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Christa Ludwig - Arias & Scenes - Live Recordings 1955-1994

Ludwig / Mozart / Rossini / Beethoven / Hollreiser
Release Date: 04/29/2008 
Label:  Orfeo D'or Catalog #: 758083   Spars Code: ADD 
Composer:  Richard Strauss,  Gioachino Rossini,  Richard Wagner,  Hans Pfitzner,   ... 
Performer:  Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig,  Walter Berry,  Dagmar Hermann,  Emmy Loose,   ... 
Conductor:  Karl Böhm,  Alberto Erede,  Herbert von Karajan,  Georges Prêtre,   ... 
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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Works on This Recording

1.
Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60: Sein wir wieder gut by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig ()
Conductor:  Karl Böhm
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1911/1916; Germany 
 Date of Recording: 08/06/1955 
Venue:  Live  Festspielhaus Salzburg 
Length: 3 Minutes 14 Secs. 
2.
La Cenerentola: Act 2 Finale by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:  Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig (), Walter Berry (Voice), Dagmar Hermann (Voice),
Emmy Loose (Voice), Karl Dönch (Voice), Waldemar Kmentt (Voice),
Ludwig Welter (Voice)
Conductor:  Alberto Erede
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1817; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 09/03/1962 
Venue:  Live  Salzburger Festspiele 
Length: 6 Minutes 18 Secs. 
3.
Tannhäuser: Geliebter, komm! Sieh dort die Grotte by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig (), Hans Beirer (Voice)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845/1861; Germany 
 Date of Recording: 01/08/1963 
Venue:  Live  Salzburger Festspiele 
Length: 15 Minutes 8 Secs. 
4.
Capriccio, Op. 85: Ich fürchte, Frau Gräfin, Sie werden nach dieser Einführung by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig (), Robert [Baritone Vocals] Kerns (Voice), Walter Berry (Voice),
Otto Wiener (Voice), Lisa Della Casa (Voice)
Conductor:  Georges Prêtre
Period: Post-Romantic 
Written: 1940-1941 
 Date of Recording: 03/21/1964 
Venue:  Live  Salzburger Festspiele 
Length: 4 Minutes 49 Secs. 
5.
Palestrina, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Schönste, ungnäd'ge Dame by Hans Pfitzner
Performer:  Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig (), Sena Jurinac (Voice)
Conductor:  Robert Heger
Period: Modern 
Written: 1911-1915 
 Date of Recording: 12/16/1964 
Venue:  Live  Salzburger Festspiele 
Length: 7 Minutes 5 Secs. 
6.
Lohengrin: Erhebe dich, Genossin meiner Schmach! by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig (), Claire Watson (Voice), Walter Berry (Voice)
Conductor:  Karl Böhm
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1848; Germany 
 Date of Recording: 05/16/1965 
Venue:  Live  Salzburger Festspiele 
Length: 17 Minutes 40 Secs. 
7.
Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle "Habañera" by Georges Bizet
Performer:  Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig ()
Conductor:  Lorin Maazel
Written: 1873-1874 
 Date of Recording: 02/19/1966 
Venue:  Live  Salzburger Festspiele 
Length: 5 Minutes 3 Secs. 
8.
Carmen: Près des ramparts de Seville "Seguidilla" by Georges Bizet
Performer:  James King (Voice), Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig ()
Conductor:  Lorin Maazel
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1873-1874; France 
 Date of Recording: 02/19/1966 
Venue:  Live  Salzburger Festspiele 
Length: 4 Minutes 15 Secs. 
9.
Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Da geht er hin, der aufgeblasene by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig (), Dame Gwyneth Jones (Voice)
Conductor:  Leonard Bernstein
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1909-1910; Germany 
 Date of Recording: 04/13/1968 
Venue:  Live  Salzburger Festspiele 
Length: 23 Minutes 47 Secs. 
10.
Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Mir ist..."Rose Presentation" by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig (), Hilda De Groote (Voice)
Conductor:  Josef Krips
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1909-1910; Germany 
 Date of Recording: 10/03/1971 
Venue:  Live  Moscow, Russia 
Length: 7 Minutes 4 Secs. 
11.
Macbeth: Vieni, t'affretta! by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig ()
Conductor:  Karl Böhm
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1847/1865; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 04/18/1970 
Length: 5 Minutes 34 Secs. 
12.
Macbeth: La luce langue by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Sherrill Milnes (Voice), Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig ()
Conductor:  Karl Böhm
Period: Romantic 
Written: Italy 
 Date of Recording: 04/18/1970 
Length: 7 Minutes 8 Secs. 
13.
Macbeth: Una macchia è qui tuttora "Sleepwalking Scene" by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Ljubomir Pantscheff (Voice), Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig (), Gilels Flossman (Voice)
Conductor:  Karl Böhm
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1847/1865; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 04/18/1970 
Length: 6 Minutes 57 Secs. 
14.
Der Besuch der alten Dame: Das Herz mit deinem und meinem Namen by Gottfried von Einem
Performer:  Karl Terkal (Voice), Fritz Sperlbauer (Voice), Eberhard Wächter (Voice),
Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig ()
Conductor:  Horst Stein
Date of Recording: 05/23/1971 
Length: 8 Minutes 23 Secs. 
15.
Luisa Miller: Duchessa... by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Franco Bonisolli (Voice), Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig ()
Conductor:  Alberto Erede
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1849; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 01/23/1974 
Length: 6 Minutes 37 Secs. 
16.
Les troyens: Pardonne, lopas...O pudeur! by Hector Berlioz
Performer:  Horst Laubenthal (Voice), Margarita Lilowa (Voice), Guy Chauvet (Voice),
Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig (), Nicolai Ghiuselev (Voice)
Conductor:  Gerd Albrecht
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1858 
 Date of Recording: 10/17/1976 
Length: 5 Minutes 44 Secs. 
17.
Das Rheingold: Weiche, Wotan, weiche by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig (), Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal] Fassbaender (Voice), Josef Hopferweiser (Voice),
Hans Sotin (Voice)
Conductor:  Zubin Mehta
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1854; Germany 
 Date of Recording: 03/22/1981 
Length: 5 Minutes 51 Secs. 
18.
Falstaff: Reverenza!...Buon giorno, buona donna! by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Walter Berry (Voice), Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig ()
Conductor:  Lorin Maazel
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 02/22/1983 
Length: 5 Minutes 14 Secs. 
19.
Pelléas et Mélisande: Voici ce qu'il écrit à son frère Pelléas by Claude Debussy
Performer:  François Le Roux (Voice), Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig (), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Voice)
Conductor:  Claudio Abbado
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1893-1902; France 
 Date of Recording: 06/11/1988 
Length: 8 Minutes 56 Secs. 
20.
Elektra, Op. 58: Was willst du, fremder Mensch? by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig (), Cathy Berns-Rund (Voice), Axelle Gall (Voice),
Hildegard Behrens (Voice)
Conductor:  Heinrich Hollreiser
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1906-1908; Germany 
 Date of Recording: 12/14/1994 
Length: 10 Minutes 6 Secs. 
21.
Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65: Schweiget doch, ihr Stimmen by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig (), Walter Berry (Voice), Margarita Lilowa (Voice)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Period: Post-Romantic 
Written: 1914-1917 
 Date of Recording: 06/11/1964 
Venue:  Live  Salzburger Festspiele 
Length: 12 Minutes 23 Secs. 
22.
Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75: Elsa!...Wer ruft?...Entweihte Götter! by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig (), Walter Berry (Voice), Claire Watson (Voice)
Conductor:  Karl Böhm
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1848; Germany 
 Date of Recording: 05/16/1965 
Venue:  Live  Salzburger Festspiele 
Length: 5 Minutes 32 Secs. 
23.
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig ()
Conductor:  Karl Böhm
Period: Classical 
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria 
 Date of Recording: 07/30/1957 
Venue:  Live  Festspielhaus Salzburg 
Length: 3 Minutes 26 Secs. 
24.
Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588: Act 1. Ach sieh doch nur, Schwester by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Walter Berry (Voice), Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig (), Waldemar Kmentt (Voice),
Karl Dönch (Voice), Hilde Gueden (Voice)
Conductor:  Karl Böhm
Period: Classical 
Written: 1790; Austria 
 Date of Recording: 04/02/1966 
Venue:  Live  Salzburger Festspiele 
Length: 5 Minutes 10 Secs. 
25.
Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588: Act 1. Grausames Schicksal! by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Walter Berry (Voice), Karl Dönch (Voice), Waldemar Kmentt (Voice),
Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig (), Hilde Gueden (Voice)
Conductor:  Karl Böhm
Period: Classical 
Written: 1790; Austria 
 Date of Recording: 04/02/1966 
Venue:  Live  Salzburger Festspiele 
Length: 1 Minutes 40 Secs. 
26.
Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588: Act 1. Schwankend nah'ich by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Waldemar Kmentt (Voice), Hilde Gueden (Voice), Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig (),
Walter Berry (Voice), Karl Dönch (Voice)
Conductor:  Karl Böhm
Period: Classical 
Written: 1790; Austria 
 Date of Recording: 04/02/1966 
Venue:  Live  Salzburger Festspiele 
Length: 7 Minutes 36 Secs. 
27.
Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588: Act 2. Passeggiamo anche noi - il core vi dono by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig (), Walter Berry (Voice)
Conductor:  Josef Krips
Period: Classical 
Written: 1790; Austria 
 Date of Recording: 09/22/1968 
Venue:  Live  Salzburger Festspiele 
Length: 6 Minutes 49 Secs. 
28.
Fidelio, Op. 72: Abscheulicher!...Komm, Hoffnung by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig ()
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Period: Classical 
Written: Vienna, Austria 
 Date of Recording: 05/25/1962 
Venue:  Live  Salzburger Festspiele 
Length: 7 Minutes 37 Secs. 
29.
Wozzeck, Op. 7: Und ist kein Betrug "Marie's Monologue" by Alban Berg
Performer:  Walter Berry (Voice), Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig ()
Conductor:  Leopold Ludwig
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1917-1922; Austria 
 Date of Recording: 05/19/1963 
Venue:  Live  Salzburger Festspiele 
Length: 5 Minutes 0 Secs. 
30.
Wozzeck, Op. 7: Dort links geht's in die Stadt by Alban Berg
Performer:  Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig (), Walter Berry (Voice)
Conductor:  Leopold Ludwig
Period: Modern 
Written: 1917-1922; Austria 
 Date of Recording: 05/19/1963 
Venue:  Live  Salzburger Festspiele 
Length: 4 Minutes 10 Secs. 
31.
Queen of Spades, Op. 68: Schweigt doch endlich by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Christa [Mezzo-soprano Vocal] Ludwig ()
Conductor:  Dmitri Kitayenko
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1890; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 11/22/1982 
Length: 8 Minutes 43 Secs. 

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