Richard Strauss: The Great Operas
Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 5099943179923 Format: CD RUDOLF KEMPEStrauss, R: Capriccio studio recording, 1957/8 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Countess), Eberhard Wächter (Count), Nicolai Gedda (Flamand), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Olivier), Hans Hotter (La Roche), Christa Ludwig (Clairon), Rudolf Christ (Taupe), Anna Moffo, Dermot Troy (Italian Singers) Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch Daphne studio recording, 1982 Lucia Popp (Daphne), Reiner Goldberg (Apollo), Peter Schreier (Leukippos), Ortrun Wenkel (Gaea), Kurt Moll (Peneios) Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink Friedenstag studio recording, 1988 Bernd Weikl (Commandant), Sabine Hass (Maria), Jaako Ryhänen (Wachtmeister), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Konstabel), Jan Vacik (Schütze), Alfred Kuhn (Musketier), Gerhard Auer (Hornist), Florian Cerny (Offizier), Eduardo Villa (Piedmonteser), Kurt Moll (Holsteiner), Robert Schunk (Bürgermeister), Karl Helm (Prälat), Thomas Woodman (Frontoffizier), Cornelia Wulkopf (Frau aus dem Volk) Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wolfgang Sawallisch Die schweigsame Frau, Op. 80 studio recording, 1976/7 Theo Adam (Sir Morosus), Annelies Burmeister (Housekeeper), Eberhard Büchner (Henry Morosus), Jeanette Scovotti (Aminta), Wolfgang Schöne (Der Barbier), Carola Nossek (Isotta), Trudeliese Schmidt (Carlotta), Klaus Hirte (Morbio), Werner Haseleu (Vanuzzi), Helmut Berger-Tuna (Farfallo) Chor der Staatsoper Dresden & Staatskapelle Dresden, Marek Janowski Intermezzo, Op. 72 studio recording, 1980 Lucia Popp (Christine Storch), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Robert Storch), Adolf Dallapozza (Baron Lummer), Gabriele Fuchs (Anna), Martin Finke (Stroh) Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wolfgang Sawallisch Die Frau ohne Schatten studio recording, 1987 René Kollo (Emperor), Cheryl Studer (Empress), Alfred Muff (Barak), Ute Vinzing (Dyer's Wife), Hanna Schwarz (Nurse), Andreas Schmidt (Geisterbote ), Julie Kaufmann (Stimme des Falken), Marjana Lipovsek (Stimme von Oben), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Einäugige), Kurt Rydl (Einarmige), Kenneth Garrison (Bucklige), Cyndia Sieden (Ein Hüter der Schwelle des Tempels) Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wolfgang Sawallisch Ariadne auf Naxos studio recording, 1967 Gundula Janowitz (Prima Donna/Ariadne), James King (Tenor/Bacchus), Sylvia Geszty (Zerbinetta), Teresa Zylis-Gara (Composer), Theo Adam (Musiklehrer), Hermann Prey (Harlekin), Siegfried Vogel (Truffaldin), Hans-Joachim Rotzsch (Brighella), Peter Schreier (Scaramuccio), Erika Wustmann (Najade), Annelies Burmeister (Dryade), Adele Stolte (Echo), Erich-Alexander Winds (Haushofmeister) Staatskapelle Dresden, Rudolf Kempe Der Rosenkavalier studio recording, 1956 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Feldmarschallin), Christa Ludwig (Octavian), Teresa Stich-Randall (Sophie), Otto Edelmann (Baron Ochs), Eberhard Wächter (Faninal), Paul Kuen (Valzacchi), Kersten Meyer (Annina), Nicolai Gedda (Ein Sänger), Ljuba Welitsch (Marianne Leitmetzerin) Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan Elektra studio recording, 1989 Eva Marton (Elektra), Cheryl Studer (Chrysothemis), Marjana Lipovsek (Klytämnestra), Hermann Winkler (Aegisth), Bernd Weikl (Orest) Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wolfgang Sawallisch Salome studio recording, 1977/8 Hildegard Behrens (Salome), José Van Dam (Jochanaan), Agnes Baltsa (Herodias), Karl-Walter Böhm (Herod), Wieslaw Ochman (Narraboth), Helgä Angervo (Page) Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan From the still-unsurpassed violence of Elektra to the quiet and witty leave-taking of Capriccio, Richard Strauss continually renewed both his own style and the genre of opera itself over the course of a career spanning half a century, during which he never lost his love for the human voice – especially soprano – or a keenly honed instinct for the marriage of music and drama. Here are ten of his greatest operas, featuring the finest Straussian singers and conductors of the last half-century. Price: $109.98 |