![]() Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911 / Kurt Moll, bass; Cord Garben, piano1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-05-28 The sophistication and precise diction that characterized Moll's greatest roles reminded one that he was a singer who also paid equal attention to the lied....continue... ![]() Verdi: Arias / Piotr Beczala; Ewa Podles; Mariusz Kwiecien1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-05-28 Conductors: Borowicz, LukaszEnsemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Internationally renowned tenor Piotr Beczala celebrates the 200th anniversary of Verdi's birth with a collection of highlights that include the roles in which he has...continue... ![]() Wilhelm Furtwängler: Vienna Concerts 1944-1954 / Badura-Skoda, Seefried, Patzak, Fischer-Dieskau [18 CDs]18 CD / Orfeo / 2013-04-30 Conductors: Furtwangler, WilhelmEnsemble: Vienna Philharmonic After Berlin, Vienna was the music center to which Wilhelm Furtwängler had the closest artistic connections. Under his direction the Vienna Philharmonic made a whole...continue... ![]() Beethoven: Symphonie No. 9 / Brouwenstijn, Malaniuk, Windgassen, Weber. Furtwangler [1954]1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-03-26 Conductors: Furtwangler, WilhelmEnsemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Beethoven's Ninth Symphony would be his farewell to Bayreuth and was in fact one of his very last concerts anywhere, for it took place just...continue... ![]() Liszt: Les Préludes; Ravel: Piano Concerto for the left hand; Brahms: Symphony No. 1 / Vienna PO, Celibidache2 CD / Orfeo / 2013-03-26 Conductors: Celibidache, SergiuEnsemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra Sergiu Celibidache was one of the most exceptional, unconventional conductors of the 20th century. Over the ensuing years, up to the moment that he took...continue... ![]() Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major "Leningrad" / Andris Nelsons1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-02-26 Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 7 (as used in the film "Testimony")Conductors: Nelsons, Andris Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra A new chapter in this exciting performance history of the symphony has now been written by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under its music...continue... Recording information: Symphony Hall, Birmingham (11/10/2011-11/12/2011)....continue... ![]() Prokofiev, Britten: The Cello Symphonies / Daniel Muller-Schott, cello1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-02-26 Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 125; Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4Performers: Muller-Schott, Daniel Conductors: Saraste, Jukka-Pekka Ensemble: ; WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln Following up his recording of Britten's Cello Suites, Daniel Müller-Schott is now exploring other areas of the repertory opened up by the legendary Mstislav Rostropovich....continue... Recording information: Kölner Philharmonie (10/04/2011-10/07/2011)....continue... ![]() Mozart: Adagio und Fugue K.546; Piano Concerto K.456; Symphonies K.202 & K.318 / Konstantin Lifschitz, piano Salzburg Festival 1972/741 CD / Orfeo / 2013-01-29 Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio and Fugue for Strings in C minor, K 546; Concerto for Piano no 18 in B flat major, K 456; Symphony no 30 in D major, K 202 (186b); Symphony no 32 in G major, K 318Performers: Lifschitz, Konstantin Conductors: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich Ensemble: ; Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau conducted his last concert in Salzburg in 2006, in which he led the Mozarteum Orchestra. A concert devoted entirely to Mozart, pianist Konstantin...continue... Recording information: Mozarteum (08/06/2006)....continue... ![]() Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time / Carolin Widmann, Jorg Widmann, Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-01-29 Works: Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du tempsPerformers: Altstaedt, Nicolas; Lonquich, Alexander; Widmann, Carolin; Widmann, Jorg In 2008, the ensemble performed Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the end of time at the Salzburg Festival. Composed in 1940 in a German prisoner-of-war camp,...continue... Recording information: Osterreichischen Rundfunks Mozarteum (07/26/2008)....continue... ![]() Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 / Franz Welser-Most, Salzburg Festival, 19891 CD / Orfeo / 2013-01-29 Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz Ensemble: Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra Welser-Möst conducts the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in this 1989 recording of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony. The interpretation by these young performers was astonishing in its...continue... Recording information: Groáes Festspielhaus (08/18/1989)....continue... ![]() Salzburg Festival 1986 - Songs by Fauré, Strauss, Mahler, Copland, Ives, Pasatieri, Canteloube, Schonberg / Frederica von Stade, soprano, Martin Katz, piano1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-01-29 Works: Gabriel Fauré: Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39 no 4; Mélodies (5), Op. 58 "de Venise"; Au Cimetière, song for voice & piano in E minor, Op. 51/2; La rose, Op. 51 no 4; Richard Strauss: Rot...Performers: Katz, Martin; Von Stade, Frederica In 1986 Frederica von Stade offered a program that knew no boundaries - ranging from the florid poesy of settings by Fauré and Strauss to...continue... Recording information: Groáes Festspielhaus (08/18/1986)....continue... ![]() Salzburg Festival 1981 - Songs by Massenet, Fauré, Tosti, Mompou, Turina, de Falla / José Carreras, tenor; Edoardo Muller, piano1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-01-29 Works: Jules Massenet: Pensée d'automne; Elégie; Poème d'amour; Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Toujours, song for voice & piano (Poème d'un jour), Op. 21/2;...Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Muller, Eduardo [Conductor] Accompanied by Edoardo Müller, José Carreras' recital of 1981 takes us from the French song with piano by Massenet and Fauré to the canciones of...continue... Recording information: Groáes Festspielhaus, Salzburg (08/16/1981)....continue... ![]() Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin; Schumann: Fantasie, Op. 17; Mussorgsky: Bilder einer Ausstelkung / Alexis Weissenberg, piano. Salzburg Festival 19722 CD / Orfeo / 2013-01-29 Works: Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin; Robert Schumann: Fantasia in C major, Op. 17; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano in C sharp minor (doub...Performers: Weissenberg, Alexis [Piano] Weissenberg made his breakthrough in Salzburg during the Karajan era with his 1972 solo recital. His evening began with Tombeau de Couperin, played transparently and...continue... Recording information: Mozarteum, Salzburg (08/07/1972)....continue... ![]() Rossini: Semiramide, overture; Schumann: Piano Concerto; Mozart: Sinfonia concertante K.364 / Sviatoslav Richter, piano. Muti, Vienna PO1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-01-29 Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio for Piano in B minor, K 540Performers: Hetzel, Gerhart; Richter, Sviatoslav; Streng, Rudolf Conductors: Muti, Riccardo Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Over and above all its virtuoso challenges, Richter and Muti give an account of Schumann's Piano Concerto triumphant in its formal cohesion and sculpt it...continue... Recording information: Groáes Festspielhaus (07/27/1974); Kleines Festspielhaus (07/27/1974); Groáes Festspielhaus (08/17/1972); Kleines Festspielhaus (08/17/1972)....continue... ![]() Grieg: Piano Concerto; Norwegian Dances; Lyric Suite / Miroslav Kultyshev, piano1 CD / Orfeo / 2012-11-13 Works: Edvard Grieg: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Norwegian Dances (4) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 35; Lyrische Suite für Orchester, Op. 54Performers: Kultyshev, Miroslav Conductors: Jensen, Eivind Gullberg Ensemble: ; NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Young Russian piano virtuoso Miroslav Kultyshev follows up his earlier Orfeo recording of Liszt's Études d'exécution transcendante with Grieg's A minor Piano Concerto op. 16,...continue... Recording information: Hannover, Landesfunkhaus Niedersachsen, Groáer Saal (2009-11-03&2009-11-06&2010-)....continue... ![]() Strauss: Four Last Songs; Arias from Arabella, Capriccio & Der Rosenkavalier / Anne Schwanewilms, soprano1 CD / Orfeo / 2012-11-13 Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Arabella; Capriccio; RosenkavalierPerformers: Böhnert, Jutta; Richter, Regina; Schwanewilms, Anne Conductors: Stenz, Markus Ensemble: ; Gurzenich Orchestra Cologne In the tradition of greatest Strauss sopranos, Anne Schwanewilms offers her own interpretation of the composer's Four Last Songs complemented by three operatic roles, accompanied...continue... Recording information: Stolberger Strasse Studio, Cologne, Germany (02/02/2011-02/04/2012)....continue... ![]() Piano Duets - Music for 2 Pianos by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schubert, de Falla, Ravel Lutoslawski / Christina & Michelle Naughton1 CD / Orfeo / 2012-11-01 Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Allegro Brillant, for piano, 4 hands in A major, Op. 92; Johannes Brahms: Variations for 2 Pianos on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56b "St Anthony"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for 2 P...Performers: Naughton, Christina [Piano]; Naughton, Michelle [Piano] Since their début as a piano duo in 2008, twins Christina and Michelle Naughton have proved little short of sensational in concert halls worldwide. They...continue... Recording information: Sendesaal Bremen (2012-01-12_2012-01-13&2012-)....continue... ![]() Puccini: Suor Angelica / Kristine Opolais, Lioba Braun, Mojca Erdmann, Nadezhda Serdyuk. Andris Nelsons1 CD / Orfeo / 2012-10-30 Works: Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica; Preludio a orchestraPerformers: Opolais, Kristine Conductors: Nelsons, Andris Ensemble: ; WDR Radio Symphony Chorus; WDR Radio Symphony Orchestra Uncut, Suor Angelica lasts just about an hour, and one often hearts it in the concert hall today. With its unrestrained melancholy and mystical ambience,...continue... Recording information: Kölner Philharmonie....continue... ![]() Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Domingo, Rysanek, Stratas, di Bella, Varnay, Brendel. Nello Santi (live, 12/25/78)2 CD / Orfeo / 2012-10-30 Conductors: Santi, NelloEnsemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra ORFEO's live recording on CD documents opening night at the Munich National Theatre on Christmas Day 1978, with Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana" and Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci," which...continue... ![]() Stravinsky: Circus Polka; Honegger: Pacific 231; Rugby; Martin: Violin Concerto / Baiba Skride, violin1 CD / Orfeo / 2012-10-30 Works: Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for Violin in D major; Circus Polka; Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231, symphonic movement for orchestra (Mouvement symphonique no 1), H. 53; Rugby, tone poem for orchestra (Mouv...Performers: Skride, Baiba [Violin] Conductors: Fischer, Thierry Ensemble: ; BBC National Orchestra Wales It would be harder to find a more different approach to the template of the traditional three-movement concerto than that found in the piece by...continue... Recording information: BBC Hoddinott Hall (06/28/2011-06/30/2011)....continue... ![]() Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto, Hungarian Dances / Oramo, Lauma Skride, violin
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