Giuseppe Verdi - Messa da Requiem; Quattro Pezzi Sacri

Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)

Messa da Requiem (1874)

Leontyne Price (soprano)

Rosalind Elias (mezzo-soprano) 

Jussi Bjorling (tenor) 

Giorgi Tozzi (bass)

Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 

Fritz Reiner 

Quattro Pezzi Sacri (1898)

Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano)

Los Angeles Master Chorale Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Zubin Mehta

Renée Fleming - Strauss Heroines

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)

Strauss Heroines

Der Rosenkavalier - Monologue Scene (Act I)

Der Rosenkavalier - Trio And Finale (Act III)

Arabella - Duet (Act I)

Cappriccio

Renée Fleming (soprano)

Susan Graham (mezzo soprano)

Johannes Chum (tenor)

Walter Berry (bass-baritone)

Barbara Bonney (soprano)

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Christoph Eschenbach

Recorded at Wiener Musikverein, 15-19 December 1998

Gioachino Rossini - Stabat Mater (Myung Whun-Chung)

Gioachino ROSSINI (1792-1868)

Stabat Mater

Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo soprano

Luba Orgonasova, Soprano

Raúl Giménez, Tenor

Roberto Scandiuzzi, Bass

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Vienna State Opera Concert Choir

Myung-Whun Chung

Recorded: 6/1995 at Musikverein, Grosser Saal, Wien.

Per Norgard - 8 Symphonies

Per NORGARD (1932-2025)

8 Symphonies (4 CDs Set)

Symphony No 1 ‘Sinfonia austera’, Op 13 (1953-1955, rev. 1956)

Symphony No 2 in one movement (1970, rev. 1971)

Symphony No 3 (1972-1975

Symphony No 4 (1981)

Symphony No 5 (1987-1990, rev. 1991)

Symphony No 6 ‘At the end of the day’, Three passages for large orchestra (1999)

Symphony No 7 (2004-2006)

Symphony No 8 (2012)

Ulla Munch (alto)

Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Danish National Concert Choir

Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Thomas Dausgaard

Vienna Philharmonic

Sakari Oramo

Oslo Philharmonic

John Storgårds

rec. 2007-15, Danish Radio Concert Hall; Wiener Konzerthaus; Oslo Konserthus; 

Oslo Opera House

Sibelius - The Symphonies (Maazel; Vienna Philharmonic)

Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957)

The Symphonies

Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 (1899) 

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 (1902) 

Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52 (1907)

Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63 (1911) 

Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82 (1919) 

Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op. 104 (1923) 

Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105 (1924) 

Wiener Philharmoniker

Lorin Maazel

rec. 1963-1968, Sofiensaal, Vienna

The Alban Berg Collection (8 CDs)

Alban BERG (1885-1935)

The Alban Berg Collection

Artists

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Oleg Maisenberg (piano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano), Margaret Marshall (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Aribert Reimann (piano)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, LaSalle Quartet, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez

8 CDs

Works:

CD 1

Drei Orchesterstücke, Op. 6

Wiener Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado

Lyric Suite - three movements for string orchestra (1928)

Wiener Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado

Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel' (1935)

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

James Levine

CD2

Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments

Daniel Barenboim (piano), Pinchas Zukerman (violin)

Ensemble Intercontemporain

Pierre Boulez

Piano Sonata, Op. 1

Daniel Barenboim (piano)

Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5

Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Oleg Maisenberg (piano)

Adagio from Chamber Concerto 

Gidon Kremer (violin), Oleg Maisenberg (piano), Sabine Meyer (clarinet)

Strauss, J, II: Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 (Arr. Alban Berg)

Boston Symphony Chamber Players

CD 3

Lyric Suite - for string quartet (1926)

LaSalle Quartet (string quartet)

String Quartet, Op. 3

LaSalle Quartet (string quartet)

Sieben frühe Lieder

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano)

Schliesse mir die Augen beide

Margaret Marshall (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

An Leukon

Margaret Marshall (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Schliesse mir die Augen beide (1925 version)

Margaret Marshall (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Vier Lieder, Op. 2

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Aribert Reimann (piano)

CD 4

Sieben frühe Lieder

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)

Wiener Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado

5 Orchesterlieder nach Ansichtskartentexten von Peter Altenberg, Op. 4

Juliane Banse (soprano)

Wiener Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado

Der Wein

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)

Wiener Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado

Lulu-Suite (Five Symphonic Pieces) for soprano and orchesta

Juliane Banse (soprano)

Wiener Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado

CDs 5, 6 and 7

Lulu 

Jules Bastin (bass), Gerd Nienstedt (bass), Pierre-Yves Le Maigat (baritone), Teresa Stratas (singer), Teresa Stratas (soprano), Franz Mazura (baritone), Toni Blankenheim (baritone), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), Helmut Pampuch (tenor), Hanna Schwarz (mezzo-soprano), Jane Manning (soprano), Claude Meloni (tenor), Anna Ringart (mezzo-soprano), Ursula Boese (mezzo-soprano)

Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris

Pierre Boulez

CDs 7 and 8

Wozzeck 

Aage Haugland (bass), Franz Grundheber (baritone), Viktoria Lehner (soprano), Hildegard Behrens (soprano), Walter Raffeiner (tenor), Heinz Zednik (tenor), Philip Langridge (tenor), Anna Gonda (alto), Alfred Sramek (bass), Alexander Maly (baritone), Werner Kamenik (tenor), Peter Jelosits (tenor), Helmut Froschauer (chorus master)

Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Sängerknaben

Claudio Abbado

Leos Janácek - From The House Of The Dead

Leos  JANACEK (1854-1928)

From The House Of The Dead ;
Youth;
Nursery Rhymes

Vienna State Opera Chorus,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,
London Sinfonietta members,
London Sinfonietta Chorus

Sir Charles Mackerras, 
David Atherton