Great Voices of the Golden Age DVD

GREAT VOICES OF THE GOLDEN AGE
Speelduur: 82 minuten
Original Version: Deutsch, Italiano, Russian
Subtitles: English, Français, Deutsch

"On wings of song" - Heine's words and Mendelssohn's immortal melody, sung here bby the inimitable RITA STREICH, perfectly encapsulate the spirit of this collection. Six of the greatest voices of the last half-century perform a range of familiar music: Wagner from GRÉ BROUWENSTIJN and collectors'items such as Egk's four Italian songs from the matchless IRMGARD SEEFRIED. These are the commanding voices of their day, from CHRISTA LUDWIG's warm mezzo in Brahms and Mahler to GUNDULA JANOWITZ's crystaline soprano and the dramatic brilliance of GALINA VISHNEVSKAYA, all captured in their prime.

TRACKLIST:
CHRISTA LUDWIG mezzo-soprano
GERALD MOORE piano
Johannes Brahms:
Vergebliches Ständchen
Sapphisches Ode
Gustav Mahler: Rheinlegendchen

RITA STREICH soprano
Robert Schumann: Die Lotosblume 
Richard Strauss: Schlechtes Wetter
Janine Reiss, piano

Felix Mendelssohn: Auf Flügeln des Gesanges
Johannes Brahms: Wiegenlied
Franz Schubert: Seligkeit
Christian Ivalsi, piano
Hugo Wolf: Bescheidne Liebe
Mozart: Sehnsucht nach dem Frühling
Franz Schubert:
Lachen und Weinen
Nacht und Traüme
Die Vögel
Johannes Brahms: 
Geheimnis
Vergebliches Ständchen
Maroussia Le Marc'Hadour, piano

GUNDULA JANOWITZ soprano
1965 Orch. National de l'ORTF conductor: Alain Lombard
Beethoven: "Ah perfido" Scene and aria for soprano and orchestra

IRMGARD SEEFRIED soprano
Werner Egk: Quatro Canzoni
1967 Orch. National de l'ORTF conductor: Manuel Rosenthal

GALINA VISHNEVSKAYA soprano
Tchaikovsky:
Otchevo?
Serenada
Mstislav Rostropovitch, piano

GRÉ BROUWENSTIJN soprano
Wagner:
Wesendonck-Lieder
Tristan und Isolde: Isolde's Liebestod: "Mild und leise"
Orch. Philharmonique de l'ORTF conductor: Charles Bruck