The Most Famous Opera Duets (1994) more music like this

performed by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Carlo del Monte (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Danielle Millet (vocals), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Edita Gruberová (vocals), English Chamber Orchestra (chamber ensemble), Ernest Blanc (vocals)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Léo Delibes, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

EMI's The Most Famous Opera Duets is a decent collection of excerpts that delivers on enough of its promise to be forgiven its superlative title. A few notable blockbusters are missing, like "O soave fanciulla" from La bohème and the evening prayer from Hansel and Gretel, but overall the collection covers its territory well -- from the famous ...

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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (1998) more music like this

performed by Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Otto Klemperer (conductor)
composed by Gustav Mahler

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Ti Amo: Puccini's Greatest Love Songs (1993) more music like this

performed by Christa Ludwig (vocals), Italo Tajo (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (vocals), Mirella Freni (vocals), Montserrat Caballé (vocals), Neil Howlett (vocals), Nicolai Ghiaurov (vocals), Pier Francesco Poli (vocals), Piero de Palma (vocals), Richard Allen (vocals)
composed by Giacomo Puccini

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Puccini: Madama Butterfly Highlights (1989) more music like this

performed by Christa Ludwig (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Michel Sénéchal (vocals), Mirella Freni (vocals), Robert Kerns (vocals), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Choir Concert Association (choir, chorus), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
composed by Giacomo Puccini

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Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1987) more music like this

performed by Christa Ludwig (vocals), Elke Schary (vocals), Evamaria Hurdes (vocals), Giorgio Stendoro (vocals), Hans Helm (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (vocals), Marius Rintzler (vocals), Martha Heigl (vocals), Michel Sénéchal (vocals), Mirella Freni (vocals)
composed by Giacomo Puccini

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Gustav Mahler: 6. Symphonie; Rückert-Lieder; Kindertotenlieder more music like this

performed by Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
composed by Gustav Mahler

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Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4; "Haydn" Variations; Alto Rhapsody; Overtures (2004) more music like this

performed by Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Philharmonia Chorus (Men's Voices) (choir, chorus), Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Otto Klemperer (conductor)
composed by Johannes Brahms

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Bellini: Norma (1997) more music like this

performed by Christa Ludwig (vocals), Edda Vincenzi (vocals), Franco Corelli (vocals), Maria Callas (vocals), Nicola Zaccaria (vocals), Piero de Palma (vocals), La Scala Theater Orchestra & Chorus (choir, chorus), La Scala Theater Orchestra & Chorus
composed by Vincenzo Bellini

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Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; Three Dance Episodes from On The Town; Candide (Selections) (2003) more music like this

performed by Adolph Green (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Della Jones (vocals), Jerry Hadley (vocals), June Anderson (vocals), Kurt Ollmann (vocals), Nicolai Gedda (vocals), London Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus), Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
composed by Leonard Bernstein

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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (2000) more music like this

performed by Christa Ludwig (contralto), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Vienna State Opera Choir (choir, chorus), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta (conductor)
composed by Gustav Mahler

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Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (2006) more music like this

performed by Anny Felbermayer (vocals), Children's Chorus from Loughton High School for Girls and, Christa Ludwig (vocals), Eberhard Wächter (vocals), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (vocals), Erich Majkut (vocals), Franz Bierbach (vocals), Gerhard Unger (vocals)
composed by Richard Strauss

Though there are good reasons for hearing other recordings of Der Rosenkavalier -- the endlessly attractive 1954 Decca recording with Reining, Jurinac, Gueden, and Weber with Erich Kleiber leading the Vienna Philharmonic or the luminously appealing 1994 DG recording with Lott, von Otter, Bonney, and Moll with Carlos Kleiber, Erich's son, leading ...

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Mozart: Così fan tutte (2000) more music like this

performed by Alfredo Kraus (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (vocals), Giuseppe Taddei (vocals), Hanny Steffek (vocals), Heinrich Schmidt (harpsichord), Walter Berry (vocals), Philharmonia Chorus (choir, chorus), Philharmonia Orchestra of London
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Haydn: Die Schöpfung more music like this

performed by Christa Ludwig (contralto), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Josef Nebois (harpsichord), Ottomar Borwitzky (violoncello), Walter Berry (bass), Werner Krenn (tenor)
composed by Franz Joseph Haydn

Herbert von Karajan was a ruthless narcissist, a relentless egotist, and a hopeless bully. And of course one recognizes that much, if not most, of his recorded legacy is an exquisitely wrought monument to vacuous sonic beauty. That said, one has to admit that von Karajan's recording of Haydn's Die Schöpfung with Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, ...

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Christa Ludwig sings Wagner, Brahms, Mahler & Beethoven (2006) more music like this

performed by Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Philharmonia Chorus (choir, chorus), Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Otto Klemperer (conductor)
composed by Gustav Mahler, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner

Despite what one might initially think, the best performances here are not the Brahms Alto Rhapsody or even the Mahler lieder. No, as great as those performances are -- and they are assuredly among the greatest recordings of those works ever made -- the best performances here are the Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde and "Abscheulicher!" ...

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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (1986) more music like this

performed by Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Christa Ludwig (alto), Westminster Choir (choir, chorus), New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
composed by Gustav Mahler

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Bach: Sacred Masterpieces (1985) more music like this

performed by Antonia Fahberg (soprano), Christa Ludwig (alto), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Ernst-Gerold Schramm (bass), Evelyn Lear (soprano), Franz Crass (bass), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Gundula Janowitz (soprano)
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis; Mozart: Coronation Mass more music like this

performed by Agnes Baltsa (contralto), Agnes Baltsa (alto), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), José van Dam (bass), Josef Nebois (organ), Michel Schwalbe (violin), Rudolf Scholz (organ)
composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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An Introduction to Der Ring des Nibelungen (1995) more music like this

performed by Anita Valkki (vocals), Berit Lindholm (vocals), Birgit Nilsson (vocals), Brigitte Fassbaender (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Claire Watson (vocals), Claudia Hellmann (vocals), Deryck Cooke (speech/speaker/speaking part)
composed by Deryck Cooke

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Brahms: 4 Symphonies; Haydn Variations more music like this

performed by Christa Ludwig (contralto), Gerhart Hetzel (violin), Wiener Singverein (choir, chorus), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm (conductor)
composed by Johannes Brahms

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Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Tragic Overture; Alto Rhapsody (1999) more music like this

performed by Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Philharmonia Chorus (choir, chorus), Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Otto Klemperer (conductor)
composed by Johannes Brahms

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Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde more music like this

performed by Bernd Weikl (baritone), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Karl Ridderbusch (bass), Martin Vantin (baritone), Peter Schreier (tenor), Walter Berry (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner

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Wagner: Tannhäuser (2002) more music like this

performed by Christa Ludwig (vocals), Hans Sotin (vocals), Helga Dernesch (vocals), Kurt Equiluz (vocals), Manfred Jungwirth (vocals), Norman Bailey (vocals), René Kollo (vocals), Victor Braun (vocals), Werner Hollweg (vocals), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
composed by Richard Wagner

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Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies and Piano Concertos (2000) more music like this

performed by Aase Nordmo-Løvberg (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Hans Hotter (baritone), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), John Alldis Choir (choir, chorus), Philharmonia Chorus (choir, chorus), Otto Klemperer (conductor)
composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

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Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 more music like this

performed by Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Lukas Foss (piano), Wiener Jeunesse-Chor (choir, chorus), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
composed by Leonard Bernstein

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The Most Relaxing Opera Album in the World...Ever! (2005) more music like this

performed by Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Anna Moffo (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Danielle Millet (mezzo-soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Eberhard Wächter (baritone)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Antonin Dvorák, Camille Saint-Saëns, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Francesco Cilea, Gaetano Donizetti, George Frederick Handel, George Gershwin, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach

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