Cologne West German Radio Chorus

Historical - Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem / Celibidache, Hotter, Giebel

1 CD / Myto Records / 2009-04-17

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Performers: Giebel, Agnes; Hotter, Hans
Conductors: Celibidache, Sergiu
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Hindemith: Cardillac / Keilberth, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2009-04-14

Works: Paul Hindemith: Cardillac, opera, Op. 39
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Grobe, Donald; Katz, Eberhard; Kirschstein, Leonore; Kohn, Karl Christian; Nett, Willi; Soderstrom, Elisabeth
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus

The only recording ever made of this 20th-century masterpiece features the towering artistry of Fischer-Dieskau in the title role of a Renaissance goldsmith who murders...continue...

Gluck: Iphigenie auf Tauris / Keilberth, Prey, Gadek, Gedda, et al

2 CD / Capriccio / 2009-02-24

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
Performers: Cordes, Marcel; Gedda, Nicolai; Prey, Hermann; Wallenstein, Ilse; Zadek, Hilde
Conductors: ; Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Nicolai Gedda, Hermann Prey, Hilde Zadek & Marcel Cordes Kolner Rundfunkchor & Orchester, Joseph Keilberth...continue...

R. Strauss: Elektra / Kraus, Varnay, Rysanek, Hotter, et al

2 CD / Capriccio / 2009-02-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Fischer, Res; Horn, Heiner; Hotter, Hans; Melchert, Helmut; Rysanek, Leonie; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors:
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Leonie Rysanek, Astrid Varnay, Hans Hotter & Helmut Melchert Kolner Rundfunkchor & Orchester, Richard Kraus...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 8, Lieder; Wolf, Henze: Lieder / Fischer-Dieskau, Prey, Zillig, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2008-10-04

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 8 in E flat major "Symphony of A Thousand"; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Hugo Wolf: Eichendorff Lieder; Hans Werner Henze: Neapolitan Songs (5)
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Prey, Hermann
Conductors: Zillig, Winfried; ; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Northwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Lehár: Wiener Frauen / Froschauer, Cremer, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2008-01-29

Works: Franz Lehár: Wiener Frauen, operetta in 3 acts (revised as "Der Schlüssel"); Der Göttergatte, operetta in 3 acts (revised as "Die ideale Gattin"); Wo die Lerche singt (Where the Lark...
Performers: Dewald, Thomas; Hoffmann, Anke; Kalvelage, Elzbieta; Leisenheimer, Boris; Minich, Peter; Pfeffer, Anneli
Conductors: Froschauer, Helmuth; Cremer, Curt
Ensemble: ; Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
The performance is excellent, with Helmuth Froschauer allowing the glorious melodies to unfold completely naturally. ... Lehár's melodic inventiveness is here at i...continue...

Künneke: Lady Hamilton, etc / Marszalek, Stephan, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2007-11-09

Works: Eduard Künneke: Lady Hamilton, Op. 23; Traumland, Op. 49
Performers: Fehringer, Franz; Gehly, Philip; Hofmann, Willy; Holm, Richard; Maas, Kathe; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schlemm, Anny; Schubart, Marianne; Weigelt, Ruth
Conductors: Marszalek, Franz; Stephan, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Orchestra; North German Radio Chorus Hamburg; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra Hamburg

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem / Klemperer, Grummer, Prey

1 CD / Archipel / 2007-04-02

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Performers: Grummer, Elisabeth; Prey, Hermann
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Millöcker: Der arme Jonathan, etc / Hager, Römer, Wohlers

2 CD / Gala / 2007-01-06

Works: Karl Millöcker: Der arme Jonathan; Der Bettelstudent
Performers: Bock, Kurt; Engelskamp, Josephine; Franzen, Hans; Gruber, Ferry; Harth zur Nieden, Ida; Herschele, Hildegarde; Hirte, Klaus; Hollweg, Werner; Knepel, Else; Koschat, Dora; Kusche, Benno; Kuttner, Max;...
Conductors: Hager, Leopold; Römer, Ernst
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Orchestra

Flotow: Alessandro Stradella / Froschauer, et al

2 CD / Capriccio / 2005-12-01

Works: Friedrich von Flotow: Alessandro Stradella
Performers: Durmuller, Jorg
Conductors: Froschauer, Helmuth
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Orchestra

Historical - Verdi: Die sizilianische Vesper / Rossi, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2005-07-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani
Performers: Borst, Heinz; Firchow, Hermann; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Hopf, Hans; Horn, Heiner; Litz, Gisela; Tobin, Eugene; Vantin, Martin; Zadek, Hilde
Conductors: Rossi, Mario
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Verdi's spectacular French opera - in German. But what a cast! Hopf, Dieskau et al. Have never sounded better....continue...

Hindemith: Cardillac / Keilberth, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-03-08

Works: Paul Hindemith: Cardillac, opera, Op. 39
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Grobe, Donald; Katz, Eberhard; Kirschstein, Leonore; Kohn, Karl Christian; Nett, Willi; Soderstrom, Elisabeth
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus

The only recording ever made of this 20th-century masterpiece features the towering artistry of Fischer-Dieskau in the title role of a Renaissance goldsmith who murders...continue...

SACD Collection - Gossec: Messe des Morts / Schernus

1 Super Audio CD / Capriccio / 2005-01-01

Works: François Joseph Gossec: Grande Messe des morts
Conductors: Schernus, Herbert
Ensemble: Cappella Coloniensis; Cologne West German Radio Chorus

Weber: Der Freischütz / Kleiber, Grümmer, Streich, Hopf

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2004-12-23

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277
Performers: Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Grummer, Elisabeth; Horn, Heiner; Kaltwasser, Brigitte; Marschner, Kurt; Munch, Richard; Poell, Alfred; Proebstl, Max; Schulz, Lucy; Siemeling, Marlies; Streich, Rita; Vocal...
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Rossini / Böhm, Grümmer

3 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2004-11-06

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Gioachino Rossini: Stabat mater
Performers: Berry, Walter; Dicks, Wilhelm Walter; Fehn, Helmut; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Grummer, Elisabeth; Ilosvay, Maria von; Johnson, Patricia; Katona, Julius; Koth, Erika; Lagger, Peter; Ludwig, Walther; ...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Fricsay, Ferenc
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

S. Wagner: Die Heilige Linde / Albert, Wegner, et al

3 CD / CPO / 2003-10-01

Works: Siegfried Wagner: Die heilige Linde, opera, Op. 15
Performers: Georg, Mechthild; Halmai, Katalin; Heidbuchel, Hein; Horn, Volker; Kruzel, Adam; Kwon, Soon-Dong; Lukic, Ksenja; Otten, Josef; Scharnke, Thorsten; Schellenberger, Dagmar; Trekel, Roman; Wegner, John
Conductors: Albert, Werner Andreas
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus

Siegfried Wagner was a cosmopolitan who loved Italy and a philo-Semite whom Joseph Goebbels characterized in a journal entry from 1926 as 'feminine, good-hearted somewhat...continue...

Cornelius: Der Barbier von Bagdad / Keilberth, Schock, et al

2 CD / Gebhardt / 2003-03-06

Works: Peter Cornelius: Der Barbier von Bagdad
Performers: Bohme, Kurt; Helbig, Paul; Kassek, Walter; Offermanns, Peter; Roesler, Trude; Schiebener, Karl; Schlemm, Anny; Schmitt-Walter, Karl; Schock, Rudolf; Schonfeld, Walter
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Lortzing: Die Himmelfahrt Jesus Christi / Froschauer, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2003-03-01

Works: Albert Lortzing: Die Himmelfahrt Jesu Christi, oratorio for soloists, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Hilz, Christian; Pfeffer, Anneli; Schneider, Bernard; Stiefermann, Kay
Conductors: Froschauer, Helmuth
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus

"Lortzing is best known for his theatrical works - nearly two dozen operas, most of them descendants of the comic, 'singspiel' tradition. This setting of...continue...

Schubert: Rosamunde / Froschauer, Georg, Westphal, et al

2 CD / Capriccio / 2002-01-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Die Zauberharfe, D 644; Rosamunde Incidental Music, Op. 26; Alfonso und Estrella, D 732; Helmina von Chezy: Rosamunde (play)
Performers: Georg, Mechthild; Neubauer, Martin; Westphal, Gert; Zoch, Gisela
Conductors: Froschauer, Helmuth
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Orchestra

Beethoven: Fidelio / Nilsson, Kleiber, Hopf, Schöffler et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-09-04

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Braun, Hans; Frick, Gottlob; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Unger, Gerhard; Vocals], Hans Hopf [Tenor; Vocals], Paul Schoffler [Baritone; Wenglor, Ingeborg; Witsch, Peter
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus

Nono: Choral Works / Huber, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2001-06-29

Works: Luigi Nono: Cori di Didone, for chorus & percussion; Da un diario italiano, for 2 choirs; Das atmende Klarsein
Conductors: Huber, Rupert
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Stuttgart Radio Chorus

The miracle of Nono's music is the tremendous beauty and intensity he was able to forge using disparate material. The compositions on this disc are...continue...

Verdi: Ein Maskenball / Busch, Wegner, Mödl, Fehenberger

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-03

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino
Performers: Augustin, Fritz; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Himmelmann, Friedrich; Modl, Martha; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schirp, Wilhelm; Schlemm, Anny; Schlusnus, Heinrich; Schoneweiss, Willy; Wegner...
Conductors: Busch, Fritz; Rother, Arthur
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Giesen Quartet

Dvorak: Wanda / Albrecht, Romanko, Straka, Daniluk, et al

3 CD / Orfeo / 2000-11-03

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Vanda, opera, B. 55 (Op.25)
Performers: Breedt, Michelle; Daniluk, Pavel; Romanko, Olga; Straka, Peter; Tchistjakova, Irina; Vocals], Ivan Kusnjer [Baritone
Conductors: Albrecht, Gerd
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus

Missa - Weber, Schumann / Helmuth Goschauer

1 CD / Capriccio / 2000-01-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Missa Sancta for soloists, chorus & orchestra no 2 in G major ("Jubelmesse"), J. 251 (Op. 76); Robert Schumann: Mass for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C minor, Op. 147
Performers: Gerihsen, Franz; Heidbuchel, Hein; Hoffmann, Anke; Nah, Yoo-Chang; Wagner, Andreas
Conductors: Froschauer, Helmuth
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus

Wagner: Parisfal / Kraus, Mödl, Aldenhoff, Blasius, et al

4 CD / Gebhardt / 1999-12-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Blasius, Robert; Fehn, Helmut; Greindl, Josef; Mödl, Martha; Nillius, Heinrich
Conductors: Kraus, Richard
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Wagner: Lohengrin / R. Kraus, Anders, Eipperle, Kronenberg

3 CD / Myto Records / 1999-07-27

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Ambrosius, Günther; Anders, Peter; Braun, Helena; Eipperle, Trude; Eppenich, Friedel; Erlinghäuser, Paul; Förster, Jürgen; Firchow, Hermann; Greindl, Josef; Jöntgen, Linny; K...
Conductors: Kraus, Richard; Fricsay, Ferenc; Smola, Emmerich; Steinkopf, Hanns
Ensemble: ; Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven: Leonore (Version 1806) / Soustrot, Coburn, et al

2 CD / MD&G / 1999-01-19

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore, opera (early version of Fidelio), Hess 109
Performers: Baker, Mark; Brunnert, Christian; Coburn, Pamela; LaFont, Jean-Philippe
Conductors: Soustrot, Marc
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus

Beethoven had begun composing his only opera in 1804, and it was performed for the first time in the early summer of 1814 in the...continue...

Verdi: Arias / Franz Hawlata, Helmuth Froschauer, et al

1 CD / Capriccio / 1999-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Simon Boccanegra; Ernani; Jérusalem; Ave Maria; Macbeth; Aida, opera; Attila; I vespri siciliani
Performers: Hawlata, Franz
Conductors: Froschauer, Helmuth
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Orchestra

Loewe: Die Auferweckung des Lazarus / Froschauer, et al

1 CD / Capriccio / 1997-01-01

Works: Carl Loewe: Die Auferweckung des Lazarus, oratorio, Op. 132; Salvum fac regem, for a cappella choir; Der Herr ist mein Hirte (Psalm 23), for a cappella choir, Op. 100; Schaffe in mir Gott (Psalm 51),...
Performers: Gerihsen, Franz; Heidbuchel, Hein; Immer, Kay; Kirchner, Eva; Marquardt, Markus; Otten, Josef; Schneider, Bernard
Conductors: Froschauer, Helmuth
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus

Weill: The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken / Latham-König

1 CD / Capriccio / 1989-01-01

Works: Kurt Weill: Der Zar lässt sich photographieren (The Czar Has His Photograph Taken), opera, Op. 21
Performers: Brell, Mario; Franzen, Hans; Helling, Hilke; Kruse, Heinz; Lehrberger, Thomas; McDaniel, Barry; Napier, Marita; Pohl, Carla; Tocha, Ulla
Conductors: Latham-Koenig, Jan
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus