[ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 2 February 1995
Maria Stader first achieved fame for her interpretations of Mozart and her collaborations with conductor Ferenc Fricsay on works such as Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, two versions (1954 and 1960) of Exsultate, jubilate and the Great Mass, as well as Verdi's Messa da Requiem. She won, the Geneva International Music Competition in 1939, but although she "seemed poised for major stardom... her career was delayed by the outbreak of World War II", according to Opera News. Later in her career, Stader acquired a reputation as an outstanding Bach interpreter, especially with Karl Richter and Ferenc Fricsay. She recorded the Requiem by Antonín Dvořák with Karel Ančerl, and Beethoven's opera Fidelio (as Marzelline) with Hans Knappertsbusch. (Wiki)
Includes:
Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate, K165
Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore in C, K339
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 2 "Ach, ich fühl's"
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K.384 / Act 2 "Martern aller Arten"
Handel: Joshua, HWV 64 - Sung In German - "O hätt' ich Jubals Harf' "
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 3 - "Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt"
Bach, J S: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One - No. 19 "Ich will dir mein Herz schenken"
Bach, J S: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two - No. 58 "Aus Liebe will mein Heiland Sterben"
Bach, J S: St. John Passion, BWV 245 / Part Two - No.35 " Zerfließe, mein Herz "
Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2 / Zweiter Teil - "Auf starkem Fittiche schwinget sich der Adler stolz"
Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 - German Text / Part 2 - No. 21: "Höre Israel" - "So spricht der Herr" - "Ich bin euer Tröster"
and much much more