Famous Opera Arias

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Composer or Director: Giacomo Puccini, Carl Maria von Weber, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Umberto Giordano

Label: Orfeo

Magazine Review Date: 3/1985

Media Format: CD or Download

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Catalogue Number: C106841A

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
Così fan tutte, Movement: ~	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
(Der) Freischütz, Movement: Und ob die Wolke	Carl Maria von Weber, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Carl Maria von Weber, Composer Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor
Tannhäuser, Movement: Dich teure Halle (Elisabeth's Greeting)	Richard Wagner, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor Richard Wagner, Composer
Ariadne auf Naxos, Movement: ~	Richard Strauss, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor Richard Strauss, Composer
Manon Lescaut, Movement: In quelle trine morbide	Giacomo Puccini, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Giacomo Puccini, Composer Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor
Turandot, Movement: Tu, che di gel sei cinta	Giacomo Puccini, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Giacomo Puccini, Composer Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor
Andrea Chénier, Movement: ~	Umberto Giordano, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor Umberto Giordano, Composer
(Un) ballo in maschera, '(A) masked ball', Movement: ~	Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor
Ernani, Movement: ~	Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor

Composer or Director: George Frideric Handel, Christoph Gluck, Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, Camille Saint-Saëns, Richard Wagner, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Label: Orfeo

Magazine Review Date: 3/1985

Media Format: Vinyl

Media Runtime: 0

Catalogue Number: S096841A

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
Giulio Cesare, 'Julius Caesar', Movement: Non è si vago e bello	George Frideric Handel, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano George Frideric Handel, Composer Hans Graf, Conductor Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Orfeo ed Euridice, Movement: Che farò senza Euridice	Christoph Gluck, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Christoph Gluck, Composer Hans Graf, Conductor Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
(La) Clemenza di Tito, Movement: Parto, parto, ma tu, ben mio	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Hans Graf, Conductor Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
(I) Capuleti e i Montecchi, Movement: Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio	Vincenzo Bellini, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Hans Graf, Conductor Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
(The) Maid of Orleans, Movement: ~	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Hans Graf, Conductor Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Carmen, Movement: ~	Georges Bizet, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Georges Bizet, Composer Hans Graf, Conductor Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Samson et Dalila, Movement: Printemps qui commence	Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Hans Graf, Conductor Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Werther, Movement: ~	Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Hans Graf, Conductor Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: ~	Richard Wagner, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Hans Graf, Conductor Richard Wagner, Composer Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Label: Orfeo

Magazine Review Date: 3/1985

Media Format: Cassette

Media Runtime: 0

Catalogue Number: M096841A

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
Giulio Cesare, 'Julius Caesar', Movement: Non è si vago e bello	George Frideric Handel, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano George Frideric Handel, Composer Hans Graf, Conductor Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Orfeo ed Euridice, Movement: Che farò senza Euridice	Christoph Gluck, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Christoph Gluck, Composer Hans Graf, Conductor Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
(La) Clemenza di Tito, Movement: Parto, parto, ma tu, ben mio	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Hans Graf, Conductor Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
(I) Capuleti e i Montecchi, Movement: Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio	Vincenzo Bellini, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Hans Graf, Conductor Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
(The) Maid of Orleans, Movement: ~	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Hans Graf, Conductor Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Carmen, Movement: ~	Georges Bizet, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Georges Bizet, Composer Hans Graf, Conductor Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Samson et Dalila, Movement: Printemps qui commence	Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Hans Graf, Conductor Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Werther, Movement: ~	Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Hans Graf, Conductor Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: ~	Richard Wagner, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Hans Graf, Conductor Richard Wagner, Composer Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Composer or Director: Giacomo Puccini, Carl Maria von Weber, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Umberto Giordano

Label: Orfeo

Magazine Review Date: 3/1985

Media Format: Vinyl

Media Runtime: 0

Catalogue Number: S106841A

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
Così fan tutte, Movement: ~	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
(Der) Freischütz, Movement: Und ob die Wolke	Carl Maria von Weber, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Carl Maria von Weber, Composer Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor
Tannhäuser, Movement: Dich teure Halle (Elisabeth's Greeting)	Richard Wagner, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor Richard Wagner, Composer
Ariadne auf Naxos, Movement: ~	Richard Strauss, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor Richard Strauss, Composer
Manon Lescaut, Movement: In quelle trine morbide	Giacomo Puccini, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Giacomo Puccini, Composer Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor
Turandot, Movement: Tu, che di gel sei cinta	Giacomo Puccini, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Giacomo Puccini, Composer Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor
Andrea Chénier, Movement: ~	Umberto Giordano, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor Umberto Giordano, Composer
(Un) ballo in maschera, '(A) masked ball', Movement: ~	Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor
Ernani, Movement: ~	Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor

Composer or Director: Giacomo Puccini, Carl Maria von Weber, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Umberto Giordano

Label: Orfeo

Magazine Review Date: 3/1985

Media Format: Cassette

Media Runtime: 0

Catalogue Number: M106841A

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
Così fan tutte, Movement: ~	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
(Der) Freischütz, Movement: Und ob die Wolke	Carl Maria von Weber, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Carl Maria von Weber, Composer Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor
Tannhäuser, Movement: Dich teure Halle (Elisabeth's Greeting)	Richard Wagner, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor Richard Wagner, Composer
Ariadne auf Naxos, Movement: ~	Richard Strauss, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor Richard Strauss, Composer
Manon Lescaut, Movement: In quelle trine morbide	Giacomo Puccini, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Giacomo Puccini, Composer Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor
Turandot, Movement: Tu, che di gel sei cinta	Giacomo Puccini, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Giacomo Puccini, Composer Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor
Andrea Chénier, Movement: ~	Umberto Giordano, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor Umberto Giordano, Composer
(Un) ballo in maschera, '(A) masked ball', Movement: ~	Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor
Ernani, Movement: ~	Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Soprano Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Munich Radio Orchestra Peter Sommer, Conductor

Label: Orfeo

Magazine Review Date: 3/1985

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 0

Catalogue Number: C096841A

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
Giulio Cesare, 'Julius Caesar', Movement: Non è si vago e bello	George Frideric Handel, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano George Frideric Handel, Composer Hans Graf, Conductor Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Orfeo ed Euridice, Movement: Che farò senza Euridice	Christoph Gluck, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Christoph Gluck, Composer Hans Graf, Conductor Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
(La) Clemenza di Tito, Movement: Parto, parto, ma tu, ben mio	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Hans Graf, Conductor Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
(I) Capuleti e i Montecchi, Movement: Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio	Vincenzo Bellini, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Hans Graf, Conductor Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
(The) Maid of Orleans, Movement: ~	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Hans Graf, Conductor Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Carmen, Movement: ~	Georges Bizet, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Georges Bizet, Composer Hans Graf, Conductor Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Samson et Dalila, Movement: Printemps qui commence	Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Hans Graf, Conductor Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Werther, Movement: ~	Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Hans Graf, Conductor Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: ~	Richard Wagner, Composer Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo soprano Hans Graf, Conductor Richard Wagner, Composer Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Author: Alan Blyth

These are two of the most satisfying recitals of arias to come my way for a long time. So often I tire of one singer's voice before the end of a side, but both these artists, through the variety of their choice of programme and their intelligence in its execution, avoid any sense of monotony. Tomowa-Sintow's is perhaps the more notable achievement simply because it was the less expected.
Her Mozart is predictably faultless in execution, and the tone is finely moulded to the sense of the words. The Weber Cavatina is beautifully poised, though to fast in tempo for the Adagio marking. After a gloriously radiant greeting of Elisabeth to the Hall of Song, the two Strauss items are provided with the creamy tone and ardour they require. More surprisingly Tomowa-Sintow has also thought herself into each predicament of her Italian heroines. She soars spinto-like into Manon's thoughts, provides an appealing Liu (with plangent shadings on the high notes), a generous Adriana, a troubled Maddalena. Her enunciation isn't always very individual, but the singing in itself is authentically Italianate. Extra perceptions fill the two Verdi extracts, where comparisons with some of the best interpreters of Amelia and Elvira are far from detrimental to the Bulgarian soprano. Adequate accompaniments.
The Fassbaender recital is long overdue; such a memorable mezzo has been all too poorly represented in the domestic catalogue. What distinguishes all her readings here is the whole-hearted involvement. In each case, Fassbaender has you consumed in the character's passion of the moment, and stylistically she moves with complete conviction and authority from one composer to another. You would travel far to find a more moving Orfeo, a more concerned Sesto, a more longing Joan of Arc (Tchaikovsky's aria, sung in Russian, is the 'plum' of Side 1). Fassbaender's Carmen is teasingly seductive, never exaggerated, her Charlotte emotionally distraught yet contained, while the account of Waltraute's Narration, a Bayreuth assumption, conveys all the worried Valkyrie's troubled message to Brunnhilde; its central passage, one of The Ring's most eloquent, easily brought before one the singer's still, affecting presence. Excellent support from the Stuttgart forces for this much recommended, naturally recorded offering. More, please.'

Famous Opera Arias

Così fan tutte, Movement: ~

(Der) Freischütz, Movement: Und ob die Wolke

Tannhäuser, Movement: Dich teure Halle (Elisabeth's Greeting)

Ariadne auf Naxos, Movement: ~

Manon Lescaut, Movement: In quelle trine morbide

Turandot, Movement: Tu, che di gel sei cinta

Andrea Chénier, Movement: ~

(Un) ballo in maschera, '(A) masked ball', Movement: ~

Ernani, Movement: ~

Famous Opera Arias

Giulio Cesare, 'Julius Caesar', Movement: Non è si vago e bello

Orfeo ed Euridice, Movement: Che farò senza Euridice

(La) Clemenza di Tito, Movement: Parto, parto, ma tu, ben mio

(I) Capuleti e i Montecchi, Movement: Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio

(The) Maid of Orleans, Movement: ~

Carmen, Movement: ~

Samson et Dalila, Movement: Printemps qui commence

Werther, Movement: ~

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: ~

Famous Opera Arias

Giulio Cesare, 'Julius Caesar', Movement: Non è si vago e bello

Orfeo ed Euridice, Movement: Che farò senza Euridice

(La) Clemenza di Tito, Movement: Parto, parto, ma tu, ben mio

(I) Capuleti e i Montecchi, Movement: Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio

(The) Maid of Orleans, Movement: ~

Carmen, Movement: ~

Samson et Dalila, Movement: Printemps qui commence

Werther, Movement: ~

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: ~

Famous Opera Arias

Così fan tutte, Movement: ~

(Der) Freischütz, Movement: Und ob die Wolke

Tannhäuser, Movement: Dich teure Halle (Elisabeth's Greeting)

Ariadne auf Naxos, Movement: ~

Manon Lescaut, Movement: In quelle trine morbide

Turandot, Movement: Tu, che di gel sei cinta

Andrea Chénier, Movement: ~

(Un) ballo in maschera, '(A) masked ball', Movement: ~

Ernani, Movement: ~

Famous Opera Arias

Così fan tutte, Movement: ~

(Der) Freischütz, Movement: Und ob die Wolke

Tannhäuser, Movement: Dich teure Halle (Elisabeth's Greeting)

Ariadne auf Naxos, Movement: ~

Manon Lescaut, Movement: In quelle trine morbide

Turandot, Movement: Tu, che di gel sei cinta

Andrea Chénier, Movement: ~

(Un) ballo in maschera, '(A) masked ball', Movement: ~

Ernani, Movement: ~

Famous Opera Arias

Giulio Cesare, 'Julius Caesar', Movement: Non è si vago e bello

Orfeo ed Euridice, Movement: Che farò senza Euridice

(La) Clemenza di Tito, Movement: Parto, parto, ma tu, ben mio

(I) Capuleti e i Montecchi, Movement: Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio

(The) Maid of Orleans, Movement: ~

Carmen, Movement: ~

Samson et Dalila, Movement: Printemps qui commence

Werther, Movement: ~

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: ~

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