Elisabeth SCHWARZKOPF Masterclass 3CDs

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Arias from R Strauss, J Strauss, Mozart, Humperdinck, Puccini, Beethoven, Lehar, Schubert, Handel, Bach (Delta)

Track Listing:

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
CD 1
1. Presentation of the Rose from ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ (R. Strauss)…..(11:08)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1953)
Irmgard Seefried
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
2. Klange der Heimat from ‘Die Fledermaus’ (J. Strauss II).....(4:38)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1955)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
3. Ah! Taci, ingiusto core from ‘Don Giovanni’ (Mozart)..…(5:03)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1953)
Cesare Sipei
Otto Edelmann
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Wilheim Furtwangler
4. Bruderchen, komm tanz from ‘Hansel & Gretel’ (Humperdinck).....(9:19)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1947)
Irmgard Seefried
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor:Josef Krips
5. Das war sehr gut from ‘Arabella’ (R. Strauss).....(5:53)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1953)
Josef Metternich
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Lovro von Matacic
6. O Mio babbino caro from ‘Gianni Schicchi’ (Puccini)…..(2:49)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
7. An die musik (Schubert)…..(2:32)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1952)
Edwin Fischer, piano
8. Welche Kummer herrscht in meiner Seel ‘Seraglio’ (Mozart).....(8:45)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1945)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Rudolf Moralt
9. Ach war’ich schon from ‘Fidelio’ (Beethoven)..…(3:44)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1950)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Alceo Galliera
10. Dove sono from ‘Marriage of Figaro’ (Mozart)..…(6:54)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1950)
Orchestra of The Scala Milan
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
11. Bel jedem Walzerschitt from ‘The Merry Widow’ (Lehar)…..(1:57)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1953)
Eric Kunz
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Conductor: Otto Ackerman
12. Sie woollen nich heiraten from ‘Arabella’ (R. Strauss).....(8:43)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1954)
Josef Metternich
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Lovro von Matacic
Total Playing Time – 71:25

CD 2
Four Last Songs (R.Strauss)
1. Fruhling…..(3:22)
2. September…..(4:06)
3. Beim Schlafengehen.....(4:28)
4. Im Abendrot.....(7:12)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1953)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Otto Ackermann
5. Wer uns getraut? From ‘The Gypsy Baron’ (J. Strauss II)…..(4:22)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1954)
Nicolai Gedda
Willy Ferenzr
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Otto Ackermann
6. Viljalied from ‘The Merry Widow’ (Lehar)…..(5:13)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1953)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Conductor: Otto Ackerman
7. Un bel di vedremo ‘Madama Buitterfly’ (Puccini)…..(3:52)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1950)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Alceo Galliera
8. Dieser Anstand, somanierlich ‘Die Fledermaus’ (J.Strauss II).....(5:03)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1955)
Nicolai Gedda
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
9. Du Schones Wesen! From ‘ Ariadne auf naxos’ (R.Strauss).....(7:56)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1954)
Rudolf Schock
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
10. Ah! Chi mi dici mai from ‘Don Giovanni’ (Mozart).....(6:19)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano (Recorded in 1953)
Cesare Siepi, baritone
Otto Edelmann
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwangler
11. Quartet: Non ti fidor, o misera ‘Don Giovanni’ (Mozart)…..(4:29)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1953)
Cesare Siepi
Elisabeth Grummer
Anton Dermota
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwangler
12. Mein Herr, was dichten, Sie von mir from ‘Die Fledermaus’ (J.Strauss II).....(4:11)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Helmut Krebbs
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
13. Schafe konnen...from Cantata No.208 (Bach)…..(5:38)
Neidermayer, Reznicek, flutes (Recorded in 1946)
Maurer, cello
Ahligrim, harpsichord
14. Heia, Madel, aufgeschauf…‘Merry Widow’ (Lehar).....(2:58)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1953)
Erich Kunz
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Otto Ackermann
Total Playing Time – 69:16

CD 3
1. Evening Prayer from ‘Hansel & Gretel’ (Humperdinck)…..(4:42)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1947)
Irmgard Seefried
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Josef Krips
2. Es ist nicht…from ‘The Land of Smiles’ (Lehar)....(2:26)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1953)
Eric Kunz
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Conductor: Otto Ackermann
3. Ich danke, Fraulein from ‘Arabella’ (R.Strauss).....(8:09)
Elisabeth Schwarkopf (Recorded in 1954)
Anny Felbermayer
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Lovro von Matacic
4. So elend und so true ‘The Gypsy Baron’ (J.Strauss II)…..(2:44)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1954)
Nicolai Gedda
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Otto Ackermann
5. Porgi amor from ‘Marriage of Figaro’ (Mozart)…..(4:00)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1950)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
6. ‘S Schatzil (Trad)…..(1:55)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1951)
Gerald Moore, piano
7. Es gibt ein Reich…‘Ariadne auf naxos’ (R.Strauss).....(6:37)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1954)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
8. Flirten, bisschen flirten from ‘Land of Smiles’ (Lehar).....(2:03)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1953)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Conductor: Otto Ackermann
9. Sweet Bird (Handel)…..(7:22)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1946)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Josef Kripps
10. Seht dies Gefubkell from ‘The Gypsy Baron’ (J.Strauss II)…..(2:37)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1954)
Nicolai Gedda
Gertrud Burgsthaler-Schuster
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Otto Ackermann
11. Der Mussensohn (Schubert).....(1:58)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1952)
Edwin Fischer, piano
12. Ah, fuggi il traditor from ‘’Don Giovanni’ (Mozart)…..(1:23)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1953)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwangler
13. Ach trinken Sie vielleicht ‘The Land of Smiles’ (Lehar).....(2:44)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1953)
Nicolai Gedda
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Conductor: Otto Ackermann
14. Alles vorbel...from ‘The Land of Smiles’ (Lehar)…..(1:44)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1953)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Conductor: Otto Ackermann
15. Capriccio (excerpt) (Strauss)…..(17:36)
Finale: Morgan Mittag um elf!
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Recorded in 1953)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Otto Ackermann
Total Playing Time - 68:00

Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915-2006) was born in Jarotschin in Prussia (now part of Poland) to Friedrich Schwarzkopf and his wife, Elisabeth Fröhling. German by birth she later took British citizenship. She was one of the leading sopranos of the post-World War II period, much admired for her performances of Mozart, Strauss and Hugo Wolf.

Schwarzkopf showed an interest in music from an early age, and performed in her first opera in 1928, as Eurydice in a school production of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice in Magdeburg, Germany. In 1934, Schwarzkopf began her musical studies at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik. However, at the suggestion of the baritone Karl Schmitt-Walter, she switched teachers and started working with the celebrated coloratura soprano Maria Ivogün as well as with her husband, the noted pianist Michael Raucheisen.

Schwarzkopf made her professional debut at Berlin’s State Opera on the 15th April 1938 as the Second Flower Maiden in Act II of Richard Wagner’s Parsifal. She sang in Berlin for four years, during which time she became a member of the Nazi party (a decision which later caused her to be boycotted in the United States for several years). However, she was always welcomed and acclaimed in countries other than the U.S.

In 1942, she joined the Vienna State Opera, where her roles included Konstanze in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Musetta and later Mimì in Giacomo Puccini’s La bohème and Violetta in Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata.

In 1947 and 1948, Schwarzkopf appeared on tour with the Vienna State Opera at London’s Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. She later made her official debut at the Royal Opera House in 1948, as Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, in performances sung in English and at La Scala in 1950 singing Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. Schwarzkopf’s association with La Scala in the early 1950s gave her the opportunity to sing certain roles on stage for the only time in her career: Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande, Jole in Handel’s Eracle, Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust, Elsa in Wagner’s Lohengrin, as well as her first Marschallin in Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier and her first Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così fan tutte at the Piccola Scala. In September 1951, she appeared as Anne Trulove in the world premiere of Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress. Schwarzkopf made her American debut with the San Francisco Opera in September 1955 as the Marschallin, and her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in December 1964, also as the Marschallin.

In March 1946, Schwarzkopf was invited to audition for Walter Legge, the classical music producer and founder of the Philharmonic Orchestra. Legge signed her to an exclusive contract with EMI. They began a close partnership and Legge subsequently became Schwarzkopf’s manager and companion. They were married in October 1953 in Epsom, Surrey. Schwarzkopf would divide her time between lieder recitals and opera performances for the rest of her career. Her last operatic performance was as the Marschallin in December 1971, in the theatre of La Monnaie in Brussels. For the next several years, she devoted herself exclusively to lieder recitals.

Schwarzkopf died in her sleep during the night of 2-3 August 2006 at her home in the village of Schruns, in Vorarlberg, western Austria, aged 90.

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