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2010-04-13
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Der Troubadour; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson und Dalila; Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung; Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers:
Grefe, Gustav; Hongen, Elisabeth; Kupper, Annelies; Ludwig, Walther; Plumacher, Hetty; Vocals], Christel Goltz [Soprano
Conductors:
Leitner, Ferdinand; Solti, Sir Georg
Born in 1906 in Germany, Elisabeth Hongen completed her musical studies at the Academy of Music in Berlin. Championed by Karl Bohm, she sang at...continue...
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PSR 93465
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2010-03-09
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Abendempfindung, K 523; Dans un bois solitaire, K 308 (295b); Oiseaux, si tous les ans, K 307 (284d); Franz Schubert: Der Jüngling und der Tod, D 545; Heimliches Lieben ...
Performers:
Rosbaud, Hans; Stich-Randall, Teresa
This is an historic recording of Teresa Stich-Randall at the Festival d'Aix en Provence, July 31, 1956....continue...
Recording information: Festival d'Aix en Provence; Cathédrale Saint Sauveur, A (07/31/1956)....continue...
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PSR 93458
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2010-03-09
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Aida, opera; Otello; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers:
Cesarini, Athos; Mazziotti, Nino; Prati, Antonio [Vocals]; Puglese, Franco [Vocals]; Roman, Stella; Russo, Mino; Sacchi, Franca; Sarri, Gino; Sawyer, Sylvia; Serra, Antonio Manca; Stocco, Virgiglio [...
Conductors:
Ricci, Luigi; Paoletti, Alberto
Born in 1923, Antonio Manca Serra, he made his debut in 1947 in Orvieto. His first international success came in 1953 in London. He died...continue...
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PSR 89732
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2010-03-09
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Figaros Hochzeit; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Albert Lortzing: Undine; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jacques Offenbac...
Performers:
Blankenheim, Toni; Kuen, Paul; Ludwig, Walther; Schlemm, Anny
Conductors:
Schuchter, Wilhelm; Leitner, Ferdinand; Reinshagen, Victor; Hollreiser, Heinrich; Lehmann, Fritz
Perhaps the most versatile singer of the 20th century, Anny Schlemm made her debut at age 17. As a singer of outstanding merit, she was...continue...
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PSR 93461
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2010-03-09
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Rigoletto; Il trovatore; La forza del destino; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers:
Campora, Giuseppe; Cappeli, Mario [Vocals]; Corridori, Anita; Fazzini, Guglielmo; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Vocals], Anselmo Colzani [Baritone; Wilson, Dolores
Conductors:
Capuana, Franco; Tonini, Antonio; Parodi, Armando La Rosa
Born in 1918, Anselmo Colzani could not begin vocal instruction until after World War II. Originally a typewriter repairman, he was plagued by doubt about...continue...
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PSR 89731
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2010-02-09
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Der barbier von Sevilla; Heinrich August Marschner: Hans Heiling; Albert Lortzi...
Performers:
Fröhlich, Otto [Trumpet]; Hildebrand, Helga; Kohn, Karl; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Rothenberger, Anneliese
Conductors:
Gruber, Arthur; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Mälzer, Martin; Ackermann, Otto
The recordings made a good half-century ago by Herrmann Prey represent a rare stroke of luck. They provide a representative cross-section of the repertoire for...continue...
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PSR 93466
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2010-02-09
Works: Carl Michael Ziehrer: Es gibt kein zweites Wien!, marsch, Op. 475; Singen, Lachen, Tanzen, waltz for orchestra, Op. 486; Leben heiát genieáen!, polka schnell, Op. 325; Die verliebte Esk...
Performers:
Frank, Gunther; Holm, Renate; Seiffert, Peter
Conductors:
Mogg, Herbert
This disc continues the series on Preiser of C.M. Ziehrer's music. Ziehrer was the last significant representative of Viennese dance music of the classical age...continue...
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PSR 91160
1 CD / Preiser /
2010-02-09
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Der Troubadour; La Traviata; Die macht des Schicksals; Don Carlos; Othello; Georges Bizet: Die Perlenfischer; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikaneri...
Performers:
Koth, Erika; Muszely, Melitta; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors:
Schuchter, Wilhelm; Matacic, Lovro von
Born in 1915, Josef Metternich achieved success in 1945 when he performed at the Berlin Stadtische Opera and the Berlin Staatsoper. He achieved international fame...continue...
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PSR 93467
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2010-02-09
Works: Paolo Tosti: Vorrei morir for voice & piano/orchestra; Ave Maria; Stefano Donaudy: Madonna renzuola; O del mio amato ben; Quand' il tuo diavol nacque; Arturo Buzzi-Peccia: Mal d'amore; Ernesto Taglia...
Performers:
Albanese, Licia; Marzollo, Dick; Trucco, Victor
Conductors:
Savina, Carlo; Stokowski, Leopold
There was nothing greatly distinctive about Licia Albanese's career, but it took her in a straightforward manner to her highest goals. Her first Met role...continue...
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PSR 89729
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2010-02-09
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Macbeth; La forza del destino; Otello; Falstaff; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chenier; Giacomo Puccini: ...
Performers:
Malaspina, Giampiero; Pavesio, Piero [Piano]
Conductors:
Basile, Arturo; Quadri, Argeo; Goehr, Walter; Mudie, Michael; Olivieri, Dino
Giampiero Malaspina's (b.1916) voice had a dark timbre that enabled him to sing Wagnerian roles successfully. He trained in Rome and made his debut in...continue...
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PSR 89730
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2010-01-12
Works: Carl Michael Ziehrer: Couragiert!, march for orchestra, Op. 401; Die Nordpolfahrer (The North Pole Explorers), waltz for orchestra, Op. 222; Bewegtes Leben (Active Life), polka for orchestra, Op. 71;...
Conductors:
Schadenbauer, Hans
Born in 1843, C.M. Ziehrer was the last significant representative of Viennese dance music of the classical age. The C.M. Ziehrer Orchestra was formed to...continue...
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PSR 91159
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2010-01-12
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Hamlet; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godounov; Gustave Charpenti...
Performers:
Coppola, Piero; Cozette, Michael; Riquier, Odette; Vanni-Marcoux
Conductors:
Coppola, Piero
Born in Turin to a French father and Italian mother, Marcoux's training was in law, although he took voice lessons on the side. He sang...continue...
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PSR 89728
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2010-01-12
Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gaetano Donizetti: La favorita; Linda di Chamounix; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Don Carlo; Aida, opera
Performers:
Bianchini, Giovanni; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Gaudioso, Gerardo; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Padis, Leo [Vocals]; Poggi, Gianni; Sacchetti, Antonio; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors:
Serafin, Tullio; Rapolo, Ugo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Santini, Gabriele
This historic recording of Tosca was made in 1957 and originally released on Philips. There is a synopsis but no libretto or notes included....continue...
Recording information: Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (1957)....continue...
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PSR 20055
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2010-01-12
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ein Maskenball; Aida, opera; Othello; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Parsifal; Hans Pfitzner: Palestrina
Performers:
Ahlersmeyer, Mathieu; Alsen, Herbert; Ilitsch, Daniza; Kamann, Karl; Konetzni, Anny; Konetzni, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Lorenz, Max; Manowarda, Josef von; Nikolaidi, Elena; Vocals], Paul Schoffler [Ba...
Conductors:
Böhm, Karl; Ludwig, Leopold; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Krips, Josef; Kleiber, Erich; Reichwein, Leopold; Kempe, Rudolf
This collection of scenes from works by Verdi, Wagner and Pfitzner presents the singing actor Max Lorenz in live recordings from the years 1937 to...continue...
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PSR 91167
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2010-01-12
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni; Die Entfü...
Performers:
Gedda, Nicolai; Stich-Randall, Teresa
Conductors:
Jouve, Andre; Rosbaud, Hans
The collection of recordings by Teresa Stich-Randall (1927-2007) contains arias from various Mozart operas. Although Teresa Stich-Randall was an American, she spent most of her...continue...
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PSR 93469
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2010-01-12
Works: Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra); Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers:
Schey, Hermann; Schlusnus, Heinrich; Vocals], Christel Goltz [Soprano
Conductors:
Zillig, Winfried; Otterloo, Willem Van; Leitner, Ferdinand; Hollreiser, Heinrich
Some of the greatest interpreters of these magnificent works are offered here. The original recordings were made in the early 1950s....continue...
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PSR 93456
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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...
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PSR 89727
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2009-12-08
Works: Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Tu ca nun chiagne; Evemero Nardella: Ammore e' femmena; Paolo Tosti: La serenata; Vorrei (Could I); Mattinata for voice & piano/orchestra; Venetian Song, duet fo...
Performers:
Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Ancona, Mario; Anselmi, Giuseppe; Bori, Lucrezia; Caruso, Enrico; Constantino, Florencio; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Giannini, Dusolina; Gigli, Beniamino...
A compilation of the most famous singers of their day performing the popular Neapolitan canzone. These canzone were often performed as encores at recitals given...continue...
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PSR 90767
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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...
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PSR 93457
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2009-11-10
Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Paolo Tosti: Il pescatore pensa, for voice & piano/orchestra; Canzoni-stornelli (3); Pour un baiser; L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra; Romanze (3); T'amo ancora; Mauro C...
Performers:
Albanese, Licia; Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Cazette, Louis; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Giacomo, Salvatore di; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Lucia, Fernando de; Muratore, Lucien [Vocals]; Pertile, A...
Rooted in popular culture, the Neapolitan canzoni's lyrics and music are inspired by everyday themes. They are plain and simple miniatures that attain a higher...continue...
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PSR 90766
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2009-10-13
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; 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
Performers:
Berry, Walter; Jurinac, Sena; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Neikrug, George; Sciutti, Graziella [Soprano Vocals]; Simoneau, Leopold [Tenor Vocals]; Wachter, Eberhard; Weber, Ludwig [Bass Vocal]; Z...
Conductors:
Moralt, Rudolf; Walter, Bruno
Ensemble:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra
This historic recording of Don Giovanni was originally issued on Philips in 1955. Included as bonus tracks is George London singing Mozart arias. No libretto...continue...
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PSR 90762
2 CD / Preiser /
2009-10-13
Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 82 in C major, H 1 no 82 "The Bear"; Symphony no 83 in G minor, H 1 no 83 "The Hen"; Symphony no 84 in E flat major, H 1 no 84; Symphony no 85 in B major, H 1 no 85 "L...
Conductors:
Järvi, Kristjan
Estonian-born conductor Kristjan Jarvi is chief conductor of both the Tonkunstler-Orchester Niederosterreich and New York's celebrated Absolute Ensemble, which he founded. He maintains regular relatio...continue...
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PSR 90765
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-10-13
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; August...
Performers:
Badini, Ernesto; Corena, Fernando; Donaggio, Luciano; Nessi, Giuseppe; Noni, Alda; Petrella, Clara; Poli, Afro; Rizzoli, Bruna; Saraceni, Adelaide; Signore, Gino del; Stabile, Mariano; Valletti, Cesa...
Conductors:
Sabajno, Carlo; Nastrucci, Gino; Ghione, Franco; Erede, Alberto; Basile, Arturo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Olivieri, Dino
The baritone Afro Polis was born in Pisa in 1902. His voice had neither an unusually big sound nor a particularly beautiful timbre. Nevertheless, he...continue...
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PSR 89726
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...
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PSR 93455
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2009-09-08
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers:
Campora, Giuseppe; Caselli, Dario; Cavallari, Rina; Ferretti, Edo; Neri, Giulio; Noli, Rosetta; Olini, Giulia; Poggi, Gianni; Serpo, Ottavio; Sperti, Cesare Masini; Tagliabue, Carlo
Conductors:
Berrettoni, Umberto; Erede, Alberto; Capuana, Franco
Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra De La Suisse Romande; Rome Opera House Orchestra
This recording, part of the Paperback Opera series on Preiser, presents the seventh recording ever made of 'La Traviata'. It was recorded in 1952 and...continue...
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PSR 20054
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-09-08
Works: Jules Massenet: Il re di Lahore; Filippo Marchetti: Ruy Blas; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Ernani; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Amilcare Ponc...
Performers:
Battistini, Mattia
Mattia Battistini's name is constantly evoked when conversation turns to the classic example of Italian belcanto. Battistini marks the end of a vocal epoch that...continue...
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PSR 89725
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-08-11
This CD was produced as the soundtrack to the intermission film of the 2007 New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and is a...continue...
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PSR 483
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-08-11
Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giovanni Pacini: Saffo; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Otello; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; R...
Performers:
Burzio, Eugenia
Born in 1882, Ester Mazzoleni sang Leonora in Il trovatore in 1906 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome when she replaced a soprano who had...continue...
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PSR 89723
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-08-11
Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; I vespri siciliani; Aida, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Giocond...
Performers:
Amato, Pasquale; Bruno, Elisa; Mazzoleni, Ester; Petri, Elisa; Viñas, Francisco; Zenatello, Giovanni
Born in 1882, Ester Mazzoleni sang Leonora in Il trovatore in 1906 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome when she replaced a soprano who had...continue...
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PSR 89724
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-07-14
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; ...
Performers:
Bosetti, Hermina; Feinhals, Fritz; Morena, Berta
The career of this celebrated helden baritone began in Cologne where he was born. He was a noted Wagnerian singer, performing at Covent Garden and...continue...
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PSR 89721
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-07-14
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Simon Boccanegra; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West; Umberto Giordano: Fedora
Performers:
Campora, Giuseppe; Inghilleri, Giovanni; Noli, Rosetta; Olini, Giulia; Tagliabue, Carlo
Conductors:
Berrettoni, Umberto; Erede, Alberto; Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble:
Orchestra De La Suisse Romande; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra
Giuseppe Campora had a remarkable career at top opera houses but was labeled as a second-rate tenor because of his lack of recordings. These recording...continue...
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PSR 89718
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2009-07-14
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Vincenzo Bellin...
Performers:
Kurz, Selma
Born in 1874 in Bielitz-Biala, Selma Kurz started work as a seamstress to support her family. Her vocal gifts were recognized and she studied in...continue...
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PSR 89717
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2009-07-14
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; La traviata; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; ...
Performers:
Georgevic, Dusan; Gostic, Josef
Conductors:
Sachs, Milan; Krauss, Clemens; Erede, Alberto
Ensemble:
Croatian Opera Orchestra; Orchestra De La Suisse Romande; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
The leading tenor at the Zagreb Opera from 1937 throughout his career, Josef Gostic became one of the leading dramatic tenors in 1950 with the...continue...
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PSR 89722
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-06-09
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jules...
Performers:
Cristoforeanu, Florica; Malipiero, Giovanni
Conductors:
Tansini, Ugo; Albergoni, Angelo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Ghione, Franco
Ensemble:
; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Giovanni Malipiero's recordings overwhelm the listener with their high quality. The tenor from Padua effortlessly puts today's stars in the shade. He had an excellent...continue...
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PSR 89719
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-06-09
Works: Carl Michael Ziehrer: Der Liebeswalzer
Performers:
Dickie, John; Dussmann, Silvana; Kraemmer, Hans; Reimer, Eva-Christine
Conductors:
Mogg, Herbert
Ensemble:
Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Continuing the series of the complete works of Carl Michael Ziehrer, volume 10 offers excerpts from the operetta Liebeswalzer. There is a synopsis included but...continue...
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PSR 91157
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-06-09
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 4 in D major, K. 218; Adagio for Piano in B minor, K 540
Performers:
Barylli, Walter; Doktor, Paul
Conductors:
Krauss, Clemens; Prohaska, Felix
Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Walter Barylli became concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic at age 18. His recording of the concerto was made in 1944 when he was 23. The...continue...
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PSR 90760
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2009-06-09
Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Turandot
Performers:
Carteri, Rosanna; Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors:
Tonini, Antonio; Basile, Arturo; Santini, Gabriele
These two famous singers were frequent stage partners. In Italy during the 1950s the two were often hired to sing together at La Scala in...continue...
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PSR 93454
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-05-12
Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Anna Bolena; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers:
Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Vocals], Virginia Zeani [Soprano
Conductors:
Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble:
; Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Born in Romania, Virginia Zeani studied in Bucharest and Italy. She made her debut in 1948 at Bologna's Teatro Duse singing the role that was...continue...
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PSR 89720
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-05-12
Works: Carl Michael Ziehrer: Fürst Casimir; Durch die Lüfte, Polka schnell, Op. 45; Minnespiele, Polka française, Op. 74; Carnevalsgeister, Walzer, Op. 187; Blaue Augen, Polka - Mazurka, Op...
Performers:
Berten, Nina; Schneider, Jörg
Conductors:
Schadenbauer, Hans
Ensemble:
C.M. Ziehrer Orchestra
This is the ninth volume in Preiser's series of the music of Carl Michael Ziehrer - the last significant representative of the classical age of...continue...
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PSR 91155
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-04-14
The ensemble Accordone was formed in 1984. Fascinated by the pre-Bach musical repertoire, they dedicated themselves to early music. Since 1991 their concerts are both...continue...
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PSR 256
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-04-14
Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; The Flying Dutchman; Spoken Word: Rudolf Bockelmann speaks
Performers:
Berglund, Ruth; Bockelmann, Rudolf; Fuchs, Eugen; Laholm, Eyvind; Lemnitz, Tiana; Manowarda, Josef von
Conductors:
Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Schuchter, Wilhelm
Rudolf Bockelmann, the superb heroic baritone was active at a time when there was a veritable plethora of good baritones - each of whom enjoyed...continue...
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PSR 89716
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-04-14
Works: Franz Lehár: Polonaise Royale, for piano, NV 194; Valse américaine, for piano, NV 259; Mazurka for piano in A major, NV 157; Printemps d'amour, waltz for piano, NV 198; Danse exotique, for ...
Performers:
Macourek, Karl
These are world premiere recordings of the piano music of Franz Lehar, better known for his operettas. They have not been performed since Lehar's death...continue...
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PSR 90757
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-03-10
Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; The Flying Dutchman; Die Walküre; Alexand...
Performers:
Bukovec, Vilma; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Samland, Bruno
Conductors:
Hubad, Samo; Basic, Mladen; Kassowitz, Gottfried; Müller-Kray, Hans; Striegler, Kurt
Anton Dermota, a Wagnerian singer? True. During the 1950s the singer expanded his range of roles and in the period after 1960 Dermota made a...continue...
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PSR 93453
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-03-10
Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Richard Strauss: Die ägyptische Helena, Op. 75; Songs (4) for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 33; Final Scene; Elektra; Allerseelen, Op. 10 no 8; Giacomo Puccini:...
Performers:
Pauly, Rose
Conductors:
Weissmann, Frieder; Busch, Fritz; Barbirolli, John; Rodzinski, Artur; Reiner, Fritz
Rose Pauly was born in Hungary in 1894 and received her vocal training in Vienna. By 1917 her opera career was launched. She signed a...continue...
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PSR 89714
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-02-10
Works: Alexander Nikolayevich Serov: Shrove Tuesday, for voice & chorus; Russian Traditional: Song of the Lumberjacks; The Bandore; Down Peterskaya Street; Down the Mother Volga, folksong; The Lonely Autumn...
Performers:
Christoff, Boris; Moore, Gerald [Piano]
Conductors:
Tzipine, George
Boris Christoff, a great but not uncontroversial singer, had 120 roles in his repertoire, the most famous of which were Boris Godunov, Mephistopheles and King...continue...
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PSR 89713
2 CD / Preiser /
2009-02-10
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Domenico Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Ambroise Thomas: Le caïd; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le pas d'armes du Roi Jean; Char...
Performers:
Corena, Fernando; Gatta, Dora; Lazzari, Agostino; Poli, Afro; Signore, Gino del
Conductors:
Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Walker, James
This latest offering in Preiser's Paperback Opera Series is taken from a 1952 recording by Urania Records. As a bonus, a recital by Fernando Corena...continue...
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PSR 20053
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-01-13
Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Sa&...
Performers:
Arangi-Lombardi, Giannina; Merli, Francesco; Molinari, Enrico; Pasero, Tancredi; Solari, Christy; Zambelli, Corrado; Zinetti, Giuseppina
Zinetti made her debut in 1913 at Teatro Massimo in Palermo and then toured South America with the opera company. She was engaged by Teatro...continue...
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PSR 89715
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2009-01-13
Works: Karlheinz Essl: Gold.Berg.Werk, for string trio & live electronics
Performers:
Essl, Karlheinz; Kraushofer, Martin; Landkammer, Eva; Neubauer, Franz Christoph
This is an interpretation of the Goldberg Variations, BWV988 for string trio and live electronics by Karlheinz Essl. Essl, born in Vienna, studied at the...continue...
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PSR 90753
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2008-12-09
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Don Pasquale; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Jules Massenet: Manon; Pietro Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, oper...
Performers:
Basi, Leonildo; Granforte, Apollo; Mannarini, Ida; Pauli, Piero; Poli, Afro; Saraceni, Adelaide; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors:
Nastrucci, Gino; Sabajno, Carlo; Ghione, Franco
Adelaide Saraceni was born in Argentina in 1895, the daughter of Italian immigrants. She first studied violin and after the family returned to Italy in...continue...
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PSR 89712
3 CD / Preiser /
2008-12-09
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Don Carlos
Performers:
Berglund, Joel; Björling, Gösta; Björling, Sigurd; Hasslo, Hugo; Jonnson, Busk Margit; Jonsson, Folke; Lovberg, Aase Nordmo; Meyer, Kerstin [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Ohlson, Arne; Raft, ...
Conductors:
Ehrling, Sixten
Ensemble:
Kungel Hovkapellet
The bonus CD in this set, which contains scenes from Don Carlo, was recorded in 1956 during a gala performance in honor of a state...continue...
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