Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion [Claudio Abbado]

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Matthäus-Passion BWV 244

Christine Schäfer (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (alto)
Peter Schreier (tenor), Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Andreas Schmidt (bass), Peter Mattei (bass)
Schwedischer Rundfunkchor
Tölzer Knabenchor
Berliner Philharmoniker
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50 Years Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg

50 Years Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg

CD 1-3

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Der Rosenkavalier

Lisa della Casa (soprano), Otto Edelmann (bass)
Sena Jurinac (soprano), Erich Kunz (bass baritone)
Hilde Gueden (soprano)
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan

CD 4-5

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Idomeneo, Re di Creta KV 366

Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Ernst Haefliger (tenor)
Elisabeth Grümmer (soprano), Pilar Lorengar (soprano)
Renato Capecchi (tenor), Eberhard Wächter (tenor)
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Wiener Philharmoniker
Ferenc Fricsay

CD 6-7

Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
From the House of the Dead

Nicolai Ghiaurov (baritone), Elzbieta Szmytka (mezzo-soprano)
Barry McCauley (tenor), Bojidar Nikolov (tenor)
Richard Novak (baritone), Harry Peeters (bass)
Josef Veverka (tenor), Philip Langridge (tenor)
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado

CD 8-9

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
La Traviata

Anna Netrebko (soprano), Helene Schneiderman (mezzo-soprano)
Diane Pilcher (soprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor)
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Mozarteum Orchester, Wiener Philharmoniker
Carlo Rizzi

CD 10-11

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Eugene Onegin, Op. 24

Renée Morloc (mezzo-soprano), Anna Samuil (soprano)
Ekaterina Gubanova (alto), Emma Sarkisyan (mezzo-soprano)
Peter Mattei (baritone), Joseph Kaiser (tenor)
Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass)
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker
Daniel Barenboim

CD 12

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV 550
Symphony No. 41 in C major, KV 551 "Jupiter"

Wiener Philharmoniker
Karl Böhm

CD 13

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Symphony No. 3 in D major, D 200

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40

Wiener Philharmoniker
Zubin Mehta

CD 14-15

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 8 in E flat major "Symphony of a Thousand"

Margaret Price (soprano), Judith Blegen (soprano)
Gerti Zeumer (soprano), Trudeliese Schmidt (contralto)
Agnes Baltsa (contralto), Kenneth Riegel (tenor)
Hermann Prey (baritone), José van Dam (bass)
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien
Wiener Sängerknaben
Wiener Philharmoniker
Leonard Bernstein

CD 16

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross, Hob. XX:1

Wiener Philharmoniker
Riccardo Muti

CD 17

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Tannhäuser: Overture
Siegfried-Idyll
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude to Act One
Tristan und Isolde: Isoldes Liebestod*

*Jessye Norman (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan

CD 18

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan

CD 19-20

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123

Cheryl Studer (soprano), Jessye Norman (soprano)
Plácido Domingo (tenor), Kurt Moll (bass)
Leipzig Rundfunk Chor, Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
Wiener Philharmoniker
James Levine

CD 21

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Les Préludes

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti

CD 22

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
The Tempest: Overture
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique"

Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado

CD 23

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12 Sz 51

Pierre Boulez (1925-2016)
Notations I-IV

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Le Sacre du Printemps

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
Pierre Boulez

CD 24

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Piano Sonata in C minor Hob. XVI:20

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Impromptu in F minor D 935 No. 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata in C minor KV 457

Alfred Brendel (piano)

CD 25

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56b

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Symphonic Dances Op. 45

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Rondo in A major D 951 "Grand Rondeau"

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
La Valse

Martha Argerich (piano), Nelson Freire (piano)

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(by courtesy of Donne@Susato)

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Johan Helmich Roman: A Musical Portrait

Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758)

A Musical Portrait

Drottningholmsmusiken, BeRI 2: I. Allegro

Drottningholmsmusiken, BeRI 2: II. Allegretto

Drottningholmsmusiken, BeRI 2: VI. Poco allegro

Drottningholmsmusiken, BeRI 2: XXIII. Vivace

Drottningholms Barockensemble

Nils-Erik Sparf

Violin Concerto in F minor

Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin)

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Anthony Halstead

Then Svenska Messan: II. Ära vare Gud

Then Svenska Messan: VIII. O Herre thens aldra högstes enfödde Son

Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (alto)

Adolf Fredrik Bach Choir, Drottningholms Barockensemble

Anders Öhrwall

Trio Sonata in B Minor, BeRI 106

Trio Sonnerie

Assaggio in A Major, BeRI 301

Jaap Schröder (violin)

Sinfonia No. 20 in E minor

Drottningholms Barockensemble

Jaap Schröder

Jubilate

Christina Högman (soprano), Peter Mattei (baritone)

Eric Ericson's Chamber Choir

Drottningholms Barockensemble

Eric Ericson

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