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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Bernd Weikl (Hans Sachs), Siegfried Jerusalem (Walther), Mari Anne Haeggander (Eva), Hermann Prey (Beckmesser), Marga Schiml (Magdalena), Graham Clark (David), Manfred Schenk (Pogner), Jef Vermeersch (Kothner), Matthias Hölle (Nachtwächter)
Bayreuther Festspiele, Horst Stein
The best Meistersinger on video so far reaches DVD at last. Stein isn't the most individual interpreter, but his immense Bayreuth experience and craft illuminate the score with deceptive naturalness,... — More…
Orff: Carmina Burana
Lucia Popp (soprano), John van Kesteren (tenor), Hermann Prey (baritone)
Munich Radio Orchestra & Bavarian Radio Choir, Kurt Eichhorn
an imaginative staging... The main background set is a ruined church, against which the singers are seen in medieval costume, with action, sometimes surreal, invented to illustrate each section... — More…
Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus
Kiri Te Kanawa, Hermann Prey, Benjamin Luxon, Hildegard Heichele (guest appearances by Hinge & Bracket, Charles Aznavour, Merle Park & Wayne Eagling)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Placido Domingo
79 CDs + 2 DVD Videos
$282.00In stock
A new box of his complete DG recordings on 64 CDs, most of them with Bavarian radio, confirm my impression of an organic style of music-making in which musicians are not just trusted but also... — More…
64 CDs + 2 DVD Videos
$184.50In stock
Hermann Prey: The Schubert Song Cycles
Hermann Prey, Helmut Deutsch (piano) & Leonard Hokanson (piano)
Schwanengesang sees Prey summoning all his energy and focus for a performance of visionary insight and concentration. Helmut Deutsch takes over [from Hokanson] for Winterreise, and immediately... — More…
Offer, Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Margaret Marshall, Jard Van Nes, Aldo Baldin, Anton Scharinger, Claes Hakon Ahnsjo, Hermann Prey
Neubeurer Chorgemeinschaft, Tölzer Sängerknaben, Bach Collegium München, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Hermann Prey (Figaro), Mirella Freni (Susanna), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Count), Kiri Te Kanawa (Countess), Maria Ewing (Cherubino), Paolo Montarsolo (Bartolo), Heather Begg (Marcellina), John van Kesteren (Basilio), Willy Caron (Curzio), Hans Krämer (Antonio), Janet Perry (Barbarina)
Wiener...
a visual treat, but having some solos delivered as interior monologues is distracting — More…
Offer, José Carreras - A Bolshoi Opera Night
Famous Arias from Verdi, Donizetti, Rossini, Bellini, Puccini, Wagner, Flotow, Leoncavallo, Borodin & Mussorgsky
Lucia Aliberti, Alfredo Kraus, Hermann Prey, Carlo Bergonzi, Alan Titus, Irina Archipowa, Luisa Bosabalian, Alida Ferrarini, Ljubow Kazarnovskaya, Jewgenij Nesterenko & Rolando Panerai
The Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Mark Ermler
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
sung in German
Hermann Prey (Figaro), Fritz Wunderlich (Il Conte Almaviva), Max Proebstl (Bartolo), Erika Köth (Rosina), Hans Hotter (Basilio), Ina Gerhein (Berta), Karl Ostertag (Fiorello), Adolf Keil (Un Ufficiale)
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Joseph Keilberth
A monochrome 1950s stage broadcast, sung by an amazing cast; in German, but a classic nevertheless. Glyndebourne's is recommendable, but this is history. — More…
