Orfeo

Glazunov: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major, Op. 83, etc.

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

Rosetti: Flute Concertos 1-4

Bruno Meier (flute) Prague Chamber Orchestra

Haydn: The Creation

Margaret Marshall, Lucia Popp, Vinson Cole, Bernd Weikl, Gwynne Howell Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Rafael Kubelík

Brahms: Serenades for Orchestra, Liebeslieder-Walzer

Ingrid Sieghart (soprano) Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien & Wiener Symphoniker, Gary Bertini

Ravel: Piano Concertos

Kun Woo Paik (piano) Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Gary Bertini

Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms, Deux Poèmes de Paul Verlaine & other works

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Sündfunkchor und Radio-Symphonieorchester Stuttgart, Gary Bertini

Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Nänie, Gesang der Parzen & Begräbnisgesang

Alfreda Hogson (alto) Bavarian State Choir & Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Meyerbeer: Gli Amori di Teolinda

Julia Varady (soprano), Jörg Fadle (clarinet) Berlin RIAS Chamber Choir & Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gerd Albrecht

Transcriptions for Clarinet

Dieter Klöcker (clarinet) Prague Chamber Orchestra, Milan Lajcik

Leopold Mozart: Sinfonia 'Die Bauernhochzeit' & Biber: Nightwatchman Serenade

Jan Engel (bagpipes) & Max Engel (hurdy-gurdy), Kurt Moll (bass) Munich Chamber Orchestra, Hans Stadlmair

Pfitzner: Lieder

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Hartmut Höll (piano)

Franz Konwitschny conducts Beethoven, Mozart & Strauss

Friedrich Gulda (piano) Dresden Staatskapelle, Franz Konwitschny

2 CDs: $16.50

Piano Duets: Christina & Michelle Naughton

Christina & Michelle Naughton (pianos)

Liebermann, R: Die Schule der Frauen

Walter Berry, Kurt Böhme, Anneliese Rothenberger, Nicolai Gedda, Christa Ludwig, Alois Pernerstorfer Wiener Philharmoniker, George Szell

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 & Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rudolf Kempe

In Memoriam - Ursula Schröder-Feinen

Ursula Schröder-Feinen (soprano), Gerd Brenneis (Siegmund), Hildegard Behrens (Empress), Linda Karén (Nurse), Matti Kastu (Emperor) & Gerd Feldhoff (Barak), Siegmund Nimsgern (Orest), Astrid Varnay (Klytamnestra), Astrid Varnay (Herodias), Wilhelm Ernest (Herodes), Peter Wimberger (Pizarro), Peter Meven (Rocco), Wold Appel (Jaquino), Ernst Kozub (Florestan) Chorus & Orchestra of the Deutschen Oper am Rhein/Arnold Quennet, Peter Schneider & Günther Wich

Mozart: Pavol Breslik

Pavol Breslik (tenor) & José van Dam (baritone) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Patrick Lange

JS Bach: Solo Piano Music

Konstantin Lifschitz, Elena Kuschnerova, Vardan Mamikonian, Carl Seemann (piano)

2 CDs: $16.50

Auber: Le cheval de bronze

Leo Heppe, Wilma Jung, Franz Fuchs, Edith Kermer, Tino di Costa, Kurt Equiluz, Herta Schmidt, Grosses Wiener Rundfunkorchester, Niederösterreichischer Tonkünstlerchor, Kurt Richter

Works For Trumpet and Piano

Selina Ott (trumpet), En-Chia Lin (piano)

Coming soon. Gian Carlo Menotti: Orchestral Discoveries

Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano, Francesco Cilluffo

CD: $21.00

George London: Arias By Offenbach, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Verdi, Wagner

George London, Teresa Stich-Randall, Maria von Ilosvay, Valérie Bak, Astrid Varnay, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Richard Kraus, Rudolf Moralt, Hermann Weigert

Weill: Concerto for Violin & Wind Orchestra & Kleine Dreigroschenmusik

Henri Raudales (violin) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Gerd Müller-Lorenz

Mozart & Shostakovich - Violin Concertos | Live Recording 1956

David Oistrakh (violin) Leningrad Philharmonic, Yevgeni Mravinsky

Schubert: Symphony No. 2 & Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Karl Böhm

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 & Symphony No. 8

Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Hans Knappertsbusch

Glazunov: Symphony No. 3 & Concert Waltz No. 2

Bamberger Symphoniker, Neeme Järvi

Rossini: Mosè | (four-act French version, sung in Italian)

Ruggero Raimondi (Mosè), Eduardo Villa (Elisero), Bodo Brinkmann (Faraone), Francisco Araiza (Aménofi), Friedrich Lenz (Aufide), Cornelia Wuhlkopf (Maria), Carol Vaness (Anaìde), Doris Soffel (Sinaìde), Kurt Moll (Una voce misteriosa) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Nicolai, C O: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor

Annelies Kupper, Karl Schmitt-Walter (Frau & Herr Fluth), Max Proebstl (Falstaff), Lilian Benningsen, Kieth Engen (Frau & Herr Reich), Liselotte Fölser (Anna Reich), Richard Holm (Fenton), Paul Kuën (Junker Spärlich) & Rudolf Wünzer (Dr. Cajus) Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera & Bavaria State Orchestra, Hans Knappertsbusch

Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante & Strauss: Don Quixote

Paul Tortelier (cello) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe

O Sole Mio - Neapolitan Songs Vol.1 | Canciones Napolitanas

Franco Bonisolli (tenor) Orchestra dell'Unione musiciste di Roma, Elvio Monti

O Sole Mio - Neapolitan Songs Vol.2 | Canciones Napolitanas

Franco Bonisolli (tenor) Orchestra dell'unione musiciste di Roma, Elvio Monti

Nicolai Ghiaurov

Josef Krips, Horst Stein, Giuseppe Sinopoli & Miguel Gomez Martinez Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Seiji Ozawa

Beethoven: Leonore (1805)

Gwyneth Jones (Leonore), James King (Florestan), Theo Adam (Pizarro), Gerd Nienstedt (Rocco), Rotraud Hansmann (Marzelline), Werner Hollweg (Jaquino), Eberhard Wächter (Don Fernando) Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Carl Melles

Wellesz: Violin Concerto & Prosperos Beschwörungen

Andrea Duka Löwenstein (violin) Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Gerd Albrecht

Salut d'amour

Werner Thomas-Mifune (cello), Carmen Piazzini (piano)

Opernszenen 1976-1992

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Bayerisches Staatsoper

Edita Gruberova - The Art of the Coloratura

Edita Gruberova (soprano) Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Eichorn

Schumann - Symphonies Nos. 1-4 | Live Recordings 2006-8

Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi

2 CDs: $34.50

Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII: 5 in C major 'Cäcilienmesse'

Lucia Popp (soprano), Doris Soffel (contralto), Hors Laubenthal (tenor) & Kurt Moll (bass) Bavarian State Symphony Orchestra & Choir, Rafael Kubelik

Mozart: Idomeneo, K366

Robert Gambill (Idomeneo), Camilla Nylund (Ismene), Britta Stallmeister (Ilia), Iris Vermillion (Idamantes), Christoph Pohl (Arbaces), Jacques-Greg Belobo (High Priest) & Rainer Büsching (oracle) Choir of the Dresden Opera & Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Fabio Luisi

Pierre Fournier | Salzburg Festival 1958

Pierre Fournier (cello) & Franz Holetschek (piano)

Suder: Chamber Symphony & Symphony Music for organ & orchestra

Franz Lehrndorfer (organ) Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie, Uwe Mund

Verdi: Attila

Nicolai Ghiaurov, Piero Cappuccilli, Mara Zampieri, Piero Visconti, Josef Hopfenwieser, Alfred Sramek Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Mirella Freni: Opera Arias 1963 - 1995 | Digitally remastered from Austrian Radio 1963–1995

Mirella Freni (soprano), Gianni Raimondi (Rodolfo), Plácido Domingo (Rodolfo), Alberto Rinaldi (Marcello), Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Orazio Mori (Schaunard), Margarita Guglielmi (Musetta), Wolfgang Brendel (Marcello), Peter Dvorsky (Des Grieux), Luis Lima (Don Carlo), Plácido Domingo (Otello), Luciano Pavarotti (Radamès), Wolfgang Brendel (Onegin), Vladimir Atlantov (Hermann), Luis Lima (Loris) Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper, Herbert von Karajan, García Navarro, Carlos Kleiber, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Claudio Abbado, James Levine, Hans Graf, Roberto Abbado, Seiji Ozawa, Fabio Luisi

Strauss, R: Elektra

Jean Madeira, Inge Borkh, Lisa Casa, Max Lorenz, Kurt Böhme, Alois Pernerstorfer, Anny Felbermayer, Karol Loraine, Erich Majkut, Georg Littasy, Audrey Gerber Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Gundula Janowitz

Gundula Janowitz (soprano) with Lucia Popp, Waldemar Kmentt & Franco Corelli Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Bernstein, Böhm, Dohnányi, Karajan, Krips, Krombholc, Schønwandt & Stein

Hauer: Salambo, Op. 60

Susan Roberts (Salambo), Diane Elias (Taanach), Claes H. Ahnsjö (Spendius), Rudolf Constantin (Matho), Friedemann Hanke (Gisko) Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Lothar Zagrosek

R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

Franz Xaver Richter & Karl Kohaut: Symphonies

Slovak Chamber Orchestra, Bohdan Warchal

Heinrich Schiff plays Shostakovich, Beethoven & Brahms

Heinrich Schiff (cello) & Christian Zacharias (piano)

Heinrich Baermann: Clarinet Concertos

Dieter Klöcker (clarinet) Prague Chamber Orchestra, Milan Lajcic

Lieder by Schubert, Strauss & Schoenberg | Bayerischen Staatsoper, Cuvilliés-Theater 23/7/1984

Lucia Popp (soprano) & Irwin Gage (piano)

Spohr: Jessonda

Julia Varady, Renate Behle, Kurt Moll, Thomas Moser, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Pater Haage, Peter Galliard, Corinna Meyer-Esche Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper & Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Gerd Albrecht

Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage; Deuxiéme année - Italie & Legende 1

Francesco Piemontesi (piano)

Opera Highlights

James King (tenor) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Kurt Eichhorn, Heinz Wallberg

Mozart: March in C major, Ch'io mi scordi di te? & Symphony No. 36

Christa Ludwig, Geza Anda Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Bernhard Paumgartner

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic'

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Erich Leinsdorf

Brahms: Die schöne Magelone, Op. 33

Hermann Prey (baritone), Annette Prey (recitation) & Helmut Deutsch (piano)