Richard Strauss: Elektra more music like this

performed by Birgit Nilsson (vocals), Felicia Weathers (vocals), Gerhard Stolze (vocals), Gerhard Unger (vocals), Helen Watts (vocals), Jane Cook (vocals), Leo Heppe (vocals), Margaret Sjostedt (vocals), Margarita Lilova (vocals), Marie Collier (vocals)
composed by Richard Strauss

Decca's Elektra is a remarkable account of the opera. Recorded in 1968, produced by John Culshaw with an all-star cast, this performance captures the opera's brutality and atmosphere of nearly uninterrupted hysteria. Georg Solti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic, one of the great Strauss orchestras, in a searing reading of the frenzied score. Solti ...

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Richard Strauss: Salome [Remastered] more music like this

performed by Aron Gestner (vocals), Birgit Nilsson (vocals), Eberhard Wächter (vocals), Gerhard Stolze (vocals), Grace Hoffmann (vocals), Heinz Holecek (vocals), Josephine Veasey (vocals), Kurt Equiluz (vocals), Liselotte Maikl (vocals), Max Proebstl (vocals)
composed by Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss' early operatic success with Salome helped secure the composer a distinguished place in history. Although the lustful Salome had been portrayed before, it wasn't until Strauss expounded upon Oscar Wilde's play that this story became so massively successful. The popularity that the opera enjoyed has only seemed to grow, and a number ...

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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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Carl Orff: Carmina Burana (1995) more music like this

performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerhard Stolze (tenor), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Deutschen Opernchor Berlin (choir, chorus), Schöneberger Sängerknaben (choir, chorus), Deutschen Opernorchester, Eugen Jochum (conductor)
composed by Carl Orff

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Wagner: Parsifal (2006) more music like this

performed by Anja Silja (vocals), Dorothea Siebert (vocals), Else-Margrete Gardelli (vocals), Georg Paskuda (vocals), George London (vocals), Gerd Nienstedt (vocals), Gerhard Stolze (vocals), Gundula Janowitz (vocals), Gustav Neidlinger (vocals), Hans Hotter (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner

Nietzsche may have been the first, but he was by no means the last to note that Parsifal was blasphemous. Wagner's final opera, his self-described "sacred festival stage play," Parsifal is a work steeped in the Christian mythology of the cross and the blood, but its message of compassion through suffering and transcendence through renunciation is ...

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Orff: Carmina Burana more music like this

performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerhard Stolze (tenor), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Deutschen Opernchor Berlin (choir, chorus), Schöneberger Sängerknaben (choir, chorus), Deutschen Opernorchester, Eugen Jochum (conductor)
composed by Carl Orff

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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (1996) more music like this

performed by Gerhard Stolze (vocals), Gerhard Unger (vocals), Hans Hotter (vocals), Hermann Uhde (vocals), Ira Malaniuk (vocals), Ludwig Weber (vocals), Martha Mödl (vocals), Ramón Vinay (vocals), Werner Faulhaber (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner

This classic performance of Tristan und Isolde from the 1952 Bayreuth Festival has seen a number of incarnations on CD. That's not surprising, given the sound quality, which is unusually clean, full, and well-balanced for a live recording of that era, the high standard of the orchestral playing, and the star turns from the principals. Herbert von ...

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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Great Scenes (1988) more music like this

performed by Birgit Nilsson (vocals), Gerhard Stolze (vocals), Hans Hotter (vocals), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Wolfgang Windgassen (vocals), Georg Solti (conductor)
composed by Richard Wagner

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Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold more music like this

performed by Anna Reynolds (vocals), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (vocals), Donald Grobe (vocals), Edda Moser (vocals), Erwin Wohlfahrt (vocals), Gerhard Stolze (vocals), Helen Donath (vocals), Josephine Veasey (vocals), Karl Ridderbusch (vocals), Martti Talvela (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner

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Der Ring Des Nibelungen: Great Scenes (1988) more music like this

performed by Berit Lindholm (vocals), Birgit Nilsson (vocals), Brigitte Fassbaender (vocals), Claudia Hellmann (vocals), Eberhard Wächter (vocals), George London (vocals), Gerhard Stolze (vocals), Gottlob Frick (vocals), Hans Hotter (vocals), Helen Watts (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner

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Wagner: Tannhäuser more music like this

performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Else-Margrete Gardelli (soprano), Franz Crass (bass), Georg Paskuda (vocals), Gerhard Stolze (tenor), Grace Bumbry (vocals), Josef Greindl (bass), Theo Adam (vocals), Victoria de Los Angeles (soprano)
composed by Richard Wagner

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Der Ring des Nibelungen [Bayreuth 1953] (1997) more music like this

performed by Astrid Varnay (vocals), Bruni Falcon (vocals), Brünnhild Friedland (vocals), Erica Schubert (vocals), Erich Witte (vocals), Erika Zimmermann (vocals), Gerhard Stolze (vocals), Gisela Litz (vocals), Gustav Neidlinger (vocals), Hans Hotter (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner

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Berg: Lulu; Wozzeck more music like this

performed by Alice Oelke (vocals), Barbara Scherler (vocals), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (vocals), Donald Grobe (vocals), Ernst Krukowski (vocals), Evelyn Lear (vocals), Fritz Wunderlich (vocals), Gerd Feldhoff (vocals), Gerhard Stolze (vocals), Helmut Melchert (vocals)
composed by Alban Berg

While there is much for fans of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau to admire in this set of both the operas of Alban Berg, it is impossible to recommend these recordings. Fischer-Dieskau is a commanding presence in Wozzeck: powerfully sung and deeply affecting, his portrayal of the doomed everyman still stands with the best ever recorded. And Fischer ...

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Wagner: Tannhäuser (2004) more music like this

performed by Alfons Herwig (vocals), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (vocals), Gerhard Stolze (vocals), Gré Brouwenstijn (vocals), Herta Wilfert (vocals), Josef Greindl (vocals), Josef Traxel (vocals), Toni Blankenheim (vocals), Volker Horn (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner

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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (1998) more music like this

performed by Alexei Maslennikov (vocals), Anton Diakov (vocals), Gerhard Stolze (vocals), Gertrude Jahn (vocals), Kim Borg (vocals), Milen Paounov (vocals), Nadya Dobriyanova (vocals), Nicolai Ghiaurov (vocals), Sabin Markov (vocals)
composed by Modest Mussorgsky

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Wagner: Parsifal (1993) more music like this

performed by Arnold van Mill (vocals), Elfriede Wild (vocals), Erika Zimmermann (vocals), George London (vocals), Gerhard Stolze (vocals), Gunther Baldauf (vocals), Hanna Ludwig (vocals), Hermann Uhde (vocals), Hildegard Schunemann (vocals), Ludwig Weber (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner

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Wagner: Meistersinger von Nürnberg more music like this

performed by Gerhard Stolze (vocals), Gerhard Unger (vocals), Gustav Neidlinger (vocals), Hans Hopf (vocals), Heinrich Pflanzl (vocals), Heinz Borst (vocals), Josef Janko (vocals), Karl Mikorey (vocals), Karl Terkal (vocals), Kurt Böhme (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner

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Wagner: Lohengrin (2005) more music like this

performed by Astrid Varnay (vocals), Birgit Nilsson (vocals), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (vocals), Franz Crass (vocals), Gene Tobin (vocals), Gerhard Stolze (vocals), Hermann Uhde (vocals), Theo Adam (vocals), Toni Blankenheim (vocals), Wolfgang Windgassen (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner

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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Opera Scenes(1965-1976) (2000) more music like this

performed by Birgit Nilsson (vocals), Brigitte Fassbaender (vocals), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerhard Stolze (vocals), Ingrid Bjoner (vocals), James King (vocals), Karl Helm (vocals), Keith Engen (vocals), Leonie Rysanek (vocals), Richard Holm (vocals)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi, Paul Hindemith, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner

This disc is a tribute to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (perhaps the most recorded singer of all time) and his operatic career at the Bavarian State Opera House in Munich. These seven selections from live broadcasts sets a standard of excellence, both from the soloists and the orchestra, that is a match for many studio recordings. However, this disc ...

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Highlights from "The Ring" more music like this

performed by Anna Reynolds (vocals), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Donald Grobe (vocals), Edda Moser (vocals), Gerhard Stolze (vocals), Helen Donath (vocals), Helga Dernesch (vocals), Helge Brilioth (vocals), Jess Thomas (vocals), Jon Vickers (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner

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Beyond the Ring: The Best of Wagner [Box Set] (2007) more music like this

performed by Alois Pernerstorfer (vocals), Anne Lund Christiansen (vocals), Astrid Varnay (vocals), Birgit Nilsson (vocals), Catarina Ligendza (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (vocals), Donald McIntyre (vocals), Elke Schary (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner

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Sena Jurinac sings Mozart, Strauss & Puccini (2006) more music like this

performed by Carlo Cossutta (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Erich Kunz (vocals), Ermanno Lorenzi (vocals), George London (vocals), Gerhard Stolze (vocals), Herbert Lackner (vocals), Hilde Gueden (vocals), Jess Thomas (tenor), John van Kesteren (vocals)
composed by Claudio Monteverdi, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Hans Pfitzner, Leos Janácek, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Der Ring des Nibelungen [Bayreuth 1953] (1997) more music like this

performed by Astrid Varnay (vocals), Bruni Falcon (vocals), Brünnhild Friedland (vocals), Erich Witte (vocals), Erika Zimmermann (vocals), Gerhard Stolze (vocals), Gisela Litz (vocals), Gustav Neidlinger (vocals), Hans Hotter (vocals), Hermann Uhde (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner

Although the big story in Wagner reissues in 2006 was the first commercial release of the 1953 Joseph Keilberth/Bayreuth Ring, the first stereo Ring, the real story is the first great-sounding release of the 1953 Clemens Krauss/Bayreuth Ring, the first and only Ring by one of the greatest of Wagner conductors. One can readily understand the ...

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Wagner: Tannhäuser (Highlights) (1995) more music like this

performed by Anja Silja (vocals), Eberhard Wächter (vocals), Franz Crass (vocals), Georg Paskuda (vocals), Gerd Nienstedt (vocals), Gerhard Stolze (vocals), Grace Bumbry (vocals), Josef Greindl (vocals), Wolfgang Windgassen (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner

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