The Operas: Complete Opera & Vocal Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon

~ Release by Karl Böhm (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1CD: Beethoven: Fidelio (Act I)
2CD: Beethoven: Fidelio (Act II)
3CD: Beethoven: Missa Solemnis [1955]
4CD: Beethoven: Missa solemnis (1974) (Kyrie / Gloria / Credo)
5CD: Beethoven: Missa solemnis (1974) (Sanctus - Benedictus / Agnus Dei)
6CD: Berg: Wozzeck (Acts I, II & III beg.)
7CD: Berg: Wozzeck (Act III cont.) / Lulu (Prolog - Act I)
8CD: Berg: Lulu (Act II)
9CD: Handel: Giulio Cesare (Highlights)
10CD: Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten (Der Frühling - Der Sommer)
11CD: Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten (Die Herbst - Der Winter)
12CD: Mahler: Kindertotenlieder / 4 Lieder / Brahms: Alto Rhapsody
13CD: Mozart: Idomeneo (Act I)
14CD: Mozart: Idomeneo (Act II)
15CD: Mozart: Idomeneo (Act III)
16CD: Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Acts I & II beg.)
17CD: Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Acts II cont. & III)
18CD: Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Acts I & II beg.)
19CD: Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Acts II cont. & III)
20CD: Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Act IV)
21CD: Mozart: Don Giovanni (1967) (Act I beg.)
22CD: Mozart: Don Giovanni (1967) (Acts I cont. & II beg.)
23CD: Mozart: Don Giovanni (1967) (Act II cont.)
24CD: Mozart: Don Giovanni (1977) (Act I beg.)
25CD: Mozart: Don Giovanni (1977) (Acts I cont. & II beg.)
26CD: Mozart: Don Giovanni (1977) (Act II cont.)
27CD: Mozart: Così fan tutte (Act I beg.)
28CD: Mozart: Così fan tutte (Acts I cont. & II)
29CD: Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Act I)
30CD: Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Act II beg.)
31CD: Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Act II cont.) / Der Schauspieldirektor
32CD: Mozart: La clemenza di Tito (Act I)
33CD: Mozart: La clemenza di Tito (Act II)
34CD: Mozart: Requiem
35CD: R. Strauss: Salome (Scenes I-IV beg.)
36CD: R. Strauss: Salome: (Scene IV cont.)
37CD: R. Strauss: Elektra (beg.)
38CD: R. Strauss: Elektra (cont.)
39CD: R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (1958) (Act I)
40CD: R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (1958) (Act II)
41CD: R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (1958) (Act III)
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1Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Dritter Aufzug: Einleitung und Pantomime
recording engineer:
Heinrich Keilholz
executive producer:
Prof. Elsa Schiller (Deutsche Grammophon's head of production 1952-1965)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra) (in 1958-12)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1958-12)
recorded at:
Lukaskirche (Lutheran church in Dresden, used since sometime after WWII as a recording studio) in Dresden, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (in 1958-12)
recording of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III. Einleitung und Pantomime (in 1958-12)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (from 1909 until 1910)
librettist:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
part of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III
Richard Strauss6:40
2Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Dritter Aufzug: »Hab'n Euer Gnaden noch weitre Befehle?« (Wirt, Kellner, Baron Ochs)
recording engineer:
Heinrich Keilholz
executive producer:
Prof. Elsa Schiller (Deutsche Grammophon's head of production 1952-1965)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
bass vocals [Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau]:
Kurt Böhme (operatic bass) (in 1958-12)
bass vocals [Fünf Kellner]:
Egon Braunes (in 1958-12), Heinrich Naubereit (in 1958-12) and Alfred Staretzek (in 1958-12)
tenor vocals [Ein Wirt]:
Helmut Goldmann (in 1958-12)
tenor vocals [Fünf Kellner]:
Alfred Drewitzki (in 1958-12) and Werner Kitz (in 1958-12)
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra) (in 1958-12)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1958-12)
recorded at:
Lukaskirche (Lutheran church in Dresden, used since sometime after WWII as a recording studio) in Dresden, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (in 1958-12)
recording of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III. "Hab'n Euer Gnaden noch weitre Befehle?" (Der Wirt, Kellner, Baron) (in 1958-12)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (from 1909 until 1910)
librettist:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
part of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III
Richard Strauss2:25
3Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Dritter Aufzug: »Nein, nein, nein, nein! I trink' kein Wein« (Octavian, Baron Ochs)
recording engineer:
Heinrich Keilholz
executive producer:
Prof. Elsa Schiller (Deutsche Grammophon's head of production 1952-1965)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
bass vocals [Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau]:
Kurt Böhme (operatic bass) (in 1958-12)
soprano vocals [Octavian, genannt Quinquin]:
Irmgard Seefried (soprano) (in 1958-12)
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra) (in 1958-12)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1958-12)
recorded at:
Lukaskirche (Lutheran church in Dresden, used since sometime after WWII as a recording studio) in Dresden, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (in 1958-12)
recording of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III. "Nein, nein, nein! I trink' kein Wein" (Octavian, Baron) (in 1958-12)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (from 1909 until 1910)
librettist:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
part of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III
Richard Strauss7:18
4Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Dritter Aufzug: »Wie die Stund' hingeht« (Octavian, Baron Ochs, Annina, Wirt, Kellner, view Kinder, Valzacchi)
recording engineer:
Heinrich Keilholz
executive producer:
Prof. Elsa Schiller (Deutsche Grammophon's head of production 1952-1965)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
bass vocals [Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau]:
Kurt Böhme (operatic bass) (in 1958-12)
bass vocals [Fünf Kellner]:
Egon Braunes (in 1958-12), Heinrich Naubereit (in 1958-12) and Alfred Staretzek (in 1958-12)
contralto vocals [Annina]:
Sieglinde Wagner (contralto) (in 1958-12)
soprano vocals [Octavian, genannt Quinquin]:
Irmgard Seefried (soprano) (in 1958-12)
tenor vocals [Ein Wirt]:
Helmut Goldmann (in 1958-12)
tenor vocals [Fünf Kellner]:
Alfred Drewitzki (in 1958-12) and Werner Kitz (in 1958-12)
tenor vocals [Valzacchi]:
Gerhard Unger (tenor) (in 1958-12)
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra) (in 1958-12)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1958-12)
recorded at:
Lukaskirche (Lutheran church in Dresden, used since sometime after WWII as a recording studio) in Dresden, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (in 1958-12)
recording of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III. "Wie die Stund' hengeht" (Octavian, Baron, Annina, Wirt, Vier Kinder, Kellner, Valzacchi) (in 1958-12)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (from 1909 until 1910)
librettist:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
part of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III
Richard Strauss5:24
5Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Dritter Aufzug: »Halt! Keiner rührt sich! Was ist los?« (Polizeikommissar, Valzacchi, Octavian, Baron Ochs, Wirt, Faninal, vier Kinder, Chor, Sophie)
recording engineer:
Heinrich Keilholz
executive producer:
Prof. Elsa Schiller (Deutsche Grammophon's head of production 1952-1965)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
baritone vocals [Herr von Faninal]:
Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau (baritone) (in 1958-12)
bass vocals [Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau]:
Kurt Böhme (operatic bass) (in 1958-12)
bass vocals [Ein Polizeikommissar]:
Albrecht Peter (german operatic bass-bariton) (in 1958-12)
choir vocals:
Chor der Staatsoper Dresden (Dresden State Opera Chorus) (in 1958-12)
soprano vocals [Octavian, genannt Quinquin]:
Irmgard Seefried (soprano) (in 1958-12)
soprano vocals [Sophie]:
Rita Streich (soprano) (in 1958-12)
tenor vocals [Ein Wirt]:
Helmut Goldmann (in 1958-12)
tenor vocals [Valzacchi]:
Gerhard Unger (tenor) (in 1958-12)
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra) (in 1958-12)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1958-12)
chorus master:
Ernst Hintze (chorus master) (in 1958-12)
recorded at:
Lukaskirche (Lutheran church in Dresden, used since sometime after WWII as a recording studio) in Dresden, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (in 1958-12)
recording of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III. "Halt! Keiner rührt sich!" (in 1958-12)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer)
librettist:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
part of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III
Richard Strauss10:13
6Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Dritter Aufzug: »Ihre hochfürstliche Gnaden, die Frau Fürstin Feldmarschall« (Wirt, Baron Ochs, Octavian, Polizeikommissar, Sophie)
recording engineer:
Heinrich Keilholz
executive producer:
Prof. Elsa Schiller (Deutsche Grammophon's head of production 1952-1965)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
bass vocals [Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau]:
Kurt Böhme (operatic bass) (in 1958-12)
bass vocals [Ein Polizeikommissar]:
Albrecht Peter (german operatic bass-bariton) (in 1958-12)
soprano vocals [Octavian, genannt Quinquin]:
Irmgard Seefried (soprano) (in 1958-12)
soprano vocals [Sophie]:
Rita Streich (soprano) (in 1958-12)
tenor vocals [Ein Wirt]:
Helmut Goldmann (in 1958-12)
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra) (in 1958-12)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1958-12)
recorded at:
Lukaskirche (Lutheran church in Dresden, used since sometime after WWII as a recording studio) in Dresden, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (in 1958-12)
recording of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III. "Muss jetzt partout zu ihr!" … "Ihre hochfürstliche Gnaden" (Baron, Wirt, Octavian, Kommissarius, Marschallin, Sophie) (in 1958-12)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (from 1909 until 1910)
librettist:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
part of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III
Richard Strauss9:03
7Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Dritter Aufzug: »Ist halt vorbei« (Marschallin, Sophie, Baron Ochs, Annina, vier Kinder, Kellner, Wirt, Valzacchi, Chor, Hausknecht)
recording engineer:
Heinrich Keilholz
executive producer:
Prof. Elsa Schiller (Deutsche Grammophon's head of production 1952-1965)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
bass vocals [Fünf Kellner]:
Egon Braunes (in 1958-12), Heinrich Naubereit (in 1958-12) and Alfred Staretzek (in 1958-12)
choir vocals:
Chor der Staatsoper Dresden (Dresden State Opera Chorus) (in 1958-12)
contralto vocals [Annina]:
Sieglinde Wagner (contralto) (in 1958-12)
soprano vocals [Die Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg]:
Marianne Schech (soprano) (in 1958-12)
soprano vocals [Sophie]:
Rita Streich (soprano) (in 1958-12)
tenor vocals [Ein Wirt]:
Helmut Goldmann (in 1958-12)
tenor vocals [Fünf Kellner]:
Alfred Drewitzki (in 1958-12) and Werner Kitz (in 1958-12)
tenor vocals [Valzacchi]:
Gerhard Unger (tenor) (in 1958-12)
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra) (in 1958-12)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1958-12)
chorus master:
Ernst Hintze (chorus master) (in 1958-12)
recorded at:
Lukaskirche (Lutheran church in Dresden, used since sometime after WWII as a recording studio) in Dresden, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (in 1958-12)
recording of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III. "Ist halt vorbei" (Marschallin, Sophie, Baron, Annina, Die Kinder, Kellner, Wirt, Valzacchi, Die Musikanten, Die Kutscher, Hausknecht) (in 1958-12)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (from 1909 until 1910)
librettist:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
part of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III
Richard Strauss2:29
8Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Dritter Aufzug: »Mein Gott, es war nicht mehr als eine Farce« (Sophie, Octavian, Marschallin)
recording engineer:
Heinrich Keilholz
executive producer:
Prof. Elsa Schiller (Deutsche Grammophon's head of production 1952-1965)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
soprano vocals [Die Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg]:
Marianne Schech (soprano) (in 1958-12)
soprano vocals [Octavian, genannt Quinquin]:
Irmgard Seefried (soprano) (in 1958-12)
soprano vocals [Sophie]:
Rita Streich (soprano) (in 1958-12)
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra) (in 1958-12)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1958-12)
recorded at:
Lukaskirche (Lutheran church in Dresden, used since sometime after WWII as a recording studio) in Dresden, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (in 1958-12)
recording of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III. "Mein Gott, es war nicht mehr als eine Farce" (Sophie, Octavian, Marschallin) (in 1958-12)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (from 1909 until 1910)
librettist:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
part of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III
Richard Strauss2:24
9Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Dritter Aufzug: »Heut oder Morgen oder den übernächsten Tag« (Marschallin, Octavian, Sophie)
recording engineer:
Heinrich Keilholz
executive producer:
Prof. Elsa Schiller (Deutsche Grammophon's head of production 1952-1965)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
soprano vocals [Die Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg]:
Marianne Schech (soprano) (in 1958-12)
soprano vocals [Octavian, genannt Quinquin]:
Irmgard Seefried (soprano) (in 1958-12)
soprano vocals [Sophie]:
Rita Streich (soprano) (in 1958-12)
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra) (in 1958-12)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1958-12)
recorded at:
Lukaskirche (Lutheran church in Dresden, used since sometime after WWII as a recording studio) in Dresden, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (in 1958-12)
recording of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III. "Heut oder morgen oder den übernächsten Tag" (Marschallin, Octavian, Sophie) (in 1958-12)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (from 1909 until 1910)
librettist:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
part of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III
Richard Strauss4:27
10Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Dritter Aufzug: »Marie Theres'!« - »Hab' mir's gelobt« (Octavian, Marschallin, Sophie)
recording engineer:
Heinrich Keilholz
executive producer:
Prof. Elsa Schiller (Deutsche Grammophon's head of production 1952-1965)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
soprano vocals [Die Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg]:
Marianne Schech (soprano) (in 1958-12)
soprano vocals [Octavian, genannt Quinquin]:
Irmgard Seefried (soprano) (in 1958-12)
soprano vocals [Sophie]:
Rita Streich (soprano) (in 1958-12)
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra) (in 1958-12)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1958-12)
recorded at:
Lukaskirche (Lutheran church in Dresden, used since sometime after WWII as a recording studio) in Dresden, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (in 1958-12)
recording of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III. “Marie Theres’!” … “Hab’ mir’s gelobt” (Octavian, Marschallin, Sophie, Faninal) (in 1958-12)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (from 1909 until 1910)
librettist:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
part of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III
Richard Strauss5:11
11Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Dritter Aufzug: »Ist ein Traum, kann nicht wirklich sein« (Sophie, Octavian, Faninal, Marschallin)
recording engineer:
Heinrich Keilholz
executive producer:
Prof. Elsa Schiller (Deutsche Grammophon's head of production 1952-1965)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
baritone vocals [Herr von Faninal]:
Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau (baritone) (in 1958-12)
soprano vocals [Die Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg]:
Marianne Schech (soprano) (in 1958-12)
soprano vocals [Octavian, genannt Quinquin]:
Irmgard Seefried (soprano) (in 1958-12)
soprano vocals [Sophie]:
Rita Streich (soprano) (in 1958-12)
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra) (in 1958-12)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1958-12)
recorded at:
Lukaskirche (Lutheran church in Dresden, used since sometime after WWII as a recording studio) in Dresden, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (in 1958-12)
recording of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III. "Ist ein Traum, kann nicht wirklich sein" (Sophie, Octavian, Faninal, Marschallin) (in 1958-12)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (from 1909 until 1910)
librettist:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
part of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III
Richard Strauss7:10
42CD: R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (1969) (Act I)
43CD: R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (1969) (Act II)
44CD: R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (1969) (Act III)
45CD: R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (1944) (Vorpsiel)
46CD: R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (1944) (Oper)
47CD: R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (1954) (Vorspiel / Oper beg.)
48CD: R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (1954) (Oper cont.)
49CD: R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (1969) (Vorspiel / Oper beg.)
50CD: R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (1969) (Oper cont.)
51CD: R. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten (Act I)
52CD: R. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten (Act II)
53CD: R. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten (Act III)
54CD: R. Strauss: Arabella (Act I)
55CD: R. Strauss: Arabella (Act II)
56CD: R. Strauss: Arabella (Act III)
57CD: R. Strauss: Die schweigsame Frau (Acts I & II beg.)
58CD: R. Strauss: Die schweigsame Frau (Acts II cont. & III)
59CD: R. Strauss: Daphne (beg.)
60CD: R. Strauss: Daphne (cont.)
61CD: R. Strauss: Capriccio (Scenes I - IX beg.)
62CD: R. Strauss: Capriccio (Scene IX cont. - Last Scene)
63CD: Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (Acts I & II beg.)
64CD: Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (Acts II cont. & III)
65CD: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Act I)
66CD: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Act II)
67CD: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Act III)
68CD: Das Vermächtnis meines Meisters
69CD: Karl Böhm speaks to the press on the occasion of the complete recording of Mozart's Don Giovanni in Prague / »Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart gilt meine große Liebe« / Karl Böhm speaks about his relationship with the Wiener Philharmoniker
70CD: Karl Böhm: Erzähltes Leben

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photography:Susesch Bayat (photographer)
Diether Warneck (producer)
Gerd H. Siess (photographer)
Siegfried Lauterwasser
Lothar Rübelt (photographer)
Kristina Söderbaum (Swedish-born German film actress, producer, and photographer)
Felicitas Timpe (photographer)
Reinhart Wolf (photographer)
miscellaneous support:Harald Reiter (task: project manager)
compiler:Alan Newcombe (Producer, coordinator, researcher, and liner notes translator)
design:Fred Münzmaier
booklet editor:Jens Schünemeyer (liner note editor for DG)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/20809144 [info]
discography entry:https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/boehm-complete-opera-vocal-recordings-9375 [info]