Júlia Várady - The Orfeo Recordings

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Orfeo
Release Date
August 20, 2021
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Julia Varady
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 20, 2021
    • UPC
      4011790210865
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ORF-C210086
    • LABEL
      Orfeo
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      10
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Nabucco, Act II: Ben io t'invenni

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bayerisches Staatsorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    2. Act I: Tacea la notte placida

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bayerisches Staatsorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    3. Act IV: Timor di me?

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bayerisches Staatsorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    4. Act III: È strano!

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bayerisches Staatsorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Lothar Odinius

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    5. Act III: Tenesta la promessa - Attendo, ne a me giungon mai

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bayerisches Staatsorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    6. Act II: Ecco l'orrido campo - Ma dall'arido stelo

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bayerisches Staatsorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    7. Act III: Morrò, ma prima in grazia

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bayerisches Staatsorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    8. La forza del destino, Act IV: Pace, pace, mio Dio

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bayerisches Staatsorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    9. Act I: Ambizioso spirito … Vieni! T'affretta!

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bayerisches Staatsorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    10. Act II: La luce langue

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bayerisches Staatsorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    11. Act IV: Una macchia è qui tutt'ora

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bayerisches Staatsorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    12. Don Carlo, Act V: Tu che le vanita conoscesti del mondo

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bayerisches Staatsorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    13. Act I: Ritorna vincitor!

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bayerisches Staatsorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    14. Act III: Qui Radames verrà! … O patria mia

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bayerisches Staatsorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    15. Otello, Act IV: Piangea cantando nell'erma landa

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Bayerisches Staatsorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Stella Doufexis

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    16. La Rondine, Act I: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Marcello Viotti

    17. Act I: Sì, mi chiamano Mimi

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Marcello Viotti

    18. Act III: D'onde lieta usci

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Marcello Viotti

    19. Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Marcello Viotti

    20. Act II: In quelle trine morbide

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Marcello Viotti

    21. Act IV: Sola, perduta, abbandonata

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Marcello Viotti

    22. Suor Angelica: Senza mamma, o bimbo

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Marcello Viotti

    23. Tosca, Act II: Vissi d'arte

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Marcello Viotti

    24. Act II: Un bel di, vedremo

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Marcello Viotti

    25. Act II: Che tua madre

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Marcello Viotti

    26. Act III: Tu, tu, piccolo iddio

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Marcello Viotti

    27. Act I: Signore, ascolta!

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Marcello Viotti

    28. Act III: Tu, che di gel sei cinta

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Marcello Viotti

    29. Act II: In questa reggia

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Marcello Viotti

    30. Act I: Nu, zaboltalas' ja!

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Daphne Evangelatos

      Conductor: Roman Kofman

    31. Act I: Puskaj pagibnu ja, no prezhde

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Roman Kofman

    32. Act I: Akh, noč' minula

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Daphne Evangelatos

      Conductor: Roman Kofman

    33. Introduction

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Roman Kofman

    34. Act I: Aria: Da, čas nastal … Prostite wy, cholmy, polia rodnyje

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Roman Kofman

    35. Act III: The Battle of Poltava

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Roman Kofman

    36. Act III Scene 1: Spi, mladenez moi prekrasnyj

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Roman Kofman

    37. Act I: Gopak

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Roman Kofman

    38. Act I: Aria: Glianut s Nižnewo, so krutoi gory

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Roman Kofman

    39. Act IV: Aria: Gde že ty, moi želannyi?

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Roman Kofman

    40. Act I Scene 10: Otkuda eti slezy, zachem one?, "Lisa's Aria"

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Roman Kofman

    41. Act III Scene 2: Už polnoč blizitsja

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Roman Kofman

    42. Prelude

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Roman Kofman

    43. Scene 1: Arioso: Otčego eto prežde ne snala li toskia ia

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Roman Kofman

    44. No. 1. Der Engel (The Angel)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    45. No. 2. Stehe still (Stand Still)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    46. No. 3. Im Treibhaus (In the Hothouse)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    47. No. 4. Schmerzen (Pain)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    48. 5 Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme, "Wesendonck Lieder": No. 5. Träume (Dreams)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    49. Act I: Prelude

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    50. Act III Scene 3: Mild und leise wie er lächelt

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    51. Prologue: Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt (Siegfried's Rhine Journey)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    52. Act III Scene 3: Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    53. Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215: Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund küssen lassen, Jochanaan!

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Bamberger Symphoniker

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    54. The Prologue: Overture

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Bamberger Symphoniker

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    55. Ein Schönes war, hiess Theseus

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Bamberger Symphoniker

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    56. Es gibt ein Reich, wo alles rein ist

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Bamberger Symphoniker

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    57. Interlude: Aufzug

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Bamberger Symphoniker

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    58. Wie umgibst du mich mit Frieden

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Bamberger Symphoniker

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    59. Mondscheinmusik

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Bamberger Symphoniker

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    60. Scene 13: Wo ist mein Bruder?

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Bamberger Symphoniker

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    61. Scene 13: Kein Andres, das mir so im Herzen loht

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Bamberger Symphoniker

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

      Conductor: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    62. Act I: Er ist der Richtige nicht für mich!

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Bayerisches Staatsorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Helen Donath

      Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch

    63. Act III: Das war sehr gut, Mandryka

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Bayerisches Staatsorchester

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

      Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch

    64. Introduction

      Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Conductor: Gerd Albrecht

    65. Cavatina: Deliziose piante ombrose

      Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Gerd Albrecht

    66. Recitative: Quanto un di m'eran

      Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Gerd Albrecht

    67. Ah, ch'egli è desso

      Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Jörg Fadle

      Conductor: Gerd Albrecht

    68. Chi mai non curasi

      Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer

      Ensemble: RIAS Kammerchor, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Conductor: Gerd Albrecht

    69. Recitative: Quanto leite voi siete!

      Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Gerd Albrecht

    70. Diceva un giorno Clori

      Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Jörg Fadle

      Conductor: Gerd Albrecht

    71. Qual suon perfetto

      Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer

      Ensemble: RIAS Kammerchor, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Jörg Fadle

      Conductor: Gerd Albrecht

    72. Act II: Recitative: Mais, quel trouble inconnu s'empare de mes sens?

      Composer: Gaspare Spontini

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Stefania Toczyska, Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Gerd Albrecht

    73. Act II: Trio: O reine, en des moments si doux

      Composer: Gaspare Spontini

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Franco Tagliavini, Stefania Toczyska, Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Gerd Albrecht

    74. Act III: Cassandre est libre!

      Composer: Gaspare Spontini

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Júlia Várady, George Fortune

      Conductor: Gerd Albrecht

    75. Act III: Recitative: Viens! suis-moi!

      Composer: Gaspare Spontini

      Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

      Performer: Stefania Toczyska, Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Gerd Albrecht

    76. Act I: Recitative and Aria: Als in mitternächt'ger Stunde - Die ihr Fühlende betrübet

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Ensemble: Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Gerd Albrecht

    77. Act III: Ich hatt' entsagt der Erde Freuden

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Ensemble: Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra

      Performer: Júlia Várady

      Conductor: Gerd Albrecht

    78. Act III: Mein Schritt, beflügelt von Entzücken

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Ensemble: Hamburg State Opera Chorus, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra

      Performer: Renate Behle, Júlia Várady, Kurt Moll, Thomas Moser, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

      Conductor: Gerd Albrecht

    79. Ridente la calma (arr. W.A. Mozart for voice and piano, K. 152/210a)

      Composer: Josef Mysliveček

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Elena Bashkirova

    80. Oiseaux, si tous les ans, K. 307

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Elena Bashkirova

    81. Dans un bois solitaire, K. 308

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Elena Bashkirova

    82. Das Veilchen, K. 476

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Elena Bashkirova

    83. An die Einsamkeit, K. 391

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Elena Bashkirova

    84. Der Zauberer, K. 472

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Elena Bashkirova

    85. Als Luise die Briefe, K. 520

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Elena Bashkirova

    86. Un moto di gioia mi sento, K. 579

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Elena Bashkirova

    87. Abendempfindung, K. 523

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Elena Bashkirova

    88. Die Alte, K. 517

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Elena Bashkirova

    89. 3 Lieder, Op. 29, TrV 172: No. 2. Schlagende Herzen

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Elena Bashkirova

    90. No. 2. Ich wollt' ein Sträusslein binden

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Elena Bashkirova

    91. No. 3. Säusle, liebe Myrthe

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Elena Bashkirova

    92. 5 Lieder, Op. 39, TrV 189: No. 4. Befreit

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Elena Bashkirova

    93. 6 Lieder, Op. 37, TrV 187: No. 3. Meinem Kinde

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Elena Bashkirova

    94. 8 Lieder, Op. 49, TrV 204: No. 1. Waldseligkeit (version for voice and piano)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Elena Bashkirova

    95. 5 Kleine Lieder, Op. 69, TrV 237: No. 5. Schlechtes Wetter (Rough Weather)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Elena Bashkirova

    96. 6 Lieder, Op. 56, TrV 220: No. 5. Frühlingsfeier

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Elena Bashkirova

    97. Khotel bï v edinoye slovo (I wish I could take all my sadness)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Aribert Reimann

    98. No. 1. Ne ver', moy drug

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Aribert Reimann

    99. No. 5. Otchevo? (Why?)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Aribert Reimann

    100. 6 Romances, Op. 28: No. 3. Zachem? (Why?)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Aribert Reimann

    101. No. 1. Kabï znala ya (If I'd only guessed)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Aribert Reimann

    102. No. 2. Gornimi tikho letela dusha nebesami (Calmly the spirit flew up to heaven)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Aribert Reimann

    103. No. 1. Mi sideli s toboy (We Sat Together)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Aribert Reimann

    104. No. 2. Noch' (Night)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Aribert Reimann

    105. No. 3. V etu lunnuyu noch' (On this Moonlit Night)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Aribert Reimann

    106. No. 4. Zakatilos solntse (The Sun has Set)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Aribert Reimann

    107. No. 5. Sred' mrachnikh dney (Amid Sombre Days)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Aribert Reimann

    108. No. 6. Snova, kak prezhde, odin (Again, as Before, Alone)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Aribert Reimann

    109. No. 1. Sérénade (Ou vas-tu, souffle d'aurore)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Aribert Reimann

    110. No. 2. Déception

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Aribert Reimann

    111. No. 3. Sérénade (J'aime dans le rayon de la limpide aurore)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Aribert Reimann

    112. No. 4. Qu'importe que l'hiver

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Aribert Reimann

    113. No. 5. Les larmes

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Aribert Reimann

    114. No. 6. Rondel

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Aribert Reimann

    115. No. 1. Abendfeier

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Hartmut Höll

    116. No. 2. Jagdlied

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Hartmut Höll

    117. No. 3. Töne

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Hartmut Höll

    118. No. 4. Erlkönig

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Hartmut Höll

    119. No. 5. Der Spielmann und seine Geige

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Hartmut Höll

    120. No. 6. Abendstille

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Hartmut Höll

    121. No. 2. Schottisch Lied

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hartmut Höll

    122. No. 5. Zigeunerlied

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hartmut Höll

    123. 6 Lieder, Op. 37: No. 6. Lied beim Rundetanz

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hartmut Höll

    124. 6 Lieder, Op. 41: No. 6. Vanitas! Vanitatum vanitas

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hartmut Höll

    125. 6 Lieder, Op. 72: No. 6. Schlaflied

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hartmut Höll

    126. 6 Lieder, Op. 41: No. 3. An Mignon

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hartmut Höll

    127. No. 1. Sei still mein Herz

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Hans Schöneberger, Hartmut Höll

    128. No. 2. Zwiegesang

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Hans Schöneberger, Hartmut Höll

    129. No. 3. Sehnsucht

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Hans Schöneberger, Hartmut Höll

    130. No. 4. Wiegenlied

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Hans Schöneberger, Hartmut Höll

    131. No. 5. Das heimliche Lied

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Hans Schöneberger, Hartmut Höll

    132. No. 6. Wach auf

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Performer: Júlia Várady, Hans Schöneberger, Hartmut Höll


Orfeo honors Júlia Várady as one of the most important sopranos of the second half of the 20th century with the release of this 10 album boxed set ‘The Orfeo Recordings’ on the occasion of her 80th Anniversary on 1st September 2021.

A significant number of opera lovers and connoisseurs maintain that Maria Callas’ mantle ought to have passed to Júlia Várady, and that the (now eighty-year-old) Romanian-Hungarian-German soprano actually should, in her day, have ascended the international throne of the prima donna assoluta. But as it is said, her loyalty to her two musical homes, the Bavarian State Opera and the Deutsche Oper Berlin, prevented this. Nonetheless, she made guest appearances at all the world’s major opera theaters – but she was apparently not available to the market as unrestrictedly and ubiquitously as would have been necessary for her image, in order for her to be enthroned as the Várady (as the legitimate successor of the Callas). In addition to her loyalty to the two aforementioned opera houses, another reason seemed to be a natural modesty that prevented her from constantly drawing attention to herself (with a reputation, for example, of being the “difficult one,“ or even with scandals). Her marriage to the titan Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in 1977 may also have played a role, as she often and willingly stepped into his shadow.

Escerpts from reviews of previously released volumes included in this set:

Julia Varady sings Wagner

Varady's reading of the Wesendonck Lieder is remarkable, enthralling. There's nothing here of the slow, wallowing approach often favoured today. The feeling of the words is one of very present emotions. And transfiguration is a feature of Varady's concentrated, urgent Liebestod, her complete absorption with the text as much as with the music an object-lesson in great Wagner singing. The players of Fischer-Dieskau's Berlin orchestra cover themselves in glory. The recording is exemplary.

– Gramophone

Julia Varady sings Richard Strauss

The final scene of Salome, under the watchful eye of Varady's husband, Fischer-Dieskau, has the perfection of pitch and phrase one expects of this singer, as well as an expected acuity for the meaning of the text.

– Gramophone

Julia Varady - Puccini Arias

A lovely and somewhat surprising record by the most fascinating and patrician lyric soprano of the present age: 'surprising' because, though Varady is associated closely enough with Verdi, the Puccini connection is less readily made, 'lovely' because the voice is still so pure, the style so musical and the response so intelligent, immediate and full-hearted. She adjusts wonderfully well to the Italian idiom, lightening the vowels, freeing the upper range, allowing more portamento than she would probably do in other music, yet employing in its use the finest technical skill and artistic judgement.

– Gramophone