Since you are interested in Lieder Recordings, Vol. 5 (recorded 1941-42), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Lieder Recordings, Vol. 4 (1941) Lotte Lehmann (soprano) / Paul Ulanowsky (piano) [ Naxos Great Singers / CD - released 17/Jul/2007 ] Volume 4 of Lotte Lehmann’s Lieder recordings made in America focuses on three composers, Brahms, Wagner and Wolf, all particularly suited to the soprano’s velvet and sensuous tone. |
SCHUBERT
Mayrhofer Lieder Vol 2 Christiane Iven (soprano), Burkhard Kehring (piano) [ Naxos Schubert Lieder Edition Vol 12 / CD - released 28/Sep/2007 ] In 1816 Franz Schubert, together with his circle of friends, decided to publish a collection of all the songs which he had so far written. Joseph Spaun, whom Schubert had known since his school days, tried his (and Schubert's) luck in a letter to the... |
SCHUBERT
Piano Sonatas Nos. 4 & 13 / Fantasie in C major, D760 'Wanderer' Eldar Nebolsin (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2011 ] "Schubert's creative process may be difficult for lesser mortals to comprehend, but Nebolsin's cogent interpretations and masterful execution fully convey Schubert's music with clarity of purpose and emotional power. Naxos provides excellent audio... |
BRAHMS / SCHUMANN / WOLF / SCHUBERT
Lotte Lehmann - Lieder Recordings, Vol. 2 (1937-1940) Erno Balogh (Piano) / Lotte Lehmann (Soprano) [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 16/Jul/2006 ] In remastering my transfers for this Naxos reissue, I have removed many pops and clicks that were in the original release, and have re-equalised all the tracks in order to present a comparatively warmer sound. In addition, several of the tracks have... |
SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT
Lieder Recordings, Vol. 3 (1941) Lotte Lehmann (soprano) / Bruno Walter and Paul Ulanowsky (accompanists) [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] With her impassioned delivery, warm tone, telling word-painting and occasional use of portamento, Lehmann makes her own very personal yet utterly compelling case for Schumann’s Frauenliebe und -Leben and Dichterliebe. |
SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / MOZART / WOLF
Lotte Lehmann: Lieder Recordings (Vol. 1) Lotte Lehmann (Soprano) Erno Balogh (Piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] "Undoubtedly one of the greatest singers of the last century and this and its companion discs give a good picture of her excellence as a Lieder singer" (MusicWeb June 2007) |
AUBER / PUCCINI / VERDI / THOMAS / KORNGOLD / etc
Richard Tauber-Opera Arias Vol 1 Richard Tauber (tenor) with various accompanments [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 14/Feb/2002 ] From the mid-1920s until his death on 8th January 1948, and even to this day, operetta and ballads have remained, primarily through his recordings, Tauber's most widely remembered repertoire. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Richard Tauber: Operetta Arias (Rec 1921-1932) Richard Tauber with Karin Branzell (mezzo-soprano) Lotte Lehmann (soprano) Grete Merrem-Nikisch (soprano) Vera Schwarz (soprano) / various orchestras [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 7/Jul/2004 ] Among tenors, the range of Tauber's operatic repertoire, albeit incompletely captured on shellac, remains legendary, and the same might be said of his association with operetta. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen / Arpeggione Sonata / Songs Uwe Grodd (flute) / Matteo Napoli (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] "The music is allowed to sing and there is no surrender to self-indulgence." (MusicWeb March 2009) |