JOHANN STRAUSS II
Die Fledermaus (The Bat) (rec 1955) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano), Nicolai Gedda (Tenor) / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Herbert von Karajan [ Naxos Historical Great Operas / 2 CD - released 11/May/2006 ] Historical 1955 recording of Die Fledermaus with Schwarzkopf, Gedda, and Karajan. |
SCHUBERT
Lieder (with works by Beethoven) [recorded 1952-1954] Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) with Edwin Fischer (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] Although best remembered in the operatic rôles of the Marschallin (Der Rosenkavalier), Countess Madeleine (Capriccio), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), the Countess (Le nozze di Figaro) and Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf also enjoyed... |
W.A. MOZART
Cosi fan tutte (complete opera recorded in 1954) Elisabeth Scwarzkopf / Sesto Bruscantini / Nan Merriman / Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert Von Karajan [ Naxos Historical Great Operas / 3 CD - released 15/Aug/2006 ] The Gramophone reviewer felt "the casting is ideal". He also commented that "Schwarzkopf is in splendid voice as the sentimental Fiordiligi, Merriman equally good as the practical Dorabella, and Otto is a good Despina and very amusing in her assumed... |
SHUYING LI • JESS LANGSTON TURNER • KEN STEEN GILDA LYONS • ROBERT CARL • JOSEPH TURRIN
Crimson Roses: Contemporary American Choral Music Erinn Sensenig, Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano) Musica Viva NY Choir, Musica Viva NY Orchestra, Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Nov/2024 ] The three world premiere choral recordings on this album represent the enduring commitment of Musica Viva NY's artistic director, Alejandro Hernandez Valdez, to perform new works by living composers. Richard Einhorn's The Luminous Ground is a deeply... |
SCHUBERT
Settings of Various Poets Ferdinand von Bothmer (tenor) & Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) [ Naxos Schubert Lieder Edition Vol 29 / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] The Naxos Deutsche Schubert- Lied- Edition: Schubert set the poetry of over 115 writers to music. He selected poems from classical Greece, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, from eighteenth-century German authors, early Romantics, and more. |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (complete opera recorded in 2000) Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Mireille Delunsch / Anne Sofie Von Otter / Sylvie Brunet / Charlotte Hellekant / Marc Minkowski (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 24/Jul/2007 ] G - "The casting on the whole is successful, with Nero sung by Mireille Delunsch, a choice that is not only musically successful (particularly in duets with Anne Sofie von Otter), but also opens up the interesting dramatic possibility of presenting... |
DAVE BRUBECK
Across Your Dreams: Frederica von Stade sings Brubeck Frederica Von Stade (soprano) with Chris & Dave Brubeck [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] Across Your Dreams is a collection of compositions, written by Dave and Chris Brubeck, that weave the stories of life and family into a beautiful tapestry of song. The compositions feature von Stadewith Chris Brubeck and Bill Crofut with lyrics by... |
FAURE / STRAUSS / MAHLER / COPLAND / IVES / etc
Lieder (recorded 1986) Frederica von Stade (mezzo) Martin Katz (piano) [ ORFEO / CD - released 30/Aug/2013 ] "the mezzo-soprano on excellent form in a fascinating programme … Katz is a consistently birlliant accompanist and the programme is as absorbing as it is enterprising. Nobody who admires this singer should hesitate for a moment." (International Record Rev |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 4 / Songs of a Wayfarer Frederica von Stade (soprano) / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra / Yoel Levi, conductor [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] "The Fourth always seemed like suitable territory for this conductor. And so it proves. A mass of detail and colour is unearthed by his fine Atlanta orchestra." - Gramophone |
ROGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
The Sound of Music Frederica von Stade (soprano) / Cincinnati Pops Orchestra / Erich Kunzel [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] Frederica von Stade, described by The New York Times as "one of America's finest artists and singers," stands now at the pinnacle of a career that has taken her to the stages of the world's great opera houses, as well as concert and recital platforms... |
MOZART / ROSSINI
Opera Arias Frederica von Stade (soprano) / Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Edo de Waart [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2005 ] "A mostly satisfying experience." - Scott Morrison (Amazon.co.uk) |
Frederica von Stade, Thomas Hampson, Tyne Daly, London Symphony Orchestra. Michael Tilson Thomas
Bernstein - On the Town [ DG Awards Collection / CD - released 8/May/2005 ] Gramophone Award Winner: Music Theatre 1994 |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Tafelmusik Part I-III (complete) Freiburg Barockorchester / Petra Mullejans, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2010 ] "I was reminded time and again that Telemann's music is extraordinarily good, and amazed at the quality of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra's performances. This is an unmitigated joy." Gramophone Magazine Award Finalist 2011 - Baroque Instrumental |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Concerti a Due Cori Freiburger Barockorchester, Petra Müllejans & Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Apr/2018 ] "Handel's rich orchestrations, using wind and brass musicians, are magnificently played by the Freiburgers." Sunday Times |
PIETRO LOCATELLI
Locatelli: Concerti grossi op.1 (Nos 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10) Freiburger Barockorchester / Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Oct/2006 ] "Not only does it reveal music of real genius and adventurousness, but playing of the very highest order." (International Record Review Sept 2006) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies No 49 "La Passione" & No 80 / Violin Concerto No. 1 in C major Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 25/Jul/2014 ] "Mezzo Bernarda Fink's impassioned Scena di Berenice might well send you out on the Haydn operatic trail ... with many rewards guaranteed." (William Dart NZ Herald) |
J. S. BACH
Violin Concertos Freiburger Barockorchester, Von Der Goltz, Mullejans, Schreiber [ Aparté / CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "von der Goltz and Müllejans make a strong case for this group as the very finest of their kind in these rich-veined creations...the playing is dazzling and the last movement riffs are irresistable." (Gramophone) |
W. A. MOZART
The Last Concertos: Piano Concerto No 27 & Clarinet Concerto Andreas Staier (pianoforte) Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet) / Freiburger Barockorchester / Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 21/Jan/2008 ] "In sum, a wholly delightful disc that reawakened my appetite for music I thought I heard once or twice too often." - The Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2008 |
Gedichte / geleson von Bruno Ganz
Holerlin [ ECM Records / CD ] Recorded March 1984 |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Elektra (Complete Opera) Gerda Lammers / Hedwig Muller-Butow / Georgine Von Milinkovic / Covent Garden Opera Chorus And Orchestra / Rudolf Kempe [ ROYAL OPERA HOUSE HERITAGE SERIES / 2 CD ] |