Albert Lortzing – Die Himmelfahrt Jesu Christi – Helmuth Froschauer

remembering Albert Lortzing on his birthday

(October 23, 1801 – January 21, 1851)

Albert Lortzing (1801-1851):
Die Himmelfahrt Jesu Christi - oratorio for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra

Anneli Pfeffer - soprano
Hedwig Fassbender - contralto
Bernhard Schneider - tenor
Christian Hilz - baritone
Kay Stiefermann - bass
WDR Rundfunkchor Köln
WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln
Helmut Froschauer - conductor

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Various Composers – Arias and Scenes from Operas – Irmgard Seefried

Arias and Scenes from Opera

CD 1:
Mozart - Il Re Pastore - "L'amerò, sarò costante"
Mozart - "Non temer, amato bene" KV 490
Mozart - Cosi fan tutte - "Temerati Sortite... Come scoglio immoto resta"
Mozart - Cosi fan tutte - "Ei parte... Per pietà, ben mio, perdona"
Bizet - Carmen - "Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante"
Handel - Giulio Cesare - "Tu la mia stella sei"
Handel - Giulio Cesare - "Caro! Più amabile beltà"
Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro - "Giunse alfin il momento... Deh vieni, non tardar"
Mozart - Don Giovanni - "Zitto! lascia ch'io senta" / "Vedrai carino"
Beethoven - Fidelio - "O wär'ich schon mit dir vereint"
Respighi - Il tramonto - Der Sonnenuntergang

CD 2:
Mozart - Così fan tutte - "Sorella, cosa dice?" / "Prenderò quel brunettino"
Weber - Der Freischütz - "Wie nahte mir der Schlummer... Leise, leise, fromme Weise!"
Weber - Der Freischütz - "Und ob die Wolke sie verhülle"
Thomas - "Mignon" - "Kam ein armes Kind von fern"
Thomas - "Mignon" - "Dort bei ihm ist sie jetzt"
Lortzing - Der Wildschütz - "Auf des Lebens raschen Wogen"
Lortzing - Der Wildschütz - "Ihr Weib?" / "Mein teures Weib!"
R.Strauss - Der Rosekavalier - "Wie du warst! Wie du bist!"
R.Strauss - Der Rosekavalier - "Rofrano! Rofrano!" / "Er kommt, er kommt, in zwei Karossen"
R.Strauss - Der Rosekavalier - "Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren"
R.Strauss - Der Rosekavalier - "Nein, nein, nein, nein! I trik' kein Wein"

Irmgard Seefried - soprano
Wiener Symphoniker
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Berliner Philharmoniker
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Sinfonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Festival Srtrings Lucerne
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Bamberger Symphoniker
Staatskapelle Dresden
Ferdinand Leitner - conductor
Karl Böhm - conductor
Ferenc Fricsay - conductor
Eugen Jochum - conductor
Rudolf Baumgartner - conductor
Jean Fournet - conductor
Christoph Stepp - conductor

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Weber, Lortzing, Saint-Saëns, Schumann – Horn and Orchestra – Peter Damm

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Concertino for Horn and Orchestra in E minor, op.45
Albert Lortzing (1801-1851):
Concert piece for Horn and Orchestra in E major
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Morceau de concert for Horn and Orchestra, op.94
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Concert piece for Four Horns and Orchestra in F major, op.86 *

Peter Damm - horn
Klaus Pietzonka - horn *
Dieter Pansa - horn *
Johannes Friemel - horn *
Staatskapelle Dresden
Siegfried Kurz - conductor

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Lortzing – Die Opernprobe – Otmar Suitner

remembering Albert Lortzing on the anniversary of his death

(October 23, 1801 – January 21, 1851)

Albert Lortzing (1801-1851):
Die Opernprobe - opera in one act

with:
Klaus Hirte
Gisela Litz
Kari Lövaas
Regina Marheineke
Dieter Miserre
Nicolai Gedda
Walter Berry

Chor der Bayersichen Staatsoper München
Orchester der Bayersichen Staatsoper München
Otmar Suitner - conductor

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Lortzing – Overtures – VA

tribute to Gustav Albert Lortzing on his birthday

(October 23, 1801 – January 21, 1851)

Albert Lortzing (1801-1851):
Overture from "Hans Sachs"
Overture from "Regina"
Overture from "Der Pole und sein Kind"
Overture from "Undine"
Overture from "Der Waffenschmied"
Overture from "Der Wildschütz"
Overture from "Zar und Zimmermann"

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
Adolf Frtitz Guhl - conductor
Heinz Rögner - conductor
Horst Neumann - conductor
Udo Niessen - conductor
Werner Feder - conductor

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