Browse: DVD Video, Hermann Prey (baritone)
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
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…
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…
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…
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Teresa Berganza (Rosina), Hermann Prey (Figaro), Luigi Alva (Almaviva), Enzo Dara (Bartolo), Paolo Montarsolo (Basilio), Stefania Malagù (Berta), Luigi Roni (Fiorello)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado
Offer, 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…
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
Edita Gruberova (Gretel), Brigitte Fassbaender (Hänsel), Hermann Prey (Peter), Helga Dernesch (Gertrud), Sena Jurinac (Die Knusperhexe), Norma Burrowes (Sandmännchen), Elfriede Hobarth (Taumännchen)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
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…
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
$182.25
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79 CDs + 2 DVD Videos
$278.75
In stock
Please note: This set weighs around 4.5kg, so we need to charge extra postage for delivery outside of the UK. Please contact us for further details.