Vienna Philharmonic – Alto CD https://altocd.com Classical Music and Nostalgia CDs Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:38:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro https://altocd.com/product/mozart-le-nozze-di-figaro/ https://altocd.com/product/mozart-le-nozze-di-figaro/#respond Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:37:42 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51092 Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro Lisa della Casa / Cesare Siepi / Hilde Gueden Erich Kleiber / Vienna Philharmonic Catalog Number: ALC 2501 Number of Discs: 2]]> “another of the classics of the gramophone, beautifully played by the VPO, conducted with poise and vitality and a real sense of the drama unfolding through the music. It’s very much a Viennese performance…warm, sensuous and alive to the interplay of character – ”Gramophone

A legendary cast of Vienna State Opera stars and the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Erich Kleiber at the peak of his career were the essential ingredients in the making of this 1955 recording of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro that is regarded as one of the greatest opera recordings ever made. Alto is pleased to make this essential recording available in a newly remastered edition at super-value price.

]]> https://altocd.com/product/mozart-le-nozze-di-figaro/feed/ 0 Kathleen Ferrier Sings Mahler https://altocd.com/product/kathleen-ferrier-sings-mahler/ https://altocd.com/product/kathleen-ferrier-sings-mahler/#respond Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:37:19 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51018 Kathleen Ferrier Sings Mahler Das Lied von der Erde / Rückert-Lieder Kathleen Ferrier / Julius Patzak / Bruno Walter / Vienna Philharmonic Catalog Number: ALC 1120 Number of Discs: 1]]>
“A finer performance than this would not be a song of earth”, wrote the Record Guide (Collins, 1955) of this legendary performance which was recorded in Vienna in May 1952. … And beyond this there is Ferrier, an artist born to sing this music and singing it here at a time so close to her own death as to make this a real, truly harrowing song of farewell.”
– Gramophone
“Ferrier’s recording of three of the Rückert Lieder, heartfelt and monumental…magnetically intense.”
– Penguin Guide

• In May 1952, four of Mahler’s greatest interpreters — Kathleen Ferrier, Julius Patzak, Mahler’s protégé Bruno, and the Vienna Philharmonic — made a recording of the composer’s Das Lied that is hailed to this day as one of the greatest classical recordings ever issued
• Also includes the three Rückert-Lieder recorded by Ferrier and Walter
• An essential disc for any classical fan — at an unbeatable price!

Gustav Mahler

3 Rückert-Lieder

  • 1 Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen 5:33
  • 2 Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft 2:49
  • 3 Um Mitternacht 6:26

Das Lied von der Erde

  • 4 Das Trinkleid vom Jammer der Erde 8:35
  • 5 Der Einsame im Herbst 9:14
  • 6 Von der Jugend 3:03
  • 7 Von der Schönheit 6:44
  • 8 Der Trunkene im Frühling 4:26
  • 9 Der Abschied 28:01

Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
Julius Patzak, tenor
Vienna Philharmonic
Bruno Walter

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