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| |  | Fritz Wunderlich: Live on StageUnreleased arias from Vienna and Munich
Mozart: | Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (from Die Zauberflöte) Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper Soll ich dich, Teurer, nie mehr sehn? (from Die Zauberflöte) with Anneliese Rothenberger, Karl Kohn Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Fritz Rieger Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton (from Die Zauberflöte) Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper Mich schreckt kein Tod (from Die Zauberflöte) Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper Tamino mein! – Wir wandelten durch Feuergluten – Triumpf (from Die Zauberflöte) with Claude Heater, Albrecht Peter, Anneliese Rothenberger Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Fritz Rieger Hier soll ich dich denn sehen (from Die Entführung aus dem Serail) Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Josef Krips Konstanze, Konstanze...O wie ängstlich (from Die Entführung aus dem Serail) Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Josef Krips Dalla sua pace (from Don Giovanni) Il mio tesoro intanto (from Don Giovanni) | Rossini: | Ecco, ridente in cielo (from Il Barbiere di Siviglia) Sung in German as 'Sieh schon die Morgenröte' Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Karl Böhm All'idea di quel metallo (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) Sung in German as 'Strahlt auf mich der Blitz des Goldes' with Eberhard Wächter Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Karl Böhm | Strauss, R: | Addio, mia vita (from Capriccio) with Lucia Popp, Lisa Della Casa, Robert Kerns, Waldemar Kmentt, Walter Berry Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Georges Prêtre Leukippos, du? (from Daphne) with Hilde Güden, Vera Little Wiener Symphoniker, Karl Böhm Di rigori armato il seno (from Der Rosenkavalier) with Kurt Böhme, Josef Knapp Orchester der Bayer. Staatsoper, Rudolf Kempe Du süssester Engel! (from Die schweigsame Frau) with Ingeborg Hallstein, Kurt Böhme Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Heinz Wallberg |
“The ‘sudden’ impact of this artist’s singing is so spontaneous, so dead right, we just dispense with all the analytical microscopy, sit back and delight in the forceful combination of a sunlit Mediterranean voice quality blended with a Central European musical and dramatic intelligence that only a truly charismatic tenor can provide. Amongst his amazing achievements he certainly proved that Mozart could be done with directness and clarity without sacrificing any of the interpretive sophistication that composer demanded, and he showed a whole generation that Richard Strauss did not present insurmountable vocal challenges to tenors who know what they’re doing.” Joseph Calleja Fritz Wunderlich, Germany's greatest tenor in the 20th century - and one of the greatest tenors of all time - would have celebrated his 80th birthday on 26th September 2010. We commemorate the occasion with an exceptional album of Magic Moments - arias and scenes, almost all first-time releases, taken from live performances at the Vienna State Opera and the Bavarian State Opera, recorded between 1963 and 1966, the year of Wunderlich's death. The music is by Mozart (The Magic Flute, The Abduction from the Seraglio, Don Giovanni), Rossini (The Barber of Seville - sung in German!) and Richard Strauss (Capriccio, Der Rosenkavalier, Daphne, Die schweigsame Frau) - full details above. The live quality of the recordings - meticulously remastered by our engineers at the Emil Berliner Studios - gives an extra frisson to Wunderlich's calling-card, the Portrait Aria from Magic Flute (Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön), to the high jinks of The Barber, and the Italian Tenor's Aria from Rosenkavalier. Also present on the recording: the great Anneliese Rothenberger, who died just recently (Pamina) and Lucia Popp in Strauss's Capriccio Conductors include Herbert von Karajan, Karl Böhm, Josef Krips and Georges Prêtre. Many of the performances are the from the premières of the productions in question. “The pearl of great price...the Mozart tenor who could sound both elegant and manly...His 'Il mio tesoro' drops not a semiquaver and takes the long phrases with confident ease. At all times he makes his voice an instrument of feeling...he even makes us believe that Don Ottavio is at heart a man of action” Gramophone Magazine, January 2011 “Live performances demand more from a singer than those made in the studio, particularly how their voices strike an accommodation with the auditorium size. We can hear what Wunderlich really sounded like in various theatres and it becomes even more evident what a loss his premature death meant to the operatic world.” MusicWeb International, January 2011 “the golden-toned Strauss items — the duet from the famous recording of Daphne with Gueden, the Italian opera singers number from Capriccio and the glorious tenor showpiece from a Kempe-conducted Rosenkavalier — are incomparable.” Sunday Times, 12th December 2011 *** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| | | |  | Liebeslieder der KlassikClassical Love Songs
Bizet: | La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) | Brahms: | Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 52: excerpts O liebliche Wangen, Op. 47 No. 4 Neckereien, WoO 31 No. 2 Der Gang Zum Liebchen, Op. 31 No. 3 | Donizetti: | Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) | Flotow: | Ach, so fromm (from Martha) | Kalman: | Zwei Märchenaugen (from Die Zirkusprinzessin) Tanzen Möcht' ich (from Die Csárdásfürstin) | Lehár: | O Mädchen, mein Mädchen (from Friederike) Ich danke fur die Huldigung…Ger, gern wär’ich verliebt Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns) Wer hat die Liebe uns ins Herz gesenkt | Lortzing: | Lebe wohl, mein flandrisch Mädchen (from Zar und Zimmermann) | Mendelssohn: | Ich wollt' meine Lieb' ergösse sich, Op. 63. No. 1 | Mozart: | Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (from Die Zauberflöte) Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (from Die Zauberflöte) Donne mie la fate a tanti (from Così fan tutte) Un'aura amorosa del nostro tesoro (from Così fan tutte) Il mio tesoro intanto (from Don Giovanni) Konstanze, Konstanze...O wie ängstlich (from Die Entführung aus dem Serail) | Nicolai, C O: | Horch, die Lerche singt im Hain! 'Romance' (from Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor) | Puccini: | Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia (from Madama Butterfly) O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème) Marcello, finalmente...Mimì è una civetta (from La Boheme) | Raymond: | Schau einer schonen Frau nie zu tief in die Augen (from Maske in Blau) | Rossini: | Dunque io son? (from Il Barbiere di Siviglia) Armida: D'amor al dolce impero | Saint-Saëns: | Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila) | Schumann: | Ich denke dein, Op. 78, No. 3 | Strauss, J, II: | Eine Nacht in Venedig: Komm in die Gondel | Suppe: | Florenz hat schöne Frauen (from Boccaccio) sung in German as 'Florenz hat schöne Frauen' | Tauber: | You are the world to me from Der singende Traum sung in German as 'Du bist die Welt für mich' | Verdi: | La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Ah sì ben mio (from Il trovatore) |
2 CDs for the price of 1 This new release entited Classical Love Songs on Profil is a compilation of the most beautiful love songs by Mozart, Schumann, Brahms, Rossini, Donizetti and many more. The songs are sung by an exceptional array of artists including Fritz Wunderlich, Rudolf Schock, Hermann Prey, Richard Tauber, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Joseph Schmidt, Anneliese Rothenberger and Heinz Hoppe. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Opera Arias and Scenes
Peter Anders (tenor) Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra, Berlin Stadtischen Opera Orchestra, Stuttgart State Orchestra, Berlin Radio Orchestra, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Wilhelm Franz Reuss, Johannes Schuler, Walter Lutze, Arthur Rother, Ferdinand Leitner, Franz Marszalek, Hans Steinkopf | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Mozart: Arie e Duetti
Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano), Michael Schade (tenor), Russell Braun (baritone) | |
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| |  | Great Singers - TauberOpera Arias
Recorded 1926-1946 | | | (also available to download from $8.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| | | |  | Great Operatic Arias 1 - Bruce Ford Volume 1Sung in English
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Gramophone Awards 2011
