R.Strauss – Vier letzte Lieder – Barbara Bonney

Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Zueignung
Nichts
Die Nacht
Die Georgine
Geduld
Die Verschwiegenen
Die Zeitlose
Allerseelen
Ruhe Meine Seele
Morgen
Das Rosenband
Meinem Kinde
Wiegenlied
Muttertändelei
Freundliche Vision
Vier letzte Lieder (piano version)

Barbara Bonney - soprano
Malcolm Martineau - piano

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Mahler – Symphony No.4 – Chailly

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) - the Symphonies:
Symphony No.4 in G major
Alban Berg (1885-1935):
Seven Early Songs (orch. Berg)

Barbara Bonney - soprano
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly - conductor

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Grieg – Peer Gynt; Sigurd Jorsalfar – Neeme Järvi

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907):
Peer Gynt, op.23
Sigurd Jorsalfar, op.22

Barbara Bonney - soprano
Marianne Eklöf - mezzo-soprano
Kjell Magnus Sandve - tenor
Urban Malmberg - baritone
Carl Gustaf Holmgren - baritone
Wenche Foss - speaker
Toralv Maurstad - speaker
Tor Stokke - speaker
Gösta Ohlin's Vocal Ensemble
Pro Musica Chamber Choir
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi - conductor

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Handel-Mozart – Acis & Galatea – Pinnock

Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
"Acis und Galatea" K.566 - opera in 2 acts

with:
Barbara Bonney
Jamie MacDougall
Markus Schäfer
John Tomlinson

Choir of the English Concert
The English Concert [on period instruments]
Trevor Pinnock - conductor

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Brahms – Works for Chorus and Orchestra [DG Edition]

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - Works for Chorus and Orchestra:

CD 1:
Ein deutsches Requiem, op.45

Barbara Bonney - soprano
Andrea Schmidt - baritone
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker
Carlo Maria Giulini - conductor


CD 2:
Rinaldo, op.50 *
Gesang der Parzen, op.89

René Kollo - tenor *
Prague Philharmonic Choir *
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli - conductor


CD 3:
Alt-Rhapsodie, op.53 *
Schicksalslied, op.54
Triumphlied, op.55 +
Nänie, op.82

Brigitte Fassbaender - contralto *
Wolfgang Brendel - baritone +
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli - conductor

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Hugo Wolf – Italienisches Liederbuch – Bonney, Hagegård, Parsons

remembering Hugo Wolf on his birthday

(13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903)

Hugo Wolf (1860-1903):
Italienisches Liederbuch

Barbara Bonney - soprano
Håkan Hagegård - baritone
Geoffrey Parsons - piano

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Mozart – Missa solemnis K.337, Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento – Harnoncourt

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - sacred works:
Missa solemnis K 337
Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento KV 125
Regina coeli KV 276 (321b)

Barbara Bonney - soprano
Elisabeth von Magnus - contralto
Uwe Heilmann - tenor
Gilles Cachemaille - bass
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Concentus musicus Wien [on period instruments]
Nikolaus Harnoncourt - conductor

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Poulenc – Les mamelles de Tiresias, Le Bal Masqué – Ozawa

remembering Francis Poulenc on the anniversary of his death

(7 January 1899 – 30 January 1963)

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Les mamelles de Tiresias - opera-bouffe in two acts *
Le bal masqué - cantata for baritone and instruments +

with:
Barbara Bonney *
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt *
Wolfgang Holzmair * +
Jean-Philippe Lafont *
Mark Oswald *
Graham Clark *
Gordon Gietz *
Anthony Griffey *
Akemi Sakamoto *

Saito Kinen Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa - conductor

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Mozart – Missa solemnis, “Exsultate, jubilate” – Harnoncourt

remembering Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on his birthday

(27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - Sacred works:
Missa solemnis in C minor, K.139 "Waisenhaus" *
Exsultate, jubilate, K.165 +

Barbara Bonney - soprano * +
Jadwiga Rappé - contralto *
Josef Protschka - tenor *
Håkan Hagegård - bass *
Arnold Schoenberg Chor *
Concentus musicus Wien [on period instruments]
Nikolaus Harnoncourt - conductor

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Mozart – Missa “Dominicus”, Vesperae de Dominica – Harnoncourt

remembering Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on his birthday

(27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - Sacred works:
Missa in C major, K.66 "Dominicus" *
Vesperae de Dominuca, K.321 +

Charlotte Margiono - soprano *
Barbara Bonney - soprano +
Elisabeth von Magnus - contralto
Uwe Heilmann - tenor
Gilles Cachemaille - bass
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Choralschola der Wiener Hofburgkapelle
Concentus musicus Wien [on period instruments]
Nikolaus Harnoncourt - conductor

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Mozart – Krönungsmesse – Pinnock

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Mass in C major K.317 "Coronation"
Exsultate, jubilate K.165
Vesperae solennes de confessore K.339

Barbara Bonney - soprano
Catherine Wyn Rogers - contralto
Jamie MacDougall - tenor
Stephen Gadd - bass
Choir of The English Concert
The English Concert [on period instruments]
Trevor Pinnock - conductor

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Nielsen - Symphonies Nos. 4-6 - Blomstedt

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) - the symphonies:
Symphony No.4 "The Inextinguishable" *
Symphony No.5 *
Symphony No.6 "Sinfonia semplice" *
Little Suite +
Hymnus amoris #

Barbara Bonney - soprano #
John Mark Ainsley - tenor #
Lars Pedersen - tenor #
Michael W. Hansen - baritone #
Bo Anker Hansen - bass #
San Francisco Symphony *
The Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra #
Herbert Blomstedt - conductor *
Ulf Schirmer - conductor #

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Mendelssohn - The Symphonies, The Piano Concertos, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" - Masur

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.11
Symphony No.5 in D major, op.107

"Lobgesang" (Symphony No.2), op.52 (Hymn of Praise: Symphonic Cantata) *

Symphony No.3 in A minor, op.56 "Scottish"
Symphony No.4 in A major, op.90 "Italian"

Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.25 +
Capriccio brillant in B minor for piano and orchestra, op.22 +
Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor, op.40 +

"Ein Sommernachtstraum", op.61 #

Barbara Bonney - soprano *
Edith Wiens - soprano *
Peter Schreier - tenor *
Rundfunkchor Leipzig *
Michael Schönheit - organ *

Cyprien Katsaris - piano +

Edith Wiens - soprano #
Christiane Oertel - mezzo-soprano #
Friedhelm Eberle - speaker #
Rundfunkchor Leipzig #

Gewandhausorchester
Kurt Masur - conductor

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