Wunderlich, Fritz

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jorg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; Engel...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


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Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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Schubert: Mass in E flat major; German Mass

2 CD / Red/membran / 2012-11-19

Works: Franz Schubert: Deutsche Messe, D 872; Mass in E flat major, D 950
Performers: Brunner, Eduard; Goetting, Chandler; Greindl, Josef; Grimm, Wilhelm; Held, Friedrich; Ingwersen, Eric; Kallmus, Kurt; Kalmand, Olaf; Kippas, Claude; Kogel, Gottfried; Kolbinger, Karl; Lorengar, Pilar...
Conductors: Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Leinsdorf, Erich

Vergiss mein Nicht

2 CD / Red/membran / 2012-11-19

Works: Oscar Straus: Ein Walzertraum; Maurus Katt: Wenn mein Herz Heimweh hat; Hans Moltkau: Geh' nicht fort; Niemals lass ich dich allein; Nico Dostal: Monika; Gunter Georgy-Engelhardt: Gondel, gleite du h...
Performers: Fahberg, Antonia; Sailer, Friederike; Stankovski, Ernst; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Marszalek, Franz; Mareczek, Fritz; Stech, Willi; Becker, Gerhard

Dreamticket to La Boheme - Arias excerpted from performances 1902-1960 / Bjorling, Caruso, Bori, Schone at al.

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Arizmendi, Elena; Björling, Jussi; Bori, Lucrezia; Caruso, Enrico; Cebotari, Maria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Eisinger, Irene; Ferrani, Cesira [Soprano Vocal]; Fr...

This recording offers the opportunity to hear some of the world's famous singers performing the same arias and scenes so the listener can put together...continue...

Best of Wagner / Hanne-Lore Kuhse, soprano; Fritz Wunderlich, tenor; Theo Adam, bass

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-07-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Parsifal; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bolkestein, Els; Kuhse, Hanne-Lore; Ritzmann, Martin; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Konwitschny, Franz; Fricke, Heinz; Suitner, Otmar; Wakasugi, Hiroshi; Rögner, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: ; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart: Requiem; Bruckner: Te Deum

2 CD / Red/membran / 2012-07-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Anton Bruckner: Te Deum in C major, WAB 45; Georg Philipp Telemann: Warum verstellst du die Gebarde, sacred cantata for v...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Fischer, Fritz; Price, Leontyne; Rossel-Majdan, Hilde; Sauer, Franz; Werdermann, Hermann; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Langenbeck, Wolfgang

Herbert von Karajan - The 1960s [82 CDs]

82 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-06-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Don Quixote, Op. 35; Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144; Concerto for Horn no 2 in E flat major, o.Op. 132 (TrV ...
Performers: Anda, Géza; Berry, Walter; Borwitzky, Ottomar; Brandis, Thomas [Violin]; Cappone, Giusto; Cherkassky, Shura; Civil, Alan; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; F...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Priem-Bergrath, Hans
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble

We're going Big in 2012! Almost incredible: between 1959 and the end of the following decade, Herbert von Karajan recorded 82 CDs worth of orchestral...continue...

Great Voices of the Century / Prey, Damrau, Domingo, Bartoli, Schock, Kraus, Wunderlich

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2012-05-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze de Figaro; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Missa in C, KV 257, "Credo-Messe"; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Don Giovanni; Vincenzo Bellini: I Pur...
Performers: Arnaltes, Edelmiro; Bartoli, Cecilia; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Damrau, Diana; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor Vocals]; Jones, Gwyneth,...
Conductors: Vonk, Hans; Paternostro, Roberto; Wöss, Kurt; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Gardelli, Lamberto; Raichev, Rouslan; Simonov, Georgi; Kraus, Richard; Marinov, Ivan; Froschauer, Helmuth; Knubben, Klaus; Sussk...

Great Voices of the Century is a wonderful collection featuring the greatest voices of the century as well as the greatest works by Mozart, Donizetti,...continue...

Gunter Raphael, Vol. 1: Entree / Fritz Wunderlich, Paul Ooktor, Gunter Ludwig

1 CD / Querstand / 2012-05-08

Works: Günter Raphael: Sonata for Viola in E flat major, Op. 13; Quartet for Strings in A major, Op. 28; Concertino for alto saxophone & orchestra, Op. 71; Palmström-Sonate, for voice, clarinet, v...
Performers: Doktor, Paul; Ludwig, Gunter; Manz, Emil [Sax (Alto)]; Reinhardt, Rolf; Schad, Karl; Schimmer, Roman; Triebskorn, Walter; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang

The first disc in a series, which will present the works of one of the most important German composers of the 20th century, contains the...continue...

Joseph Haydn: The Seasons / Agnes Giebel, Fritz Wunderlich, Kieth Engen

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-04-24

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seasons
Performers: Engen, Keith; Giebel, Agnes; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Müller-Kray, Hans
Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

In April 2012, the Schwetzingen Festival celebrates its 60th birthday. On this occasion, a very special oratorio recording from the festival's early years has been...continue...
Recording information: Schwetzinger Schloss, Rokokotheater (05/24/1959)....continue...

The Best of Operetta / Wunderlich, Fassbaender, Gedda, Prey, Rothenberger

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Der Zigeunerbaron; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; Giuditta; Der Zarewitsch; Das Land des Lächelns; Das Land Des Lächelns; Fred Raymond: Maske In Blau;...
Performers: Böhme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Barabas, Sari; Berry, Walter; Brokmeier, Willi; Dallapozza, Adolf; Donch, Karl; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Forster, Jurgen...
Conductors: Boskovsky, Willi; Allers, Franz; Wallberg, Heinz; Moltkau, Hans; Michalski, Carl; Mattes, Willy

Essential Johann Strauss II / over 2 hours of exquisite Viennese classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Künstlerleben, Op. 316; Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald; Der Zigeunerbaron; Leichtes Blut, Op. 319; Indigo und die vierzig Räub...
Performers: Gedda, Nicolai; Popp, Lucia; Protschka, Josef; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Varady, Julia [Soprano Vocals]; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Boskovsky, Willi; Allers, Franz; Kempe, Rudolf; Walter, Fried; Karajan, Herbert von; Domingo, Placido; Ackermann, Otto

The Viennese composer and conductor Johann Strauss II (1825 - 1899) followed his father - also called Johann Strauss - in producing some of the...continue...

100 Best Choruses

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 140; Henry Purcell: Come ye sons of art away (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary); Christoph Willibald Gl...
Performers: Barrard, Marc; Bracht, Roland; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Erwen, Keith; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Harper, Heather; Hollweg, Wern...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Munrow, David; Gardiner, John Eliot; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Willcocks, David; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Vienna Philharmon...
Ensemble: ; Dunedin Consort; Orféon Donostiarra ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The Opera Show

2 CD / / 2011-09-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball); Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers); Tancredi; Il barbiere di Siviglia (Th...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Burrows, Stuart; Campbell, Fiona; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cautoruccio, Paolo; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Do...
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Frizza, Riccardo; Divall, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; Varviso, Silvio; Armiliato, Marco; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Do...

La Boheme, Madame Butterfly & More / Opera Sung In German

2 CD / Red/membran / 2011-09-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Das Mädchen aus dem Goldenen Westen; Madame Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Der Mantel
Performers: Anders, Peter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Frick, Gottlob; Friedrich, Karl; Gester, Kurt; Gunter, Horst; Hoppe, H...
Conductors: Kraus, Richard; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Geese, Heinz; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Szenkar, Eugen; Ackermann, Otto; Schroder, Kurt; Wallat, Hans; Rother, Artur; Stein, Horst; Heger, Robert; Dobrindt, Otto;...

The Art of Singing / Golden Voices of the Century [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2011-07-26

Works: Various: Work(s)
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Christoff, Boris; Corelli, Franco; De los Angeles, Victoria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Flagstad, Kirsten; Gigli, Beni...

Many illustrious opera stars of the twentieth century are featured in sound and vision in rare footage, much of it previously unavailable....continue...
Run Time: 116 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W and Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Japanese
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde / Wunderlich, Fischer-Dieskau

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-05-24

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Krips, Josef

2011 is also a Mahler anniversary year as it is the 100th anniversary of the composer's death (May 18th).In celebration, Deutsche Grammophon has uncovered a...continue...
Recording information: Vienna, Musikverein, Groáer Saal (06/14/1964)....continue...

Otto Klemperer Conducts Beethoven, Vol. 3

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2011-05-04

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; The Creatures of Prometheus
Performers: Crass, Franz; Lipp, Wilma; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

The extraordinary cast which includes Wilma Lipp and Fritz Wunderlich (voices) makes this recording unmissable. The CD is completed by an exciting performance of the...continue...
Recording information: Vienna (06/1960)....continue...

Stravinsky: Perséphone / Wunderlich

1 CD / Audite / 2011-03-29

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Perséphone, melodrama for tenor, female narrator, chorus, children's chorus, & orchestra
Performers: Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Dixon, Dean
Ensemble: Sinfonie-Orchesters & Chor des Hessischen Rundfunks

The part of Eumolpius (Greek for "he who sings beautifully") in Stravinksy's Persephone could have become Fritz Wunderlich's signature role if he had sung it...continue...
Recording information: Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany (11/11/1960)....continue...

111 More Classic Tracks [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93; Adagio and Allegretto (Elegy and Polka), for string quartet; Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Fr...
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Anda, Geza; Andre, Maurice; Antonietti, Jean; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Askenase, Stefan; Baldwin, Dalton; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kat...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Ancerl, Karel; Stadlmair, Hans; Nelson, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Blech, Leo; Böhm, Karl; Previn, Andre; Boulez, Pierre; Karajan, Herbert von; Marcon, Andrea; Pletnev, Mikhail; ...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London

111 More Classic Tracks carries on from where 111 Classic Tracks of 2009 left off. In another mesmerizing journey through the history of Deutsche Grammophon's...continue...

Die Himmel Rühmen

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-10-19

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur ("Himmel ruhmen des ewigen Ehre"), song for voice & piano, Op. 48/4; Joseph Ignaz Schnabel: Transeamus Usque Bethlehem for chorus & orchestra; Fran...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Grobe, Donald; Janacek, Bedrich; Janowitz, Gundula; Lehrndorfer, Franz [Organ]; Otto, Lisa [Soprano Vocal]; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Arnde, Günther; Schrems, Theobald; Richter, Karl; Karajan, Herbert von; Kubelik, Rafael

Live On Stage / Fritz Wunderlich

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-10-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Gioachino Rossini: Der Barb...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Casa, Lisa della; Guden, Hilde [vocals]; Hallstein, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocals]; Heater, Claude; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Kmentt, Waldemar; Knapp, Josef...
Conductors: Rieger, Fritz; Karajan, Herbert von; Böhm, Karl; Prêtre, Georges; Kempe, Rudolf; Wallberg, Heinz; Krips, Josef

Fritz Wunderlich, Germany's greatest tenor in the 20th century - and one of the greatest tenors of all time - would have celebrated his 80th...continue...

Icon: Fritz Wunderlich - A Poet among Tenors

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Heinrich Finck: O schönes Weib; Heinrich Isaac: Mein Freud allein, song for 4 voices; Adam Krieger: Amanda, darf man dich wohl küssen?, song for voice & ensemble; Johann Sebastian Bach: Was...
Performers: Baumgartner, Georg; Cordes, Marcel; Engen, Keith; Frick, Gottlob; Grummer, Elisabeth; Hildebrand, Helga; Kastner, Gerhard; Kupper, Annelies; Lorengar, Pilar; Mathis, Edith; Muszely, Melitta; Naumann,...
Conductors: Forster, Karl; Müller-Kray, Hans; Klobucar, Berislav; Rothe, Ernst; Heger, Robert; Walter, Fried; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Michalski, Carl; Moltkau, Hans; Zanotelli, Hans; Stein, Horst; Kempe, Ru...

Friedrich "Fritz" Karl Otto Wunderlich was born into a musical family - his father was a choir director, his mother a violinist. As a young...continue...

Mahler: The Complete Works - 150th Anniversary Box

16 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied, cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Quartet for Piano and Strings in A minor; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 2 ...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bostridge, Ian; Connell, Elizabeth; Coote, Alice; Dose, Helena; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hampson, Thomas; Harrison, Philip; Hill, Da...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; ; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Klemperer, Otto; Paavo, Järvi; Horenstein, Jascha; Tennstedt, Klaus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Walter, Bruno; Barbirol...
Ensemble: ; Domus Ensemble (Piano Quartet); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Gustav Mahler, born on 7th July 1860, was not only a great composer but a fine conductor who influenced his successors in both fields; indeed...continue...

Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge; Rosenmüller: Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae

1 CD / Bella Voce Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op. 85; Adelaide, song Op. 46; Resignation ("Lisch aus, mein Licht"), song for voice & piano, WoO 149; Maigesang, song for voice & piano, Op. 52/4...
Performers: Buck, Fred; Giesen, Hubert; Schey, Hermann; Spoorenberg, Erna; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Spruit, Henk

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

1 CD / Bella Voce Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Performers: Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans

Recording information: Hamburg (04/04/1965)....continue...

Eine Stimme - Eine Legende

10 CD / Membran / 2010-02-09

Works: Franz Lehár: Schön ist die Welt; Giuditta; Friederike; Der Zarewitsch; Emmerich Kálmán: Der Zirkusprinzessin; Die Csárdásfürstin; Kaiserin Josephine; Wir reisen um ...
Performers: Wunderlich, Fritz

2010 ten CD set. Vocalist Fritz Wunderlich's legacy is an impressive quantity of recordings, from popular music to Operetta, German and Italian operas and German...continue...

Fritz Wunderlich Sings Operetta & Opera Arias & Duets

1 CD / Regis Records / 2010-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Zaide; Franz Joseph Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Albert Lortzing: Undine; Der Waffenschmied; Johann ...
Performers: Sailer, Friederike; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Rischner, Alfons; Müller-Kray, Hans; Rother, Artur; Mareczek, Fritz; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner

"It is a huge source of regret that Fritz Wunderlich's career lasted a mere 11 years and since his tragic death opera lovers have speculated...continue...

State of the Art: The Story of Deutsche Grammophon

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-12-21

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian dances for orchestra; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Johann Sebastian Bach: The Ar...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Bielecki, Andre; Blechacz, Rafal [Piano]; Brueggergosman, Mea...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Anda, Géza; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert vo...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Gabrieli Consort

This new, limited edition, large format book, State of the Art, (in English / German) presents the first full-length history of the legendary yellow label....continue...

111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-10-20

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Joha...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Benson, Clifford; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bielecki, Andre; Ble...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Chung, Myung-W...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Concerto Köln ; English Baroque Soloists; English Consort; Gabrieli Consort; His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Musica Antiqua Köln ...

Deutsche Grammophon is proud to celebrate its 111th birthday this year (December 6th, to be exact) and as part of the celebration will release a...continue...

Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin / Fritz Wunderlich, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2009-10-20

Works: Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25
Performers: Giesen, Hubert; Wunderlich, Fritz

Hanssler is proud to announce the latest entry to the Fritz Wunderlich discography. Wunderlich was the ideal tenor; his voice had an unmistakable sheen and...continue...

Best Tenor Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Roccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

The iconic three tenors - Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and Jose Carreras - highlight the caliber of vocalists in this collection. The stars of today...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...

Songs & Melodies - The Earliest Recordings / Fritz Wunderlich, et al

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2009-05-26

Works: Emil Kaiser: Veilchen, Liebe Frühling und du; Gunter Georgy-Engelhardt: Gondel, gleite du hinaus, song; Maurus Katt: Wenn mein Herz Heimweh hat; Carl Hasenpflug: Von Liebe und Glück, song; ...
Performers: Reinhardt, Rolf; Sailer, Friederike; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Stech, Willi; Smola, Emmerich

Schwetzinger Festspielreihe - Liederabend 1965 / Fritz Wunderlich, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2009-04-20

Works: Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48; Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, song Op. 46; Resignation ("Lisch aus, mein Licht"), song for voice & piano, WoO 149; Der Kuss (The Kiss), arietta for voice & pi...
Performers: Wunderlich, Fritz

Fritz Wunderlich was one of the most unusual and captivating tenors of the last 50 years. In his tragically short career, he displayed an extraordinary...continue...

Handel Gold - Bartoli, Fleming, Kozená, Terfel, Villazón, Te Kanawa, Sutherland, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; MEDLEY; Alcina; Ariodante; Atalanta; Giulio Cesare; Tamerlano; Il Floridante, HWV 14; Muzio Scevola, HWV 13; Jep...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bumbry, Grace; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Fuller, Albert; Gritton, Susan; Horne, Marilyn [M...
Conductors: Rose, Barry; Minkowski, Marc; Viotti, Marcello; Bonynge, Richard; Bicket, Harry; McCreesh, Paul; Curtis, Alan; Dunn, Thomas; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boult, Adrian; Preston, Simon; Mackerras, Charles, S...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Baroque Chamber Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Cappella Coloniensis; Dresden Staatskapelle; English B...

This 2-CD set celebrates the 250th anniversary of Handel's death and includes selections from Handel's most beautiful operas, oratorios, arias and choruses. This definitive greatest...continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Best Tenor Arias 100

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-02-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Riccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

100 Best Series offers an impressive assortment of well-known and beloved classical repertoire featuring performances by great artists from Menuhin to Kennedy, Callas to Te...continue...

Handel: Alcina / Leitner, Sutherland, Wunderlich, Cappella Coloniensis

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-01-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina
Performers: Dijck, Jeannette Van; Hemsley, Thomas; Monti, Nicola; Procter, Norma; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand
Ensemble: Cappella Coloniensis

This recording is the first official release in any format of this once-in-a-lifetime concert performance featuring Dame Joan Sutherland and Fritz Wunderlich. In 1959 performances...continue...

Bach: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 / Langenbeck, Wunderlich, Sailer, et al

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2008-11-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Johann Philipp Krieger: "Wo willst Du hin, weil's Abend ist", concerto for 2 tenor voices & continuo
Performers: Klaiss, Hermann; Michaelis, Bernhard; Sailer, Friederike; Swedberg, Hannes; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Langenbeck, August
Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Vocal Legends Vol 1 - Fritz Wunderlich - Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin

1 CD / ARS Productions / 2008-09-04

Works: Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25
Performers: Stolze, Kurt-Heinz; Wunderlich, Fritz

'Schone Mullerin' became a fatal work in a sense for Fritz Wunderlich. He performed it for the last time at the Edinburgh Festival on the...continue...

Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer / Franz Kowitschny

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Schech, Marianne; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Konwitschny, Franz
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Chorus

This is a truly stellar cast, featuring Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in the title role, with the participation of such important singers as Gottlob Frick and Rudolf...continue...

Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten / Karajan, Rysanek, Ludwig, Thomas, Berry, Wiener Staatsoper, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-06-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65
Performers: Berry, Walter; Dutoit, Laurence; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Hellwig, Judith; Hoffmann, Grace; Kreppel, Walter; Lilowa, Margarita; Ludwig, Christa; Majkut, Erich; Miljakovic, Olivera; Popp, Lucia; Rysan...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

"The casting was absolutely magnificent, offering us the finest voices and well-drawn characters involved in significant drama." -Die Presse...continue...

Richard Strauss: Capriccio

2 CD / Orfeo / 2008-06-04

Works: Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Berry, Walter; Casa, Lisa della; Christian, Hans; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Jaresch, August; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Klein, Peter; Kmentt, Waldemar; Lackner, Herbert; Ludwig, Christa; Majkut,...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

Fritz Wunderlich - The Legend

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2008-01-29

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Zaide, K 344 (334b); Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermau...
Performers: Brauer, Herbert; Eipperle, Trude; Gunter, Horst; Kretschmar, Anni; Paul, Lore; Robert, Henriette; Roth-Erang, P.; Samland, Bruno; Schirrmacher, Ursula; Siemeling, Marlies; Stader, Maria; Wenglor, Ing...
Conductors: Kraus, Richard; Rischner, Alfons; Melichar, Alois; Müller-Kray, Hans; Becker, Gerhard; Smola, Emmerich

This CD is dedicated to the young Fritz Wunderlich's earliest commercial recordings. We hear a young, twenty-five-year-old singer who is getting ready to win the...continue...

Sacred Arias - Fritz Wunderlich

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2007-12-04

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Performers: Wunderlich, Fritz

A beautiful album of sacred arias with the unforgettable fritz wunderlich - just right for the holiday season, with eight tracks appearing for the first...continue...

The # 1 Opera Album Vol 2 / Bartoli, Pavarotti, Price, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; I vespri siciliani; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Luisa Miller; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Wolfgang Am...
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonney, Barbara; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cerquetti...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von; Leinsdorf, Erich; Östman, Arnold; Marriner, Sir Neville; Böhm, Karl; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richa...

The #1 Opera Album II features the best-loved and most popular arias sung by an all-time roster of the greatest opera stars - including tracks...continue...

Opera Obsession! Act IV - Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-09-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Ernani; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Wo...
Performers: Brilioth, Helge; Caballe, Montserrat; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Dominguez, Oralia; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Fusco, Cecilia; Harwood...

The fourth volume in Opera d'Oro's best-selling super-budget series celebrating the very best tracks from the vast Opera d'Oro catalog! Features the greatest singers of...continue...

Mozart: Zaide, etc / Schuricht, Rischner, Wunderlich, Stader

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-02-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Zaide, K 344 (334b); Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Gerbert, Manfred; Gunter, Horst; Monteanu, Petre; Sentpaul, Frithjof; Stader, Maria; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Rischner, Alfons; Schuricht, Carl

A live broadcast from Stuttgart in 1956 of one of Mozart's least-known stage works. Although it was never finished, Zaide contains one of Mozart's most...continue...

Fritz Wunderlich / Life And Legend [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2006-11-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Wunderlich, Fritz

In close cooperation with the Wunderlich family, Deutsche Grammophon is proud to bring you the first-ever full-length documentary of the late Fritz Wunderlich. This tribute...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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