Orfeo
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Verdi: La Traviata
Teresa Stratas, Marie Luise Gilles, Brigitte Fassbaender, Fritz Wunderlich, Hermann Prey, Friedrich Lenz, Josef Knapp, Hans Bruno Ernst, Günter Missenhardt
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Giuseppe Patané
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Françaix: Works for Flute
Astrid Fröhlich (flute), Ulrike Mattanovich (harp), Eleanor Froelich (bassoon), Alexander Swete (guitar)
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Goethe-Lieder
Zelter, Reichardt, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Schoeck, Wolf
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Karl Engel (piano)
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Special offer. Dvořák: Čert a Káča
Michelle Breedt (Kate), Olga Romanko (Princess), Peter Straka (Jirka) & Peter Mikuláš (Marbuel)
Prague Chamber Choir, WDR Radio Choir & WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Gerd Albrecht
Albrecht's ear for Dvorák's exquisite orchestral colouring, notwithstanding a slightly cavernous recorded sound, leads to some remarkably beautiful episodes… Peter Straka is exceptional as... —
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Canadian soprano Adrianne Pieczonka gives an impressive display of her versatility in this formidably wide-ranging collection of Puccini arias. …in every item she conveys a dramatic portrait... —
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Waldemar Kmentt
Live Recordings Vienna State Opera 1955, 1996
Waldemar Kmentt (tenor) with Hilde Güden, Walter Berry, Karl Dönch, Irmgard Seefried, Wilma Lipp, Hermann Uhde, Anja Silja, Kurt Equiluz, Sena Jurinac & Peter Weber, Sung in German as 'Nein! Nein! Dorabella vermöchte das nie'
Chorus & Orchetra of the Wiener Staatsoper, Jaroslav Krombholc,...
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Special offer. Smetana: The Bartered Bride
Hans Braun (Krušina), Hilde Konetzni (Ludmila), Irmgard Seefried (Marie), Ludwig Welter (Micha), Rosette Anday (Háta), Murray Dickie (Wenzel), Waldemar Kmentt (Hans), Oskar Czerwenka (Kecal), László Szemere (Zirkusdirektor), Liselotte Maikl (Esmeralda) & Hans Schweiger (Muff)
Chor und Orchester...
[Klobucar] knows how to weight Smetana's sometimes Germanic scoring more towards Liszt than Brahms...Irmgard Seefried would be the greatest interpretative Marenka on disc if she was singing... —
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Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Live Recording 24/8/1950
Irmgard Seefried (soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter
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The Austrian take time to settle in Bernstein's own composition...but sit spellbound throughout the fiery, finally hell-for-leather interpretation of the Shostakovich...what a relief to revisit... —
