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Maria Callas 100 Best Classics (2006)
performed by Angelo Mercuriali (tenor), Anna Maria Canali (mezzo-soprano), Anna Moffo (soprano), Aurora Cattelani (soprano), Carlo Forti (bass), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano), Franco Calabrese (bass)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Ambroise Thomas, Amilcare Ponchielli, Arrigo Boito, Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Gounod, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Francesco Cilèa, Gaetano Donizetti, Gaspare Spontini, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi -
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1987)
performed by Christa Ludwig (vocals), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Elke Schary (vocals), Evamaria Hurdes (vocals), Giorgio Stendoro (vocals), Hans Helm (baritone), Hans Helm (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Marius Rintzler (bass)
composed by Giacomo Puccini -
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (1997)
performed by Anita Valkki (vocals), Berit Lindholm (vocals), Birgit Nilsson (vocals), Brigitte Fassbaender (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Claire Watson (vocals), Claudia Hellmann (vocals), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (vocals), Eberhard Wächter (vocals)
composed by Deryck Cooke, Richard Wagner, Unspecified -
Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel (1995)
performed by Anna Moffo (soprano), Arleen Augér (soprano), Charlotte Berthold (mezzo-soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Helen Donath (soprano), Lucia Popp (soprano), Munich Radio Orchestra, Kurt Eichhorn (conductor)
composed by Engelbert Humperdinck -
Bellini: Norma [1960] (1989)
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, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
composed by Vincenzo Bellini -
An Introduction to Der Ring des Nibelungen (1995)
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 -
Wagner: Die Walküre
performed by Anne Wilkens (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Diane Kesling (vocals), Gary Lakes (vocals), Hildegard Behrens (vocals), James Morris (vocals), Jessye Norman (vocals), Kurt Moll (vocals), Linda Kelm (vocals), Marilyn Mims (vocals), Marita Napier (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner -
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly Highlights (1989)
performed by Christa Ludwig (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Michel Sénéchal (vocals), Mirella Freni (vocals), Robert Kerns (vocals), Wiener Philharmoniker, Vienna State Opera Concert Chorus (choir, chorus), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
composed by Giacomo Puccini -
The Most Famous Opera Duets (1994)
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 -
Bach: Mass in B minor [1974]
performed by Christa Ludwig (contralto), Eberhard Finke (cello), Gerd Seifert (horn), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Gunter Piesk (bassoon), Gunter Prill (flute), Heinrich Karcher (oboe d'amore), Henning Trog (bassoon), James Galway (flute), Karl Ridderbusch (bass)
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach -
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Wagner: Die Walküre (1984)
performed by Berit Lindholm (vocals), Birgit Nilsson (vocals), Brigitte Fassbaender (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Claudia Hellmann (vocals), Gottlob Frick (vocals), Hans Hotter (vocals), Helen Watts (vocals), Helga Dernesch (vocals), James King (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner -
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Bernstein: The Symphonies; Serenade (1978)
performed by Christa Ludwig (vocals), Gidon Kremer (violin), Lukas Foss (piano), Michael Wager (voices), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Vienna Boys' Choir (choir, chorus), Wiener Jeunesse-Chor (choir, chorus), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
composed by Leonard Bernstein -
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
performed by Christa Ludwig (vocals), François Le Roux (vocals), Jean-Philippe Courtis (vocals), José van Dam (vocals), Maria Ewing (vocals), Patrizia Pace (vocals), Rudolf Mazzola (vocals), Vienna State Opera Concert Chorus (choir, chorus), Wiener Philharmoniker
composed by Claude Debussy -
Bach: St. Matthew Passion (1989)
performed by Arthur Ackroyd (flute), Bela Dekany (violin), Christa Ludwig (contralto), Desmond Dupre (viola da gamba), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Gareth Morris (flute), George Malcolm (harpsichord), Geraint Evans (vocals)
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach -
Bach: St. Matthew Passion (1989)
performed by Arthur Ackroyd (flute), Christa Ludwig (alto), Desmond Dupre (viola da gamba), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (vocals), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (vocals), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Gareth Morris (flute), Geraint Evans (vocals), Helen Watts (vocals)
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach -
100 Best Sacred Works (2007)
performed by Alan Wilson (organ), Anneliese Rothenberger (soprano), Anthony Chadney (vocals), Arleen Augér (soprano), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Barry Rose (organ), Carol Vaness (soprano), Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)
composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Anton Bruckner, Antonio Lotti, Antonio Vivaldi, Arvo Pärt, César Franck, Charles Gounod, Christopher Tye, Edward Elgar, Felix Mendelssohn, Francis Poulenc, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Gabriel Fauré, Geoffrey Burgon -
The World's Most Romantic Operas (2007)
performed by Alessandro Maddalena (vocals), Anna Pedrotti (vocals), Antonietta Stella (vocals), Antonio Zerbini (vocals), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Carlo Cava (vocals), Carlo Forti (vocals), Carlo Meliciani (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Curt Malm (vocals)
composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet, Ludwig van Beethoven, Umberto Giordano -
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Bach: Matthäus-Passion (1989)
performed by Arthur Ackroyd (flute), Bela Dekany (violin), Christa Ludwig (alto), Desmond Dupre (viola da gamba), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Gareth Morris (flute), George Malcolm (harpsichord), Geraint Evans (baritone)
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach -
