DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON – THE MONO ERA (1948 – 1957) 51 CDS Deutsche Grammophon

51 CD Set exploring comprehensively the DG post-war success story.

17 of these CDs are offered on CD for the first time.

Fantastic sonics, with recordings full of presence.

The history of the original LP and its development carefully delineated in excellent liner notes by Tully Potter in English, French and German.

A who’s-who of recording from the 1950s and 1960s including Fricsay, Furtwängler, Kempff, Oistrakh, Richter, Cherkassky, Ancerl, Fischer-Dieskau (his debut recording), Haskil, Hindemith, Jochum, van Kempen, Markevitch, Martzy, Wolfgang Windgassen and Astrid Varnay.

Beautiful photography across the 150-page colour booklet, replete with photos of the artists and the post-war era.

anon.:
Reitermarsch
Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff
Eintönig klingt hell das Glöcklein
Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff
Kosakenlied vom Ataman Platoff
Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff
Zwei Gitarren
Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff
Stenka rasin
Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff
The Russian Creed
Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff
Ochi chornyje (Dark eyes)
Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff
Lesginka
Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff
Bach, J S:
Prelude & Fugue in A minor, BWV543
Josef Zimmermann (organ)
Organ Concerto in A minor (after Vivaldi), BWV593
Josef Zimmermann (organ)
Cantata BWV55 ‘Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht’
Josef Zimmermann (organ)
Trio Sonata in C major, BWV1037
David Oistrakh (violin), Igor Oistrakh (violin), Hans Pischner (harpsichord)
Beethoven:
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight’
Elly Ney (piano)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 ‘Appassionata’
Elly Ney (piano)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110
Elly Ney (piano)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathetique’
Elly Ney (piano)
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
Berliner Philharmoniker, Eugen Jochum
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
Berliner Philharmoniker, Eugen Jochum
Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 No. 3
Johanna Martzy (violin), Jean Antonietti (piano)
Benda, G:
Trio sonata for two violins and piano
David Oistrakh (violin), Igor Oistrakh (violin), Vladimir Yampolsky (piano)
Berlioz:
Benvenuto Cellini Overture
Berliner Philharmoniker, Paul van Kempen
Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 (excerpts)
Berliner Philharmonike, Lorin Maazel
Bortnyansky:
Ich bete an die Macht der Liebe
Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff
Brahms:
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Berliner Philharmoniker, Paul van Kempen
Cello Sonata No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 38
Ludwig Hoelscher (cello), Hans Richter-Haaser (piano)
Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Chor der St. Hedwig’s-Kathedrale, Berlin, Berliner Motettenchor
Berliner Philharmoniker, Fritz Lehmann
Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Hertha Klust (piano)
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
Berliner Philharmoniker, Paul van Kempen
Hungarian Dance No. 3 in F major
Berliner Philharmoniker, Paul van Kempen
Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D flat major
Berliner Philharmoniker, Paul van Kempen
Hungarian Dance No. 17 in F sharp minor
Berliner Philharmoniker, Paul van Kempen
Hungarian Dance No. 18 in D major
Berliner Philharmoniker, Paul van Kempen
Hungarian Dance No. 19 in B minor
Berliner Philharmoniker, Paul van Kempen
Hungarian Dance No. 20 in E minor
Berliner Philharmoniker, Paul van Kempen
Hungarian Dance No. 21 in E minor
Berliner Philharmoniker, Paul van Kempen
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Wilhelm Kempff (piano)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Franz Konwitschny
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
Adrian Aeschbacher (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Paul van Kempen
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Berliner Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
Wilhelm Kempff (piano)
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Berliner Philharmoniker, Paul van Kempen
Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a ‘St Anthony Variations’
Bamberger Symphoniker, Ferdinand Leitner
Bruckner:
String Quintet in F major
Georg Schmid (piano)
Koeckert Quartet
Te Deum in C major, WAB 45
Maud Cunitz (soprano), Gertrude Pitzinger (contralto), Lorenz Fehenberger (tenor), Georg Hann (bass-baritone), Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum
Cherubini, B:
Auf wiedersehen, Lucia
Rudi Schuricke (vocals)
Radio-Tango-Orchester Hamburg, Alfred Hause
Chopin:
Mazurka No. 32 in C sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3
Stefan Askenase (piano)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 ‘Marche funèbre’: 3rd movement (Funeral March)
Stefan Askenase (piano)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Stefan Askenase (piano)
Mazurka No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 6 No. 2
Halina Czerny-Stefanska (piano)
Mazurka No. 41 in C sharp minor, Op. 63 No. 3
Halina Czerny-Stefanska (piano)
Mazurka No. 45 in A minor, Op. 67 No. 4
Halina Czerny-Stefanska (piano)
Mazurka No. 47 in A minor, Op. 68 No. 2
Halina Czerny-Stefanska (piano)
Mazurka No. 11 in E minor, Op. 17 No. 2
Halina Czerny-Stefanska (piano)
Mazurka No. 23 in D major, Op. 33 No. 2
Halina Czerny-Stefanska (piano)
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Halina Czerny-Stefanska (piano)
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Halina Czerny-Stefanska (piano)
Grande Polonaise Op. 22
Halina Czerny-Stefanska (piano)
Debussy:
String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Loewenguth Quartett
Doelle:
Wenn der weiße Flieder wieder blüht
Radio-Tango-Orchester Hamburg, Alfred Hause
Donizetti:
Quel guardo il cavaliere (from Don Pasquale)
Rita Streich (soprano)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Fritz Lehmann
Dostal:
Florentinische Nächte
Rudi Schuricke (vocals)
Helmut Zacharias und seine Tanz-Besetzung
Dreyer, D:
Sonny Boy
Radio-Tango-Orchester Hamburg, Alfred Hause
Dvorak:
Slavonic Dances Nos. 1-8, Op. 46 Nos. 1-8
Münchner Philharmoniker, Fritz Rieger
String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 ‘American’
Koeckert Quartet
Fall, R:
August, wo sind deine Haare
Radio-Tango-Orchester Hamburg, Alfred Hause
Falla:
Danse Espagnole (from La Vida Breve)
Johanna Martzy (violin), Jean Antonietti (piano)
Fetras:
Die Mondnacht Auf der Alster
Michael Lanner und seine Wiener-Walzer-Solisten
Fox, Charles:
Seit heut bin ich verliebt
Rudi Schuricke (vocals)
Radio-Tango-Orchester Hamburg, Alfred Hause
Gluck:
Sinfonia in G major
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch
Gould, M:
Boogie Woogie Etude
Shura Cherkassky (piano)
Grieg:
Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36
Ludwig Hoelscher (cello), Hans Richter-Haaser (piano)
Handel:
Trio Sonata, HWV 391 in G minor, Op. 2 No. 6
David Oistrakh (violin), Igor Oistrakh (violin), Vladimir Yampolsky (piano)
Haydn:
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101)
Enrico Mainardi (cello)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Fritz Lehmann
Symphony No. 100 in G major ‘Military’
Bamberger Symphoniker, Ferdinand Leitner
Symphony No. 102 in B flat major
Bamberger Symphoniker, Ferdinand Leitner
Symphony No. 104 in D major ‘London’
Berliner Philharmoniker, Hans Rosbaud
Symphony No. 88 in G major
Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler
Symphony No. 92 in G major ‘Oxford’
Berliner Philharmoniker, Hans Rosbaud
The Creation
Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Richard Holm (tenor), Kim Borg (bass), Chor der St. Hedwig’s-Kathedrale, Berlin
Berliner Philharmoniker, Igor Markevitch
Heymann:
Das ist die Liebe der Matrosen
Radio-Tango-Orchester Hamburg, Alfred Hause
Hindemith:
Die vier Temperamente
Hans Otte (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Paul Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Berliner Philharmoniker, Paul Hindemith
Symphony ‘Mathis der Maler’
Berliner Philharmoniker, Paul Hindemith
Immich:
Abends in Napoli
Rudi Schuricke (vocals), Waldo Favre Chor
Kurt Graunke Symphony Orchestra, Gerhard Winkler
Janacek:
String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’
Janacek Quartet
Komzák III:
Münchner Kindl
Michael Lanner und seine Wiener-Walzer-Solisten
Lalo:
Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21
Bronislav Gimpel (violin)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Fritz Rieger
Langlais:
Te Deum
Josef Zimmermann (organ)
Tiento
Josef Zimmermann (organ)
Incantation pour un Jour Saint
Josef Zimmermann (organ)
Ave Maria, Ave maria stella
Josef Zimmermann (organ)
Liszt:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124
Andor Foldes (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Leopold Ludwig
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S125
Andor Foldes (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Leopold Ludwig
Lortzing:
Zar und Zimmerman
Horst Günther (Peter I), Alfred Pfeifle (Peter Ivanow), Gustav Neidlinger (Van Bett), Ellinor Junker-Giesen (Marie), Therese Anders (Widow Brown), Walther Ludwig (Marquis of Chateauneuf), Chorus of the Württemberg State Opera, Stuttgart
Württembergisches Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Ferdinand Leitner
Mana-Zucca:
The Zouaves Drill
Shura Cherkassky (piano)
Meisel, W:
Lustiges Wien
Michael Lanner und seine Wiener-Walzer-Solisten
Mendelssohn:
Ruy Blas Overture, Op. 95
Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 ‘Scottish’
Bamberger Symphoniker, Ferdinand Leitner
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music, Op. 61
Rita Streich (soprano), Diana Eustrati (mezzo-soprano), RIAS Kammerchor
Berliner Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker
Es weiß und rät es doch keiner, Op. 99 No. 6
Maria Stader (soprano), Karl Engel (piano)
Schilflied, Op. 71 No. 4
Maria Stader (soprano), Karl Engel (piano)
Neue Liebe, Op. 19a No. 4
Maria Stader (soprano), Karl Engel (piano)
Nachtlied, Op. 71 No. 6
Maria Stader (soprano), Karl Engel (piano)
Wanderlied ‘Laue Luft kommt blau geflossen’, Op. 57 No. 6
Maria Stader (soprano), Karl Engel (piano)
Meyerbeer:
Nobles seigneurs, salut! (from Les Huguenots)
Rita Streich (soprano)
RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Ferdinand Leitner
Milhaud:
Saudades do Brasil: Ipanema
Johanna Martzy (violin), Jean Antonietti (piano)
Mozart:
Traurigkeit (from Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
Maria Stader (soprano)
RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay
Exsultate, jubilate, K165
Maria Stader (soprano)
RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K459
Clara Haskil (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferenc Fricsay
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595
Clara Haskil (piano)
Bavarian State Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K331 ‘Alla Turca’
Conrad Hansen (piano)
Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K332
Conrad Hansen (piano)
Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K545 ‘Facile’
Conrad Hansen (piano)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K310
Conrad Hansen (piano)
Serenade No. 13 in G major, K525 ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’
Kammerorchester Des Bayerischen Runfunks, Eugen Jochum
Symphony No. 33 in B flat major, K319
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum
Symphony No. 34 in C major, K338
Berliner Philharmoniker, Igor Markevitch
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385 ‘Haffner’
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch
Symphony No. 36 in C major, K425 ‘Linz’
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum
Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504 ‘Prague’
Berliner Philharmoniker, Igor Markevitch
Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K218
Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Hans Rosbaud
Violin Sonata No. 24 in F major, K376
Johanna Martzy (violin), Jean Antonietti (piano)
Zeffiretti lusinghieri (from Idomeneo)
Rita Streich (soprano)
RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Artur Rother
Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (from Die Zauberflöte)
Rita Streich (soprano)
RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay
Prokofiev:
Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 – excerpts
Berliner Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel
Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 ‘Classical’
RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay
Puccini:
Quando me’n vo (from La Bohème)
Rita Streich (soprano)
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ernst Märzendorfer
Rachmaninov:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Andor Foldes (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Leopold Ludwig
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling
Ravel:
Berceuse sur le nom de Fauré
Johanna Martzy (violin), Jean Antonietti (piano)
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Monique Haas (piano)
Piano Concerto in G major
Monique Haas (piano)
NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt,
Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera
Johanna Martzy (violin), Jean Antonietti (piano)
String Quartet in F major
Loewenguth Quartett
Reger:
Variations and Fugue on a theme of Johann Adam Hiller Op. 100
Berliner Philharmoniker, Paul van Kempen
Variations and Fugue for Orchestra on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 132
Berliner Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm
Respighi:
La Boutique Fantasque, PP120
RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay
Rimsky Korsakov:
Scheherazade, Op. 35
Rudolf Schulz (violin)
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay
Rossini:
Guillaume Tell Overture
Berliner Philharmoniker, Paul van Kempen
Bel raggio lusinghier (from Semiramide)
Rita Streich (soprano)
RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Artur Rother
Roussel:
String Quartet in D major, Op. 45
Loewenguth Quartett
Sarasate:
Navarra, Op. 33
David Oistrakh (violin), Igor Oistrakh (violin)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Franz Konwitschny
Schoeck:
Das bescheidene Wünschlein, Op.24a No.7
Maria Stader (soprano), Karl Engel (piano)
Mit einem gemalten, Op. 19a No. 4
Maria Stader (soprano), Karl Engel (piano)
Nachruf, Op. 20 No. 14
Maria Stader (soprano), Karl Engel (piano)
Reiselied
Maria Stader (soprano), Karl Engel (piano)
Schroeder, H:
Prelude ‘Regina coeli laetare’
Josef Zimmermann (organ)
Variations on ‘Ave regina coelorum’
Josef Zimmermann (organ)
Schubert:
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D965 (Von Chezy / Muller)
Maria Stader (soprano), Karl Engel (piano), Rudolf Gall (clarinet)
String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D804 ‘Rosamunde’
Amadeus Quartet
String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D887
Amadeus Quartet
Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 ‘The Great’
Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler
Winterreise D911
Josef Greindl (bass), Hertha Klust (piano)
La pastorella, D528
Maria Stader (soprano), Karl Engel (piano)
Seligkeit D433 (Holty)
Maria Stader (soprano), Karl Engel (piano)
Du bist die Ruh D776 (Rückert)
Maria Stader (soprano), Karl Engel (piano)
Die Forelle, D550
Maria Stader (soprano), Karl Engel (piano)
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D965 (Von Chezy / Muller)
Rita Streich (soprano), Heinrich Geuser (clarinet), Michael Raucheisen (piano)
Schumann:
Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Enrico Mainardi (cello)
RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Fritz Lehmann
Dichterliebe, Op. 48
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Jörg Demus (piano)
Études symphoniques, Op. 13
Wilhelm Kempff (piano)
Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
Wilhelm Kempff (piano)
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 ‘Rhenish’
Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner
March in G minor, Op. 76, No. 2
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Waldszenen, Op. 82
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Shostakovich:
Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ancerl
Siegel, R:
Mandolino-Mandolino
Rudi Schuricke (vocals)
Helmut Zacharias und seine Tanz-Besetzung
Sigman, C:
Mein Herz ruft nach dich
Rudi Schuricke (vocals)
Polydor Tanzorchester, Benny De Weille
Smetana:
String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From My Life’
Janacek Quartet
Strauss, R:
Cello Sonata in F major, Op. 6
Ludwig Hoelscher (cello), Hans Richter-Haaser (piano)
Der Rosenkavalier (highlights)
Tiana Lemnitz (Marschallin), Georgine von Milinkovic (Octavian), Elfride Trötschel (Sophie)
Württembergisches Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Ferdinand Leitner
Stravinsky:
Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
Monique Haas (piano)
RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay
Szymanowski:
Nocturne & Tarantella, Op. 28
Johanna Martzy (violin), Jean Antonietti (piano)
Tartini:
Trio Sonata in F
David Oistrakh (violin), Igor Oistrakh (violin), Hans Pischner (harpsichord)
Tchaikovsky:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Shura Cherkassky (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Leopold Ludwig
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44
Shura Cherkassky (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Richard Kraus
Thomas, Ambroise:
Je suis Titania (from Mignon)
Rita Streich (soprano)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner
trad.:
Abschied vom Walde
Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff
Wolgaschlepper
Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff
Es wird im Walde gesagt
Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff
Himbeerente
Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff
Abendglocken
Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff
Kosaken in der Gefangenschaft
Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff
Die Legende von den 12 Räubern
Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff
Die Petersburger Strasse entlang
Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff
Translateur:
Wiener Praterleben
Michael Lanner und seine Wiener-Walzer-Solisten
Varlamov:
The Red Sarafan
Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff
Grünes Gras und Kalinka
Don Kosaken Chor, Serge Jaroff
Verdi:
Caro nome (from Rigoletto)
Rita Streich (soprano)
RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Ferdinand Leitner
Volta la terrea (from Un Ballo in Maschera)
Rita Streich (soprano)
RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Ferdinand Leitner
Saper vorreste (from Un Ballo in Maschera)
Rita Streich (soprano)
RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Ferdinand Leitner
Mercè, diletti amici (from Ernani)
Rita Streich (soprano)
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ernst Märzendorfer
Wagner:
Die Walküre: Act 2 (highlights)
Astrid Varnay (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Leopold Ludwig
Siegfried (highlights)
Astrid Varnay (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Hermann Weigert
Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde (from Götterdämmerung)
Astrid Varnay (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Leopold Ludwig
Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort ‘Brünnhilde’s Immolation Scene’ (from Götterdämmerung)
Astrid Varnay (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Hermann Weigert
Allmächt’ger Vater, blick herab! (from Rienzi)
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Ferdinand Leitner
Wie sie selig, hehr und milde (from Tristan und Isolde)
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Leopold Ludwig
Nothung! Nothung! Neidliches Schwert! (from Siegfried)
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Ferdinand Leitner
Hoho! Hoho! Hohei! Schmiede, mein Hammer, ein hartes Schwert! (from Siegfried)
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Walter Carnuth (tenor)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Ferdinand Leitner
Brünnhilde, heilige Braut! (from Götterdammerung)
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Leopold Ludwig
Nur eine Waffe taugt (from Parsifal)
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor)
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Richard Kraus
In fernem Land (from Lohengrin)
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor)
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Richard Kraus
Mein lieber Schwan (from Lohengrin)
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor)
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Richard Kraus
O Fürstin…Doch welch ein seltsam (from Tannhäuser)
Annelies Kupper (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor)
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Richard Kraus
Fanget an! (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner
Selig, wie die Sonne (from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
Annelies Kupper (soprano), Hertha Töpper (contralto), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Richard Holm (tenor), Josef Herrmann (baritone)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner
Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein ‘Prize Song’ (from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner
Weber:
Kommt ein schlanker Bursch gegangen (from Der Freischütz)
Rita Streich (soprano)
RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Artur Rother
Wieniawski:
Étude-caprice, Op. 18 No. 2 in E flat major
David Oistrakh (violin), Igor Oistrakh (violin)
Étude-caprice, Op. 18 No. 4 in A minor
David Oistrakh (violin), Igor Oistrakh (violin)
Étude-caprice, Op. 18 No. 5 in E major
David Oistrakh (violin), Igor Oistrakh (violin)
Wolf, H:
Italienisches Liederbuch (selection)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Hertha Klust (piano)