Gustav Mahler - Kindertotenlieder; Rückert-Lieder; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ('Songs of a Wayfarer')  ( Gustav Mahler) *

Four Lieder (Ruckert Lieder) (Friedrich Ruckert)

Kindertotenlieder (Friedrich Ruckert)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)

Symphonierorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*

Rafael Kubelik*

Berliner Philharmoniker

Karl Bohm

Hindemith - A Requiem For Those we Love (When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd)

Paul HINDEMITH (1895-1963)

When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd (Requiem for those we love), for mezzo-soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra

Parts/Movements

1-When lilacs last in the door-yard bloom'd (Als Flieder jungst)

2-In the swamp, in secluded recesses (Aus dem Ried)

3-Over the breast of the spring (Über die Hugel im Lenz, March)

4-O western orb, sailing the heaven! (O Westgestim)

5-Sing on, there in the swamp! (Sin weiter, du im Ried), Arioso

6-O how shall I warble myself for the dead one there I loved? (O wie werd' ich)

7-With the fresh herbage... Lo! body and soul! (Schau, Sinn und Verstand), Introduction & Fugue

8-Sing on! Sing on, you gray-brown bird! (Sing mehr, du Vogel dort)

9-Death Carol: Come, lovely and soothing Death (Komm lieber und sanfter Tod)

10-To the tally of my soul (Wie ein Gleichklang meiner Seel')

11-Passing the visions (Schwinden die Bilder), Finale

Brigitte Fassbaender (Mezzo-Soprano)

Dietrich Fischer-Diskau (Baritone)

Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Vienna State Opera Chorus

Wolfgang Sawallisch

Recorded: 01 November 1983

Recording Venue: Live recording, Grosser Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, Austria

Wagner - Tristan und Isolde / Historical 1952 Recording/ Fürtwangler

Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)

Tristan und Isolde (1865)

Ludwig Suthaus (tenor) Tristan; Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) Isolde; Blanche Thebom (mezzo) Brangäne; Josef Greindl (bass) King Mark; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Kurwenal; Rudolf Schock (tenor) Sailor/Shepherd; Edgar Evans (tenor) Melot; Rhoderick Davies (baritone) Helmsman;

Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Philharmonia Orchestra

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Rec. 10-22 June 1952, Kingsway Hall, London. ADD

Berlioz - Harold en Italie; Rèverie et Caprice

Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869) 

Harold in Italy; 

Reverie et Caprice*

Josef Suk (Viola, Violin)

Czech Philharmonic, Prague Symphony

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Vaclav Smetacek*

Paul Hindemith - Cardillac, Mathis der Maler (Excerpts)

Paul Hindemith:

Cardillac, Mathis Der Maler Excerpts 

1.Cardillac, Op. 39 by Paul Hindemith 

Performers:  

 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Willi Nett (Baritone), 

Elisabeth Söderström (Soprano), Eberhard Katz (Tenor), Leonore Kirschstein (Soprano), 

Donald Grobe (Tenor) 

Conductor:  Joseph Keilberth 

Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cologne West German Radio Chorus,  Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra