Browse: Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)
This page lists all recordings performed by Christa Ludwig.
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
RecommendedChrista Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) & Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)
New Philharmonia & Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Ludwig recorded Mahler’s great ‘symphony for alto, tenor and orchestra’ several times (including for Bernstein and Karajan), but I always find myself returning to this 1964 Klemperer account... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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Building A Library, June 2021, Also Recommended
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Bellini: Norma
RecommendedMaria Callas (Norma), Christa Ludwig (Adalgisa), Franco Corelli (Pollione), Nicola Zaccaria (Oroveso), Edda Vincenzi (Clotilde), Piero De Palma (Flavio)
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin
Bellini's tragic Druid priestess was surely one of Maria Callas's greatest roles, and she's caught at her histrionic peak on this 1960 studio recording under Tullio Serafin, with Franco Corelli's... — More…
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung RecommendedBirgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Gottlob Frick (Hagen), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Gunther), Claire Watson (Gutrune), Christa Ludwig (Waltraute)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Technical Achievement
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Bernstein: Candide, Act I, etc.
RecommendedJerry Hadley (Candide), June Anderson (Cunegonde), Adolph Green (Dr. Pangloss/Martin), Christa Ludwig (Old Lady), Nicolai Gedda (Governor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski)
London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
an irreplaceable treasure...Jerry Hadley is an ideal Candide (what a good career as a Broadway lead he might have had in another era), June Anderson is a grand opera Cunegonde with high wattage... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Music Theatre
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Classical Album of the Year
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Haydn: The Creation
RecommendedGundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, Werner Krenn, Walter Berry, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Wiener Singverein & Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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Building a Library, July 2004, Mid-Price Choice
2 CDs
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Wagner: Die Walküre Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Régine Crespin (Sieglinde), James King (Siegmund), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Gottlob Frick (Hunding)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
RecommendedGundula Janowitz (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Walter Berry (bass)
Wiener Singverein & Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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Building A Library, July 2022, First Choice
2 CDs
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7 CDs
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J S Bach: St Matthew Passion
RecommendedPeter Pears (Evangelist), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Christus), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Christa Ludwig (alto), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Walter Berry (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Otto Klemperer
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Grammy Awards, 5th Awards (1962), Best Choral Performance
3 CDs
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3
RecommendedChrista Ludwig
New York Choral Artists, Brooklyn Boys Chorus & New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
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Grammy Awards, 32nd Awards (1989), Best Orchestral Performance
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Building a Library, November 2019, Also Recommended
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