FRANCIS POTT
Pott: At First Light / Word Joseph Spooner (Cello) Christian Wilson (Organ) / Commotio, Matthew Berry [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] "Every now and then you hear a new work and feel that excitement, the knowledge that here is a piece that is going to become part of the landscape." Gramophone Editor's Choice Sept 2020 . |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart - Die Zauberflöte, K620 (Highlights from the complete opera) Walter Berry, Kurt Bohme, Hilde Gueden, August Jaresch, Wilma Lipp, Emmy Loose, Leopold Simoneau / Vienna State Opera Chorus, Karl Bohm [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] " Böhm performed Die Zauberflöte as a sublime work of transcendent humanity... Decca's 1955 sound is clear and evocative" AllMusic.com |
J. STRAUSS II
Strauss: Die Fledermaus (complete operetta recorded in 1971) Anneliese Rothenberger, Renate Holm, Brigitte Fassbaender, Nicolai Gedda, Adolf Dallapozza, Walter Berry / Wiener Staatsoper, Willi Boskovsky [ Warner Classics Cologne Collection / 2 CD - released 30/Jun/2016 ] The original source for Die Fledermaus is a farce by German playwright Julius Roderich Benedix (1811-1873), Das Gefängnis (The Prison). Another source is a French vaudeville play, Le Réveillon, by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. Their play was... |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: Duke Bluebeard's Castle (Complete Opera) Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry / London Symphony Orchestra, Istavan Kertesz [ Decca The Classic Sound / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "In 1965 Kertesz set new standards in his version of Bluebeard's Castle with Christa Ludwig and Walter Berry, not only in the playing of the LSO at its peak, in the firm... |
Chuck Berry
Chuck [ Decca CD / CD - released 23/Jun/2017 ] Comprised of ten new recordings, eight of which were written by Berry, 'Chuck' is his first new album since 1979's 'Rock It!' Recorded and produced by Berry in various studios around St. Louis, the album also includes guest performances from Gary... |
Chuck Berry
The Definitive Collection [ Chess Records / CD - released 29/May/2007 ] This is by far the best, most comprehensive single-disc Chuck Berry compilation - featuring 30 digitally re-mastered original hit recordings plus classic photos, and extensive liner notes. |
Chuck Berry
The Great Twenty-Eight (180g Double Gatefold LP) [ Chess Records / 2 LP - released 17/Nov/2023 ] This is the place to start listening to Chuck Berry. The Great Twenty-Eight is a Double LP compilation originally released in 1982, amid a brief period in which the Chess catalog was in the hands of the Sugar Hill label, a disco-oriented outfit that... |
Chuck Berry
The Ultimate Collection [ RCA / CD - released 4/Mar/2008 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Fidelio (opera recorded 1962/63) Deutsche Oper Berlin / Walter Berry, James King, Christa Ludwig, Lisa Otto / Artur Rother (cond) [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 7/Aug/2011 ] For the four main roles, singers were chosen who already had international experience but were still fresh and vigorous. Christa Ludwig, James King and Walter Berry. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 1 - 9 [Complete 1963 recordings on CD & Blu-ray audio] Gundula Janowitz, Hilde Rassel Majdan, Waldemar Kmentt, Walter Berry / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Gramophone / 6 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 9/Jul/2022 ] The classic recording of the complete Beethoven symphonies conducted by master Karajan with the addition of a Blu-ray audio of all the symphonies plus rehearsals. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: La Flute enchantee [The Magic Flute] (Complete Opera recorded in 1964) Nicolai Gedda, Gundula Janowitz, Walter Berry, Lucia Popp / Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ EMI Classics La voix de son maitre / CD - released 23/Sep/1999 ] "I have never heard The Magic Flute sound so magical and the complete ease and seeming rightness of this performance is a wonder. The cast, chorus and orchestra are inspired under Klemperer, whom I here salute as a real genius" (Gramophone) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte [The Magic Flute] (Complete Opera recorded in 1964) [3 LP] Nicolai Gedda, Gundula Janowitz, Walter Berry, Lucia Popp / Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ Warner Classics LP / 3 LP - released 10/Nov/2023 ] "I have never heard The Magic Flute sound so magical and the complete ease and seeming rightness of this performance is a wonder. The cast, chorus and orchestra are inspired under Klemperer, whom I here salute as a real genius" (Gramophone) |
Chuck Berry
One Dozen Berrys / Juke Box Hits [ BGO Records / CD - released 7/Mar/2014 ] |
FRANZ von SUPPE
Boccaccio (complete operetta) Anneliese Rothenberger, Adolf Dallapozza, Edda Moser, Hermann Prey, Walter Berry / Willi Boskovsky [ Warner Classics Cologne Collection / 2 CD - released 1/May/2014 ] The waltz and the Viennese Singspiel tradition are just as present in Franz von Suppé's operettas as French and Italian influences: his Boccaccio of 1879 carries the audience off to 14th century Florence. The turbulent comedy about poet Giovanni... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde (complete opera) Jon Vickers, Helga Dernesch, Christa Ludwig, Karl Ridderbusch, Walter Berry / Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2016 ] "There is no question that Karajan stands head and shoulders above every conductor in the world today," said Jon Vickers, acknowledged as the greatest Tristan of his era. Conductor and tenor are joined by Helga Dernesch as a youthful, ardently... |
SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / MAHLER / GLUCK / REGER / etc
Christa Ludwig: The Complete Recitals on Warner Classics Christa Ludwig (mezzo) with Walter Berry (bass-baritone) Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Geoffrey Parsons, Gerald Moore, Leonard Bernstein (pianos) [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2018 ] "I cannot strongly enough recommend this example of perfect Lieder singing, word and tone, and piano accompanying of some of the finest songs ever composed. It is a joy from start to finish." Gramophone on the Schubert Lieder |
Chuck Berry
Hail! Hail! Rock 'N Roll (Original Soundtrack) [ CD - released 25/Oct/1990 ] American imported disc. |
Chuck Berry
Have Mercy / Complete Chess Recordings 1969 to 1974 (4CD Set) [ Chess Records / 4 CD ] |
Chuck Berry
Johnny B. Goode / Complete 50s Sessions (4CD Set) [ Chess Records / 4 CD ] |