Sramek, Alfred

Christmas Mass in Vienna: Music for Christmas by Hammerschmidt, Vulpius, Mozart, Arcadeit, Rheinberger, Franck et al. / Choral Society of St. Augustine at ViennaÆs Jesuit Church

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-09-11

Works: Andreas Hammerschmidt: Machet die Tore weit (Open Wide the Gates); Melchior Vulpius: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, for chorus; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass no 15 for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestr...
Performers: Heinrich, Gernot; Horak, Cornelia; Schamschula, Maximilian [Organ]; Sramek, Alfred
Conductors: Pixner, Andreas
Ensemble: ; Orchestra of St. Augustine Vienna

The Choral Society of St. Augustine at Vienna's Jesuit Church is a church choir. The choir occupies a special place in the Viennese musical scene,...continue...
Recording information: Jesuitenkirche-Univesitätskirche, Vienna, Austria (10/01/2011/10/02/2011)....continue...

Ioan Holender Farewell Concert / Netrebko, Domingo, Quasthoff [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Die Walküre; Parsifal; Tristan und Isolde; Lohengrin; Das Rheingold; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; I vespri siciliani; Don Carlos; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Falstaff...
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Bonfadelli, Stefania; Botha, Johan; Coelho, Elaine; Constantinescu, Roxana; Damrau, Diana; Daniel, Boaz; Denoke, Angela; Dessay, Natalie; Domingo, Placido; Eröd, Adrian; Frittoli...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Pappano, Anthony; De Billy, Bertrand; Welser-Möst, Franz; Luisi, Fabio; Schneider, Peter; Armiliato, Marco; ; Domingo, Placido; Young, Simone; Calvo, Guillermo Garcia; Lang, Thomas
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

A star-studded benefit concert to celebrate Ioan Holender's farewell after 19 years as the director of one of the world's leading and most famous opera...continue...

Smetana: The Bartered Bride / Fischer/Vienna State Opera, Popp, Jerusalem [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-11-13

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93
Performers: Fink, Walter; Jahn, Gertrude; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Popp, Lucia; Ridderbusch, Karl; Sima, Gabriela; Slania, Czeslawa; Sramek, Alfred; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Fischer, Adám
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Smetana's second opera, 'Die Verkaufte Braut' was composed in 1863–1870, and was originally envisioned as an operetta. Though it received its premiere in Prague in...continue...
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Country of Origin: USA
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R Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten / Böhm, Rysanek, Nilsson

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-09-12

Works: Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65
Performers: Aichberger, Ewald; Alvary, Lorenzo; Arneson, Sally; Berry, Walter; Dickie, Murray; Helm, Hans; Hesse, Ruth; Hintermeier, Margaretha; Jahn, Gertrude; King, James [Vocals]; Nikolova, Milkana; Nilsson, ...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

Lehár: Der Graf von Luxemburg / Bibl, Suttner, et al

1 CD / Oehms / 2006-07-25

Works: Franz Lehár: Der Graf von Luxemburg
Performers: Beckmann, Johannes; Kathol, Marko; Labin, Ana-Maria; Leitner, Franz; Lichter, Marika; Ohlmann, Ruth Ingeborg; Paryla, Stephan; Sramek, Alfred; Suttner, Michael
Conductors: Bibl, Rudolph

Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe / Bibl, Festival Orchestra Mörbisch

1 CD / Oehms / 2005-08-02

Works: Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow
Performers: Ander, Bernd; Arellano, Margarita de; Branoff, Peter; Hausmann, Mathias; Irosch, Mirjana; Klinger, Alexander; Reinprecht, Johann; Serafin, Daniel; Shamiyeh, Marwan; Sramek, Alfred; Steinberger, Birgid
Conductors: Bibl, Rudolph

Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos

2 CD / Orfeo / 2004-06-17

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos
Performers: Berry, Walter; Dickie, Murray; Duesing, Dale; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Gruberova, Edita; Hiestermann, Horst; King, James [Vocals]; Matic, Peter; Miljakovic, Olivera; Riener, Robert; Schmidt, Trud...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Dohnanyi, et al

4 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2004-05-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Aichberger, Ewald; Anday, Rosette; Beirer, Hans; Frick, Gottlob; Gunthrie, Frederick; Helm, Hans; Jahn, Gertrude; Janowitz, Gundula; King, James [Classical]; Moll, Kurt; Nitsche, Horst; Pernerstorfer...
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Alban Berg Collection / Barenboim, Behrens, Mutter, Kremer

8 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-03-09

Works: Alban Berg: Pieces (3) for orchestra, Op. 6; Lyric Suite, for orchestra (arr. from Nos.2-4 of string quartet version); Concerto for Violin; Chamber Concerto for Piano, Violin and 13 Winds; Sonata for...
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bastin, Jules; Behrens, Hildegard; Blankenheim, Toni; Boese, Ursula; Doukan, Pierre; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Forsberg, Bengt; Gonda, Anna; Gru...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Levine, James; Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Ensemble InterContemporain; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Britten: Billy Budd

3 CD / Orfeo / 2003-12-03

Works: Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50
Performers: Bankl, Wolfgang; Bork, Robert; Chen, Yu; Daniel, Boaz; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Halfvarson, Eric; Ifrim, Cosmin; Jelosits, Peter; Johnson, David Cale; Klausburg, Valentin; Monarcha, Janusz; Nuzzo,...
Conductors: Runnicles, Donald
Ensemble: Members of the Gregorianischen Choralschola der Wi

Wagner - The Opera Collection: Lohengrin / Solti

4 CD / Decca Import / 2003-02-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Jelosits, Peter; Mohr, Thomas; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Norman, Jessye; Poschner, Brigitte; Randova, Eva; Renee, Madelyn; Scharinger, Anton; Sotin, Hans; Srame...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus Konzertvereinigung

The recording of Lohengrin in June 1986 marked the end of Solti's Wagner cycle....continue...

Verdi: Attila / Sinopoli, Ghiaurov, Cappuccilli, Zampieri

2 CD / Gala / 2002-11-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; Luisa Miller
Performers: Bosco, Carlo del; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Pavarotti, Luciano; Porzano, Saverio; Sramek, Alfred; Visconti, Piero; Zampieri, Mara; Zardo, Carlo
Conductors: Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: ; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

The Compact Opera Collection - Mozart: Don Giovanni / Solti

3 CD / Decca / 2002-08-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Burrows, Stuart; Moll, Kurt; Popp, Lucia; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sass, Sylvia; Sramek, Alfred; Vocals], Bernd Weikl [Baritone
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: London Opera Chorus

Margaret Price is one of the finest Mozartian sopranos of her generation and Lucia Popp gives a truly exquisite portrayal of the peasant girl Zerlina....continue...

Puccini: Il Trittico / Vonk, Albrecht, Capecchi, et al

3 CD / Bella Voce / 1999-11-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Ahlstedt, Douglas; Atlantov, Vladimir; Bello, Angela; Bence, Margarete; Berg, Pieter Van Den; Bindels, Paul; Boer, Nico; Brown, Debria; Bruson, Renato; Capecchi, Renato; Fiotta, Michele; Gall, Axelle...
Conductors: Albrecht, Gerd; Vonk, Hans
Ensemble: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Mozart: Masses K 257 & K 258 / St Augustin Orchestra & Choir

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-07-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C major, K 257 "Credo"; Missa brevis in C major, K 258 "Spaur"; Church Sonata for Organ and Strings no 5 in F major, K 145 (124b); Church Sonata for Organ and Strings...
Performers: Braun, Lioba; Koloseus, Wolfram; Reinprecht, Hans; Sasaki, Noriko; Sramek, Alfred
Conductors: Wolf, Friedrich
Ensemble: Vienna "St Augustin" Chorus; Vienna "St Augustin" Orchestra

Dvorak: Mass in D / Wolf, Schmidt, Bernheimer, Reinprecht

1 CD / Preiser / 1993-12-08

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Mass for vocal soloists, chorus & organ in D major, B.153 (Op. 86) (once listed as Op. 76)
Performers: Reinprecht, Hans; Schmid, Gertraid; Sramek, Alfred; Ullmann, Elisabeth
Conductors: Wolf, Friedrich
Ensemble: Vienna "St Augustin" Orchestra

Haydn: Missa in Honorem, etc / Wolf, St. Augustine-Wien

1 CD / Preiser / 1993-05-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa Sancti Nicolai, H 22 no 6 "Nikolaimesse"; Missa in honorem BVM, H 22 no 4 "Grosse Orgelmesse"
Performers: Borowska, Joanna; Poschner-Klebel, Brigitte; Reinprecht, Hans; Schmid, Heidi; Spitzer, Leopold; Sramek, Alfred; Ullmann, Elisabeth
Conductors: Wolf, Friedrich
Ensemble: Vienna "St Augustin" Chorus; Vienna "St Augustin" Orchestra

Berg: Wozzeck / Abbado, Grundheber, Behrens, Langridge et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1989-02-13

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Gonda, Anna; Grundheber, Franz; Haugland, Aage; Jelosits, Peter; Kamenik, Werner; Langridge, Philip; Lehner, Viktoria; Maly, Alexander; Raffeiner, Walter; Sramek, Alfred; Zednik, ...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

"...one is aware that this is a genuine performance, not a studio replica of one...I would choose Abbado almost unhesitatingly." -Gramophone...continue...