More By Artist: Vienna State Opera
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Anna Bolena [complete opera recorded in 2011] Vienna State Opera / Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo / Evelino Pido (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 16/Feb/2012 ] With her sensational role debut at the Vienna State Opera, superstar diva Anna Netrebko displays a performance of rare vocal and dramatic power. The Russian soprano sings the role of the unjustly accused second wife of British King Henry VIII,... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, K492 [The Marriage of Figaro] (highlights) Cesare Siepi, Hilde Gueden, Alfred Poell, Lisa Della Casa / Vienna State Opera Chorus & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Erich Kleiber [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] A legendary cast of Vienna State Opera stars and the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Erich Kleiber at the peak of his career were the essential ingredients in the making of this 1955 recording of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro that is... |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The World of Wagner Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Vienna State Opera Chorus & Vienna Philharmonic, Sir Georg Solti, Birgit Nilsson (soprano) / [ Decca / CD - released 10/Nov/1993 ] A great beginners guide to the operas of Richard Wagner. |
RICAHRD STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier (Complete opera recorded in 1968) Christa Ludwig, Gwyneth Jones, Lucia Popp / Vienna Philharmonic & Chorus of The Vienna State Opera, Leonard Bernstein [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2011 ] "There is no disputing that Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonic established a good relationship in this music. The orchestra are the outstanding feature of the recording, the players providing all the lusciousness the conductor required and also... |
BEETHOVEN / BRUCKNER / BOULEZ
Salzburg Opening Concert 2010 - Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 / Bruckner's Te Deum / Boulez's Notations BLU-RAY Daniel Barenboim / Dorothea Roschmann / Elina Garanca / Klaus Florian Vogt / René Pape / Chorus State Opera Vienna / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 26/Oct/2011 ] "there is no doubting the powerful authority that characterizes Barenboim's direction of Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto from the keyboard. Perhaps rather unexpectedly, the magic really starts with a reading of Boulez's Notations I-IV and VII" IRR |
WAGNER
Parsifal (complete opera) Daniela Denschlag / Janina Baechle / Placido Domingo / Falk Struckmann / Vienna State Opera Orchestra / Christian Thielemann [ Deutsche Grammophon / 4 CD - released 24/May/2006 ] "Domingo assails Wagner's Killer-role but Thielemann is the real hero" (Editor's Choice Gramophone June 2006) |
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Die Fledermaus (complete operetta) Eberhard Waechter, Gundula Janowitz, Renate Holm, Heinz Holecek, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic. Karl Bohm [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] Classic recordings now available at a budget price |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (complete opera recorded in 1983) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Eva Marton, José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli / Lorin Maazel (conductor) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances Blu-ray BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2015 ] The Hungarian soprano Eva Marton brought to the title role a voice of gleaming metal in which one senses the beautiful woman lying in wait to defeat her opponent but is also aware of her fears of man in general. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Richard Strauss: Die Liebe der Danae (complete opera recorded at the Salzburger Festspiele 2016) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Krassimira Stoyanova, Tomasz Konieczny, Norbert Ernst, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke / Franz Welser-Möst (cond) [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 29/Sep/2017 ] "Krassimira Stoyanova rises to the challenge of Danae tirelessly, singing with luxurious, focused tone throughout." Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017 |
GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: Carmen (complete opera recorded in 1985) Grace Bumbry, Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, Justino Diaz / Vienna State Opera Choir & Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan [ Deusche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] This famous film of the world's best-loved opera, directed by Herbert von karajan, features the three greatest exponents of their respective roles at the time. - "overwhelming in its truthfulness to the tragic vision of Carmen", wrote the... |
WAGNER
Meistersinger von Nurnberg Hermann Gallos (Tenor) / Hilde Gueden (Soprano) / Vienna State Opera Chorus / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Hans Knappertsbusch (Conductor) [ Naxos / 4 CD - released 27/Jun/2006 ] The conductor chosen for this enterprise was Hans Knappertsbusch, who started recording for Decca in 1947, having earlier built up an enviable reputation as a Wagnerian conductor. He was also somewhat bohemian in manner with a very ready wit, at... |
JOHANN STRAUSS 11
Die Fledermaus (Rec 1950) Hilde Guden, Julius Patzak, Kurt Preger, Sieglinde Wagner / Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Clemens Krauss [ Nimbus Prima Voce / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] "…Clemens Krauss's conducting… has never been surpassed for sheer charm; and the use of a team of native Austrian singers gives a uniquely authentic Viennese feel to the interpretation." Gramophone Magazine, January 2009 |
STRAUSS 11 / KALMAN / OSCAR STRAUSS / LEHAR / DOSTAL / STOLZ
Hilde Gueden sings operetta Hilde Gueden (soprano) / Vienna State Opera / New Promenade Orchestra / Hans May [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 15/Dec/2015 ] "my first choice is "Operetta Evergreens" in which Hilde Gueden is the lovely soloist in selections from Johann Strauss, Lehár, Kálmán, Zeller and others" (Gramophone Dec 1962) |
JOHANN STRAUSS
Die Fledermaus (complete opera recorded in 1960) Hilde Gueden, Walter Berry, Ericjh Kunz, Regina Resnik / Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Herbert von Karajan [ ALTO / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "Hilde Gueden is by no means vocally perfect; but how ravishingly she plays the part! Regina Resnik, too, is convincing in Orlovsky's couplets, Walter Berry is an excellent Falke." (Gramophone) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 3 in D minor Jessye Norman (soprano), Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Vienna State Opera Chorus, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 14/Jul/1982 ] "With sound of spectacular range, Abbado's performance is sharply defined and deeply dedicated. The range of expression, the often wild mixture of elements in this work, is conveyed with extraordinary intensity, not least in the fine contributions of... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Richard Strauss: Die Liebe der Danae (complete opera recorded at the Salzburger Festspiele 2016) Vienna State Opera / Krassimira Stoyanova, Tomasz Konieczny, Norbert Ernst, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke / Franz Welser-Möst (cond) [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 29/Sep/2017 ] "Krassimira Stoyanova rises to the challenge of Danae tirelessly, singing with luxurious, focused tone throughout." Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017 |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier (complete opera) Maria Reining / Ludwig Weber / Sena Jurinac / Hilde Gueden / Vienna State Opera Chorus / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Erich Kleiber, conductor [ Regis Records / 3 CD - released 16/Feb/2005 ] "Kleiber senior's innate and deep understanding of the score and his instinctive feeling for the Viennese idiom remains unsurpassed..." - Gramophone |
ENESCU
Enescu: Oedipe Monte Pederson, Eglis Silins, Davide Damiani, Michael Roider Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 2/Jan/2006 ] |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Elektra (complete opera recorded live in 1965) Regina Resnik, Birgit Nilsson, Leonie Rysanek, Wolfgang Windgassen / Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] "Böhm himself is at his absolute best, attaining almost unbearable levels of frenzy in places, yet also wonderfully detailed, even with the restricted, mono sound." (The Guardian) |
