Mozart – Requiem, Coronation Mass – Peter Schreier

remembering Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on his birthday

(27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Requiem, KV 626 *
Missa in C major, KV 317 "Coronation Mass" +
Ave verum Corpus, KV 618

Margaret Price - soprano *
Trudelise Schmidt - mezzo-soprano *
Francisco Araiza - tenor *
Theo Adam - bass *
Edith Mathis - soprano +
Jadwiga Rappé - contralto +
Hans Peter Blochwitz - tenor +
Thomas Quasthoff - bass +
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Staatskapelle Dresden
Peter Schreier - conductor

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Weber – Der Freischütz – Carlos Kleiber

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Der Freischütz - opera in 3 acts

with:
Bernd Weikl
Siegfried Vogel
Gundula Janowitz
Edith Mathis
Theo Adam
Peter Schreier
Franz Crass
Günther Leib

Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Staatskapelle Dresden
Carlos Kleiber - conductor

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Mendelssohn – Elias – Sawallisch

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Elias - oratorio, op.70

Elly Ameling - soprano
Renate Krahmer - soprano
Annelies Burmeister - contralto
Gisela Schröter - contralto
Peter Schreier - tenor
Hans-Joachim Rotzsch - tenor
Theo Adam - bass
Hermann-Christinian Polster - bass
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Gewandhausorchester
Wolfgang Sawallisch - conductor

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Mendelssohn – Die erste Walpurgisnacht – Kurt Masur

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Die erste Walpurgisnacht, op.60

Annelies Burmeister - contralto
Eberhard Büchner - tenor
Siegfried Lorenz - baritone
Siegfried Vogel - bass
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur - conductor

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Weber – Abu Hassan – Herbert Kegel

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Abu Hassan - opéra bouffe *
Cantate "Battle and Victory", op.44 +

opera with:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Erich Witte
Michael Bohnen
Leopold Ludwig
Berliner Rundfunk Sinfonie-Chor *
Rundfunkchor Leipzig +
Berliner Rundfunk Sinfonie-Orchester *
Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig +
Herbert Kegel - conductor

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Beethoven – Symphony No.9 – Masur

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125

Edda Moser - soprano
Rosemarie Lang - mezzo-soprano
Peter Schreier - tenor
Theo Adam - bass
GewandhausChor
Gewandhaus-Kinderchor
Thomanerchor Leipzig
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur - direction

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Eisler – Deutsche Symphonie – Guhl

Hanns Eisler (1898-1962):
Deutsche Sifonie, op.50 for Soloists, Speaking Voices, Chorus and Orchestra

Elisabeth Breul - soprano
Herman Hähnel - barytone
Fred Teschler - bass
Ekkerhard Schall - speaking voice
Hilmar Thate - speaking voice
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig
Adolf Fritz Guhl - conductor

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Mozart - La clemanza di Tito - Böhm

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
La clemenza di Tito - opera seria in two acts, KV 621

with:
Peter Schreier
Julia Varady
Edith Mathis
Teresa Berganza
Marga Schiml
Theo Adam

Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Staatskapelle Dresden
Karl Böhm - conductor

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Mozart - Indomeneo - Böhm

Wolgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Indomeneo - drama per musica in 3 acts, KV 366

with:
Wiesław Ochman
Peter Schreier
Edith Mathis
Julia Varady
Hermann Winkler
Eberhard Büchner

Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Staatskapelle Dresden
Karl Böhm - conductor

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Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail - Böhm

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Die Entführung aus dem Serail - singspiel in 3 acts, KV 384

with:
Otto Mellies
Arleen Auger
Reri Grist
Peter Schreier
Harald Neukirch
Kurt Moll

Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Staatskapelle Dresden
Karl Böhm - conductor

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Haydn - Schöpfungsmesse; Kleine Orgelsolomesse - Marriner

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Missa No.13 in B flat major Hob.XXII:13 "Schöpfungsmesse"
Missa brevis Sancti Johannis de Deo, No.7 in B flat major Hob.XXII:7 "Kleine Orgelmesse"

Barbara Hendricks - soprano
Ann Murray - contralto
Hans Peter Blochwitz - tenor
Matthias Hölle - bass
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Hansjürgen Scholze - organ
Staatskapelle Dresden
Sir Neville Marriner - conductor

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Mendelssohn - The Symphonies, The Piano Concertos, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" - Masur

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.11
Symphony No.5 in D major, op.107

"Lobgesang" (Symphony No.2), op.52 (Hymn of Praise: Symphonic Cantata) *

Symphony No.3 in A minor, op.56 "Scottish"
Symphony No.4 in A major, op.90 "Italian"

Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.25 +
Capriccio brillant in B minor for piano and orchestra, op.22 +
Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor, op.40 +

"Ein Sommernachtstraum", op.61 #

Barbara Bonney - soprano *
Edith Wiens - soprano *
Peter Schreier - tenor *
Rundfunkchor Leipzig *
Michael Schönheit - organ *

Cyprien Katsaris - piano +

Edith Wiens - soprano #
Christiane Oertel - mezzo-soprano #
Friedhelm Eberle - speaker #
Rundfunkchor Leipzig #

Gewandhausorchester
Kurt Masur - conductor

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