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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Gustav Neidlinger
Mozart: | A forza di martelli (from La Finta Giardiniera) Sung in German as 'Der Hammer formt das Eisen' Rolf Reinhardt Con un vezzo all'Italiana (from La Finta Giardiniera) Sung in German as 'In der welschen Art und Weise' Rolf Reinhardt Ho capito, signor sì! (from Don Giovanni) Leopold Ludwig | Strauss, R: | Da lieg ich (from Der Rosenkavalier) with Sieglinde Wagner (Oktavian) Wilhelm Schüchter | Verdi: | Holà, Holà, Holà! (from La Forza del Destino) Sung in German as 'Ho! Ho! Heissajuchheia!' Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt | Wagner: | Was euch zum Leide Richt, und Schnur (from Die Meistersinger) Rudolf Kempe Da, Vetter, sitze du fest! (from Das Rheingold) with Erich Witte (Loge), Hans Hotter (Wotan) Clemens Krauss In Wald und Nacht (from Siegfried) with Hans Hotter (Wanderer), Josef Greindl (Fafner) Clemens Krauss Schläfst du, Hagen, mein Sohn? (from Götterdämmerung) with Josef Greindl (Hagen) Hans Knappertsbusch Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind! (from Die Walküre) |
Gustav Neidlinger was particularly well-known for his Wagnerian roles and sang for 20 seasons at the Bayreuth Festival. He also made guest appearances at the world’s great opera houses. He retired from the stage in 1977. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Gottlob Frick III
and excerpts from La Forza del Destino
Called by Wilhelm Furtwängler the “blackest bass” of his generation, Frick had no competitors capable of surpassing or even matching his powerful voice in either force or range. As an actor, Frick could be extremely convincing when the role suited his mentality and he was wise enough to limit his repertoire to this type of character. His performances could be overwhelming, given the power of his voice. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Jussi Björling’s Last Concert
This will be of great interest to collectors. The last concert given by this world famous tenor was in Göteborg in 1960. It includes excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Puccini’s Manon Lescaut and Wagner’s Lohengrin. The bonus tracks were recorded in Stockholm and are excerpts from Il Trovatore (1960), Rigoletto (1957) and Pagliacci (1954). | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci (sung in Russian/Italian)and excerpts from Otello and Manon Lescaut
Cilea: | L'anima ho stanca (from Adriana Lecouvreur) Recorded on 2nd February 1959 Ferruccio Scaglia | Halévy: | Rachel, quand du Seigneur (from La Juive) Recorded in San Francisco on 12th October 1952 Giuseppe Merola | Leoncavallo: | I Pagliacci Recorded on 15th June 1959: Mario del Monaco sings in Italian; other principals sing in Russian Mario del Monaco (Canio), Alex Iavnov (Tonio), Leocadia Maslennikova (Nedda), Evgenyi Belov (Silvio), Nikolai Timchenko (Beppe) Orchestra & Chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre, Vassili Nebolsin | Meyerbeer: | O Paradiso! (from L'Africana) Recorded in San Francisco on 22nd October 1950 Giuseppe Merola | Puccini: | Manon Lescaut: excerpts Recorded in Mexico City on 12th June 1951 Mario del Monaco (Des Grieux), Clara Petrella (Manon Lescaut), Carlo Morelli (Lescaut), Roberto Silva (Geronte), Jose Mendieta (Edmondo) Orquesta e Coro del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Giuseppe Antonicelli Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolini (from Madama Butterfly) Recorded at the Ed Sullivan Show on 27th February 1957 Dorothy Kirsten (Butterfly) | Verdi: | Otello (excerpts) Recorded in Mexico City on 20th June 1951 Mario del Monaco (Otello), Clara Petrella (Desdemona), Giuseppe Taddei (Jago) Orquesta e Coro del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Oliviero de Fabritiis Teco io sto (from Un ballo in maschera) Recorded in San Francisco on 12th October 1952 Herva Nelli (Amelia) Giuseppe Merola Ah, la paterna mano (from Macbeth) Recorded on 12th December 1957 Alfredo Simonetto | Wagner: | In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) Recorded on 12th December 1957 Alfredo Simonetto |
This performance of Pagliacci was recorded in the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow in 1959. Del Monaco appeared in Moscow after forty years of isolation for the Soviet Opera. He was famous in Russia from radio broadcasts. Del Monaco sings in Italian but the rest of the cast sing in Russian. This set also includes excerpts from Verdi’s Otello and Puccini’s Manon Lescaut with Del Monaco (Mexico 1951). | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Pierre Monteux with the Boston Symphony Orchestra10 stereo concerts from the 1958 & 1959 Seasons
Beethoven: | Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133 orch.Weingartner; 10th January 1958 The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43 Recorded 9th August 1958 Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 Recorded 9th August 1958 Berl Senofsky (violin) Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b Recorded 9th August 1958 Fidelio Overture Op. 72c Recorded 8th August 1959 Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral' Recorded 8th August 1959 Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 Recorded 8th August 1959 | Brahms: | Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 10th January 1958 Leonid Kogan (violin) Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 20th July 1958 Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 Recorded 20th July 1958 Leon Fleisher (piano) Tragic Overture, Op. 81 Recorded 19th July 1959 Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 Recorded 24th July 1959 Isaac Stern (violin) Chorale Preludes (11), Op. 122 arr. Thomson; recorded 24th July 1959 | Debussy: | Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien - Fragments symphoniques 10th January 1958 Trois Nocturnes Recorded 25th July 1958 Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Recorded 19th July 1959 | Glinka: | Ruslan & Lyudmila Overture Recorded 25th July 1958 | Hindemith: | Nobilissima Visione Recorded 19th July 1959 | Indy: | Symphony on a French Mountain Song Op. 25 Recorded 19th July 1959 Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer (piano) | Mendelssohn: | Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 'Italian' Recorded 1st August 1959 Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 Recorded 1st August 1959 Rudolf Serkin (piano) | Milhaud: | Les Eumenides: Prelude to Act 3 Recorded 25th July 1958 | Ravel: | La Valse 25th July 1958 | Respighi: | Passacaglia in do minore di Giovanni Sebastiano Bach Recorded 24th July 1959 | Rimsky Korsakov: | Le Coq d'Or: Introduction & Cortège de noces Recorded 19th July 1959 | Schumann: | Manfred Overture, Op. 115 Recorded 1st August 1959 Introduction & Allegro appassionato in G major, Op. 92 Recorded 1st August 1959 Rudolf Serkin (piano) | Strauss, R: | Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24 10th January 1958 Don Juan, Op. 20 24th July 1959 Don Quixote, Op. 35 Recorded 23rd January 1959 Samuel Mayes (cello), Joseph de Pasquale (viola) | Stravinsky: | Three Movements from Petrushka Recorded 20th July 1958 | Tchaikovsky: | Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 Recorded 25th July 1958 Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Recorded 19th July 1959 | Wagner: | Mild und leise 'Isolde's Liebestod' (from Tristan und Isolde): orchestral version 1st August 1959 Parsifal: Prelude to Act 1 Ich sah das Kind an seiner Mutter Brust (from Parsifal) Margaret Harshaw (soprano) Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 1 Einsam in trüben Tagen (from Lohengrin) Margaret Harshaw (soprano) Rienzi Overture Der fliegende Holländer: Overture Johohoe! Traft ihr das Schiff im Meere an 'Senta's Ballad' (from Der fliegende Holländer) Margaret Harshaw (soprano) Siegfried: Waldweben Dich, teure Halle (from Tannhauser) Margaret Harshaw (soprano) Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries Recorded 3rd August 1958 |
These are never-before-released Monteux live performances in state of the art digital restorations. The set includes works by Beethoven, Brahms, Glinka, Hindemith, Mendelssohn, Milhaud, Schumann, R. Strauss of which there are no studio recordings with Monteux. Soloists include Stern and Serkin. | | | (also available to download from $64.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Jussi Björling LiveBroadcast Concerts 1937-1960
Adam: | O Holy Night Recorded 20th December 1954 | Alfvén: | Skogen sover, Op. 28 No. 6 Recorded 11th April 1949 Jag längtar dig (Text: Ernest Thiel) Recorded 5th August 1960 | Althen: | Land, du välsignade (Thou Blessed Country) Recorded 12th May 1946 Land, du välsignade (Thou Blessed Country) Recorded 25th May 1952 | Flotow: | M'appari (from Martha) Recorded 19th November 1945 | Foster, S: | I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair Recorded 19th November 1945 I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair Recorded 7th November 1949 | Geehl: | For You Alone Recorded 21st January 1946 For You Alone Recorded 8th January 1951 | Giordano, U: | Come un bel dì di maggio (from Andrea Chénier) Recorded 23rd October 1950 | Glover: | Rose of Tralee Recorded 12th March 1951 | Godard, B: | Cachès dans cet asile (Jocelyn) Recorded 25th March 1946; sung in English Cachès dans cet asile (Jocelyn) Recorded 11th August 1949; sung in English | Gounod: | Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre… Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (from Faust) Recorded 12th May 1946 Nuit d'hyménée from Roméo et Juliette Recorded 23rd October 1949 Anna-Lisa Björling (soprano) Nuit d'hyménée from Roméo et Juliette Recorded 30th September 1951 Bidú Sayão (soprano) Prison Scene (from Faust) Recorded 5th December 1937; Björling sings in Swedish | Grieg: | Jeg Elsker Deg, Op. 41 No. 3 Recorded 25th March 1946 | Hardelot: | Because Recorded 25th March 1946 | Herbert, V: | Neapolitan Love Song Recorded 25th March 1946 Neapolitan Love Song Recorded 4th April 1949 | Leoncavallo: | Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci) Recorded 16th February 1951 Mattinata - 'L'aurora di bianco vestita' Recorded 15th March 1948 Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci) Recorded 12th March 1951 | Mascagni: | Addio alla madre (from Cavalleria Rusticana) Recorded 4th April 1949 | Massenet: | Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) Recorded 19th November 1945 Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon) Recorded 23rd October 1949 Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon) Recorded 15th March 1948 Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) Recorded 8th January 1951 | Meyerbeer: | Pays merveilleux... Ô paradis (from L'Africaine) Recorded 23rd October 1950 Pays merveilleux... Ô paradis (from L'Africaine) Recorded 5th December 1937 | Millöcker: | Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei (from Der Bettelstudent) Recorded 25th May 1952; sung in Swedish | Morgan, O: | Clorinda Recorded 15th March 1948 | Nordqvist: | Till havs (Towards the Sea) Recorded 20th December 1954 | Peterson-Berger: | Jungfrun under lind (Ernst von der Recke) Recorded 12th May 1946 Jungfrun under lind (Ernst von der Recke) Recorded 11th April 1949 Jungfrun under lind (Ernst von der Recke) Recorded 8th January 1951 När jag för mig själv (When I Walk by Myself) Recorded 20th December 1954 | Ponchielli: | Cielo e mar! (from La Gioconda) Recorded 30th September 1951 | Puccini: | O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème) Recorded 25th September 1949 Licia Albanese (soprano) Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Recorded 23rd October 1949 O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème) Recorded 23rd October 1949 Anna-Lisa Björling (soprano) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) Recorded 30th September 1951 Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Recorded 7th November 1949 Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut) Recorded 8th January 1951 O sventata, sventata (from La Bohème) Recorded 30th January 1956 Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Recorded 30th January 1956 Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème) Recorded 30th January 1956 O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème) Recorded 30th January 1956 Renata Tebaldi (soprano) Recondita armonia (from Tosca) Recorded 5th December 1937 | Rachmaninov: | Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5 Recorded 15th March 1948 V molchanii nochi taynoy, Op. 4 No. 3 Recorded 23rd October 1950 | Rangström: | Tristans död Recorded 11th April 1949 | Romberg, S: | Will You Remember (from Maytime) Recorded 21st January 1946 | Schubert: | An Sylvia, D891 sung in English; recorded 19th November 1945 Ständchen 'Leise flehen meine Lieder', D957 No. 4 Recorded 4th April 1949 | Sjögren: | I drömmen du är mig nära Recorded 11th April 1949 | Söderman: | Trollsjön Recorded 11th April 1949 Trollsjön Recorded 25th May 1952 | Strauss, R: | Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2 Recorded 7th November 1949 Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1 Recorded 23rd October 1950 | Tchaikovsky: | Kuda, Kuda 'Lensky's Aria' (from Eugene Onegin) Recorded 5th August 1960; sung in Swedish | Tosti: | L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra Recorded 30th September 1951 L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra Recorded 11th April 1949 | Verdi: | Quel suon…Ah! Che la morte ognora (from Il Trovatore) Recorded 21st January 1946 Eleanor Steber (soprano) Solenne in quest'ora (from La Forza del Destino) Recorded 5th December 1937 Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aida (from Aida) Recorded 12th March 1951 Celeste Aida (from Aida) Recorded 12th March 1951 | Wagner: | In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) Recorded 20th December 1954 In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) Recorded 5th August 1960; sung in Swedish |
This month is an excellent one for Björling fans. This collection is a treasury of rare performances from the US and Sweden and includes previously unreleased material. There is commentary and interviews, as well as Art and popular songs, Arias and duets and there are many guest artists such as Licia Albanese, Anna Lisa Björling and Renata Tebaldi. “Björling recorded [Lensky's aria] many times but never, I think, so poignantly as here. As a prologue to this year's centenary celebrations the album is a worthy offering and this track an especially moving example of the great tenor's art at its best.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2011 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Dresden version
The mid-price collection presents some of the most important and admired recordings of the EMI Classics and Virgin Classics catalogue which make EMI - The Home of Opera. Bonus Disc contains synopsis and libretto with translation. “Haitink’s conducting is direct and fiery. He relishes the fleshpots of the Venusberg scene, captures the fevered ecstasy of the hero’s hymn to Venus, and directs the contentious doings on the Wartburg with theatrical verve. … Klaus König certainly has the muscle and stamina for the title role and also encompasses its vein of inner torture” Gramophone Magazine “this 1985 performance is splendid. It's animated, light on its feet, and notable for some phenomenal orchestral playing...[Popp] is magnificent here...above all it is the commitment, drive and sensitivity of Haitink's conducting that presents the strongest possible case for the work...I don't know a more persuasive performance of the 1860 version” International Record Review, January 2011 “Haitink charts a leisurely course through Wagner's Tannhauser...Best of the principals is Lucia Popp's fresh Elisabeth. Waltraud Meier's Venus is potent yet sounds a touch stretched...Kurt Moll's Landgrave [is] firm and Bernd Weikl's Wolfram both warm and humane.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2011 *** | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Anne Akiko Meyers: Seasons… Dreams…
Anne Akiko Meyers (violin), Reiko Uchida (piano) & Emmanuel Ceysson (harp) On her latest recording, violinist Anne Akiko Meyers takes us on a musical journey that begins in a hushed gentle dreamscape and ends with languorous longing. She traverses the seasons, as expressed in a gorgeous selection of pieces which evoke everything from cherry blossoms, to endless blue skies to starry winter nights. One of the world’s premiere concert violinists, Anne Akiko Meyers has been celebrated throughout her nearly three-decade career for her exceptional musicianship, charismatic presence and creative diversity. On this new release, Meyers is joined by long-time collaborator Reiko Uchida on piano and the young harpist of the Paris Opera, Emmanuel Ceysson. “She starts and ends in explicit reverie...The delectable mood infuses much of the disc, with Reiko Uchida provding a sympathetic pianistic foil. Few could resists Meyer's swooning charms in 'Summertime'...but she typically throws in some spicier fare as well.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2011 **** “Meyers plays with a consistently sweet, full and lyrical tone throughout the disc...What initially seems like a disc of sweetmeats and encores has a thread of steel running through it. Meyers shows she is equally adept at playing Classical, Romantic and jazz idioms in this imaginatively programmed recital.” Classic FM Magazine, January 2011 **** | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Gillian Weir: The King of Instruments
Bach, J S: | Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565 Fugue in E flat major, BWV552/2 'St Anne' | Bonnet: | Elfes Op. 7 No. 11 | Dupré: | Variations sur un Noël, Op. 20 | Eben: | Moto ostinato from 'Sunday Music' | Franck, C: | Choral No. 3 in A minor, M. 40 | Handel: | Organ Concerto No. 4 in F major, HWV292, Op. 4 No. 4: 1st movement | Liszt: | Prelude & Fugue on B-A-C-H, S260 | Messiaen: | Dieu parmi nous | Muffat, Georg: | Toccata duodezima | Mulet: | Esquisse Byzantine: No. 10 'Tu es petra et portae inferi non praevalebunt' | Saint-Saëns: | Fantaisie No. 1 for organ in E flat major | Sweelinck: | Mein junges Leben hat ein End - variations | Vierne, L: | Pièces de fantaisie, 4th suite, Op. 55: No. 4, Naiades | Wagner: | Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries arr. David Patrick | Widor: | Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42 No. 1 |
and works by Buxtehude, Couperin, Haydn, Schnitzer, Daquin & Lucchinetti
This new DVD (with a free bonus CD containing specially recorded performances of some of the works) is a release by Priory of the BBC programmes that were recorded on six famous European Organs by Dame Gillian Weir in the late 1980s: [St Bavo, Haarlem; The Abbey Church, Ottobeuren; St Knud’s, Odense; Ulster Hall, Belfast; Hedvig Eleonora Kyrka, Stockholm; St Ouen, Rouen]. Running for over 150 minutes this unique visual collection of performances by one of the world’s most famous organists is not to be missed. This DVD issue by Priory, the first since the original broadcast of the series, offers for many the first opportunity to hear the soundtrack in stereo. The programmes contain a glittering array of pictures and sound from these world famous organs: additionally, Dame Gillian talks about the pieces and the instruments. When first broadcast these programmes were watched by up to 2 million people. “The series is filmed with imaginative camera angles that show off the beauty of the instruments and the buildings that house them. Indeed, it more than justifies Mozart's much-abused description of the organ as 'the king of instruments', offering a firm reminder that Gillian Weir is the queen of organists.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2011 **** | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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Bach, J S: | Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565 Fugue in E flat major, BWV552/2 'St Anne' | Bonnet: | Elfes Op. 7 No. 11 | Dupré: | Variations sur un Noël, Op. 20 | Eben: | Moto ostinato from 'Sunday Music' | Franck, C: | Choral No. 3 in A minor, M. 40 | Handel: | Organ Concerto No. 4 in F major, HWV292, Op. 4 No. 4: 1st movement | Liszt: | Prelude & Fugue on B-A-C-H, S260 | Messiaen: | Dieu parmi nous | Muffat, Georg: | Toccata duodezima | Mulet: | Esquisse Byzantine: No. 10 'Tu es petra et portae inferi non praevalebunt' | Saint-Saëns: | Fantaisie No. 1 for organ in E flat major | Sweelinck: | Mein junges Leben hat ein End - variations | Vierne, L: | Pièces de fantaisie, 4th suite, Op. 55: No. 4, Naiades | Wagner: | Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries | Widor: | Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42 No. 1 |
and works by Buxtehude, Couperin, Haydn, Schnitzer, Daquin & Lucchinetti
This new DVD (with a free bonus CD containing specially recorded performances of some of the works) is a release by Priory of the BBC programmes that were recorded on six famous European Organs by Dame Gillian Weir in the late 1980s: [St Bavo, Haarlem; The Abbey Church, Ottobeuren; St Knud’s, Odense; Ulster Hall, Belfast; Hedvig Eleonora Kyrka, Stockholm; St Ouen, Rouen]. Running for over 150 minutes this unique visual collection of performances by one of the world’s most famous organists is not to be missed. This DVD issue by Priory, the first since the original broadcast of the series, offers for many the first opportunity to hear the soundtrack in stereo. The programmes contain a glittering array of pictures and sound from these world famous organs: additionally, Dame Gillian talks about the pieces and the instruments. When first broadcast these programmes were watched by up to 2 million people. | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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