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Beethoven: | Gott! Welch Dunkel hier! (from Fidelio) August Seider (Florestan) Paul Schmitz Euch werde lohn in bessern Welten (from Fidelio) Margarete Bäumer (Leonore), August Seider (Florestan), Willi Schwenkreis (Rocco) Paul Schmitz Heil sei dem Tag! (from Fidelio) Margarete Bäumer (Leonore), August Seider (Florestan), Willi Schwenkreis (Rocco), Rosel Schaffrian (Marzelline), Paul Reinecke (Jaquino), Theodor Horand (Don Fernando) Paul Schmitz | Mozart: | Sola, sola in bujo loco (from Don Giovanni) sung in German Margarete Bäumer (Donna Anna), Rita Meinl-Weiser (Donna Elvira), Lotte Schürhoff (Zerlina), Heinz Daum (Don Ottavio), Joseph Olberts (Leporello), Gottlieb Zeithammer (Masetto) Paul Schmitz Come scoglio (from Così fan tutte) sung in German Rita Meinl-Weiser (Fiordiligi) Paul Schmitz | Verdi: | Ella giammai m'amò (from Don Carlo) sung in German Friedrich Dalberg (Philip) Paul Schmitz Presso alla mia persona (from Don Carlo) sung in German Theodor Horand (Rodrigo), Friedrich Dalberg (Philip) Paul Schmitz O Carlo, ascolta (from Don Carlo) sung in German Theodor Horand (Rodrigo) Paul Schmitz Io morro (from Don Carlo) sung in German Theodor Horand (Rodrigo) Paul Schmitz | Wagner: | In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) August Seider (Lohengrin) Paul Schmitz Tannhäuser: Overture Paul Schmitz Soll ich lauschen?...Lass mich sterben! (from Tristan und Isolde) Margarete Bäumer (Isolde), August Seider (Tristan); with Willi Schwenkreis (baritone - Kurwenal), Walter Streckfuss (bass - Melot), Freidrich Dalberg (bass - König Marke) Paul Schmitz | Weber: | Der Freischütz Overture Gustav Brecher Nein! länger trag' ich nicht die Qualen…Durch die Wälder (from Der Freischütz) August Seider (Max) Paul Schmitz |
2CD + Book This beautifully packaged 2 CD set is packaged into a book which documents the history of the beautiful Gewandhaus in Leipzig. The book contains photographs of the venue, the performers, programmes from concerts etc, which together form a wonderful history of this iconic venue and orchestra. | 
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| |  | Anton Dermota: Vienna State Opera Recordings 1944-81
Beethoven: | Jetzt Schätzchen, jetzt sind wir allein (from Fidelio) Recorded 5th August 1950 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Marzelline) Wilhelm Furtwängler Gott! Welch Dunkel hier! (from Fidelio) Recorded 5th November 1955 Karl Böhm | Mozart: | Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (from Die Zauberflöte) Recorded 14th September 1950 Karl Böhm Mich schreckt kein Tod (from Die Zauberflöte) Recorded 11th - 14th November 1944 Irmgard Seefried, Josef Witt, Paul Schöffler Dalla sua pace (from Don Giovanni) Sung in German as 'Nur ihrem Frieden' Sola, sola in bujo loco (from Don Giovanni) Sung in German as 'Einsam hier an dunkler Stätte'; recorded 6th November 1955 Sena Jurinac (Elvira), Lisa Della Casa (Anna), Irmgard Seefried (Zerlina), Erich Kunz (Leporello), Walter Berry (Masetto) Il mio tesoro intanto (from Don Giovanni) Sung in German as 'Folget der Heißgeliebten'; recorded 14th September 1950 Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm La mia Dorabella capace non e' (from Così fan tutte) Erich Kunz (Guglielmo), Paul Schöffler (Don Alfonso) Fra gli amplessi (from Così fan tutte) Recorded 8th August 1956 Irmgard Seefried (Fiordiligi) Karl Böhm Die Weisheitslehre….. führt mich der Ton zu ihr from Die Zauberflöte Recorded 21st January 1981 Hans Helm (Sprecher) Thomas Sanderling | Pfitzner: | Allein, in dunkler Tiefe (from Palestrina) Recorded 12th May 1970 Rita Streich (Engel), Hilde Rössel-Majdan (Lucrezia) | Shostakovich: | Katerina! Sinowi! (from Katerina Ismailowa) Recorded 10th May 1968 Inge Borkh (Katerina), Fritz Uhl (Sergei) Serge Baudo | Strauss, R: | Di rigori armato il seno (from Der Rosenkavalier) Recorded June 1954 Ludwig Weber (Ochs), Franz Bierbach (Notar) Wiener Philharmoniker, Erich Kleiber Arabella? Unmöglich! (from Arabella) Recorded June 1957 Lisa Della Casa (Arabella) Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti Kein andres, das mir so im Herzen loht (from Capriccio) Recorded 15th May 1960 Lisa Della Casa (Countess), Paul Schöffler (La Roche), Walter Berry (Olivier) Karl Böhm | Tchaikovsky: | Mesdames! Ya na sebya vzyal smyelost (from Eugene Onegin) Sung in German as 'Mesdames, verzeih’n Sie meine Kühnheit'; recorded on 17th June 1955 Leonie Rysanek (Tatyana), George London (Onegin), Mira Kalin (Olga) Berislav Klobučar Kuda, Kuda 'Lensky's Aria' (from Eugene Onegin) Sung in German as 'Wohin? Wohin?' Duel scene (from Eugene Onegin) Sung in German as 'Da kommen sie'; recorded 26th January 1961 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Onegin), Ljubomir Pantscheff (Zaretsky) Lovro von Matačić Voilà tsaritsa etot dyen (from Eugene Onegin) Sung in German as 'Voilà – die Königin des Tags'; recorded on 10th November 1973 Peter Schrottner | Wagner: | Gleich, Meister! Hier! (from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) Recorded September 1951 Paul Schöffler (Hans Sachs) Hans Knappertsbusch |
Where is the likes of Anton Dermota today? The Slovenian tenor was not just a member of the Vienna State Opera ensemble for over 50 years, he was also a master of the stage and concert hall, celebrated all over the world from Milan to Buenos Aires. This new release of his performances at the Vienna State Opera makes evident this versatility. His Tamino is given here both at the beginning and the end of our selection,from the immediate post-war years under Karl Böhm, plus an excerpt from the run of performances under Sanderling with which Demota made his farewell to the stage in 1981, at the age of 71! Nor can Dermota’s interpretations of Ferrando and Don Ottavio be omitted from this double CD. It is delightful to contrast the buffo roles and Dermota’s exploits as a tenore lirico spinto, such as Florestan. The tricky, brief roles in Richard Strauss’ operas, such as the Singer in Rosenkavalier and Matteo in Arabella, were ones he mastered superbly. They too are to be found here, as in the legendary Capriccio ensemble with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf as the Countess. Dermota appeared with various, equally splendid partners in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin – as Lenski he duelled before the radio microphone with George London and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, while as late as the 1970s he turned Monsieur Triquet’s burlesque into a subtle character study. | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Wiener Opern Raritäten 1944
Ljuba Welitsch, Emmy Loose, Hilde Konetzni, Anni Konetzny (sopranos), Elisabeth Höngen (mezzo), William Wernigk (tenor), Alexander Welitsch, Adolf Vogel (basses) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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