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High Blues cover
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Astrid
High Blues
[ Rune Grammoffon / CD - released 11/May/2012 ]
Lord Byron's Love Letter (complete opera recorded in 1958) cover
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RAFFAELLO DE BANFIELD
Lord Byron's Love Letter (complete opera recorded in 1958)
Astrid Varnay / Gertrude Ribla / Nicoletta Carruba / Mario Carlin / Academy Symphony Orchestra of Rome / Nicola Rescigno
[ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / CD - released 10/May/2011 ]
The RCA Victor recording of Raffaello de Banfield's 1955 opera Lord Byron's Love Letter is a true rarity, remaining in their catalogue for only a short time and never reissued on CD before now. Based on a Tennessee Williams play set in late...
Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera) (Recorded in stereo live at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival) cover
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera) (Recorded in stereo live at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival)
Astrid Varnay / Gre Brouwenstijn / Hans Hotter / Ramon Vinay / Bayreuth Festival Orchestra / Joseph Keilberth
[ Testament / 4 CD Box Set - released 23/Jun/2006 ]
"The second instalment of what is proving to be a definitive Ring...Hans Hotter is the crowning glory of this instalment, fresher-voiced than for Solti. But there isn't a weak link in a cast that we can only dream of today. As for Joseph Keilberth,...
Wagner: Die Walkure (The Valkyries) (complete opera recorded live in 1941) cover
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (The Valkyries) (complete opera recorded live in 1941)
Astrid Varnay / Helen Traubel / Lauritz Melchior / Kerstin Thorborg / Friedrich Schorr / Alexander Kipnis / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / Erich Leins
[ Naxos Great Opera Performances / 3 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ]
Saturday 6th December 1941 was a momentous afternoon in the history of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, The opera - Die Walkure - was well enough known to the theatre and radio audiences that day, but this particular performance was eagerly...
Pfitzner: Die Rose vom Liebesgarten (complete opera recorded in 2009) cover
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HANS PFITZNER
Pfitzner: Die Rose vom Liebesgarten (complete opera recorded in 2009)
Erin Caves, Kouta Rasanen, Andreas Kindschuh, Astrid Weber / Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie, Frank Beermann
[ CPO / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2012 ]
"CPO have done sterling service for Pfitzner over the years, having recorded all his lieder on five CDs and many of his orchestral works, but none has been better than this set. I enjoyed it immensely and consider it a real discovery." MusicWeb
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Offenbach,
Große Sänger unseres Jahrhunderts: George London - Berühmte Opernszenen
George London, Astrid Varnay, Valérie Bak, SOBR, Kraus, Moralt, Weigert
[ ORFEO / CD - released 9/Mar/2000 ]
Siegfried (complete opera) (Recorded in stereo live at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival) cover
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WAGNER
Siegfried (complete opera) (Recorded in stereo live at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival)
Hans Hotter, Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gustav Neidlinger / Bayreuth Festival Orchestra / Joseph Keilberth
[ Testament / 4 CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ]
GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2006: Historic - "I keep relistening to Keilberth's forging scene closing Act I. Keilberth naturally unfolds the lyrical strength of full rich Bayreuth strings, basses and timps deepen and gather force, Mime animates...
Der Fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman recorded in 1955) cover
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WAGNER
Der Fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman recorded in 1955)
Hermann Uhde / Ludwig Weber / Astrid Varnay / Rudolf Lustig / Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orchestra / Joseph Keilberth
[ Testament / 2 CD - released 24/Aug/2006 ]
1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1801-1850) - For this 1955 production Wolfgang and his conductors chose to perform the so-called 'one-act' version of the opera, incorporating the modifications that Wagner made to the score...
Cavalleria Rusticana / I Pagliacci (highlights from the operas) cover
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MASCAGNI / LEONCAVALLO
Cavalleria Rusticana / I Pagliacci (highlights from the operas)
José Carreras, Renata Scotto, Montserrat Caballé, Astrid Varnay, Thomas Allen / Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
[ EMI Highlights / CD - released 14/Aug/2011 ]
"Caballé and Scotto have some lovely moments and both are strong in dramatic commitment … Carreras gives generously of voice and emotion in both of his roles - they are among his best achievements on records."
Complete Edition: Choral Music cover
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SIBELIUS
Complete Edition: Choral Music
Various soloists / Jubilate Choir / Astrid Riska / YL Male Voice Choir / Florakoren / etc
[ BIS / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2010 ]
"Everything projects as a full musical experience - some modest and some much more - but all the works are aptly even fervently communicated. I cannot stress too much the excellent tone, coordination and artistic feeling of the choirs chosen for this...
Grieg: Bergliot / Symphonic Dances / etc cover
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EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Bergliot / Symphonic Dances / etc
Juni Dahr (reader) Mari Eriksmoen (soprano) Astrid Nordstad (mezzo) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
[ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 23/Feb/2024 ]
"What [Grieg] does with folk material is so enchanting that, in this beautiful incarnation with the Bergen players delivering so freshly and responding so well to Gardner's rhythmic drive in the livelier sequences, you'll be compelled throughout" BBC
Encores cover
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Boccherini
Encores
Ludwig Streicher, Astrid Spitznagel
[ ORFEO / CD - released 25/Mar/1991 ]
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Richard Wa
Der fliegende Holländer,
Ludwig Weber, Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Elisabeth Schärtel, Josef Traxel Hermann Uhde
[ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 28/Jul/2009 ]
Lehár: Der Graf von Luxemburg [The Count Of luxemburg] (complete operetta recorded in 2012) cover
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FRANZ LEHAR
Lehár: Der Graf von Luxemburg [The Count Of luxemburg] (complete operetta recorded in 2012)
Marco Vassalli, Mark Hamman, Daniel Wagner, Astrid Kessler, Maria-Christine Haase / Osnabruecker Symphonieorchester, Daniel Inbal
[ CPO / 2 CD - released 5/Jun/2019 ]
Beguiling melodies and a thrilling romantic plot render this operetta among Lehár's finest work. The live performance was recorded in the theatre next to the CPO offices, and the stunning reviews of the production whet the appetite for the...
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Mascagni,
Cavalleria rusticana, Pagliacci
Plácido Domingo, Leonie Rysanek, Teresa Stratas, Astrid Varnay, Benito di Bella, Wolfgang Brendel, Ruth Falcon, Norbert
[ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 16/Jul/2012 ]
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Richard St
Elektra
Rysanek, Leonie; Varnay, Astrid; Behrens, Hildegard; Böhm, Karl, ...
[ ORFEO / CD - released 16/Mar/1999 ]
Salome (complete opera recorded in 1988) cover
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Salome (complete opera recorded in 1988)
Teresa Stratas, Bernd Weikl, Astrid Varnay, Hans Beirer, Wieslaw Ochman / Karl Bohm (cond)
[ Deutsche Grammophone DVD / DVD - released 28/Nov/2014 ]
"It is now almost certainly the best Salome either on CD or DVD...Stratas really looks the part as well as singing it...Above all, Gotz Friedrich's production evokes the atmosphere and dramatic intensity of Strauss's opera" Rosette Penguin Guide
Wagner: Lohengrin (Complete opera recorded 1953) cover
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (Complete opera recorded 1953)
Theo Adam (bass) Hans Braun (baritone) Josef Greindl (bass) Astrid Varnay (soprano) Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) / Bayreuth Festival / Joseph Keilberth
[ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / 3 CD - released 14/Apr/2005 ]
"for this price and with this quality of transfer, the Naxos stands alone." (MusicWeb June 2005)