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  • EURYANTHE

    EURYANTHE

    Andromeda Jan 2012
    2 discs
    CD
    $10.99
    • Music in Germany from Schutz to Bach / Lejeune
    Ricercar

    Music in Germany from Schutz to Bach / Lejeune

    CD · 8 discs

    $71.99
    Composer
    VARIOUS
    Artist
    Various
    Released
    Nov 17, 2017
    After exploring the evolution of Italian and French music in the seventeenth century, Jerôme Lejeune devotes a new volume in his History of Early Music to Germany. During this century in which the Lutheran musical tradition developed further, Germany lived through a particularly enthralling period, bringing the musical world a highly original language, but also assimilating Italian and French models with talent and imagination; all of this unquestionably prepared the way that leads to Johann Sebastian Bach. As in the other volumes of this collection, the recorded examples are selections taken from the works that are the most representative of their period. The Ricercar catalogue is particularly well-provided with examples of German music of the seventeenth century.
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  • Music in Germany from Schutz to Bach / Lejeune

    Music in Germany from Schutz to Bach / Lejeune

    Ricercar Nov 2017
    8 discs
    CD
    $71.99
    1. Early Recordings including CD premieres - an Anthology / Fischer-Dieskau
    2. Early Recordings including CD premieres - an Anthology / Fischer-Dieskau
    Profil

    Early Recordings including CD premieres - an Anthology / Fischer-Dieskau

    CD · 7 discs

    $27.99
    Composer
    VARIOUS
    Artist
    Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
    Released
    Sep 03, 2021
    Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is undoubtedly one of the greatest vocalists of the past century – and one of those with the most extensive discography. Yet we constantly note the disappearance from the catalogue of early recordings for radio or gramophone, particularly those which covered less popular repertoire. And there are a number of recordings that have simply never been issued on album. The present anthology aims to bridge this gap – with seven albums offering an average of 77 minutes playing time, or a total of some nine hours of music: rare repertoire, seldom or never yet available in these versions on album, matched by indispensable gems of recorded music such as the young Fischer-Dieskau in Gustav Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen in the orchestral version under the baton of the great Wilhelm Furtwängler. That legendary orchestra director, in his turn, judged that “no-one has ever sung Mahler better” than the young baritone.
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  • Early Recordings including CD premieres - an Anthology / Fischer-Dieskau

    Early Recordings including CD premieres - an Anthology / Fischer-Dieskau

    Profil Sep 2021
    7 discs
    CD
    $27.99
  • Weber, C.M. Von: Freischutz (Der) [Opera] (Staatskapelle Dre

    Weber, C.M. Von: Freischutz (Der) [Opera] (Staatskapelle Dre

    Profil Oct 2009
    2 discs
    CD
    $24.99
    1. NEW GUSTAV LEONHARDT EDITION
    2. NEW GUSTAV LEONHARDT EDITION
    WARNER CLASSICS

    NEW GUSTAV LEONHARDT EDITION

    CD · 35 discs

    $88.32
    Composer
    0
    Artist
    LEONHARDT, GUSTAV
    Released
    Apr 08, 2022
    The abundant legacy of Gustav Leonhardt's recordings for Telefunken's Das Alte Werk series invites us to follow his trajectory as a performer from the early 1960's onwards, a time when the new codes of early music had yet to be invented, when their success depended above all on the strength of conviction of the performer. Leonhardt's was strengthened by dialogue: with a range of partners whose variety defies all preconceived ideas, with ancient instruments or modern copies of all types, with repertoires as diverse as Byrd, Purcell, Rameau, Johann Sebastian but also Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Not forgetting the 1970 Monteverdi LP, which has never been reissued since. The image of a pope of early music isolated in his tower and frozen in a school style does not last long after listening to this historical sum, extended here by the later series of recordings under the Virgin Veritas flag.
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  • NEW GUSTAV LEONHARDT EDITION

    NEW GUSTAV LEONHARDT EDITION

    WARNER CLASSICS Apr 2022
    35 discs
    CD
    $88.32
    1. Orfeo 40th Anniversary Edition: 40 Ultimate Recordings
    2. Orfeo 40th Anniversary Edition: 40 Ultimate Recordings
    Orfeo

    Orfeo 40th Anniversary Edition: 40 Ultimate Recordings

    CD · 2 discs

    $14.99
    Composer
    VARIOUS
    Artist
    Various
    Released
    Jun 19, 2020

    When the ORFEO label was established in Munich forty years ago, surely no one with the music scene back then would have predicted that the record company would develop into a firmly established player on the classical music market. One of the label’s main priorities in the early years was vocal music, with opera rarities top of the list and since the mid 1980s the re-use of historic tape recordings. Big names featured on the label’s own productions, while ORFEO also developed into a talent factory by discovering and nurturing young artist. This “ORFEO 40th Anniversary” 2-album sampler well reflects these two sides of the label by combining highlight tracks of historical recordings with today’s global stars.

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  • Orfeo 40th Anniversary Edition: 40 Ultimate Recordings

    Orfeo 40th Anniversary Edition: 40 Ultimate Recordings

    Orfeo Jun 2020
    2 discs
    CD
    $14.99
    1. Der schwarzeste Bass: Gottlob Frick Portrait
    2. Der schwarzeste Bass: Gottlob Frick Portrait
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    Der schwarzeste Bass: Gottlob Frick Portrait

    CD · 4 discs

    $32.99
    Composer
    VARIOUS
    Artist
    Various
    Released
    May 17, 2019
    It was the conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler who first gave Gottlob Frick the nickname "Der schwärzeste Bass". This accolade has been picked up time and again, gone through various manifestations, and become a sort of trademark of the German bass Gottlob Frick. That said, the attribute "black" is often applied to define the vocal range of a basso profundo's ability to produce sonorous deep notes. However, the definition of "black bass" means far more than that: it applies primarily to the deep, dark timbre, the rich and sonorous sound and the lasting flexibility of the voice even in the deep registers, paired with strength, momentum, natural resonance and abundant expression in the entire vocal range. "If you have ever heard the timbre of Gottlob Frick's voice, you will never forget it," as the German singing expert Jürgen Kesting accurately observed in his standard reference work "Die großen Sänger". Gottlob Frick is seen rightly therefore as the incarnation of the black bass. He is a German bass who, thanks to the many sound recordings he left us documenting his sonorous, unusually beautiful and fluently melodic singing, enjoys a popularity to this day that is probably unparalleled in this vocal register. One of the reasons the internationally renowned critic John B. Steane advanced to justify his inclusion of Gottlob Frick in his list of 100 most important singers in "Opera Now" is encapsulated in this fitting characterisation: "When it comes to the Wagnerian basso profundo, the only name in recent times that matters" – by which he means the 1940s to 1980s – "is that of Gottlob Frick: a tower of strength in the strongest ensemble and one of the greatest basses of all time. His voice is steady despite its powerful capacity, supple and splendid. Frick's two-and-a-half-octave bass is remarkably well trained and remains constant through its entire spectrum. He has a strong sense of rhythm and he can sing both legato and staccato in exemplary manner, without depriving his listeners of that rich timbre of his."
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  • Der schwarzeste Bass: Gottlob Frick Portrait

    Der schwarzeste Bass: Gottlob Frick Portrait

    Profil May 2019
    4 discs
    CD
    $32.99
    1. Christmas Meditation
    2. Christmas Meditation
    Capriccio

    Christmas Meditation

    CD · 5 discs

    $21.99
    Composer
    BACH HANDEL MOZART GRUBER
    Artist
    Kowalski, Concerto Koln, Friedrich
    Released
    Nov 16, 2010
    Popular vocal and instrumental works and excerpts from the Baroque era through earlier 20th Century, all associated with the Winter season and Christmas. On 5 CDs.

    Adam:
    O Holy Night
    Albinoni:
    Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor
    Bach:
    Air on the G string
    Bruch:
    Jubilate, Amen Op. 3
    Bruckner:
    Ave Maria
    Corelli:
    Concerto grosso Op. 6 No. 8 in G minor 'fatto per la notte di Natale'
    Gabrieli, G:
    Sacrae Symphoniae No. 2
    Gounod:
    Ave Maria
    Grüber, F:
    Stille Nacht
    Handel:
    Messiah: Pastoral Symphony 'Pifa'
    Manfredini:
    Concerto grosso in C major, Op. 3 No. 12 'per il Santissimo Natale'
    Molter:
    Concerto pastorale in G major
    Mozart:
    Laudate Dominum from Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K339
    Praetorius, M:
    Kindelein zart von guter Art
    Reger:
    Mariä Wiegenlied, Op. 76 No. 52
    Traditional:
    Süsser die Glocken
    O Jesulein Zart
    Vivaldi:
    The Four Seasons: Winter, RV297

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  • Christmas Meditation

    Christmas Meditation

    Capriccio Nov 2010
    5 discs
    CD
    $21.99
  • Verdi: Macbeth / Bohm, Milnes, Ridderbusch, Ludwig, Et Al
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    Verdi: Macbeth / Bohm, Milnes, Ridderbusch, Ludwig, Et Al

    Orfeo Nov 2008
    2 discs
    CD
    $26.99
    1. Weber: Euryanthe / Sutherland, Vroons, Stiedry, BBC Symphony
    2. Weber: Euryanthe / Sutherland, Vroons, Stiedry, BBC Symphony
    Prima Voce

    Weber: Euryanthe / Sutherland, Vroons, Stiedry, BBC Symphony

    CD · 2 discs

    $20.99
    Composer
    WEBER, CARL MARIA VON
    Artist
    Sutherland, Bohme, Vroons, Kraus, Schech, Strauss-Smith, Hatt, B
    Released
    Jul 05, 2019
    Despite the (mainly traditional) cuts, this 1955 BBC broadcast is treasurable. Not only does it feature Joan Sutherland’s touchingly pure and limpid Euryanthe – a role she only sang this once – but it also extends the small discography of Frans Vroons, in a lyric-heroic role which could have been written for him. Marianne Schech and Otakar Kraus are matchless villains, Kurt Bohme a comfortable King. Yet perhaps the performance’s prime virtue is the candescent conducting of Fritz Stiedry. His visionary readings of the familiar Overture and the desolate Prelude to Act 3 are heightened by unusually good broadcast sound, captured by the late Richard Itter on state-of-the-art equipment. This thrilling Euryanthe fully vindicates Weber’s – and Chezy’s –achievement.

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    REVIEW:

    Despite big cuts (including around 20 minutes’ worth of Act 3), this is a well-prepared performance of considerable merits. Not the least of these is the proof that Joan Sutherland could indeed have made a serious career in the dramatic German Fach: she sounds an outstandingly fluent and natural exponent of the titlerole. Conductor Fritz Stiedry’s preserved Wagner performances are often a little spotty but here he seems in well-ordered control of everything. All the other major roles are on committed top form.

    – Gramophone
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  • Weber: Euryanthe / Sutherland, Vroons, Stiedry, BBC Symphony
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    Weber: Euryanthe / Sutherland, Vroons, Stiedry, BBC Symphony

    Prima Voce Jul 2019
    2 discs
    CD
    $20.99
    1. Weber: Der Freischütz (Semperoper Edition, Vol. 5) (1951)
    2. Weber: Der Freischütz (Semperoper Edition, Vol. 5) (1951)
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    Weber: Der Freischütz (Semperoper Edition, Vol. 5) (1951)

    CD · 3 discs

    $32.99
    Composer
    BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
    Artist
    Weber, Paul, Faulhaber, Trotschel, Beilke, Bohme, Aldenhoff, Haegele, Thomann, Kramer, Hellriegel, H
    Released
    Jun 26, 2012
    Der Freischutz has since it's premiere been an indispensable part of the operatic repertory, possibly never more significantly than for the Dresden Opera. This exceptional addition to the Semperoper Edition, recorded in 1951, is presented as an historic recording of the 1000th performance of the work by Dresen Opera. This production was undertaken with the utmost care and attention to detail, focusing on ultimate fidelity to the composer's intention. An edition for all time.
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  • Weber: Der Freischütz (Semperoper Edition, Vol. 5) (1951)
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    Weber: Der Freischütz (Semperoper Edition, Vol. 5) (1951)

    Profil Jun 2012
    3 discs
    CD
    $32.99
    • JOSEPH KRIPS EDITION: VOLUME 2
    ELOQUENCE AUSTRALIA

    JOSEPH KRIPS EDITION: VOLUME 2

    CD · 21 discs

    $120.64
    Artist
    KRIPS, JOSEPH
    Released
    Jul 12, 2024
    Mozart was Josef Krips's yardstick in music: 'My maxim is that everything has to sound as though it were by Mozart, or it will be a bad performance. ' Collected here are his Mozart symphony recordings with the Concertgebouworkest for Philips (1972-73), including a rehearsal sequence for Symphony No. 33, as well as the celebrated 1955 Vienna Don Giovanni for Decca. These are surrounded by the rare 'live' recording of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, his stereo Decca recordings of symphonies by Haydn, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Tchaikovsky, and a previously unpublished overture by Weber. LIMITED EDITION. By the time stereo technology had become standard in the mid-1950s, Josef Krips had built an impressive recorded legacy for Decca documented in a companion set of mono recordings from Eloquence (Josef Krips Edition - Volume 1). Decca captured the conductor in several stereo remakes of canon repertoire - the last two symphonies of Schubert, Schumann's Fourth, the 'Haffner' and 'Jupiter' of Mozart - always with something deeper and wiser to say about repertoire which he had been exploring for 40 years and more, affording absorbing comparisons with his mono versions. Complementing his mono-era version of Mozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, Krips recorded a stereo Don Giovanni, now with a more international, less Viennese cast headed by the vocally sensuous Don of Cesare Siepi and complemented by Fernando Corena as Leporello. Other vocal treasures in the set include Inge Borkh on imperious form in Beethoven, Weber and the closing scene of Strauss's Salome. Also located in the Decca archive was a stereo recording of Weber's Oberon Overture, now published for the first time. With the Vienna Symphony Orchestra we have a live recording of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with star soloists Fritz Wunderlich and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Too little of Krips's work outside the Austro-German canon was preserved on record, as the beautifully moulded shape and definition of his 1958 Vienna Philharmonic version of Tchaikovsky's Fifth demonstrates. You would easily guess from it that Mozart was Krips's yardstick in music, and for Philips he finally made a thorough-going survey of the mid-period and mature symphonies, from No. 21 onwards, which he had performed throughout his life. When released in France in harness with the early symphonies led by Marriner, the set included Krips leading a rehearsal sequence of Symphony No. 33 with his characteristically affable authority, and this has been released internationally for the first time on CD. As for the symphonies themselves, Krips sustains them with a natural warmth and breathing pulse that has always placed them in the top rank of 'traditional' performances. The conductor's legacy is addressed in a new essay by Niek Nelissen. Photos and original jackets evoke the 50s and 60s as much as Krips's music-making.
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  • JOSEPH KRIPS EDITION: VOLUME 2
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    JOSEPH KRIPS EDITION: VOLUME 2

    ELOQUENCE AUSTRALIA Jul 2024
    21 discs
    CD
    $120.64
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