Weigert, Herman

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...

Icon: Kirsten Flagstad

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: George Frederick Handel: Serse; Messiah; Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion; Vergiss mein nicht, vergiss mein nicht! BWV 505; O finstre Nacht, wann wirst du doch vergeben, sacred song for voi...
Performers: Alnaes, Eyvind; Flagstad, Kirsten; Jones, Geraint; McArthur, Edwin; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parikian, Manoug; Suthaus, Ludwig; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]; Thebom, Blanche
Conductors: Braithwaite, Warwick; Susskind, Walter; Dobroven, Issay; Böhm, Karl; Sebastian, Georges; Weigert, Herman; Furtwängler, Wilhelm

This 5 CD set, devoted to the famous Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad, is a further release in the EMI Classics ICON series. Kirsten Flagstad enjoyed...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; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City); Ar...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocal]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; An...
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...

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...

Vocal Legends 7

1 CD / ARS Productions / 2009-02-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Tristan und Isolde; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Topper, Hertha; Varnay, Astrid; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Weigert, Herman

Astrid Varnay made her sensational debut at the Metropolitan Opera on December 6, 1941 at a broadcast performance singing Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walkure, substituting...continue...

Legendary Voices / Astrid Varnay

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-10-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Tannhäuser; The Flying Dutchman; Tristan und Isolde; Parsifal; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon
Performers: Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; Weigert, Herman; Sebastian, Georges

George London - 1953

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Mentre ti lascio, o figlia, K 513; Per questa bella mano, K 612; Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo, K 584; Giuseppe Verdi...
Performers: London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Neikrug, George; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Weigert, Herman
Ensemble: ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Adele Kern

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-03-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio...
Performers: Kern, Adele; Marherr, Elfriede; Ohms, Elisabeth
Conductors: Prüwer, Julius; Melichar, Alois; Weissmann, Frieder; Weigert, Herman
Ensemble: ; Berlin City Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Strauss: Elektra / Mitropoulos, Varnay, Nicolaidi, et al

2 CD / Guild / 2002-07-01

Works: Spoken Word: Radio Broadcast Commentary for Richard Strauss' Elektra; Richard Strauss: Elektra; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Oberon; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Pietro M...
Performers: Jagel, Frederick; Janssen, Herbert; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Varnay, Astrid; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Weigert, Herman
Ensemble: ; New York Philharmonic

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

Strauss: Die Fledermaus (Abridged) / Kern, Weigert, et al

1 CD / Pearl / 2000-06-27

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Performers: Henke, Waldemar; Kern, Adele; Klust, Hertha; Völker, Franz [Tenor Vocal]; Vocals], Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender [Baritone
Conductors: Tauber, Richard; Weigert, Herman

Grosse Sänger Unseres Jahrhunderts - George London

1 CD / Orfeo / 2000-03-09

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Bak, Valerie; Ilosvay, Maria von; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Stich-Randall, Teresa; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Kraus, Richard; Moralt, Rudolf; Weigert, Herman
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

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

Franz Volker live als Erik, Lohengrin und Othello

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-08-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Cunitz, Maud; Hoffmann, Ludwig; Hotter, Hans; Klarwein, Franz; Klose, Margarete; Muller, Maria; Schmidt, Karl; Völker, Franz [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Kraus, Richard; Heger, Robert; Wetzelsberger, Bertil; Schuler, Johannes; Weigert, Herman
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Chorus; 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 German Heldentenors of the Past

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried; Parsifal; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Die Walküre; Eugen d'Albert: Tiefland; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La forza del ...
Performers: Friedrich, Elisabeth; Hartmann, Carl; Pistor, Gotthelf; Vocals], Paul Schoffler [Baritone; Wolff, Fritz
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; d'Albert, Eugen; Weigert, Herman; Prüwer, Julius; Meyrowitz, Selmar
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Pfitzner: Palestrina / Heger, Patzak, Hotter, Frantz, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 1997-11-28

Works: Hans Pfitzner: Palestrina; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther
Performers: Bak, Valerie; Carnuth, Walter; Ducrue, Dr. Hans; Frantz, Ferdinand; Gerhein, Ina; Hoppe, Carl; Hotter, Hans; Klarwein, Franz; Kusche, Benno; Mosch, Karl; Nentwig, Kathe; Ostertag, Karl; Patzak, Juliu...
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Weigert, Herman
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Prima Voce - Lotte Schöne and Richard Tauber in Operetta

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Franz Lehár: Paganini; Zigeunerliebe; The Land of Smiles; The Merry Widow; Franz von Suppé: Die schöne Galatea; Heinrich Berté: Das Dreimäderlhaus; Johann Strauss II: Die Fle...
Performers: Schoene, Lotte; Tauber, Richard
Conductors: Weigert, Herman; Paulik, Anton; Hauke, Ernst; Lehár, Franz; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang
Ensemble: ; Berlin Künstlertheater Orchestra; Berlin Playhouse Orchestra; Members of the Staatskapelle Berlin (Members); Odeon-Künstler Orchestra; Theater an der Wien Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Hans Reinmar

1 CD / Preiser / 1996-02-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlos; Otello; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin...
Performers: Reinmar, Hans
Conductors: Weigert, Herman; Meyrowitz, Selmar; Weissmann, Frieder; Reuss, Wilhelm Franz; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

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

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Franz Völker

1 CD / Preiser / 1990-03-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, o...
Performers: Völker, Franz [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Melichar, Alois; Weigert, Herman; Prüwer, Julius; Gurlitt, Manfred; Heidenreich, Johannes
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra