Doufexis, Stella

Christine Schafer Sings Melodies - Chausson, Debussy / Christine Schafer, Irwin Gage, piano

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2012-09-04

Works: Ernest Chausson: Dans la forêt du charme et de l'enchantement, for voice & piano, Op. 36/2; Mélodies (4), for voice & piano, Op. 13; Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19; Mélod...
Performers: Doufexis, Stella; Gage, Irwin; Schafer, Christine

Recording information: Teldec-Studio, Berlin, Germany (06/1999)....continue...

Hamlet Echoes: Songs by Loeffler, Liszt, Brahms, et al. / Stella Doufexis, mezzo soprano

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2011-11-08

Works: Charles Martin Loeffler: La chanson des Ingénues (The Song of the Ingenues), for voice, viola & piano; Harmonie du soir (Evening Harmony), for voice, viola & piano; Quatre poèmes, for vioce...
Performers: Doufexis, Stella; Heide, Daniel [Piano]; Sachse, Pauline [Viola]

These recordings, all based on Shakespeare's Hamlet, feature unusual scoring with mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano. German-Greek singer Stella Doufexis studied at the Hochschule der Künste...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandradio Kultur Produktionsstätte Gärtnerstraáe (04/2011)....continue...

Wiegenlieder, Vol. 2

1 CD / Carus / 2011-05-31

Works: Friedrich Silcher: Gut Nacht; Johann Sebastian Bach: Nun ruhen alle Wälder, chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 392 (BC F166); Peter Cornelius: Wiegenlied, Op 1/3; German Traditional: Der Wäc...
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Beeftink, Eildert [Piano]; Begemann, Hans Christoph; Bozec, Anne Le; Danz, Ingeborg; Doufexis, Stella; Eberspacher, Sabine; Erdmann, Mojca; Foll, Elisabeth; Freimuth, Michael; Gees, M...

Volkslieder, Vol. 1

1 CD / Carus / 2011-05-31

Works: Friedrich Silcher: Wenn alle Brunnlein Flieáen; Frisch gesungen ("Hab oft im Kreis der Lieben"), for chorus; German Traditional: Horch, was kommt von drauáen rein; Nun will der lenz uns...
Performers: Bär, Olaf; Banse, Juliane; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bozec, Anne Le; Busch, Christine; Deutsch, Helmut; Doufexis, Stella; Elsner, Christian [Vocals]; Elsner, Leonhard; Elsner, Paulin...
Conductors: ; Bernius, Frieder
Ensemble: ; Les Escapades (Ensemble)

In 2008 the concert and opera singer Cornelius Hauptmann initiated the charitable "The Lieder project" to further singing with children. The following year the "Wiegenlieder"...continue...

Gala Concerts / Abbado, Welser-Most [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-10-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; Rigoletto; La traviata; Falstaff; Aida, opera; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527; Richard Strauss: ...
Performers: Aliberti, Lucia; Baltsa, Agnes; Barcellona, Daniela; Domingo, Placido; Doufexis, Stella; Emmerlich, Gunter; Futral, Elizabeth; Gallo, Lucio; Gruberova, Edita; Grundheber, Franz; Hadley, Jerry; Hampso...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Mehta, Zubin; Welser-Möst, Franz; Ozawa, Seiji; Gatti, Daniele; Thielemann, Christian; Caetani, Oleg; Seiffarth, Roland
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Radio Chorus; Prague Symphony Orchestra; Veinna State Opera Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

The greatest names in opera take to the stage for these galas from three musical centers that have come to stand as symbols of rebirth...continue...
Run Time: 385 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

A Book of Chorale-Settings for Johann Sebastian, Vol. 6: Morning; Thanks & Praise; Christian Life

1 CD / Hänssler Classic Import / 2010-03-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Aus meines Herzens Grunde, chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 269 (BC F21); Gott, der du selber bist das Licht, BWV 316; Die goldne Sonne, voll Freud und Wonne, sacred song for...
Performers: Doufexis, Stella; Gnann, Gerhard; Gross, Michael; Locher, Albert Michael; Pregardien, Christoph; Rubens, Sibylla; Schmidt, Andreas [Baritone Vocals]; Taylor, James [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth

A Book of Chorale-Settings for Johann Sebastian, Vol. 7: Patience & Serenity; Jesus Hymns

1 CD / Hänssler Classic Import / 2010-03-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Work(s); Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille (I), chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 315 (BC F70); Nicht so traurig, nicht so sehr, sacred song for voice & continuo (Schemelli Ges...
Performers: Doufexis, Stella; Gnann, Gerhard; Gross, Michael; Locher, Albert Michael; Pregardien, Christoph; Schmidt, Andreas [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth

Offenbach: Les Contes D'hoffmann / Laho, Petibon, Wesseling [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2009-10-27

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann
Performers: Beaulieu, Delphine; Braun, Romaric; Cachemaille, Gilles; Cavallier, Nicolas; Deletre, Bernard; Denize, Nadine; Doufexis, Stella; Harnisch, Rachel; Huchet, Eric; Laho, Marc; Petibon, Patricia; Riccard...
Conductors: Davin, Patrick
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

Offenbach's masterpiece, based on three stories by the German author E.T.A. Hoffmann, is both a three-act opera and a trilogy of taut, individual dramas, all...continue...
Run Time: 171 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: French, English, German,...continue...

The Songs of Robert Schumann Vol 11 / Müller-Brachmann, Johnson, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-01-13

Works: Robert Schumann: Songs (6) (Neun) for voice & piano, Op. 89; Resignation ("Lieben, von ganzer Seele lieben"), song for voice & piano, Op. 83/1; Der Einseidler ("Komm, Trost der Welt, du stille Nacht!...
Performers: Broderick, Katherine; Doufexis, Stella; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Loges, Stephan; McGreevy, Geraldine; Muller-Brachmann, Hanno; Thompson, Adrian [Tenor Vocal]

Graham Johnson’s monumental and triumphant complete Schumann songs edition comes to an end with an eleventh disc of rarities and delights. With this last issue...continue...

Stravinsky: Canticum sacrum, Agon, Requiem Canticles / Gielen, Doufexis, Elsner, Rosen, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2008-09-18

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Canticum Sacrum ad honorem Sancti Marci nominis, cantata for 2 soloists, chorus & orchestra; Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra; Requiem Canticles, for 2 vocal soloists, chorus ...
Performers: Bossert, Frank; Doufexis, Stella; Drope, Kirsten; Elsner, Christian [Vocals]; Nikiforov, Mikhael; Rosen, Rudolf
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Vocal Ensemble, Stuttgart

A new CD from Michael Gielen features three late masterworks by Igor Stravinsky. There is very little competition in the catalogue for recordings of Canticum...continue...

Rossini: Soirées musicales, Songs & Duets / Persson, Doufexis, Ford, Vignoles

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-06-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Les soirées musicales; Péchés de vieillesse, Volume 3 "Morceaux réservés"; Péchés de vieillesse, Volume 13 "Musique anodine"; Péch&e...
Performers: Doufexis, Stella; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Persson, Miah; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

"If Rossini's songs are the cake and the performers the icing, the recording itself is the unexpected cherry on top. The acoustic of Potton Hall...continue...

Sketches of Greece

1 CD / Coviello / 2007-02-04

Works: Franz Schubert: Die Götter Griechenlands ("Schöne Welt, wo bist du"), song for voice & piano (two versions), D. 677; Atys, D 585; Memnon, D 541/Op. 6 no 1; Iphigenia ( "Blühet denn hie...
Performers: Bauni, Axel; Doufexis, Stella

For centuries the Greek antiquity has held a strong fascination: As a romanticized ideal, it has inspired artists of many different origins to poems and...continue...

Respighi: Il tramonto, String quartets / Doufexis, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2007-02-01

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Il tramonto; Quartet for Strings in D minor; Quartet for Strings in D major
Performers: Doufexis, Stella
Conductors:
Ensemble: New Hellenic Quartet

"Mezzo-soprano Stella Doufexis sings beautifully in Il Tramonto, which opens the disc. Her basic sound is fresh and pure, even in her highest register, and...continue...

Bach: Mass in B minor / Rilling, Bach Collegium, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Hanssler Classic / 2006-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Doufexis, Stella; Gerhaher, Christian; Odinius, Lothar; Petersen, Marlis; Selig, Franz-Josef
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart

The long-awaited new recording from internationally renowned conductor and Bach expert Helmuth Rilling features his Gachinger Kantorei Stuttgart and the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart along with an...continue...

Hyperion Schubert Edition - Songs by Schubert's Friends

3 CD / Hyperion / 2006-04-11

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Der Greis, part song for 4 voices & keyboard, H. 25c/5; Johann Friedrich Reichardt: Sehnsucht, for 2 voices & piano; Rastlose Liebe, for voice & piano (1st setting) (Lyrische Gedi...
Performers: Comberti, Sebastian; Doufexis, Stella; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gritton, Susan; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Murray, Ann; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Thorsen, Marianne

These three generously filled discs were included as a 'bonus' in Hyperion's landmark forty-disc boxed set 'The Complete Songs by Franz Schubert,' released in November...continue...

Hyperion French Song Edition - Fauré: Complete Songs Vol 2

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-05-10

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Mai, Op. 1 no 2; Puisqu'ici-Bas, for 2 voices & piano, Op. 10/1; Dans les ruines d'une abbaye, song for voice & piano in A major, Op. 2/1; Lydia, Op. 4 no 2; L'absent, Op. 5 no 3;...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Doufexis, Stella; Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Maltman, Christopher; McGreevy, Geraldine; Smith, Jennifer [Vocals]; Varcoe, Ste...

"The discreet but authoritative Graham Johnson has masterminded a pleasing sequence of more than two dozen songs shared eight singers." - The Independent...continue...

Hyperion French Song Edition - Fauré: Complete Songs Vol 1

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-02-08

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Les Matelots, song for voice & piano in E flat major, Op. 2/2; Seule!, song for voice & piano in E minor, Op. 3/1; Chanson du pêcheur ("Ma belle amie est morte"), song for vo...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Doufexis, Stella; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Maltman, Christopher; McGreevy, Geraldine; Smith, Jennifer [Vocals]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]

"Showing a greater variety than some other releases in the related Hyperion series, the music on the volume is divided among seven singers, all of...continue...

Boris Blacher: Lieder

1 CD / Orfeo / 2003-01-02

Works: Boris Blacher: Lieder (4) nach Texten von Friedrich Wolf, for voice & piano, Op. 25; Psalmen (3), for baritone & piano; Sonata for solo violin, Op. 40; Aprèslude, 4 lieder for voice & piano, Op....
Performers: Bauni, Axel; Blacher, Kolja; Christopher Lincoln; Doufexis, Stella; Windmuller, Yaron

The Songs of Robert Schumann Vol 6 / McGreevy, Doufexis, etc

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-03-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Spanisches Liederspiel, 10 songs for voice(s) & piano, Op. 74; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 40; Spanische Liebeslieder (10 Spanish Love Songs), for voice(s) & piano, Op. 138; Cla...
Performers: Doufexis, Stella; Hough, Stephen; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Loges, Stephan; McGreevy, Geraldine; Thompson, Adrian [Tenor Vocal]

"Graham Johnson's typically teeming commentaries to this latest Hyperion volume, 'Schumann and the Spanish style', he relates a moving anecdote about the composer's perusal of...continue...

Verdi: Falstaff / Abbado, Terfel, Pieczonka, Berlin PO, etc

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2001-08-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Diadkova, Larissa; Doufexis, Stella; Facini, Enrico; Hampson, Thomas; Kotcherga, Anatoly; Pieczonka, Adrianne; Roschmann, Dorothea; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"In a short time, Bryn Terfel has become the Falstaff of choice, so a recording was inevitable. And the Welsh bass-baritone is a force to...continue...

Paul Dessau - Lieder / Sturludottir, Doufexis, Bauni, et al

1 CD / Orfeo / 2000-06-21

Works: Paul Dessau: Gesänge (2); Helle Nacht, for voice & piano; Verkündigung, for voice & piano; Nachglanz; Die Räuberballade vom roten Coquillard; Ballade du Franc Buveur; Ballade vom guten...
Performers: Bauni, Axel; Doufexis, Stella; Henschel, Dietrich

The Songs of Robert Schumann Vol 4 - Widmer, Doufexis, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2000-06-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Lieder und Gesänge II (5), songs for voice & piano, Op. 51; Romanzen und Balladen I, 3 songs for voice & piano, Op. 45; Sommerlied ("Seinen Traum, lind wob"), for chorus, Op. 14...
Performers: Doufexis, Stella; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: London Schubert Chorale

Now that the Hyperion Schubert Edition is coming to an end, the Schumann Edition is getting into its stride. Volume four introduces two outstanding young...continue...

Verdi, Vol.II

1 CD / Orfeo / 1996-04-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Otello
Performers: Doufexis, Stella; Varady, Julia [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich

Webern: Lieder / Hesse, Barainsky, Geçer, Bauni, Israel

1 CD / Orfeo / 1995-11-15

Works: Anton Webern: Vorfrühling, song for voice & piano (3 Poems, no 1); Early Songs (8) for voice & piano; Songs (3) from "Viae inviae" for voice & piano, Op. 23; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 12;...
Performers: Barainsky, Claudia; Bauni, Axel; Doufexis, Stella