| Description |
4 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
050800 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Note |
EMI Classics: CMS 764074 2 (CDM 7 64075 2--CDM 7 64078 2). |
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Songs, song cycles, and excerpts from 2 operas and 1 oratorio. |
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Sung in German, French, Italian, or Russian; the excerpt from Handel's Julius Caesar sung in German translation of the original Italian. |
| Performer |
Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano; with (variously): Herbert Downes, viola; Douglas Whittaker, flute; Amaryllis Fleming, violoncello; Gerald Moore or Geoffrey Parsons, piano; Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, conductor; Berliner Symphoniker, Horst Stein or Karl Forster, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1957-1969. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
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Biographical notes on the singer by André Tubeuf in French with English and German translations, and texts (46 p.) in container. |
| Contents |
CD 1. 30 Lieder / Johannes Brahms (1:15:00) -- CD 2. 15 Lieder / Gustav Mahler -- Frauenliebe und Leben / Robert Schumann -- 2 Lieder / Max Reger (1:19:05) -- CD 3. 15 Lieder / Franz Schubert -- 2 Lieder / Hugo Wolf -- 3 Lieder / Richard Strauss (1:18:50) -- CD 4. 3 chansons madécasses / Maurice Ravel -- Une flûte invisible / Camille Saint-Saëns -- 2 mélodies / Serge Rachmaninov -- La regata veneziana / Gioacchino Rossini -- Wesendonk-Lieder / Richard Wagner -- Julius Caesar. Es blaut die Nacht / Georg Friedrich Händel -- Matthäus-Passion [i.e. Johannespassion]. Es ist wollbracht [i.e. vollbracht] / Johann Sebastian Bach -- [Tristan und Isolde]. Mild und leise / [Richard Wagner] (1:14:57). |
| Subject |
Songs (Medium voice) with piano.
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Songs (Medium voice) with piano. |
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Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra.
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Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra. |
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Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble.
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Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble. |
| Genre/Form |
Song cycles.
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Song cycles.
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| Subject |
Operas -- Excerpts.
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Operas -- Excerpts. |
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Oratorios -- Excerpts.
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Oratorios -- Excerpts. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Excerpts.
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Excerpts.
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| Added Author |
Downes, Herbert, 1909-2004, performer.
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Whittaker, Douglas, performer.
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Fleming, Amaryllis, 1925-1999, performer.
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Moore, Gerald, performer.
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Parsons, Geoffrey, performer.
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Klemperer, Otto, 1885-1973, conductor.
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Stein, Horst, 1928-2008, conductor.
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Forster, Karl, 1904-1963, conductor.
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Philharmonia Orchestra (London, England), performer.
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Symphonisches Orchester Berlin, performer.
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| Music No. |
CMS 7640742 EMI Classics |
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CDM 7640752 EMI Classics |
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CDM 7640762 EMI Classics |
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CDM 7640772 EMI Classics |
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CDM 7640782 EMI Classics |
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