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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Die Feen: Große romantische Oper in drei Akten
Simon Bailey (bass), Alfred Reiter (Feenkönig), Anja Fidelia Ulrich (Zemina), Michael Nagy (Morald), Christiane Karg (Drolla), Tamara Wilson (Ada), Simon Bode (Gunther/Ein Bote), Sebastian Geyer (Harald), Thorsten Grumbel (Gernot), Brenda Rae (Lora), Juanita Lascarro (Farzana), Burkhard Fritz (Arindal) Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra, Frankfurt Opera Chorus, Sebastian Weigle | | | (also available to download from $31.25) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Linda Esther Gray (Ada), Kari Lövass (Farzana), Krisztina Laki (Zemina), John Alexander (Arindal), June Anderson (Lora), Roland Hermann (Morald), Kurt Moll (Der Feekönig), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Gernot), Cheryl Studer (Drolla), Roland Bracht (Stimme Gromas), Karl Helm (Harald) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Wolfgang Sawallisch | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Raimo Sirkia (Arindal), Sue Patchell (Ada), Artur Korn (Gernot), Birgit Beer (Drolla), Jyrki Korhonen (Der Feekönig), Alessandro Patalini (Ein Bote), Frieder Lang (Gunther), Sebastian Holecek (Morald), Manuela Kriscak (Farzana), Ulrike Sonntag (Ulrike Sonntag), Dagmar Schellenberger (Lora), Francesco Ruta (Harald) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Gabor Otvos | | | (also available to download from $38.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Wagner: Die Feen, Das Liebesverbot & Rienzi
Wagner: | Die Feen Linda Esther Gray (Ada), Kari Lövass (Farzana), Krisztina Laki (Zemina), John Alexander (Arindal), June Anderson (Lora), Roland Hermann (Morald), Kurt Moll (Der Feekönig), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Gernot), Cheryl Studer (Drolla), Roland Bracht (Stimme Gromas), Karl Helm (Harald) Das Liebesverbot Hermann Prey (Friedrich), Wolfgang Fassler (Luzio), Robert Schunk (Claudio), Friedrich Lenz (Antonio), Kieth Engen (Angelo), Sabine Hass (Isabella), Pamela Coburn (Marianna), Alfred Kuhn (Brighella), Raimund Grumbach (Danieli), Marianne Seibel (Dorella), Hermann Sapell (Pontio Pilato) Rienzi René Kollo (Rienzi), Cheryl Studer (Irene), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Steffano Colonna), John Janssen (Adriano Colonna), Bodo Brinkmann (Paolo Orsini), Karl Helm (Raimondo), Norbert Orth (Baroncelli), Kieth Engen (Cecco del Vecchio), Carmen Anhorn (Peace Herald) |
In this year of his 200th birthday, Richard Wagner’s three early operas are enjoying unusual prominence: several staged productions of 'Das Liebesverbot' are planned, while his breakthrough work 'Rienzi' and even his first opera, 'Die Feen', are to be spotted (although the latter is usually given in concert performance). However, to this day it is a rare thing to find all three played at the same opera house, in the same season, under the same conductor as was the case at the Bavarian State Opera in 1983 under Wolfgang Sawallisch. Sawallisch, who passed away just a few weeks ago, was the Director of the State Opera for many years. In all three of these operas he confirmed his Wagnerian reputation as a supreme proponent of a marvellous, fluid style of music-making that was devoid of pathos. This was to the benefit of his ensemble of singers, who were largely spared the dangers of a heavy, cumbersome Wagner performance style, even though several of their roles undoubtedly demanded great dramatic ability. This requirement was fully met by Linda Esther Gray as Ada in 'Die Feen' and by Sabine Hass as Isabella in 'Das Liebesverbot', for example. With René Kollo as the title hero in 'Rienzi' and Hermann Prey as the governor Friedrich in 'Das Liebesverbot', these operas featured German singing stars of the day who both had a lyrical approach to Wagner and to whom great clarity of text was paramount. Arindal in 'Die Feen', the other murderous tenor role that is to be found in Wagner’s 'sins of youth', was sung by John Alexander, who established his international career primarily in Italian repertoire. This was also the case with June Anderson, who sings the role of Arindal’s sister, Lora. Both in 'Die Feen' and in 'Rienzi', the 'younger' generation of Cheryl Studer and Jan-Hendrik Rootering made a lasting mark, and, in the State Opera ensemble under Sawallisch’s direction they were inexorably led towards future stardom. This new CD box from ORFEO, in which these operas, hitherto released individually, are now available in a limited special edition. This is more than just a contribution to the Wagner year; it is a homage to an era of opera in Munich. | 
| | | Scheduled for release on 3 June 2013. Order it now and we will deliver it as soon as it is available. |
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| |  | Wagner: The Complete Operas
Wagner: | Der Ring des Nibelungen Recording: New York Metropolitan Opera 1987-1989 Das Rheingold: James Morris (Wotan), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Siegfried Jerusalem (Loge), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich), Heinz Zednik (Mime), Kurt Moll (Fasolt), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Fafner), Mari Anne Haeggander (Freia), Mark Baker (Froh), Siegfried Lorenz (Donner), Birgitta Svendén (Erda), Hei-Kyung Hong (Woglinde), Diane Kesling (Wellgunde), Meredith Parsons (Flosshilde),
Die Walküre: Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde), James Morris (Wotan), Jessye Norman (Sieglinde), Gary Lakes (Siegmund), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Kurt Moll (Hunding), Marita Napier (Gerhilde), Marilyn Mims (Ortlinde), Linda Kelm (Helmwige), Reinhild Runkel (Waltraute), Ruthild Engert-Ely (Schwertleite), Diane Kesling (Siegrune), Meredith Parsons (Grimgerde), Anne Wilkens (Roßweiße)
Siegfried: Reiner Goldberg (Siegfried), Heinz Zednik (Mime), James Morris (Wanderer), Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich), Kurt Moll (Fafner), Birgitta Svenden (Erda), Kathleen Battle (Stimme des Waldvogels)
Götterdämmerung:
Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde), Reiner Goldberg (Siegfried), Matti Salminen (Hagen), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich), Bernd Weikl (Gunther), Cheryl Studer (Gutrune), Hanna Schwarz (Waltraute), Hei-Kyung Hong (Woglinde), Diane Kesling (Wellgunde), Meredith Parsons (Flosshilde), Helga Dernesch (Erste Norn), Tatiana Troyanos (Zweite Norn), Andrea Gruber (Dritte Norn) Metropolitan Opera Choir and Orchester, James Levine Der fliegende Holländer Recording: Berlin, 1991 Cheryl Studer (Senta), Bernd Weikl (Holländer), Der Plácido Domingo (Erik), Hans Sotin (Daland), Uta Priew (Mary), Peter Seiffert (Steuermann) Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli Tannhäuser Paris Version. Recording: London, 1989 Plácido Domingo (Tannhäuser), Cheryl Studer (Elisabeth), Andreas Schmidt (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Agnes Baltsa (Venus), Matti Salminen (Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen), William Pell (Walther von der Vogelweide), Kurt Rydl (Biterolf), Clemens Bieber (Heinrich der Schreiber), Oskar Hillebrandt (Reinmar von Zweter), Barbara Bonney (Hirt) Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Giuseppe Sinopoli Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Recording: Berlin 1976 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Hans Sachs), Catarina Ligendza (Eva), Placido Domingo (Walther), Roland Hermann (Beckmesser), Christa Ludwig (Magdalene), Horst R Laubenthal (David), Peter Lagger (Pogner), Gerd Feldhoff (Kothner), Victor von Halem (Nachtwächter) Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Eugen Jochum Tristan und Isolde Recording:Dresden 1982 Margaret Price (Isolde), René Kollo (Tristan), Brigitte Fassbaender (Brangaene), Kurt Moll (Marke), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Kurwenal), Werner Goetz (Melot), Anton Dermota (Hirt), Wolfgang Hellmich (Steuerman), Eberhard Büchner (Stimme eines jungen Seemanns) Dresdner Staatskapelle, Leipziger Rundfunkchor, Carlos Kleiber Lohengrin Recording: Vienna, 1986 Plácido Domingo (Lohengrin), Jessye Norman (Elsa), Eva Randová (Ortrud), Siegmund Nimsgern (Telramund), Hans Sotin (König Heinrich), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Der Heerrufer des Königs) Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Sir Georg Solti Parsifal Recording: Vienna 1971, 1972 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Amfortas), Hans Hotter (Titurel), Gottlob Frick (Gurnemanz), René Kollo (Parsifal), Zoltán Kelemen (Klingsor), Christa Ludwig (Kundry), Birgit Finnilä (Altsolo), Robert Tear (Gralsritter), Herbert Lackner (Gralsritter), Rotraud Hansmann (Knappe), Marga Schiml (Knappe), Heinz Zednik (Knappe), Ewald Aichberger (Knappe) & Lucia Popp, Alison Hargan, Anne Howells, Kiri Te Kanawa, Gillian Knight, Margarita Lilowa (Flowermaidens) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Sängerknaben & Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti Rienzi Recording: Dresden, 1974, 1976 Rene Kollo (Rienzi), Siv Wennberg (Irene), Nikolaus Hillebrand (Steffano), Janis Martin (Adriano), Theo Adam (Orsini), Siegfried Vogel (Raimondo), Ingeborg Springer (Ein Friedenbote), Peter Schreier (Baroncelli), Günter Leib (Cecco) Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Chor der Staatsoper Dresden & Staatskapelle Dresden, Heinrich Hollreiser Die Feen Recording: BBC Northern, May 1976 Don Garrard (Feenkönig, Harald), April Cantelo (Ada), Della Jones (Farzana), Elizabeth Gale (Zemina), John Mitchinson (Arindal), Lorna Haywood (Lora), Tom McDonnell (Morald), Paul Hudson (Gernod), Teresa Cahill (Drolla), Richard Greager (Gunther) & Jolyon Dodgson (Bote) BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra & BBC Northern Singers, Sir Edward Downes Das Liebesverbot Recording: London, May 1976 Raimund Herincx (Friedrich), Alexander Young (Luzio), Ian Caley (Claudio), Neil Jenkins (Antonio), William Elvin (Angelo), April Cantelo (Isabella), Ilse Wolf (Mariana), Lawrence Richard (Brighella), Leslie Fyson (Danieli), Elizabeth Gale (Dorella) & David Lennox (Ponce Pilate) BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra & BBC Northern Singers, Sir Edward Downes |
Richard Wagner, the most controversial figure the arts have ever seen, whose music can move and overwhelm like no other, continues to divide even today. The year 2013, when we celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth, is inevitably going to be devoted to the man and his work. In recognition of this anniversary, DG are releasing the classiest box on the market. Every opera that Wagner wrote - The best of DG, two operas each from Decca and the BBC, and EMI’s Rienzi. This is the first time a Universal label has been able to pull off such a feat. ARTISTS & PERFORMANCES • Seasoned conductors, among them some of the Wagner greats: Kleiber, Solti and Jochum • Acclaimed modern recordings by James Levine (Ring cycle) and Giuseppe Sinopoli in Dutchman and Tannhäuser • Excellent accounts of the two earliest operas in 1976 BBC recordings specially produced for the Bayreuth centenary – well worth checking out • Plácido Domingo in two starring Wagner roles, Lohengrin (with Jessye Norman as Elsa) and Tannhäuser • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as Hans Sachs in Meistersinger • Cheryl Studer at her peak as Senta and Elisabeth • Margaret Price and René Kollo as a matchless pair in Tristan PACKAGING • Rigid cube with hinged lid, featuring four handsome portraits of the composer • Inner sleeves with newly commissioned sketches for each opera by Fred Münzmaier – he of Baroque Box fame • 140-page booklet with new liner notes by Christian Wildhagen and a Wagner opera timeline, plus artist photos and more sketches • Complete libretti in German with English translations available as digital download “There's lots of allure in this DG set, and it's the only complete one has ever been” BBC Music Magazine, June 2013 *** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Wagner: The Complete Opera Collection
Wagner: | Die Feen Recorded in 1998 Raimo Sirkiä (Arindal), Sue Patchell (Ada), Arthur Korn (Gernot), Birgit Beer (Drolla), Ulrike Sonntag (Semina), Dagmar Schellenberger (Lora) Teatro Comunale di Cagliari Orchestra, Gabor Ötvös Das Liebesverbot Recorded 1963 Heinz Imdahl (Friedrich), Kurt Equiluz (Luzio), Anton Dermota (Claudio), Hilde Zadek (Isabella), Ludwig Welter (Brighella), Christiane Sorell (Marianna), Hanny Steffek (Dorella), Ernst Salzer (Angelo), Franz Handlos (Danieli) Großes Wiener Rundfunkorchester, Robert Heger Rienzi Recorded 1950 Günther Treptow (Rienzi), Trude Eipperle (Irene), Helmut Fehn (Steffano), Erna Schlüter (Adriano), Rudolf Gonszar (Paolo), Heinz Prybit (Raimondo) RSO Hessen, Winfried Zillig Tannhäuser Recorded 1951 August Seider (Tannhäuser), Marianne Schech (Elisabeth), Karl Paul (Wolfram), Margarete Bäumer (Venus), Otto von Rohr (Hermann), Franz Klarwein (Walther) Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Robert Heger Der fliegende Holländer Recorded 1944 Hans Hotter (Der Holländer), Viorica Ursuleac (Senta), Georg Hann (Daland), Karl Ostertag (Erik), Luise Willer (Mary), Franz Klarwein (Ein Steuermann) Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Clemens Krauss Tristan und Isolde Recorded 1952 Ludwig Suthaus (Tristan), Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Blanche Thebom (Brangaene), Josef Greindl (König Marke), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Kurwenal), Edgar Evans (Melot), Rudolf Schock (Ein Hirt), Rhoderick [Rhydderch] Davies (Steuerman), Rudolf Schock (Stimme eines jungen Seemanns) Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler Parsifal Recorded 1951 Wolfgang Windgassen (Parsifal), George London (Amfortas), Martha Mödl (Kundry), Ludwig Weber (Gurnemanz), Arnold van Mill (Titurel), Hermann Uhde (Klingsor) Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Hans Knappertsbusch Lohengrin Recorded 1953 Wolfgang Windgassen (Lohengrin), Eleanor Steber (Elsa), Astrid Varnay (Ortrud), Hermann Uhde (Telramund), Josef Greindl (König Heinrich), Hans Braun (Heerrufer) Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Josef Keilberth Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Recorded 1951 Otto Edelmann (Hans Sachs), Hans Hopf (Walther von Stolzing), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Eva), Erich Kunz (Beckmesser), Gerhard Unger (David), Ira Malaniuk (Magdalena), Friedrich Dalberg (Pogner), Heinrich Pflanzl (Kothner), Werner Faulhaber (Nachtwächter) Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Herbert von Karajan Der Ring des Nibelungen Recorded 1993-95 Das Rheingold: John Wegner (Wotan), Hans-Jörg Weinschenk (Loge), Oleg Bryjak (Alberich), Wilja Ernst-Mosuraitis (Fricka), Simon Yang (Fasolt), Malcolm Smith (Fafner), Ruth Floeren (Freia), Tero Hannula (Donner), Mario Muraro (Froh), Michael Nowak (Mime), Mette Ejsing (Erda), Doris Brüggemann (Woglinde), Ruxandra Voda (Wellgunde), Wilja Ernst-Mosuraitis (Flosshilde)*****Die Walküre: Edward Cook (Siegmund), Gabriele Maria Ronge (Sieglinde), Frode Olsen (Hunding), Carla Pohl (Brünnhilde), John Wegner (Wotan), Zlatomira Nikolova (Fricka), Claudia Eglerr (Gerhilde), Ruth Floeren (Ortlinde), Zlatomira Nikolova (Waltraute), Cornelia Wulkopf (Schwertleite), Margaret Chalker (Helmwige), Clara O'Brien (Siegrune), Katarzyna Kempa (Grimgerde), Wilja Ernst-Mosuraitis (Rossweisse)*****Siegfried: Edward Cook (Siegfried), Carla Pohl (Brünnhilde), Hans-Jörg Weinschenk (Mime), John Wegner (Der Wanderer), Oleg Bryjak (Alberich), Simon Yang (Fafner), Ortrun Wenkel (Erda), Tiny Peters (Waldvogel)*****Götterdämmerung: Edward Cook (Siegfried), Carla Pohl (Brünnhilde), Markku Tervo (Hagen), Bodo Brinkmann (Gunther), Oleg Bryjak (Alberich), Gabriele Maria Ronge (Gutrune), Zlatomira Nikolova (Waltraute), Doris Brüggemann (Woglinde), Ruxandra Voda (Wellgunde), Wilja Ernst-Mosuraitis (Flosshilde), Ortrun Wenkel (1. Norn), Zlatomira Nikolova (2. Norn), Gabriele Maria Ronge (3. Norn) Badische Staatskapelle, Günter Neuhold |
Complete recordings of all of Wagner’s operas are released within this edition – including his very rarely performed earlyworks The Fairies, The Ban On Love and Rienzi. The edition is made up of historic and new complete recordings, including famous sound documents from the history of recording, such as a recording of Tristan und Isolde with LudwigSuthaus and Kirsten Flagstad in the title roles, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler; this recording from 1952 is still regarded to be an opera highlight and a reference recording. | | | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. |
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