The Complete EMI Recordings 1946–1984, Volume 2: Opera & Vocal

~ Release by Herbert von Karajan (see all versions of this release, 7 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Opera Arias (1947)
2▶CD: Choruses / Rosenkavalier And Salome Excerpts.
3▶CD: Die Zauberflöte (Orquesta Filarmónica de Viena)
4▶CD: Die Zauberflöte (Orquesta Filarmónica de Viena)
5▶CD: Le Nozze di Figaro, Acts 1 and 2 (Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker)
6▶CD: Le Nozze di Figaro, Acts 3 and 4 (Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker)
7▶CD: Salome (Wiener Philharmoniker)
8▶CD: Salome (Wiener Philharmoniker)
9▶CD: Aida, Act 1 (Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker)
10▶CD: Aida, Act 2 (Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker)
11▶CD: Aida, Acts 3 and 4 (Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker)
12▶CD: Mass in B minor (Orchester und Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien)
13▶CD: Mass in B minor (Orchester und Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien)
14▶CD: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (Wiener Philharmoniker)
15▶CD: Missa Solemnis in D major
16▶CD: Missa Solemnis in D major, Mozart, Strauss
17▶CD: Hänsel und Gretel (Choirs of Loughton High School for Girls and Bancroft’s School, Philharmonia Orchestra)
18▶CD: Hänsel und Gretel (Choirs of Loughton High School for Girls and Bancroft’s School, Philharmonia Orchestra)
19▶CD: Così fan tutte (Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus)
20▶CD: Così fan tutte (Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus)
21▶CD: Così fan tutte (Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus)
22▶CD: Arias and Orchestral Music – 1954
23▶CD: Die Fledermaus (Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus)
24▶CD: Die Fledermaus (Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus)
25▶CD: Ariadne auf Naxos: Prologue and Opera: Beginning (Philharmonia Orchestra)
26▶CD: Ariadne auf Naxos: Opera: Conclusion (Philharmonia Orchestra)
27▶CD: Der Rosenkavalier (Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Choirs of Loughton High School for Girls and Bancroft’s School)
28▶CD: Der Rosenkavalier (Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Choirs of Loughton High School for Girls and Bancroft’s School)
29▶CD: Der Rosenkavalier (Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Choirs of Loughton High School for Girls and Bancroft’s School)
30▶CD: Falstaff (Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus)
31▶CD: Falstaff (Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus)
32▶CD: Fidelio (Berliner Philharmoniker)
33▶CD: Fidelio (Berliner Philharmoniker)
34▶CD: Missa Solemnis in D major
35▶CD: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
36▶CD: Pelléas et Mélisande (Berliner Philharmoniker)
37▶CD: Pelléas et Mélisande (Berliner Philharmoniker)
38▶CD: Pelléas et Mélisande (Berliner Philharmoniker)
39▶CD: Die Jahreszeiten (Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Berlin Philharmoniker)
40▶CD: Die Jahreszeiten (Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Berlin Philharmoniker)
41▶CD: Don Carlo (1884 4 Act Version)
42▶CD: Don Carlo (1884 4 Act Version)
43▶CD: Don Carlo (1884 4 Act Version)
44▶CD: Otello (Berliner Philharmoniker)
45▶CD: Otello (Berliner Philharmoniker)
46▶CD: Il Trovatore (Berliner Philharmoniker)
47▶CD: Il Trovatore (Berliner Philharmoniker)
48▶CD: Der Fliegende Holländer, Acts 1 and 2 (Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Berliner Philharmoniker)
49▶CD: Der Fliegende Holländer, Acts 2 and 3 (Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Berliner Philharmoniker)
50▼CD: Lohengrin, Acts 1 and 2 (Chor der Deutschen Oper, Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker)
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1Lohengrin: Vorspiel (Orchester)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1975-12-08 until 1981-05-23)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1975-12-08 until 1981-05-23)
recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Vorspiel (prelude to Act I) (from 1975-12-08 until 1981-05-23)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75
Richard Wagner9:11
2Lohengrin: Act I, Scene I. "Hört! Grafen, Edle, Freie von Brabant!" (Heerrufer, Chor, Königs Heinrichs)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1975-12-08 until 1981-05-23)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1975-12-08 until 1981-05-23)
partial recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I, Scene I. “Hört! Grafen, Edle, Freie von Brabant!” (from 1975-12-08 until 1981-05-23)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I
Richard Wagner4:39
3Lohengrin: Act I, Scene I. "Dank, König, dir, daß du zu richten kamst!" (Friedrich, Chor)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
partial recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I, Scene I. “Hört! Grafen, Edle, Freie von Brabant!”
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I
Richard Wagner4:21
4Lohengrin: Act I, Scene I. "Welch fürchterliche Klage sprichst du aus!" (Königs Heinrichs, Friedrich, Chor)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
partial recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I, Scene I. “Hört! Grafen, Edle, Freie von Brabant!”
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I
Richard Wagner2:39
5Lohengrin: Act I, Scene II. "Seht hin! sie naht, die Hart beklagte!" (Chor, Königs Heinrichs, Elsa)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1975-12-08 until 1981-05-23)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1975-12-08 until 1981-05-23)
partial recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I, Scene II. “Seht hin! Sie naht, die hart Beklagte!” (Elsas Traum „Einsam in trüben Tagen”) (from 1975-12-08 until 1981-05-23)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I
Richard Wagner3:42
6Lohengrin: Act I, Scene II. "Einsam in trüben Tagen" (Elsa)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
partial recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I, Scene II. “Seht hin! Sie naht, die hart Beklagte!” (Elsas Traum „Einsam in trüben Tagen”)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I
Richard Wagner3:57
7Lohengrin: Act I, Scene II. "Bewahre uns des Himmels Huld" (Chor, Königs Heinrichs, Friedrich)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
partial recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I, Scene II. “Seht hin! Sie naht, die hart Beklagte!” (Elsas Traum „Einsam in trüben Tagen”)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I
Richard Wagner4:03
8Lohengrin: Act I, Scene II. "Des Ritters will ich wahren" (Elsa, Chor, Königs Heinrichs)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
partial recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I, Scene II. “Seht hin! Sie naht, die hart Beklagte!” (Elsas Traum „Einsam in trüben Tagen”)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I
Richard Wagner2:23
9Lohengrin: Act I, Scene II. "Wer hier im Gotteskampf zu streiten kam... Gegrt, du gottgesandter Held!" (Heerrufer, Chor, Friedrich, Elsa, Königs Heinrichs)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
partial recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I, Scene II. “Seht hin! Sie naht, die hart Beklagte!” (Elsas Traum „Einsam in trüben Tagen”)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I
Richard Wagner2:37
10Lohengrin: Act I, Scene III. "Du trugest zu ihm meine Klage" (Elsa, Chor)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
partial recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I, Scene II. “Seht hin! Sie naht, die hart Beklagte!” (Elsas Traum „Einsam in trüben Tagen”)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I
Richard Wagner3:03
11Lohengrin: Act I, Scene III. "Nun sei bedankt, mein lieber Schwan!" (Lohengrin, Chor)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
partial recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I, Scene III. “Sei gegrüsst, du gottgesandter Mann!”
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I
Richard Wagner2:46
12Lohengrin: Act I, Scene III. "Heil, König Heinrich!" (Lohengrin, Königs Heinrichs)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
partial recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I, Scene III. “Sei gegrüsst, du gottgesandter Mann!”
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I
Richard Wagner2:44
13Lohengrin: Act I, Scene III. "Wenn ich im Kampfe für dich siege" (Lohengrin, Elsa)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1975-12-08 until 1981-05-23)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1975-12-08 until 1981-05-23)
partial recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I, Scene III. “Sei gegrüsst, du gottgesandter Mann!” (from 1975-12-08 until 1981-05-23)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I
Richard Wagner4:02
14Lohengrin: Act I, Scene III. "Welch holde Wunder muß ich sehn?" (Chor)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
partial recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I, Scene III. “Sei gegrüsst, du gottgesandter Mann!”
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I
Richard Wagner1:32
15Lohengrin: Act I, Scene III. "Nun hört! euch, Volk und Edlen, mach' ich kund" (Lohengrin, Chor, Friedrich, Königs Heinrichs)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
partial recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I, Scene III. “Sei gegrüsst, du gottgesandter Mann!”
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I
Richard Wagner2:23
16Lohengrin: Act I, Scene III. "Nun höret mich und achtet wohl" (Heerrufer, Chor, Lohengrin, Friedrich)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
partial recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I, Scene III. “Sei gegrüsst, du gottgesandter Mann!”
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I
Richard Wagner2:26
17Lohengrin: Act I, Scene III. "Mein Herr und Gott, nun ruf' ich dich" (Königs Heinrichs, Elsa, Ortrud, Lohengrin, Friedrich, Chor)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
partial recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I, Scene III. “Sei gegrüsst, du gottgesandter Mann!”
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I
Richard Wagner5:36
18Lohengrin: Act I, Scene III. "Durch Gottes Sieg ist jetzt dein Leben mein" (Lohengrin, Chor, Königs Heinrichs, Elsa, Otrud, Friedrich)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1975-12-08 until 1981-05-23)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (from 1975-12-08 until 1981-05-23)
partial recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I, Scene III. “Sei gegrüsst, du gottgesandter Mann!” (from 1975-12-08 until 1981-05-23)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I
Richard Wagner4:59
19Lohengrin: Act II, Scene I. Vorspiel (Orchester)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
partial recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt II, Scene I. “Erhebe dich, Genossin meiner Schmach!”
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt II
Richard Wagner4:39
20Lohengrin: Act II, Scene I. "Erhebe dich, Genossin meiner Schmach!" (Friedrich, Ortrud)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
partial recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt II, Scene I. “Erhebe dich, Genossin meiner Schmach!”
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt II
Richard Wagner3:58
51▶CD: Lohengrin, Act 2 (Chor der Deutschen Oper, Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker)
52▶CD: Lohengrin, Acts 2 and 3 (Chor der Deutschen Oper, Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker)
53▶CD: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Act 1 (Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra)
54▶CD: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Acts 1 and 2 (Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra)
55▶CD: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Act 3 (Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra)
56▶CD: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Act 3 (Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra)
57▶CD: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Act 1 (Chor der Staatskapelle Dresden, Chor der Leipziger Rundfunks)
58▶CD: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Acts 1 and 2 (Chor der Staatskapelle Dresden, Chor der Leipziger Rundfunks)
59▶CD: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Act 3 (Chor der Staatskapelle Dresden, Chor der Leipziger Rundfunks)
60▶CD: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Act 3 (Chor der Staatskapelle Dresden, Chor der Leipziger Rundfunks)
61▶CD: Tristan und Isolde, Act 1 (Berliner Philharmoniker)
62▶CD: Tristan und Isolde, Acts 1 and 2 (Berliner Philharmoniker)
63▶CD: Tristan und Isolde, Acts 2 and 3 (Berliner Philharmoniker)
64▶CD: Tristan und Isolde, Act 3 (Berliner Philharmoniker)
65▶CD: Die Walküre, Act 3 (Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele 1951)
66▶CD: Lucia Di Lammermoor, Acts 1 and 2 (Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, RIAS Sinfonie‐Orchester Berlin)
67▶CD: Lucia Di Lammermoor, Acts 3 and 4 (Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, RIAS Sinfonie‐Orchester Berlin)
68▶CD: Madama Butterfly, Acts 1 and 2 (Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano)
69▶CD: Madama Butterfly, Act 2 (Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano)
70▶CD: Il Trovatore, Acts 1 and 2 (Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano)
71▶CD: Il Trovatore, Acts 3 and 4 (Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano)

Credits

Release group

includes:Ariadne auf Naxos (1954 studio cast) by Richard Strauss (German composer); Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano), Seefried (soprano), Streich (soprano), Schock (tenor), Prey (baritone), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Così fan tutte (1954 studio cast) by Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical composer); Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano), Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano), Léopold Simoneau (tenor), Rolando Panerai (baritone), Sesto Bruscantini (bass-baritone), Lisa Otto (soprano), Philharmonia Chorus (London choir aka New Philharmonia Chorus from 1964–1977) and Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Die Fledermaus (1955 studio cast) by Johann Strauss II (Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son); Herbert von Karajan (conductor), Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano), Gedda (tenor), Streich (soprano), Krebs (tenor), Kunz (baritone), Christ (Austrian tenor), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) & Chorus (London choir aka New Philharmonia Chorus from 1964–1977)
Die Zauberflöte (1950 studio cast) by Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical composer); Dermota (tenor), Seefried (soprano), Kunz (baritone), Lipp (soprano), Weber (operatic bass), London (bass-baritone), Singverein Der Musikfreunde Wien, Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Falstaff (1956 studio cast) by Verdi (Giuseppe Verdi, Italian opera composer); Tito Gobbi (baritone), Luigi Alva (tenor), Rolando Panerai (baritone), Tomaso Spataro (tenor), Renato Ercolani (tenor), Nicola Zaccaria (operatic bass), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano), Anna Moffo (soprano), Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano), Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) and Chorus (London choir aka New Philharmonia Chorus from 1964–1977), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Hänsel und Gretel (1953 studio cast) by Humperdinck (German composer); Herbert von Karajan (conductor), Grümmer (soprano), Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano), Schürhoff (german operatic soprano), Metternich (baritone), von Ilosvay (contralto), Felbermayer (soprano), Choirs of Loughton High School & Bancroft’s School, Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
Otello (1973-74 studio cast) by Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer); Jon Vickers (tenor), Mirella Freni (soprano), Peter Glossop (baritone), Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Chorus of the German Opera Berlin), Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)