Flute Fest

Music Design, Inc. Nov/Dec 2003 In Review
a showcase for Alan's intuitive arrangements and Andalin's gorgeous flute playing ~an intoxicating hybrid of east and west.

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This festive flute CD features Andalin Bachman on the white/gold/platinum Miyazawa flute. It fuzes beautiful Middle Eastern / Mediterranean scales and rhythms with jazz improvisation, progressive rock and just the "right amount" of classical commentary. In fact, this CD includes perhaps the only world dance version of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. The flute part is amazing, and now flutists will be able to play along with their own melody!

All songs are original by Alan Scott Bachman of Desert Wind, except for Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, to which Andalin wrote a moving flute part. Alan's arrangement is stunning. This full length CD contains strong melodic structure featuring a powerful and beautiful flute performance enhanced by serious underlying percussion including tabla, conga, trap drums, riq, doumbek, electric and acoustic bass, guitar, mandolin, grand piano and much more!

This delicious musical blend is both soothing and exciting. Full of surprises, from the opening thunder (recorded live from the studio window) to the the ending rock guitar / flute duo, Desert Wind has taken this instrumental music to a new level. Zjari adds the perfect vocal touch to Flute Voyage, Andalin's Song and Downtown Beladi. Flute Fest is a showcase of flute talent, which flutists can refer to in embracing numerous musical styles!

Flute fest is dedicated "to the dancers, dreamers and believers who awakened this flute fantasy" as well as to "Miles Davis and Ludwig Van Beethoven who inspired this music."

Flute Fest,Desert Wind,Desert Wind,Beautiful and uplifting flute music. ~A new experience of contemporary flute music over keyboard trancescapes with polyrhythmic percussive textures and influence from Jazz a la Miles to Classical Beethoven ~ with a tabla twist. Please listen, read on . .,Contemporary Instrumental,Int'l & World Music,New Age,Pop,World Fusion

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Tracks:

1. 1. Allegro Vivace
2. 2. Andante
3. 3. Scherzo: Presto
4. 4. Theme And Variations: Andantino/Allegro
5. 5. Finale: Allegro Giusto
6. Introduktion
7. Thema/Andantino
8. Variations 1-7
9. Litanei Auf Das Fest Aller Seelen For Violin & Piano D.343

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This "Trout" is a treat, served whole with playing that combines rhythmic drive and melting beauty in well-balanced proportions. Renaud Capucon's tender, caressing violin in the first movement's development section is wonderful, and the first Andante has the same exemplary qualities. Add a playfully energetic Scherzo and a dynamic last movement, and serve with the Andante of the theme and variations based on Schubert's song, spice with great sound that for once lets you hear every note of the double-bass, and you have a dish fit for a king. In the famous fourth-movement variations, each of the players displays his tonal wares to fine effect and, in Braley's showy part, virtuosity. The final variation is taken at a relaxed jog, bathing the movement in sunshine. Schubert's meaty Variations on "Trockne Blumen," from his song cycle Die Schöne Mullerin was written for flute. Here it's performed in a violin version by Capucon with beauty, feeling, and virtuosity. The encore is the brief Litanie, a song transcription for violin, closing a memorable program. --Dan Davis

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You get what you pay for.......2004-12-04

In the Brandenburg Concerti, the tempo varies, trumpet volleys sound like French Horns, and the flute is off tune half the time. The harpsichordist was good but in one of the concerti, decided to enter at a different tempo than had been set by the rest of the orchestra. Since he had to play some very fast runs later, it is no surprise that he wanted to slow down the orchestra, but maybe they should have worked it out earlier. The orchestra sounds leaderless and out of sync at times. Can't find the groove. Violins are competent but playing with an orchestra that needs to practise what they are going to play a little more.

That covers the first 2 of 40 CDs. Don't know if I can bring myself to listen to the rest. Somebody who didn't know Bach would wonder what the attraction is after listening to this.

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Tracks:

1. Sicilienne And Rigaudon - Mischa Elman/Percy Kahn
2. Nocturne in G, Op.37 No.2 - Vladimir de Pachmann
3. Ste No.1 in D, Op.43 - IV: March Miniature - Boston SO/Karl Muck
4. Vn Con in D, Op.35 - II: Canzonetta - Fritz Kreisler/Carl Lamson
5. Litanei, D.343 - Alfred Cortot
6. Gotterdammerung - Closing Scene - Leopold Stokowski
7. Ste, Op.15 - Valse - Harold Bauer/Ossip Gabrilowitsch
8. Mazurka in D, Op.33 No.2 - Ignace Jan Paderewski
9. Vn Partita No.3 in E, BWV 1006 - I: Prld - Sergei Rachmaninoff
10. Etude in a, Op.25 No.11 'Winter Wind' - Josef Lhevinne
11. Jalousie - Tango Tzigane - Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
12. Vc Con No.2 in e, Op.30 - II: Lento - Andante Tranquillo (Abridged) - Emanuel Feuermann/Albert Hirsh
13. Schon Rosmarin - William Primrose/David Stimer
14. Ser in C, Op.48 - II: Waltz - Boston SO/Serge Koussevitzky
15. Beatrice Et Benedict - Ov - Boston SO/Charles Munch
16. Messiah, Pt.II, No.44 - Hallelujah Chor - Hugh Porter/Robert Shaw Chorale/Robert Shaw
17. Carnival Of The Animals: The Swan - Gregor Piatigorsky/Ralph Berkowitz
18. Don Pasquale - Ov - NBC SO/Arturo Toscanini
19. Mazurka In a, Op.7 No.2 - William Kapell
20. Cancion De Cuna (Cradle Song) - Jose Iturbi

Tracks:

1. Prld in c#, Op.45 - Arthur Rubinstein
2. Fant On Themes From Bizet's Carmen - Vladimir Horowitz
3. Fant in c, BWV 906 - Wanda Landowska
4. Coppelia - Prld: Mazurka - Boston SO/Pierre Monteux
5. Colas Breugnon, Op.24: Ov - Chicago SO/Fritz Reiner
6. Porgy And Bess - Jascha Heifetz
7. A Woman Is A Sometime Thing - Jascha Heifetz
8. Five Bagatelles - No.1: Allegro - Julian Bream
9. I Vespri Siciliani-Ballet: The Four Seasons: Winter - New Philharmonia Orch/James Levine
10. L'Isle Joyeuse - Van Cliburn
11. La Flute De Pan: Pan And The Birds - James Galway
12. Rosamunde, D.797 - Ballet Music No.II - Cologne RSO/Gunter Wand
13. Fantasiestuck, Op.73 No.3 - Rasch Und Mit Feuer - Richard Stoltzman
14. Light In Darkness - Evelyn Glennie
15. Fanfare For The Uncommon Woman, No.1 - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin
16. Transcendental Etude No.5 'Feux Follets' - Evgeny Kissin
17. A Hymn To New England - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
18. Fanfare For The Common Man - San Francisco Sym/Michael Tilson Thomas

Average customer rating: Wonderful Terrific recording Christa in her prime Christa Ludwig is in great shape

Christa Ludwig - Les Introuvables Johannes Brahms , Gustav Mahler , Robert Schumann , Max Reger , Franz Schubert , Hugo Wolf , Richard Strauss , Maurice Ravel , Camille Saint-Saens , Sergey Rachmaninov , Gioachino Rossini , Richard Wagner , George Frideric Handel , Johann Sebastian Bach , London Philharmonia Orchestra , Berlin Symphony Orchestra , Otto Klemperer , Horst Stein , Karl Forster , Christa Ludwig , Gerald Moore , Geoffrey Parsons , Herbert Downes , Amaryllis Fleming , Douglas Whittaker , Alexander Pushkin , and Mathilde Wesendonk Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mahler | Mahler, Gustav | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Reger, Max | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolf | Wolf, Hugo | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Reger, Max | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ludwig, Christa | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Passions | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Ludwig, Christa | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Very Best of Christa Ludwig ASIN: B000002S2Z Release Date: 1992-04-14

Tracks:

1. Sapphische Ode, Op. 94 Nr. 4
2. Liebestreu, Op. 3 Nr. 1
3. Der Schmied, Op. 19 Nr. 4
4. Die Mainacht, Op. 43 Nr. 2
5. 8 Zigeunerlieder (d'apres les quatuors vocaux Op. 103): He, Zigeuner
6. 8 Zigeunerlieder (d'apres les quatuors vocaux Op. 103): Hochgeturmte Rimaflut
7. 8 Zigeunerlieder (d'apres les quatuors vocaux Op. 103): Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen
8. 8 Zigeunerlieder (d'apres les quatuors vocaux Op. 103): Lieber Gott, du weisst
9. 8 Zigeunerlieder (d'apres les quatuors vocaux Op. 103): Brauner Bursche
10. 8 Zigeunerlieder (d'apres les quatuors vocaux Op. 103): Roslein dreie
11. 8 Zigeunerlieder (d'apres les quatuors vocaux Op. 103): Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn
12. 8 Zigeunerlieder (d'apres les quatuors vocaux Op. 103): Rote Abendwolken ziehn
13. 2 deutsche Volkslieder: Och mod'r, ich well en Ding han!
14. 2 deutsche Volkslieder: We kumm ich dann de Pooz erenn?
15. Dein blaues Auge, Op. 59 Nr. 8
16. Von ewiger Liebe, Op. 43 Nr. 1
17. Das Madchen spricht, Op. 107 Nr. 3
18. O wusst ich doch, Op. 63 Nr. 8
19. Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Op. 105 Nr. 1
20. Madchenlied, Op. 107 Nr. 5
21. Vergebliches Standchen
22. Der Tod, das ist die kuhle Nacht, Op. 96 Nr. 1
23. Auf dem See, Op. 59 Nr. 2
24. Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86 Nr. 2
25. In stiller Nacht ('Deutsche Volkslieder' Nr. 42)
26. Schwesterlien ('Deutsche Volkslieder', Nr. 15)
27. Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Op. 105 Nr. 2
28. Standchen, Op. 106 Nr. 1
29. Gestillte Sehnsucht, Op. 91 Nr. 2
30. Geistilches Wiegenlied, Op. 91 Nr. 2

Tracks:

1. Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grunen Wald ('Des Knaben Wunderhorn')
2. Hans und Grete
3. Fruhlingsmoren
4. Wo die schonen Trompeten blasen ('Des Knaben Wunderhorn')
5. Der Schildwache Nachtlied ('Des Knaben Wunderhorn')
6. Um schlimme Kinder ('Des Knaben Wunderhorn')
7. Ich atmet' einen linden Duft
8. Liebst du um Schonheit
9. Um Mitternacht
10. Das irdische Leben ('Des Knaben Wunderhorn')
11. Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht ('Des Knaben Wunderhorn')
12. Lob des hohen Verstandes ('Des Knaben Wunderhorn')
13. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
14. Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt ('Des Knaben Wunderhorn')
15. Rheinlegendchen ('Des Knaben Wunderhorn')
16. Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42: Seit ich ihn gesehen
17. Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42: Er, der Herrlichste von allen
18. Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42: Ich kann's nicht fassen
19. Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42: Du Ring, an meinem Finger
20. Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42: Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
21. Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42: Susser Freund, du blickest
22. Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42: An meinem Herzen
23. Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42: Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
24. Der Brief, Op. 76 No. 8
25. Waldeinsamkeit, Op. 76 No. 3

Tracks:

1. Die Allmacht, D. 852
2. Fischerweise, D. 881
3. An die Musik, D. 547
4. Der Musensohn, D. 764
5. Ganymed, D. 544
6. Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D. 774
7. Ave Maria, D. 839
8. Die Forelle, D. 550
9. Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118
10. Fruhlingsglaube, D. 686
11. Der Tod und das Madchen, D. 531
12. Lachen und Weinen, D. 777
13. Litanel auf das Fest 'Aller Seelen', D. 343
14. Erikonig, D. 328
15. Der Hirt auf dem Feisen, D. 965
16. Gesang Weylas
17. Auf einer Wanderung
18. Die Nacht, Op. 10 Nr. 3
19. Allerseelen, Op. 10 Nr. 8
20. Schlechtes Wetter, Op. 69 Nr. 5

Tracks:

1. 3 Chansons madecasses: Nahandove
2. 3 Chansons madecasses: Aoua! Aoua!
3. 3 Chansons madecasses: Il est doux
4. Une flute invisible
5. Chanson georgienne: 'Oh! cesse de chanteer, gentille jeune fille,' Op. 4 No. 4
6. 'Moisson de tristesse'
7. La regata veneziana: 3 canzonettas en dialecte ventien: Anzoleta avanti la regata
8. La regata veneziana: 3 canzonettas en dialecte ventien: Anzoleta co passa la regata
9. La regata veneziana: 3 canzonettas en dialecte ventien: Anzoleta dopo la regata
10. Wesendonk-Lieder: Der Engel
11. Wesendonk-Lieder: Stehe still!
12. Wesendonk-Lieder: Im Treibhaus
13. Wesendonk-Lieder: Schmerzen
14. Wesendonk-Lieder: Traume
15. Julius Caesar: Acte I: 'Es blaut die Nacht' (Cleopatra)
16. Johannes-Passion, BWV 245: Nr. 58 - Aria: 'Es ist volbracht!'
17. Tristan und Isolde: III Akt: 'Mild und leise (Isoldes Liebestod)

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful.......2003-07-20

This is a wonderful set. I would like to correct an error below. The climax in the Liebestod is a high A flat not high C. But you have to cut through the dense orchestration. That's why it's hard.

Terrific recording.......2003-07-06

I write this as s service to Christa Ludwig fans. This is a set of Lieder. Christa Ludwig is fabulous - as usual.

But if you want to hear Christa ludwig in a set of operatic recitals that will knock of your socks and blow you to bits. Look for this CD called "Celebrating Christa Ludwig". It has Christa Ludwig singing excerpts from Elektra (as Elektra!!!), Ariadne auf Maxos (as Ariadne!!), Die Frau Ohne Schatten (as the Dyer's Wife), Barber of Serville (as rosina) and the Immolation Scene of Gotterdammerung (as Brunnhilde!!!). She will blow you to bits with her unmatchable dramatic sense, vocal power and beauty of tone - the greatest Brunnhilde that never was and the greatest Elektra that never was. She did sing Ariadne once in Salzburg in 1964, and she sang the Dyer's Wife for 10 years from 1964 (Vienna State Opera) to 1974 (Salzburg Festival). Her complete Ariadne is available under Myto records.

Christa in her prime.......2001-09-19

Being an admirerer of Christa Ludwig, I went into purchasing this recording with great expectations, and it did not disappoint in any way. Ludwig is in her prime and is heard in wonderful interpretations and beautiful singing from among several composers and works. I not only enjoy listening to her personally, but am also able to put it to great use use in my Vocal Literature class here at the college in which I teach.

Christa Ludwig is in great shape.......2000-04-15

She sang all the major mezzo roles, and also some in the dramatic soprano repertory, notably Leonora in Fidelio, Lady Macbeth and the Marschallin.

Her voice is a rich, expressive mezzo capable of dramatic incisiveness and even throughout its considerable range. Her upper register in mezzo music is excintingly projected.

Although this compilation is composed of different recordings in different settings in different years, all of them show a young Ludwig when she had not yet acquired her prime and her status of, arguably, the best mezzo of the world, which would arrive in the years to come.

Ludwig, thirteen years Schwarzkopf's junior, was also a member of the legendary Ensamble of Berlin, which meant that each appearance of hers in any opera produced in Berlin, Munich, Vienna, London, Paris....by this Ensamble was backed by many hours of rehearsals with the same group of musicians. Usually this group comprised Schwarzkopf, Grümmer, Seefried, Berger, Güeden, Dermota, Tauber, and of course Furtwängler. This is how the legendary recording of COSI FAN TUTTE was made, in which she shared credits with Schwarzkopf.

Disc one is devoted to Brahms -not less than 30 Lieder are here. She doesn't sing Brahms with intimacy, rather she attacks each song with open throat. Her diction, her care for words is now proverbial. My favorite Lied in this disc is In stiller Nacht. She sets the melancholic mood of the song with her rich, vibrant contralto-like tones.

Disc two brings us Ludwig singing Mahler, Schumann and Reger. From the melodic lines of Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn to the tortuous inflexions of Max Reger's two songs, she shows an extreme afinity with these composers. Schumann is taken very sensously, one can almost feel her velvety and creamy narrations of the woman-in-love of the song cycle.

Disc three is devoted to Schubert, Wolf and Strauss. Ludwig was not compelled to sing too much Wolf or Strauss (only 5 Lieder by these composers). It is her Schubert that shows her in splendid form. Auf dem Wasser zu singen is sung at such a low speed that her tone can only be described as luxurious. Erlkönig finds in her voice an ideal interpreter for the four characters of the song. In Wolf's Gesang Weylas, Gerald Moore has produced some magical arpeggios in the piano accompaniment, but of course this in only natural in him being the best accompanist ever.

Disc four is a miscellaneous melange of Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Rossini, Wagner, Händel and Bach. Ludwig never tried to sing on stage Isolde, but she recorded it; the Liebestod is taken at an exciting pace and one is only waiting for the climax to see if she can do it (the top c's). Yes, she can do it. Händel's aria from Julius Caesar is, again, sensous and exciting. Händel is another composer with whom she felt communicated. Ravel's Chansons Madécasses can only be described as magical. And of course she was outstanding in Bach oratorios, as is the case of Johannes Passion.

Wagner's Wessendonk Lieder are sung lustrously. I especially enjoyed Träume, which actually is sung, as its title suggests, dreamily.

Praised be the two accompanists for the majority of the recordings, Gerald Moore and Geoffrey Parsons. Both have gone now and the musical world seems so empty without their supreme touch. I do believe that 50% of Christa Ludwig's success as a Lieder Singer was due to them.

Thank you to EMI for this reissue.

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Siegfried Wagner: Complete Orchestral Works (Box Set) Manufacturer: Cpo Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Flute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Siegfried Wagner: Schwarzschwanenreich Siegfried Wagner: Der Heidenkönig Siegfried Wagner: Die heilige Linde Siegfried Wagner: Banadietrich, Op.6 (Opera in Three Acts) Siegfried Wagner: Sonnenflammen ASIN: B000050IU2 Release Date: 2000-11-14

Tracks:

1. Herzog Wildfang
2. Der Friedensengel
3. Der Schmied Von Marienburg
4. Die Heilige Linde

Tracks:

1. An Allem Ist Hutchen Schuld: Prld
2. An Allem Ist Hutchen Schuld: Waltz
3. An Allem Ist Hutchen Schuld: Forest Scene
4. Das Fluchlein, Das Jeder Mitbekam: Prld
5. Der Barenhauter: Ov
6. Der Barenhauter: Intro To Act III
7. Der Barenhauter: Devil's Waltz

Tracks:

1. Herzog Wildfong, Op.2: Intro To Act III And Kermis Dance
2. Bruder Lustig, Op.4: Ov
3. Bruder Lustig, Op.4: Waltz
4. Bruder Lustig, Op.4: Vision
5. Bruder Lustig, Op.4: Prld To Act III
6. Banadietrich, Op.6: Intro To Act I
7. Banadietrich, Op.6: Prld To Act III
8. Schwarzschwanenreich, Op.7: Prld
9. Wahnopfer, Op.16: Prld
10. Wahnopfer, Op.16: Intro To Act II And Inaugural Celebration

Tracks:

1. Sternengebot, Op.5: Intro To The Prld
2. Sternengebot, Op.5: Intro To Act II
3. Sternengebot, Op.5: Festzug (Tournament Parade)
4. Sternengebot, Op.5: Intro To Act III & Huldigungsreigen (Homage Round)
5. Sonnenflammen, Op.8
6. Heidenkonig, Op.9: Interlude 'Glaube'
7. Heidenkonig, Op.9: Interlude 'Das Kupalo-Fest'
8. Reinulf Und Adelasia, Op.14

Tracks:

1. Sym in C - Original Version: Massig
2. Sym in C - Original Version: Sehr Langsam
3. Sym in C - Original Version: Lebhaft (Allegro)
4. Sym in C - Original Version: Bewegt (Mosso)
5. Later Version Of The Second Movt: Langsam
6. Ekloge (Eclogie, After Annees De Pelerinage No.7 By Franz Liszt)

Tracks:

1. Sehnsucht - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg/Werner Andreas Albert
2. Scherzo 'Und Wenn Die Welt Voll Teufel War' - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg/Werner Andreas Albert
3. Gluck: Andante - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg/Werner Andreas Albert
4. Gluck: Gluck In Der Gier Nach Gold Und Macht - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg/Werner Andreas Albert
5. Gluck: 'Philister' - Gluck - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg/Werner Andreas Albert
6. Gluck: Gluck In Sinnenlust - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg/Werner Andreas Albert
7. Gluck: Gluck In Der Beruhrung Mit Der Geisterwelt - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg/Werner Andreas Albert
8. Gluck: Das Wahre Gluck: Die Der Menschheit Segenbringende Tat - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg/Werner Andreas Albert

Tracks:

1. Con: Sehr Massig - Sehr Ruhig - Etwas Bewegter - Tempo I - Langsam - Ulf Hoelscher
2. Der Kobold, Op.3: Prld To Act III
3. Conc: Sehr Lebhaft - Etwas Ruhiger - Tempo I - Allmahlich Immer Ruhiger - Andrea Lieberknecht
4. Die Heilge Linde, Op.15: Prld To Act III
5. Das Marchen Vom Dicken Fetten Pfannekuchen - Dietrich Henschel

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Lebendige Vergangenheit: Paul Knüpfer Manufacturer: Preiser Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cornelius, Peter | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Flotow | Flotow, Friedrich von | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Meyerbeer | Meyerbeer, Giacomo | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Smetana | Smetana, Bedrich | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weber | Weber, Carl Maria von | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Czech | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004YSPN Release Date: 2001-03-27

Tracks:

1. Will Der Herr Graf
2. Dort Vergiss Leises Fleh'n
3. O Isis Und Osiris
4. In Diesen Heil' Gen Hallen
5. Als Bublein Klein
6. O Hore Mich, Du Starker Gott!
7. Piff, Paff, Puff
8. Welch Ein Schreck!
9. Wer Legt Auf Ihn So Strengen Bann
10. Mogst Du Mein Kind
11. Das Schone Fest
12. Tatest Du's Wirklich
13. Hier Sitz' Ich Zur Wacht
14. Du Siehst, Das Ist Nicht So - Hermann Jadlowker
15. Sie Hat Mich Nie Geliebt
16. Lass Dir Zu Fussen
17. So Schwarmet Jugend
18. An Dem Linken Strand Der Tiber
19. 'Undine'
20. Weiss Ich Doch Eine - Hermann Jadlowker

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Tracks:

1. Fille du regitment: Dette regiment, som over alt
2. Ungdom og galskab: Jeg er endnu i livets var
3. Ungdom og galskab: Deres sure, barske mine
4. Lille rode ronnebaer
5. Mot kveld
6. Fjorton ar tror jag visst att jag var
7. Et evertyr i Rosenborghave: En elskovserlaering
8. Drot og marsk: Jeg kjender af navn kun guldet
9. Drot og marsk: Jeg beder for hver en vejfarende sjael
10. Litanei
11. Die Forelle
12. Ved solnedgang
13. Ave Marie
14. Lass mich mit Tranen
15. To ma man vaere
16. Det doende barn
17. Vuggevise
18. Martha: Sidste rose
19. Mignon: Kender du landet
20. Zauberflote: Skaelv ej, min son
21. Zauberfolte: Sen vilde haevnlyst
22. Barbiere di Siviglia: Nys en staerk, en maegtig rost

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Four German Basses of the Past Manufacturer: Preiser Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Flotow | Flotow, Friedrich von | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Lortzing | Lortzing, Albert | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Smetana | Smetana, Bedrich | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Czech | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000023QL Release Date: 1997-09-16

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