Offer,Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sings Cornelius & Weber
Oskar Czerwenka, Gerhard Unger, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda & Hermann Prey, Erich Witte & Michael Bohnen
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf, Leopold Ludwig
2 CDs
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Cornelius: Der Barbier von Baghdad
- Gerhard Unger (tenor), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Hermann Prey (bass-baritone), August Jaresch (tenor), Rudolf Christ (tenor), Grace Hoffman (contralto), Oscar Czerwenka (bass), Eberhard Wächter (baritone)
- Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra
- Erich Leinsdorf
- Recorded: 11-12, 14-15 May 1956
- Recording Venue: Town Hall, Watford, UK / EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London, UK.
Overture
Act I: Sanfter Schlummer (Servants, Nureddin)
Act I: So leb' ich noch! So hat noch nicht (Nureddin)
Liszt: Der Barbier von Bagdad (The Barber of Bagdad): Overture in D major (alternate version)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Erich Leinsdorf
- Recorded: 11-12, 14-15 June 1956
- Recording Venue: the Town Hall, Watford, UK / EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London, UK
Cornelius - Der Barbier von Bagdad: Overture (2nd version), S352 / R447
Weber: Abu Hassan
- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Michael Bohnen (baritone), Erich Witte (tenor)
- Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Leopold Ludwig
- Recorded: 19 December, 1944
- Recording Venue: Berlin, Germany
Overture
Liebes Weibchen, reiche Wein (Abu, Fatime)
Was nun zu machen (Abu)