Tag: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
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Lehár: The Merry Widow
“Merry Widow hats, corsets, dresses, cocktails and cigarettes all became the height of fashion. Sheet music sales rocketed and made Lehár the richest composer in the business. From 1907, the piece was subsequently filmed three times by MGM… This classic recording features perhaps the most famous “widow” of all in Elisabeth Schwarzkopf” © James Murray…
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Twenty Gems of Viennese Operetta
re ALC1049 Golden Operetta) “for listeners wanting the lollipops sung by famous singers …With Schwarzkopf, Loose, Kunz and Gedda on top form they are self-recommending and so is Rita Streich … But there are many other tracks to treasure: Wunderlich, fresh & ardent; Rudolf Schock brilliant & heroic; Wilma Lipp, lively & charming; Jussi Björling…
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Brahms: A German Requiem (Ein Deutsches Requiem)
“Klemperer’s reading …measured and monumental, the performance defies preconceived doubts. …with dynamic contrasts underlined, the result is uniquely powerful…. Solo singing is superb and the Chorus at the peak of their form.
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The Best of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
“Elisabeth Schwarzkopf possessed one of the most distinctive voices of the post-war era….her range of vocal colouring was quite staggering, and few sopranos before or since have possessed a similar ability to act with their voices.” (J. Murray)
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Don Giovanni
For half a century, a rare concensus of critical opinion has deemed this landmark recording of Mozart’s Don Giovanni the finest recording of a work frequently deemed greatest opera in the repertoire. The cast is a who’s who of opera legends from the early stereo era, including (a young) Joan Sutherland, Eberhard Waechter, Giuiseppe Taddei,…
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Golden Operetta Of Vienna
Alto presents eighteen essential operetta favorites performed by some of the twentieth century’s greatest singers.
