Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]

The Very Best of Benjamin Britten [3 CDs]

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Cello Symphony, Op. 68; Elegy for Viola solo; Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"); Quartet for Strings...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Alley, John [Piano]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Blatchly, Mark; Booth, Claire; Bostridge, Ian; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Dean, Stafford; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Fullbrook, Charles; Gritton, Susan;...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Knussen, Oliver; Brown, Iona; Warren-Green, Christopher; Paavo, Järvi; Hickox, Richard; Willcocks, David; Brunelle, Philip; Haitink, Bernard; Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble; Endymion Ensemble

Since his death in 1976 many musicians have looked at Benjamin Britten's scores anew - not simply the repertory Britten never recorded, but the many...continue...

Liederreise - Songs by Brahms & Schubert / Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzo soprano; Robert Lehbaumer, piano

1 CD / Preiser / 2013-01-08

Works: Franz Schubert: Das Wandern, song for voice and piano (Die schöne Müllerin), D. 795/1 (Op. 25/1); Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Gretchen am Spinnrade, D...
Performers: Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Lehrbaumer, Robert

Angelika Kirchslager and Robert Lehrbaumer embark on a lieder journey across Austria and their navigation system is based on the most important coordinates of Austro-German...continue...
Recording information: Casino Baumgarten, Wien (10/2011)....continue...

Liszt: The Complete Songs, Vol. 2 / Angelika Kirchschlager, mz; Julius Drake, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-07-10

Works: Franz Liszt: Der du von dem Himmel bist, S 279 "Wandrers Nachtlied I"; Ihr Glocken von Marling, S 328; Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam, S 309; Vergiftet sind meine Lieder, S 289; Freudvoll und Leidvoll,...
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]

This second volume of Hyperion's newest lieder series features the great dramatic and musical gifts of mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager. Internationally renowned on the opera stage,...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (10/11/2011-10/13/2011)....continue...

Kinder Lieder, Vol. 1 / Zeuch, Stuttgart and Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben

1 CD / Carus / 2011-11-15

Works: German Traditional: Wer will die fleiáigen Handwerker sehn, childen's song; Hopp, hopp, hopp; Jimba, jimba; Hänschen klein; Ein Mann, der sich Kolumbus nannt, children's song; Spannenlang...
Performers: Akakpo, Komale; Allgaier, Catalina; Altmann, Dirk; Badila, Decebal; Bauer, Sabine; Binder, Johann; Bucher, Jan; Burgdorf, Mathis; Busch, Christine; Cumming, Ian; Dalg, Vincent; Danko, Alexander; Danz...
Conductors: ; Trondle, Jens; Marx, Elena; Dücker, Martin; Reh, Veronika Te; Gilde, Hans de
Ensemble: ; Hoppel Hoppel Rhythm Club

Following the highly successful '09 "Lullabies" and '10 "Folk Songs" Projects comes the "Children's Songs" Lieder project. This is a co-operative charitable project between the...continue...

Great Opera Duets / Various Artists

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orphee et Euredice; Jacques Offenbach: La Belle Hé...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Auger, Arleen; Beuron, Yann; Blake, Rockwell; Blythe, Stephanie; Bostridge, Ian; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daniels, David; Dessay, Natali...
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo; Pidò, Evelino; Nelson, John; Gardiner, John Eliot; Minkowski, Marc; Plasson, Michel; Pappano, Antonio; Harding, Daniel; Norrington, Roger; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Hickox, Richard; ;...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale

Great Opera Duets is a 2-CD collection which traces the operatic and oratorio duet from its origins to the modern era - a program spanning...continue...

Volkslieder, Vol. 3

1 CD / Carus / 2011-06-28

Works: August Harder: Geh' aus mein Herz, for voice & keyboard; Anonymous, Lochamer Liederbuch: All mein Gedanken, die ich hab; Anton Wilhelm Florentin von Zuccalmaglio: Verstohlen geht der Mond auf (The mo...
Performers: Armbruster, Frank; Bach, Franz; Beeftink, Eildert [Piano]; Bringolf, Anne; Busch, Christine; Genz, Christoph; Hartmann, Stephan; Holscher, Anne-Maria; Iven, Christiane; Jancevskyte, Irina; Kaleschke,...
Conductors: ; Etzold, Klaus-Jürgen; Bischoff, Carola; Utz, Markus
Ensemble: ; Deitsch; Wir Kinder vom Kleistpark

In 2008, concert and opera singer Cornelius Hauptmann in collaboration with Carus Verlag initiated the charitable "Lieder Project" aimed to further music education for children,...continue...

Opera 2011 / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Stabat Mater; Antonio Caldara: L'Olimpiade; Thomas Arne: Rosamond; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La boh&egrav...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Callas, Maria; Capitanucci, Fabio Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Damrau, Dian...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Labadie, Bernard; Pappano, Antonio; Kohn, Eugene; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rhorer, Jérémie; Inkinen, Pietari; Barenboim, Daniel; Muti, Riccardo; Gardner, ...
Ensemble: ; Il Seminario Musicale; L'Arpeggiata

Gustav Mahler: Lieder / Kirchschlager

1 CD / Galileo Music Communication / 2011-01-11

Works: Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Rückert Lieder (5); Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Aus der Jugendzeit (Lieder und Gesänge), songs (14) for voice & piano (or orchestra) in 3 volumes
Performers: Deutsch, Helmut; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]

ECHO Klassik and Grammy-winning Austrian mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager enjoys an international career as one of the most important vocal artists before the public today, dividing...continue...
Recording information: Franz Liszt-Zentrum, Raiding, Austria (09/16/2009-09/19/2009)....continue...

Wolf, Strauss: Songs / Kirchschlager

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2010-11-09

Works: Hugo Wolf: Auf einer Wanderung; Im Frühling; Mörike Lieder; Begegnung; Lieder von Mörike; Er ists; Alte Weisen (6); Singt mein Schatz wie ein Fink, song for voice & piano (Alte Weisen)...
Performers: Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

In this collection Kirchschlager and Vignoles collaborate to perform nine Strauss songs as well as Wolf's lieder to texts by Eduard Mörike and Gottfried Keller....continue...
Recording information: Wigmore Hall, London (02/25/2010)....continue...

Angelika Kirchschlager sings Joseph Marx

1 CD / CPO / 2010-10-26

Works: Joseph Marx: Italienisches Liederbuch, for voice & piano; Verklärtes Jahr, song cycle for mezzo-soprano or baritone & orchestra; Ein Junger Dichter denkt an die Geliebte; Selige Nacht; Schlafend...
Performers: Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Spiri, Anthony

Joseph Marx was a master of lyrical atmospheric music. He has often been compared to Hugo Wolf, who was twenty years his senior, because song...continue...
Recording information: ORF Radiokulturhaus Wien (05/2009)....continue...

Brahms: The Complete Songs Vol. 1

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-06-08

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 19; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (7) for voice & piano, Op. 48; Der Überläufer ("In den Garten wollen wir gehen"), song for v...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]

Graham Johnson's complete Schubert and Schumann songs series for Hyperion are landmarks in the history of recorded music. Now this indefatigable performer and scholar turns...continue...
Recording information: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (08/18/2008-08/20/2008)....continue...

Lullabies, Vol. 1

1 CD / Carus / 2010-05-11

Works: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz: Der Mond ist aufgegangen; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5), Op. 49; Sandmännchen ("Die Blümelein sie schlafen"), folk song for voice & piano, WoO 31/4; Karl Friedrich...
Performers: Deutsch, Helmut; Elsner, Christian [Vocals]; Elsner, Leonhard; Elsner, Paulina; Foll, Elisabeth; Gees, Michael; Haller, Benoit; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Huber, Gerold; Irmer, Stefan; Iven, ...

Many German lullabies are known all over the world. For this recording more than 50 of the most well-known singers with German as their mother...continue...

Brahms Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-02-02

Works: Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op. 80; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5; Pieces (6) for Piano, Op. 118; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Concerto f...
Performers: Deutsch, Helmut; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Oppitz, Gerhard; Serkin, Rudolf; Szeryng, Henryk
Conductors: Szell, George; Scholz, Alfred; Monteux, Pierre; Levine, James; Reiner, Fritz

Bach Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-03-24

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC A166); Minuet in D...
Performers: Biggs, E. Power; Carmignola, Giuliano; Galway, James [Flute]; Gould, Mark [Trumpet]; Haegele, Stefanie; Hahn, Hilary; Hammer, Stephen; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Serkin, Peter [P...
Conductors: ; Ormandy, Eugene; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Galway, James; Marcon, Andrea; Kapp, Richard
Ensemble: ; Canadian Brass; I Solisti di Zagreb; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Moscow Virtuosi; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philharmonia Virtuosi

Caro Amor/Various

2 CD / Sony Classical Import Import / 2009-03-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: Ariodante; Alcina; Arminio; Poro; Rinaldo; Admeto; Serse; Rodelinda; Il Pastor Fido; Salomon; Semele; Radamisto; Giulio Cesare; Armida Abbandonata; Riccardo Primo; Messiah; C...
Performers: Bayo, Maria; Boldoczki, Gabor; Bostridge, Ian; Ciomei, Sergio; Dasch, Annette; Gadzala, Artur; Kasarova, Vesselina; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsi...
Conductors: Curtis, Alan; Bicket, Harry; Goodwin, Paul; Stephenson, Mark; Goodman, Roy
Ensemble: ; Hanover Band; Il Complesso Barocco; London Musici Chamber Choir

My Heart Alone - Operetta Arias & Duets / Kirchschlager, Keenlyside, Eschwé, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2008-10-28

Works: Emmerich Kálmán: Die Csárdásfürstin; Das Veilchen von Montmartre; Die Zirkusprinzessin; Franz Lehár: Giuditta; The Merry Widow; Zigeunerliebe; The Land of Smiles; Ca...
Performers: Keenlyside, Simon; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Eschwe, Alfred

Angelika Kirchschlager, one of the world's most sought-after mezzo-sopranos, reunites with baritone Simon Keenlyside, a 2007 Gramophone Award winner, to prove that operetta is still...continue...

Schubert - Complete Secular Choral Works / Ortner, Lippert, Schiff, Moser, Staier, et al

7 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Franz Schubert: Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D 714b/Op 167; An die Sonne, D 439; Wehmut, D 825/Op. 64 no 1; Im Gegenwärtigen Vergangenes, D 710; Das Leben ist ein Traum, D 269; Das ...
Performers: Bartolomey, Franz; Czerny, Carl; Endrödy, Sandor; Flechl, Elisabeth; Flieder, Raphael; Gasciarrino, Michel; Holl, Robert; Ijichi, Hiroyuki; Künne, Thomas; Keldorfer, Viktor; Kirchschlager, ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Wiener Concert-Verein

Dein ist mein ganzes Herz

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2007-08-28

Works: Emmerich Kálmán: Die Csárdásfürstin (The Gypsy Princess), operetta; Das Veilchen von Montmartre; Die Zirkusprinzessin; Franz Lehár: Giuditta; The Merry Widow; ...
Performers: Keenlyside, Simon; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Eschwe, Alfred

Women's Lives & Loves / Lott, Kirchschlager, Johnson

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-06-13

Works: Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Erste Begegnung ("Von dem Rosenbusch"), for soprano voice, alto voice & piano (Spanisches Liederspie; Seit ich ihn gesehen, song for voice & piano (Fra...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

Taking as its cue the 'Frauenliebe und Leben' cycles by Robert Schumann and Carl Loewe, this captivating duet recital follows the poet Chamisso's story of...continue...

Mozart Edition - Le nozze di Figaro / Jacobs, Gens, et al

3 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-03-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Ciofi, Patrizia; Gens, Véronique; Keenlyside, Simon; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; McLaughlin, Marie [Soprano Vocals]; Randall, Elizabeth; Regazzo, Lorenzo; R...
Conductors: Jacobs, René

Wiener Opernfest 2005

2 CD / Orfeo / 2005-12-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72b; Fidelio, Op. 72; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65; Der Rosenkavalier; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Baechle, Janina; Baltsa, Agnes; Botha, Johan; Daniel, Boaz; Domingo, Placido; Fink, Walter; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gruberova, Edita; Grundheber, Franz; Hampson, Thomas; Isokoski, Soile; Keszei, Bori;...
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Mehta, Zubin; Welser-Möst, Franz; Thielemann, Christian; Gatti, Daniele

The Secret of Dvorák's Cello Concerto / Vogler, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-11-15

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Leave me alone (Lasst mich allein), song for voice & piano, B. 157/1 (Op. 82/1); Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191; Zigeunermelodien (7), Op. 55; Stephen Foster: Jeann...
Performers: Deutsch, Helmut; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Robertson, David
Ensemble: ; New York Philharmonic

Here is a surprising and fresh interpretation of Dvoraks Cello Concerto featuring acclaimed German cellist Jan Vogler. To enhance this epic work, and to offer...continue...

First Encounter

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2004-10-04

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Duets (6), Op. 63; Fanny Mendelssohn: Aus meinen Tränen sprießen, for 2 voices & piano; Im wunderschönen Monat Mai, for 2 voices & piano; Wenn ich in deine Augen se...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Martineau, Malcolm

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Jacobs, Gens, Ciofi, et al

3 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2004-05-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Ciofi, Patrizia; Figueiredo, Nicolau de; Gens, Veronique; Keenlyside, Simon; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; McLaughlin, Marie [Soprano Vocals]; Randall, Elizabeth; Re...
Conductors: Jacobs, René

Rene Jacobs' historic performances of 'Le Nozze di Figaro' at the Threatre des Champs-Elysees led to rave reviews in the French press and a revival...continue...

Bach: Arias, etc / Kirchschlager, Carmignola, Marcon, et al

1 CD / Sony / 2002-12-17

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 83, "Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde" BWV 83; Cantata no 170, "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" BWV 170; Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Cantata no 74, ...
Performers: Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Marcon, Andrea
Ensemble: Venice Baroque Orchestra

"Kirchschlager handles the vocal lines with fine intonation, good taste, style, and delicious tone and timbre. There is an awareness in her interpretations that these...continue...