Pekinel, Guher [Piano]; Pekinel, Suher [Piano]; Pistorius, Andreas; Schmidt, Annerose; Schorler, Renate; Stockigt, Siegfried
Conductors: Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Herbig, Günther; Pommer, Max; Kegel, Herbert; Sanderling, Kurt; Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: ; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Schubert: Mass in G, Stabat Mater / Kegel, Leipzig RSO

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Franz Schubert: Mass no 2 in G major, D 167; Stabat Mater, oratorio for soloists, chorus & orchestra in F minor, D. 383
Performers: Büchner, Eberhard; Hajóssyová, Magdaléna [Sopran; Polster, Hermann-Christian
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Chorus

Reference - Prokofiev, Stravinsky / Rösel, Bongartz, Kegel

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 16; Igor Stravinsky: Capriccio, for piano & orchestra; Circus Polka; Movements (3) from Pétrouchka
Performers: Rösel, Peter
Conductors: Bongartz, Heinz; Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Blacher: Der Grossinquisitor / Kegel, Nimsgern, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Boris Blacher: Grand Inquisitor, oratorio, Op. 21
Performers: Nimsgern, Siegmund
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Chorus

Reference - Weill: Die sieben Todsünden, etc / Gisela May

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Kurt Weill: Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins), ballet; Das Berliner Requiem, cantata for tenor, baritone, male chorus & wind orchestra; Happy End, musical play; Aufstieg und Fall der ...
Performers: Leib, Gunther; May, Gisela; Polster, Hermann-Christian; Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; Krtschil, Henry; Rögner, Heinz
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Studio Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

This recording, made in 1966, remains the most authentic interpretation since the 1956 Lotte Lenya reading. The high-powered reading given by Herbert Kegel and the...continue...

Hindemith: Harmonie der Welt, Pittsburgh Symphony / Kegel

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Paul Hindemith: Symphony, "Die Harmonie der Welt" (The Music of the Spheres); Pittsburgh Symphony, for orchestra
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra

"Die Harmonie der Welt" is an overtly mystical work dramatizing the attempts of the Renaissance astronomer Kepler to discover the harmony of the planets. Hindemith's...continue...

Schostakowitsch: Symphony no 1, etc / Kleinert, Kegel, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 1 in F minor, Op. 10; Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35
Performers: Garay, Gyorgy; Kootz, Gunter; Krug, Willi; Stöckigt, Siegfried; Stockigt, Siegfried
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; Kleinert, Rolf
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

After the triumphant premiere of his Symphony No. 1 by the State Academic Philharmonic Orchestra under Nicolai Malko on May 12, 1926, as Victor Ilyich...continue...

After Work Hour Vol 9 - Vivaldi, et al / Kegel, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Autumn (The Four Seasons); Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 73 in D major ("La chasse"/"The Chase"), H. 1/73; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Ludwig van Beethoven: S...
Performers: Dusset, Cecile; Kedra, Wladyslaw; Olbertz, Walter; Rosel, Peter; Schreier, Peter; Shetler, Norman; Zechlin, Dieter; Zehetmair, Thomas [Conductor/Violin]
Conductors: Haenchen, Hartmut; Kegel, Herbert; Blomstedt, Herbert; Pommer, Max; Neumann, Horst
Ensemble: C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Radio Chorus; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Orff: Trionfi / Herbert Kegel, Leipzig Radio SO, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Catulli Carmina, scenic cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Trionfo di Afrodite, scenic concert in 7 scenes
Performers: Buchner, Eberhard; Casapietra, Celestina; Czapski, Jutta; Erber, Gerhard; Hiestermann, Horst; Krahmer, Renate; Mai, Ute; Nawe, Isabella; Philipp, Gunter; Stryczek, Karl-Heinz; Suss, Reiner; Wappler, ...
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: Dresdner Kapellknaben; Leipzig Radio Chorus

Sileo - Music for Contemplation

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Pietro Nardini: Concerto for Violin & orchestra in E minor; ...
Performers: Bauer, Arthur; Gabriel, Elfrun; Laforet, Marc; Morbitzer, Egon; Olbertz, Walter; Rösel, Peter; Scherzer, Manfred; Schmidt, Annerose; Shetler, Norman; Waage, Richard
Conductors: Koch, Helmut; Suitner, Otmar; Patanè, Giuseppe; Markgraf, Host-Tanu; Masur, Kurt; Kegel, Herbert; Flor, Claus P.; Haenchen, Hartmut; Blomstedt, Herbert; Berglund, Paavo;
Ensemble: Beethoven Trio, Wien (Piano Trio); Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Octet; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Dresden Philharmonic...

Eterna - Orff: Die Kluge, Der Mond / Herbert Kegel

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Carl Orff: Die Kluge; Der Mond, opera
Performers: Buchner, Eberhard; Falewicz, Magdalena; Gutschow, Gert; Hellmich, Wolfgang; Klotz, Helmut; Lorenz, Siegfried; Lunow, Horst; Neukirch, Harald; Polster, Hermann-Christian; Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim; Schaal...
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Chorus; Leipzig Radio Orchestra

Nono: como una ola..., Epitaffio 1 & 3 / Kegel, Neumann

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Luigi Nono: Como una ola de fuerza y luz, for soprano, piano, orchestra & tape; Epitaffio per Federico Garcia Lorca no 1; Epitaffio per Federico García Lorca
Performers: Haseleu, Werner; Reinhardt-Kiss, Ursula; Trexler, Roswitha
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; Neumann, Horst
Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Chorus; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Dmitri Schostakowitsch: Symphony No. 1; Concerto for Piano, Trupet and STringss

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 1 in F minor, Op. 10; Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35
Performers: Garay, Gyorgy; Kootz, Gunter; Krug, Willy; Stockigt, Siegfried
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; Kleinert, Rolf

Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto in A minor, Violin Concerto in D minor / Kegel, Stöckigt, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano in A minor; Concerto for Violin in D minor
Performers: Schmahl, Gustav; Stockigt, Siegfried
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; Koch, Helmut
Ensemble: Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

"...[There's] much to embrace of the almost never performed A-major Piano Concerto...Stockigt [gives an] exuberant account, piling into the outer movements with great enthusiasm while...continue...

Piano Concertos - Beethoven, Haydn, etc / Rösel, et al

10 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. ...
Performers: Rosel, Peter
Conductors: Flor, Claus P.; Herbig, Günther; Bongartz, Heinz; Kegel, Herbert; Sanderling, Kurt; Masur, Kurt; Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Berlin Classics continues to offer its "star" pianist in these specially-priced packages of solo and concerted works. These collections display his broad artistic range not...continue...

Stravinsky: Piano Concerto; Concerto Dumbarton Oaks; Suites Nos. 1 & 2; Piano Pieces

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for piano & wind instruments; Suite no 1 for small Orchestra; Suite no 2, for chamber orchestra; Concerto for chamber orchestra in E flat major ("Dumbarton Oaks"); Serenade ...
Performers: Olbertz, Walter
Conductors: Neumann, Václav; Kegel, Herbert

Peter Schreier - Legendary Recordings

6 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Es kostet viel, ein Christ zu sein, for voice & continuo (Schemelli Gesangbuch no 522), BWV 459 (BC; Ich halte treulich s...
Performers: Adam, Karl-Dietried; Bernstein, Walter Heinz; Beyer, Achim; Güttler, Ludwig; Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter; Heidrich, Gunter; Köbler, Robert; Losche, Siegfried; Mauersberger, Rudolf; Olbertz, Walt...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Klee, Bernhard; Kurz, Siegfried; Koch, Helmut; Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim; Flämig, Martin; Kegel, Herbert; Hanell, Robert
Ensemble: ; New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

Renowned as a lyric tenor, Peter Schreier has specialized in Mozart roles since his debut at the Salzburg Festival in 1967, and has expressed a...continue...

Bizet: Carmen / Herbert Kegel, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Aderhold, Bruno; Apreck, Rolf; Cervena, Sona; Croonen, Maria; Enger, Ursula; Klemm, Wilhelm; Lauhofer, Robert; Leib, Gunther; Neukirch, Harald
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Chorus

Britten: War Requiem; Berg: Violin Concerto; Penderecki

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Benjamin Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66; Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima; Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin
Performers: Adam, Theo; Lovaas, Kari; Roden, Anthony; Scherzer, Manfred; Scholze, Hansjurgen
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: Dresden Cathedral Boys Choir; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Chorus; Leipzig Radio Orchestra

French Classics - Bizet, Berlioz, Poulenc, et al / Suitner, Dresden Staatskapelle, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 1; L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 2; Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Francis Poulenc: Concerto for ...
Performers: Arens, Rolf-Dieter; Herkomer, Ingeborg; Lerche, Juliane; Ousset, Cecile; Pekinel, Guher [Piano]; Pekinel, Suher [Piano]; Rucker, Fritz
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; Fricke, Heinz; Suitner, Otmar; Rögner, Heinz
Ensemble: ; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra