Loose, Emmy

Franz Lehár: Operetten Meisterwerke

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2009-10-13

Works: Franz Lehár: The Land of Smiles; The Merry Widow; Paganini
Performers: Christ, Rudolf; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Gedda, Nicolai; Kraus, Otakar; Kunz, Erich; Liebesberg, Else; Loose, Emmy; Mechera, Erika; Prikopa, Herbert; Rysanek, Lotte; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Ackermann, Otto; Bauer-Theussl, Franz

Volkmar Andreae Conducts Bruckner

9 CD / Music & Arts / 2009-09-08

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 1 in C minor, WAB 101; Symphony no 2 in C minor, WAB 102; Symphony no 3 in D minor, WAB 103; Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"; Symphony no 5 in B flat maj...
Performers: Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Forrer, Alois; Frick, Gottlob; Loose, Emmy
Conductors: Andreae, Volkmar
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Although hardly known today, the Swiss conductor Volkmar Andreae (1879-1962) belonged to the great generation of Bruckner conductors born while the composer was still in...continue...

Golden Operetta of Vienna

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2009-06-30

Works: Franz Lehár: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (You Are My Heart's Delight) (from "Das Land des Lächelns"); Vilja-Lied ("Es lebt eine Vilja") (from "Die lustige Witwe"); The Merry Widow; Meine Lipp...
Performers: Barabas, Sari; Bjorling, Jussi; Gedda, Nicolai; Glawitsch, Rupert; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Jurinac, Sena; Kunz, Erich; Lipp, Wilma; Loose, Emmy; Patzak, Julius; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Saile...
Conductors: Ackermann, Otto; Stolz, Robert; Mareczek, Fritz; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Moralt, Rudolf; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Grevillius, Nils; Geehl, Henry Ernest; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra; Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

This remarkable 25-CD survey of some of the great Russian pianists of past and present follows the tradition from those who can, through their teachers,...continue...

Lehár: Die lustige Witwe / Ackermann, Schwartzkopf, Kunz, Gedda, Loose, Niessner, et al

1 CD / Regis Records / 2008-11-03

Works: Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow
Performers: Gedda, Nicolai; Kunz, Erich; Loose, Emmy; Niessner, Anton; Schmidinger, Josef; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Ackermann, Otto
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Prima voce - Nicolai Gedda

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-10-14

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Charles Gounod: Mireille; Roméo et Juliette; Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: La muette de Portici; Modest Musso...
Performers: Christoff, Boris; de los Angeles, Victoria; Depraz, Xavier; Froumenty, Pierre; Gedda, Nicolai; Gorr, Rita; Ignal, Madeline; Loose, Emmy; Micheau, Janine; Vessieres, Andre; Vivalda, Janette; Zareska, ...
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Cluytens, André; Dobroven, Issay; Fourestier, Louis; Ackermann, Otto

The recordings for this 2-CD set have been carefully selected to show the extraordinary control Gedda has over his vocal resources, and to demonstrate his...continue...

Historical - R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos / Böhm, Reining, Seefried

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-10-03

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60
Performers: Baier, Hermann; Frutschnigg, Melanie; Jelinek, Friedrich; Klein, Peter [Tenor]; Kunz, Erich; Loose, Emmy; Lorenz, Max; Muzzarelli, Alfred; Noni, Alda; Reining, Maria; Rus, Marjan; Rutgers, Elisabeth;...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Many reviewers and collectors consider this recording as the best 'Ariadne' - the one to go for and it is now back in the catalog!...continue...

Christa Ludwig: Live Recordings, 1955-1994

3 CD / Orfeo / 2008-02-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65; Capriccio, ...
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Bonisolli, Franco; Casa, Lisa della; Cathy Berns-Rund; Chauvet, Guy; Donch, Karl; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Flossman, Gilels; Gall...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Krips, Josef; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Ludwig, Leopold; Prêtre, Georges; Heger, Robert; Maazel, Lorin; Bernstein, Leonard; Stein, Horst; Albrecht, Gerd; Mehta, Zubi...

German Opera Masterworks - Bethoven: Fidelio, etc

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; ...
Performers: Alsen, Herbert; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Brendel, Wolfgang; Carral, Dora; Chiappi, Mario; Cotrubas, Ileana; Crass, Franz; Czerwenka, Oskar; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Donch, Karl; Dunn, Mignon; ...
Conductors: Moralt, Rudolf; Böhm, Karl; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Prêtre, Georges

Exciting live recordings taped 1945–1972 featuring the greatest operas from Mozart to Strauss. It was Mozart who first established a viable, lasting school of German...continue...

Mozart, Beethoven, Humperdinck: Operas / Schwarzkopf, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

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; Così fan t...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alsen, Herbert; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Braun, Hans; Calabrese, Franco; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Flagstad, Kirsten; Gobbi, Tito; Greindl, Josef; Jurinac, Sena; Klein, Peter...
Conductors: Moralt, Rudolf; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Cantelli, Guido

Six complete operas starring the great Elisabeth Schwarzkopf at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic...continue...

Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites / B. Klobucar, E. Loose

2 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2006-06-03

Works: Francis Poulenc: Dialogues des carmélites
Performers: Anday, Rosette; Bierbach, Franz; Dickie, Murray; Goltz, Christel; Hongen, Elisabeth; Knoll, Rudolf; Loose, Emmy; Majkut, Erich; Pantscheff, Ljubomir; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Pistorius, Hedwig; Proglhof...
Conductors: Klobucar, Berislav
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Mozart Singers of the Past

3 CD / Preiser / 2006-04-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Idomeneo; Il rè pastore, K 208; Die Entführung aus dem Serai...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Beuf, Augusto; Bori, Lucrezia; Cebotari, Maria; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Gigli, Beniamino; Ginster, Ria; Gueden, Hilde [Sopra...
Conductors: Reibold, Bruno; Cleva, Fausto; Morel, Jean Paul; Leinsdorf, Erich; Sabino, Antonio; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Walter, Bruno; Black, Frank; Busch, Fritz; Berrettoni, Umberto; Barbirolli, John; Collingwo...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra; Metropolitan...

The recordings in this CD edition of outstanding Mozart singers were made between 1926 and 1950. This is the period of shellac records made with...continue...

Reopening of the Vienna State Opera - 1955 / Goltz, et al

3 CD / Preiser / 2005-11-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberfl&ou...
Performers: Böhme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Baylé, Theo; Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Braun, Hans; Braun, Helena; Casa, Lisa della; Czerwenka, Oskar; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Donch, Karl; Equiluz, Ku...
Conductors: Krips, Josef; Karajan, Herbert von; Ackermann, Otto; Swarowsky, Hans; Böhm, Karl; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Erede, Alberto; Prohaska, Felix; Zallinger, Meinhard von; Kegel, Herbert; Knappertsbusch, Ha...

Wiener Opernfest 1955 Highlights

3 CD / Orfeo / 2005-10-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7; Rich...
Performers: Anday, Rosette; Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Berta Seidl; Boesch, Ruthilde; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Buchbauer, Alois; Casa, Lisa della; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Dickie, Murray; Edith Preisner...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Kubelik, Rafael; Reiner, Fritz; Knappertsbusch, Hans

Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten

3 CD / Orfeo / 2005-09-21

Works: Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65
Performers: Berta Seidl; Boesch, Ruthilde; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Czerwenka, Oskar; Dickie, Murray; Edith Preisner; Felbermayer, Anny; Gertraud Bastezky; Hellwig, Judith; Hongen, Elisabeth; Loose, Emmy; Maikl...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Böhm, London, Kunz, Jurinac, et al

2 CD / Archipel / 2005-01-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Grummer, Elisabeth; Jurinac, Sena; Kunz, Erich; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Loose, Emmy; Proglhoff, Harald; Simoneau, Leopold [Tenor Vocals]; Weber, Ludwig [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

This release features the best cast and one of the best conductors for this opera in one of the best Mozart Opera houses of the...continue...

Lehár: The Merry Widow

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2004-03-02

Works: Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow
Performers: Gedda, Nicolai; Kraus, Otakar; Kunz, Erich; Kurty, Hella; Loose, Emmy; Mattoni, André von; Niessner, Anton; Schmidinger, Josef; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: ; Ackermann, Otto
Ensemble: Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

"The stellar vocal soloists are, then and now, names to conjure with even the smaller roles are well and knowledgeably cast Schwarzkopf shows her seductive...continue...
The mono recording of this work with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf in the lead role, in the full bloom of her youth, is a special treat, a brilliant, fully realized version of the work that, even more helpful...continue...

Weber: Die Freischütz / Ackermann, Cunitz, Loose, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2003-06-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Bierbach, Franz; Cunitz, Maud; Donch, Karl; Edelmann, Otto; Felbermayer, Anny; Loose, Emmy; Poell, Alfred; Rus, Marjan; Schober, Maria; Siegart, Reinhold; Vocals], Hans Hopf [Tenor
Conductors: Ackermann, Otto; Albert, Rudolf

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Karajan, Lipp, Jurinac, et al

2 CD / Pearl / 2003-05-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Dorpinghans, Eleonore; Jurinac, Sena; Klein, Peter; Kunz, Erich; Lipp, Wilma; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Loose, Emmy; Majkut, Erich; Pantscheff, Ljubomir; Proglho...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Singverein

Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail / Krips, Lipp, et al

2 CD / Pearl / 2001-07-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384
Performers: Klein, Peter; Koreh, Endre; Lipp, Wilma; Loose, Emmy; Ludwig, Walther
Conductors: Krips, Josef
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail / Moralt, Schwarzkopf

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Alsen, Herbert; Dermota, Anton; Klein, Peter [Tenor]; Loose, Emmy; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Moralt, Rudolf; Böhm, Karl; Rossi, Mario
Ensemble: Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Radio Symphony Chorus; Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail / Moralt, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-04-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384
Performers: Alsen, Herbert; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Klein, Peter; Loose, Emmy; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Moralt, Rudolf
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

One of Mozart's very best comic operas, Die Entfuhrung is heard suprisingly seldom in America. This historic broadcast features the legendary Schwarzkopf early in her...continue...

J. Strauss Jr.: Eine Nacht in Venedig / Ackermann, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2000-09-12

Works: Johann Strauss II: Eine Nacht in Venedig
Performers: Donch, Karl; Gedda, Nicolai; Klein, Peter; Kunz, Erich; Loose, Emmy; Ludwig, Hanna; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Ackermann, Otto
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Wiener Opern-Raritäten von 1944 / Baltzer, Konetzni, et al

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Hongen, Elisabeth; Klein, Peter; Konetzni, Anny; Konetzni, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Kunz, Erich; Loose, Emmy; Petrak, Rudolf; Vogel, Adolf; Welitsch, Alexander; Wernigk, William
Conductors: Baltzer, Erwin
Ensemble: Vienna Opera Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart in Tempore Belli

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Alsen, Herbert; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Hongen, Elisabeth; Klein, Peter; Konetzni, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Kunz, Erich; Loose, Emmy; Rutgers, Elisabeth; Seefried, Irmgard; Vocals], Paul Schoff...
Conductors: Moralt, Rudolf; Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Böhm, Gueden, Lipp, Simoneau et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 1998-01-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Böhme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Berry, Walter; Boerner, Eva; Gostic, Josef; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hellwig, Judith; Jaresch, August; Lipp, Wilma; Loose, Emmy; Ludwig, Christa; Majkut, Erich; ...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

R. Strauss: Daphne / Böhm, Reining, Frutschnigg, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 1995-07-18

Works: Richard Strauss: Daphne, Op 82; An den Baum Daphne ("Geliebter Baum!"), for chorus (epilogue to the opera "Daphne"), o.Op. 137 (TrV
Performers: Alsen, Herbert; Baier, Hermann; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Friedrich, Karl; Heigl, Martha; Loose, Emmy; Monthy, Georg; Muhlberger, Erna; Reining, Maria; Sallaba, Richard; Schober, Maria; Schweige...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"Karl Bohn leads a splendid ensemble with all the warm authority he brought from his live-from-Vienna rendition twenty years later. The 1944 cast in notable...continue...