Helle M ller-Thiemens - Winterreise - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Import Hybrid-SACD pressing. Details 1. Violin Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op. 58 I. Allegro Energico 2. Violin Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op. 58 II. Adagio 3. Violin Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op. 58 III. Finale 4. Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 I. Allegro Moderato 5. Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 II. Adagio 6. Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 III. Finale. Allegro Energico

Giuseppe Verdi's operas are notable for their strong and interesting female characters. Countless operatic divas owe their fame to one or more Verdi operas, some of them having grown into real Verdi specialists acknowledged as the ideal embodiment of leading ladies in operas like La traviata, Luisa Miller, Aida, MacBeth, Don Carlos and Il trovatore. This double album presents a number of the greatest Verdi singers, along with some prima donnas who are seldom thought of as Verdi exponents, including Agnes Baltsa, Julia Varady, Krassimira Stoyanova, Ileana Cotrubas, Grace Bumbry, and many more.

Benjamin Bruns´ professional journey took him via the Dresden State Opera to the Vienna State Opera, where he remained a member of the ensemble until July 2020. His musical roster contains Mozart roles such as Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte) and Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) but also other important repertoire like Fenton (Falstaff), Camille de Rosillon (The merry Widow), Lysander (Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream), Don Ramiro (La Cenerentola), or the Italian Tenor in the Strauss operas Capriccio and Der Rosenkavalier. With Wagner roles like Lohengrin, Loge (The Rhinegold) and Erik (The flying Dutchman) or Matteo in Strauss' Arabella he made his first steps into the light dramatic repertoire. In spring 2020 he had his debut as Florestan in Beethoven's Fidelio (1804) at the Vienna State Opera. Oratorio and lieder form an important counterweight to Benjamin Bruns's stage work. At the heart of his extensive concert repertoire are the great sacred works by Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Mendelssohn. He has sung with such renowned ensembles as the Berlin Philharmonics, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonics, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the Bach Collegium Japan, the WDR Symphony Orchestra as well as Choir and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome or the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. This most recent is a recording of Schubert's Winterreise. Album Tracks 1. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911~Gute Nacht. Mäßig 2. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911~Die Wetterfahne. Ziemlich geschwind 3. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911~Gefrorne Tranen. Nicht zu langsam 4. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911~Erstarrung. Ziemlich schnell 5. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911~Der Lindenbaum. Mäßig 6. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911~Wasserflut. Langsam 7. Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911~Auf dem Fluss