Browse: Kathleen Battle (soprano)
This page lists all recordings performed by Kathleen Battle.
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61
RecommendedKathleen Battle, Frederica von Stade, Judi Dench, Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd November 2009
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Building a Library, June 2005, First Choice
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Kathleen Battle at Carnegie Hall RecommendedKathleen Battle (soprano), Margot Garrett (piano)
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Grammy Awards, 35th Awards (1992), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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New Years Eve Concert 1987
Recommendedincluding works by Josef Strauss & Johann Strauss
Kathleen Battle
Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (highlights) Samuel Ramey (Don Giovanni), Paata Burchuladze (Il Commendatore), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (Donna Anna), Agnes Baltsa (Donna Elvira), Kathleen Battle (Zerlina), Gösta Winbergh (Don Ottavio)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Herbert von Karajan
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Rossini: Il Signor Bruschino Kathleen Battle (Sofia), Samuel Ramey (Gaudenzio), Claudio Desderi (Bruschino padre), Octavio Arévalo (Bruschino figlio), Michele Pertusi (Filiberto), Jennifer Larmore (Marianna), Frank Lopardo (Florville)
English Chamber Orchestra, Ion Marin
You could hardly desire a starrier cast for this 'comic farce in one act' than that assembled by DG — More…
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
RecommendedDas Rheingold
James Morris (Wotan), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Siegfried Jerusalem (Loge), Heinz Zednik (Mime), Kurt Moll (Fasolt), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Fafner), Mark Baker (Froh), MarieAnne Häggander (Freia), Hei-Kyung Hong (Woglinde), Diane...
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Grammy Awards, 32nd Awards (1989), Best Opera Recording
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Grammy Awards, 33rd Awards (1990), Best Opera Recording
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Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Best Opera Recording
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Poulenc: Gloria, Organ Concerto & Concert champêtre
RecommendedKathleen Battle, Simon Preston (organ), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
Tanglewood Festival Chorus & Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
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Building a Library, October 2001, First Choice
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Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos
RecommendedAnna Tomowa-Sintow (Ariadne), Agnes Baltsa (Der Komponist), Kathleen Battle (Zerbinetta), Gary Lakes (Bacchus), Hermann Prey (Musiklehrer), Urban Malmberg (Harlekin), Barbara Bonney (Najade), Helga Müller-Molinari (Dryade), Dawn Upshaw (Echo), Kurt Rydl (Truffaldin), Otto Schenk (Haushofmeister)
Wiener...
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Grammy Awards, 30th Awards (1987), Best Opera Recording
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
RecommendedKathleen Battle (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo)
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine
Levine's 1989 Salzburg account would seem to have been fashioned with the delicate sensibilities of the glamorous festival audience in mind. It's a reading which dutifully pushes most of the... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2017, Also Recommended
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Handel: Semele
RecommendedKathleen Battle (Semele), Marilyn Horne (Juno/Ino), Samuel Ramey (Cadmus/Somnus), John Aler (Jupiter), Michael Chance (Athamas), Neil Mackie (Apollo), Sylvia McNair (Iris)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson
[The recording] turns away from current fashion in using modern rather than period instruments, but the balance of advantage is in its favour. Nelson's performance is briskly paced, with rhythms... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 36th Awards (1993), Best Opera Recording
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