Peter Anders - Legendary Singers - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The live recording of Elias (Elijah) is the first historic from the archive on the Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings tag. It is historic in many respects; not only with regard to the almost four decades which have passed since 4 July 1984; but most of all because it brings together a phenomenal ensemble that shaped an entire era at the National Theatre in Munich within the genres of opera; lieder and symphonic music thus representing something of a dream team of classical music at that time. This performance of Felix Mendelssohn's Elias simultaneously opened both the 1984 Münchner Opernfestspiele (Munich Opera Festival) and the 88th German Katholikentag (Catholic Convention). Staatsoper General Manager and Chief Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch showed remarkable astuteness with a religious oratorio he demonstrated the stylistic versatility of the Nationaltheater based Bayerisches Staatsorchester. Furthermore; in performing a work by a Protestant composer with a Jewish background in the context of a Roman Catholic event; he sent a widely admired ecumenical signal. With the launch of the in house tag Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings in 2021 it has become possible to publish archival documents to showcase pivotal events from the Staatsoper's history. In that vein; this recording is now being made available for the first time ever as a testament to the exceptional musicians; the oratoric and dramatic finesse of the Bayerisches Staatsorchester and Sawallisch's flair for Mendelssohn.

When the ORFEO tag was established in Munich forty years ago, surely no one with the music scene back then would have predicted that the record company would develop into a firmly established player on the classical music market. One of the tag's main priorities in the early years was vocal music, with opera rarities top of the list and since the mid 1980s the re-use of historic tape recordings. Big names featured on the tag's own productions, while ORFEO also developed into a talent factory by discovering and nurturing young artist. This InchLegendary VoicesInch 10 album set for the anniversary of 40 years of ORFEO tag history features eleven singers, who at their times upheld the art of opera singing and still uphold it in the best interpretation of nostalgia.

Peter Schreier - Palestrina [COMPACT DISCS] Complete date 01/04/1994