Jungwirth, Manfred [Bass Vocals]

The Pavarotti Story

4 CD / Decca / 2008-04-22

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Otello; I lombar...
Performers: Bono; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Eno, Brian; Evans, David; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; John, Elton; Jungwirth, Manfred [Bass Vocals]; Kavrakos, Dimitri; Kerns, Ric...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Patanè, George; Rescigno, Nicola; Chailly, Riccardo; Pritchard, John; Maazel, Lorin; Levine, James; Kertész, Istv...

This commemorative set documents Pavarotti's life story in both words and music. Presented in superb, high quality packaging including a 70 page illustrated booklet of...continue...
Personnel: Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); Dr. David Evans , Elton John, Frank Sinatra (vocals); Joan Sutherland (soprano); Christa Ludwig, Elke Schary, Jane Shaulis (mezzo soprano); Plácido Domingo, ...continue...

Rosenkavalier (24BT)

3 CD / Decca Import / 2008-02-12

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers: Crespin, Regine; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Dickie, Murray; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Jungwirth, Manfred [Bass Vocals]; Lackner, Herbert; Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Pavarotti, Luciano;...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg

BBC Music Magazine
Still one of the truly great recordings. Solti's conducting is refreshing, more champagne than schmaltz, yet not unduly driven, and his singers are...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Krips, Jurinac, Kunz, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2005-10-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bardelli, Cesare; Braun, Hans; Jungwirth, Manfred [Bass Vocals]; Jurinac, Sena; Kunz, Erich; Lorenzi, Ermanno; Majkut, Erich; Oncina, Juan; Paskalis, Kostas; Proglhoff, Harald; Rossel-Majdan, Hilde
Conductors: Krips, Josef; Klobucar, Berislav
Ensemble: ; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Beethoven: Fidelio / Bernstein, Janowitz, Popp, Kollo, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-09-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Dallapozza, Adolf; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Janowitz, Gundula; Jungwirth, Manfred [Bass Vocals]; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Popp, Lucia; Sotin, Hans
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Part of "Originals" series....continue...

Wagner - The Opera Collection: Tannhäuser / Solti

3 CD / Decca / 2003-02-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Bailey, Norman; Braun, Victor; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor Vocals]; Jungwirth, Manfred [Bass Vocals]; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Ludwig, Chri...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Opera Chorus

It is a landmark recording as it presents the Paris version of the opera for the first time on record (rather than the more commonly...continue...

Rapture - Opera's Most Heavenly Moments

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-10-08

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Wolfgang Amadeus Moza...
Performers: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Alagna, Roberto; Ambrosian Singers Of London; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin R...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Ozawa, Seiji; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Böhm, Karl; Kulka, János; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Ferro, Gabriele; Levine, James; Giovaninetti, Reynald; Maazel...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Accademia di Santa Cecilia Chorus; Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Orchestra; Bayreuth Festival Choir; Bayreuth Festival Or...

Personnel: Reri Grist , Montserrat Caballé, Maria Chiara, Renée Fleming, Mirella Freni, Edita Gruberová, Gundula Janowitz, Edith Mathis, Lucia Popp, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (sop...continue...

Helge Rosvaenge - Zürich 1949

1 CD / Preiser / 2000-12-01

Works: Franz Lehár: Schön ist die Welt, operetta in 3 acts (revision of "Endlich Allein"); Du bist meine Sonne, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from "Giuditta"); Der Graf von Luxemburg; Freund...
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Jungwirth, Manfred [Bass Vocals]; Rosvaenge, Helge
Conductors: Reinshagen, Victor
Ensemble: Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra

R. Strauss: Capriccio / Stein, Tomowa-Sintow, Schmidt, et al

2 CD / Orfeo / 1999-07-02

Works: Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Büchner, Eberhard; Ballo, Pietro; Grundheber, Franz; Jungwirth, Manfred [Bass Vocals]; Minth, Lorenz; Ridder, Anton de; Scarabelli, Adelina; Schöne, Wolfgang; Schmidt, Trudeliese; Tomowa-Si...
Conductors: Stein, Horst
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra