Franz Grundheber
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Strauss, R: Die Liebe der Danae, Op. 83
Franz Grundheber (Jupiter), Hans-Juergen Schoepflin (Merkur), Paul McNamara (Pollux), Manuela Uhl (Danae), Cornelia Zach (Xanthe), Robert Chafin (Midas), Susanne Bernard (Semele), Gro Bente Kjellevold (Alkmene), Katharina Peetz (Leda), Renate Behle, Martin Fleitmann, Simon Pauly, Hans Georg Ahrens...
Where the account under Ulrich Windfuhr consistently scores is in the dramatic bite of the performance...Standing out from an excellent cast is the magnificent Jupiter of Franz Grundheber, weightily... — More…
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Strauss, R: Elektra
Deborah Polaski (Elektra), Felicity Palmer (Klytämnestra), Anne Schwanewilms (Chrysothemis), Graham Clark (Aegisth), Franz Grundheber (Orest)
West German Radio Chorus, West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov
…Bychkov trumps the competition spectacularly. He conducts the score uncut and summons up all its exultant power; but in addition to the growling savagery of Solti and others he finds rare... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2006, Opera Choice
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Berg: Wozzeck
RecommendedFranz Grundheber (Wozzeck), Hildegard Behrens (Marie), Walter Raffeiner (Tambourmajor), Philip Langridge (Andres), Heinz Zednik (Hauptmann), Aage Haugland (Doktor), Anna Gonda (Margret), Peter Jelosits (Narr), Alfred Sramek (1.Handwerkbursch), Alexander Maly (2.Handwerkbursch)
Vienna Boys Choir,...
A live recording, in every sense of the word.
The cast is uniformly excellent, with Grundheber good both at the wretched pathos of Wozzeck's predicament and his helpless bitterness, and Behrens... — More…Awards:
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Building a Library, January 2015, First Choice
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Richard Strauss: Capriccio - A Conversation Piece For Music, Op. 85 (1985 Live Recording) Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Wolfgang Schöne, Eberhard Büchner, Franz Grundheber, Manfred Jungwirth, Trudeliese Schmidt, Anton de Ridder, Adelina Scarabelli, Pietro Ballo, Lorenz Minth, Wiener Philharmoniker, Horst Stein
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Julia Varady sings Opera Arias
Julia Varady (soprano), Marjana Lipovšek (mezzo), Giuseppe Giacomini (tenor) & Franz Grundheber (bass)
Choir & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Ulf Schirmer
Marcello Viotti, Christian Badea, Stefan Soltesz & Donald Runnicles
Best of all is her Desdemona, in extracts from Otello in May 1996 conducted by Donald Runnicles. The confrontation from Act 3 with Giuseppe Giacomini as Otello has the authentic feel of the... — More…
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Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel Ann Murray (Hänsel), Edita Gruberova (Gretel), Christa Ludwig (Witch), Gwyneth Jones (Gertrud), Barbara Bonney (Sandmännchen), Christiane Oelze (Taumännchen)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Colin Davis
Sir Colin Davis has rarely conducted a more glowing opera performance on record than this. It is his inspired direction, beautifully paced, as though captured live, which above all compels attention...the... — More…
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Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier (highlights)
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Kurt Rydl (bass), Claire Powell (mezzo-soprano) & Franz Grundheber (baritone)
Dresden State Opera Chorus & Staatskapelle Dresden, Bernard Haitink
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Abbado: Berg - Bizet
Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Juliane Banse (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Ludger Boeckenhoff, Ingmar Haas, Franz Grundheber (baritone), Hildegard Behrens (soprano), Aage Haugland (bass (vocal)), Philip Langridge (tenor), Anna Gonda (alto), Walter Raffeiner (tenor), Heinz Zednik...
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