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  • Egk: Irische Legende (Live)

    Egk: Irische Legende (Live)

    Orfeo Jun 2001
    2 discs
    CD
    $26.99
    • LA TENTATION DE SAINT ANTOINE
    Wergo

    LA TENTATION DE SAINT ANTOINE

    CD · 1 disc

    $20.99
    Composer
    EGK, WERNER
    Artist
    Walker, Ritzkowsky, Marschall, Booz, Clement, Rodenhaeuser
    Released
    Oct 01, 1987
    No romantic artistic life à la Wagner or Puccini stands in the background of Egk's body of work. His artistic personality exhibits no monomania. Egk viewed himself with a certain objectivity; humor, wit, and sarcasm are the characteristic elements of such a distancing self-perspective. In many ways Egk can be considered an heir of the French 18th century, a descendent of Voltaire whom Egk first read and admired in his school years in Augsburg, and who remained an influence throughout Egk's life. So "La Tentation" is indicative of Egk's relationship to France, in particular the enlightenment of 18th century rationalism. Janet Walker: alto / Werner-Egk-Quartett / Manfred Clement: oboe / Ulf Rodenhäuser: clarinet / Johannes Ritzkowsky: horn / Eberhard Marschall: bassoon / Werner Booz: double bass.
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  • LA TENTATION DE SAINT ANTOINE

    LA TENTATION DE SAINT ANTOINE

    Wergo Oct 1987
    1 disc
    CD
    $20.99
  • Egk: Die Verlobung In San Domingo (Live)

    Egk: Die Verlobung In San Domingo (Live)

    Orfeo Sep 1993
    2 discs
    CD
    $26.99
  • SINFONIE NR. 2 & INTERVIEWS SD

    SINFONIE NR. 2 & INTERVIEWS SD

    Archipel Jan 2012
    2 discs
    CD
    $10.99
    • MUSIK FUR BLASERENSEMBLE DIVER
    Wergo

    MUSIK FUR BLASERENSEMBLE DIVER

    CD · 1 disc

    $20.99
    Composer
    EGK, WERNER
    Artist
    Schoell
    Released
    Oct 01, 1989
    It happened very much as it did in the 18th century - which Werner Egk considered a kind of spiritual home - where a composer wrote for an ensemble at hand. It was under such circumstances that Egk composed the "Divertissement" (1973-74) for eleven winds, the version for winds (1980) of the overture to his early opera "Die Zaubergeige" (The Magic Violin), and the arrangement of Mozart's "Sinfonia concertante" in E-flat KV 297b, his last work. The musicians who inspired Egk in these three scores were Klaus Rainer Schöll and the Wind Ensemble of Mainz which Schöll founded in 1967. It is said that Werner Egk had to be persuaded to write music of an intimate character; in his long list of works chamber music plays the smallest role, being limited to the Piano Sonata of 1947 and two pieces for winds dating from the 1970's. Bläser Ensemble Mainz / Klaus Rainer Schöll: conductor.
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  • MUSIK FUR BLASERENSEMBLE DIVER

    MUSIK FUR BLASERENSEMBLE DIVER

    Wergo Oct 1989
    1 disc
    CD
    $20.99
  • Mikaeli Chamber Choir: The Songs of Songs

    Mikaeli Chamber Choir: The Songs of Songs

    Footprint Records Feb 2005
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99
    1. Der schwarzeste Bass: Gottlob Frick Portrait
    2. Der schwarzeste Bass: Gottlob Frick Portrait
    Profil

    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
  • DARK HOURS (Mystic Moments of Classical Music)

    DARK HOURS (Mystic Moments of Classical Music)

    Berlin Classics Jan 2015
    6 discs
    CD
    $32.99