Agnes Baltsa
-
Verdi: Messa Da Requiem
Jessye Norman (soprano), Agnes Baltsa (alto), Jose Carreras (tenor), Yevgeny Nesterenko (bass), Chor und Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Riccardo Muti
At 35 José Carreras was nearly in the prime bloom of his voice; he sings the “Ingemisco” with style and no signs of operatic excess. Baltsa is also memorable for her musical, totally sincere... —
Awards:
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Historical
-
-
Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri
RecommendedAgnes Baltsa (Isabella), Ruggero Raimondi (Mustafà), Enzo Dara (Taddeo), Frank Lopardo (Lindoro), Patrizia Pace (Elvira), Anna Gonda (Zulma), Alessandro Corbelli (Haly)
Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Baltsa's imperious, piquant Isabella is a delight, especially when sparring with Enzo Dara's bumbling Taddeo and Ruggero Raimondi's formidable Mustafà. The onomatopoeic finale of Act One - in... —
Awards:
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Bernstein: Mahler
Christa Ludwig (contralto), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Joseph Flummerfelt (chorus master), James McCarthy (chorus master), Jaap van Zweden (violin), Helmut Wittek (boy soprano), Friedrich Pfeiffer (horn), Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Rudolf Scholz (organ), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), José van Dam...
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
Amadeus
RecommendedAldo Baldin (artist), Agnes Baltsa (artist), Iona Brown (chorus conductor), John Constable (artist), Catherine Denly (artist), Barbara Hendricks (artist), Neil Jenkins (artist), Donald Maxwell (artist), John McCarthy (chorus conductor), Original Cast (artist), Felicity Palmer (artist), Cathryn Pope...
Awards:
-
Grammy Awards, 27th Awards (1984), Classical Album of the Year
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Songs My Country Taught Me
Agnes Baltsa sings Greek Songs
Agnes Baltsa, mezzo-sop.
Athens Experimental Orchestra, Stavros Xarthos
-
Beethoven: 9 Symphonies
Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Peter Schreier (tenor), José van Dam (bass), Helmuth Froschauer (chorusmaster), Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Singverein, Herbert von Karajan
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos
RecommendedAnna Tomowa-Sintow (Ariadne), Agnes Baltsa (Der Komponist), Kathleen Battle (Zerbinetta), Gary Lakes (Bacchus), Hermann Prey (Musiklehrer), Urban Malmberg (Harlekin), Barbara Bonney (Najade), Helga Müller-Molinari (Dryade), Dawn Upshaw (Echo), Kurt Rydl (Truffaldin), Otto Schenk (Haushofmeister)
Wiener...
Awards:
-
Grammy Awards, 30th Awards (1987), Best Opera Recording
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
RecommendedAgnes Baltsa (Santuzza), Plácido Domingo (Turiddu), Juan Pons (Alfio), Susanne Mentzer (Lola), Vera Baniewicz (Lucia)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Giuseppe Sinopoli
Awards:
-
Building a Library, January 2016, First Choice
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
RecommendedStuart Burrows (Ferrando), Thomas Allen (Guglielmo), Richard Van Allan (Don Alfonso), Kiri Te Kanawa (Fiordiligi), Agnes Baltsa (Dorabella), Daniela Mazzucato (Despina)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Colin Davis
it offers abundant pleasures. Te Kanawa recorded an earlier Fiordiligi...and a later...: neither manifests the personality and velvety warmth of tone of show here, and her virtuosity in 'Come... —
Awards:
-
Building A Library, October 2025, Top Choice
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Wagner: Tannhäuser
Plácido Domingo (Tannhauser), Cheryl Studer (Elisabeth), Agnes Baltsa (Venus), Matti Salminen (Landgraf), Andreas Schmidt (Wolfram)
Chorus of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli
Domingo's Tannhäuser is a success in almost every respect. He evokes the erotic passion of the Venusberg scene and brings to it just the right touch of nervous energy. This is boldly contrasted... —
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide
