Woytowicz, Stefania

Stabat Mater - works by Pergolesi, Palestrina, Vivaldi, Haydn, Dvorak, Boccherini [4 CDs]

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Antonio Vivaldi: Amen; Franz Joseph Haydn: Stabat Mater, H 20 bis; Antonin Dvorák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58/B 71; ...
Performers: Ahnsjo, Claes-Håkan; Anlauf, Richard; Bishop, Julia; Borg, Kim; Brown, Timothy [Choral Conductor]; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Laki, Krisztina; Levine, Joanna; Levy, Mark [Viol]; Parker, Joanna; ...
Conductors: Brown, Timothy; Leusink, Pieter Jan; Bernius, Frieder; Smetacek, Vaclav; Scogna, Flavio Emilio
Ensemble: ; Choir of Clare College Cambridge; Holland Boys Choir; Netherland Bach Collegium; Prague Philharmonic Choir; Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

This release is dedicated to some of the most famous settings of the Stabat mater, revealing the genre's varying treatment by composers over the centuries....continue...

Verdi: Messa da Requiem / Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda, Boris Carmelli

1 CD / Archipel / 2012-04-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Carmeli, Boris; Gedda, Nicolai; Ludwig, Christa; Woytowicz, Stefania
Conductors: Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans
Ensemble: Hamburg NDR Orchestra

Recording information: Hamburg (1961)....continue...

Popular Arias (Sung in German)

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Hochzeit des Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro); Don Giovanni; So machen es alle (Così fan tutte); Gioachino Rossini: Der Barbier von Sevilla (Il barbiere di Siviglia); Gae...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Anheisser, Wolfgang; Apreck, Rolf; Berry, Walter; Bjoner, Ingrid; Borg, Kim; Buchner, Eberhard; Bumbry, Grace; Burmeister, Annelies; Casapietra, Celestina; chke, Thomas; Crass, Franz; End...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Fricke, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Kurz, Siegfried; Patanè, Giuseppe; Stein, Horst; Apelt, Arthur; Kegel, Herbert

Dvorák: Stabat Mater; Serenade for Strings / Smetacek, Kubelik

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-08-30

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58/B 71; Serenade for Strings
Performers: Borg, Kim; Woytowicz, Stefania; Zidek, Ivo
Conductors: Smetacek, Vaclav; Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra

In reaction to the death of his daughter, Josefa, Antonín Dvorák began to sketch his Sabat Mater "as a souvenir to the friend of his...continue...

Serene Classics / Includes works by Palestrina, Bach, Tallis, Purcell and Schubert

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Gregorian Chant: Salve regina; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Salve Regina, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book V); Missa pro defunctis a 5; Tomás Luis de Victoria: O sacrum convivium, motet...
Performers: Gruberova, Edita; Haider, Friedrich; Henschel, Dietrich; Isokoski, Soile; McDaniel, Barry; Meier, Waltraud; Munderloh, David; Viitasalo, Marita; Woytowicz, Stefania
Conductors: Jennings, Joseph; Higginbottom, Edward; Werner, Fritz; Nagano, Kent; Barenboim, Daniel; Bour, Ernest; Svetlanov, Evgeny; O'Donnell, James [Organ]; Satomaa, Tauno

Unwind with Warner Classic's new release, 'Serene Classics: Music for a Calmer You". Take a micro-vacation as you relax to titles such as Salve Regina,...continue...

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' / Steinberg

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Performers: Woytowicz, Stefania
Conductors: Steinberg, William

This blazing account from 1965 of Mahler's titanic 'Resurrection' Symphony in brilliant stereo sound, now available for the very first time on CD, confirms his...continue...
Recording information: Saal 1, Funkhaus, Cologne (09/10/1965)....continue...

Gorecki: Symphony No.3 Op.36

1 CD / Apex / 2011-01-25

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Symphony no 3, Op. 36 ("Symphony of Sorrowful Songs")
Performers: Woytowicz, Stefania
Conductors: Bour, Ernest

Recording information: 1985....continue...

Passione: Opera for Lovers

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Vincenzo Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Lucia di Lammermoor...
Performers: Agay, Karola; Aliberti, Lucia [Soprano Vocal]; Buchner, Eberhard; Bumbry, Grace; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Frontiali, Roberto; Gavanelli, Paolo; Geszty, Sylvia; Hruba-Freiberger, Venceslava; Kuhse,...
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Luisi, Fabio; Suitner, Otmar; Vonk, Hans; Winkler, Johannes; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Fricke, Heinz; Pommer, Max; Neumann, Václav; Kurz, Siegfried

Nowhere are love and passion expressed more fervently than here. Great feelings that strike a chord!...continue...

Puccini: Tosca (German) - Highlights / Horst Stein, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Borg, Kim; Enders, Werner; Kónya, Sándor; Kaphahn, Hellmuth; Leib, Günther; Süss, Reiner; Woytowicz, Stefania
Conductors: Stein, Horst
Ensemble: Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Chorus

Dvorák: Stabat Mater / Smetácek, Woytowicz, Soukupová, Borg

2 CD / Supraphon / 2004-02-05

Works: Antonín Dvorák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58/B 71
Performers: Borg, Kim; Soukupova, Vera; Woytowicz, Stefania; Zidek, Ivo
Conductors: Smetácek, Václáv
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

"This performance is wonderful on all counts. The four soloists are well chosen and all in good voice. Vaclav Smetacek was one of Czechoslovakia's finest...continue...

Britten: War Requiem / Giulini, Woytowica, Pears, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Performers: Pears, Peter, Sir; Wilbrink, Hans; Woytowicz, Stefania
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: Melos Ensemble of London

"The only "War Requiem" I know that gets to me as this one does is Britten's own.. This is a 'bel canto' performance all the...continue...

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore / Varviso, Gedda, Grist, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 1999-04-30

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Carmeli, Boris; Gedda, Nicolai; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Ludwig, Christa; Wachter, Eberhard; Woytowicz, Stefania
Conductors: Varviso, Silvio; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans