Ljuba Welitsch: Unforgettable Recitals 1948-1955

Ljuba Welitsch: Unforgettable Recitals 1948-1955

Sung in Italian and German

CD1:

Mozart Don Giovanni. Ma qual mai s'offre/Fuggi, crudele, fuggi!; Don Ottavio, son morta/Or sai chi l'onore (with Anton Dermota); Crudele? Ah no, mio bene (Wiener Philharmoniker; Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor); Le nozze di Figaro. Sagt, holde Frauen (Voi che sapete);

Weber Freischutz. Wie nahte mir der Schlummer;

Smetana Die Verkaufte Braut. Endlich allein, allein mit mir (Orchestra della BBC ; James Robertson, conductor);

Dvorak Rusalka. Du lieber Mond (Orchestra sinfonica della Radio di Monaco; Richard Kraus, conductor)

Schumann : Widmung; Der Nussbaum ; Mondnacht;

Schubert : Die junge Nonne; Die Forelle; Die Liebesbotschaft;

Brahms : Von ewiger Liebe; Mondnacht; Meine Liebe ist grun (Joseph P. Nelles, piano).

Tracks 1-3 recorded Salzburg, 1950; tracks 4-6 recorded London, 1948; track 7 recorded Munchen, 1949; tracks 8-16 recorded London, 1949.

CD2:

Verdi Un ballo in maschera. Morro, ma prima in grazia (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Vittorio Gui, conductor)

Verdi Aida. Qui Radames verrà; O cieli azzurri; Cielo! Mio Padre!; Su, dunque sorgete; Pur ti riveggo, mia dolce Aida; Fuggiam gli ardori inospiti; Di napata le gole (with Ramon Vinay and Robert Merrill ; Orchestra dell'opera di Nuova York ; Emil Cooper, conductor);

Puccini La Rondine. Wer errat Dorettens Liebestraum; Das Geld, immer nur das Geld (Orchestra Sinfonica di Vienna della Radio ; Meinhard von Zallinger, conductor);

Puccini La Boheme. Quando m'en vo (Orchestra di Musica leggera di Vienna);

Puccini Tosca. Vissi d'arte (Orchestra dell BBC ; James Robertson, conductor);

R. Strauss Elektra. Ich kann nicht sitzen und ins Dunkel starren (with Erna Schluter ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor);

R. Strauss Salome. In dein Haar bin ich verliebt (with Hans Hotter and Brian Sullivan ; Orchestra dell'opera di Nuova York ; Fritz Reiner, conductor); Ah! Du volltest mich nicht deinen Mund küssen lassen (Orchestra Sinfonica della Radio di Stoccarda ; Hans Muller-Kray, conductor).

Tracks 1 recorded Edinburgh 1949, tracks 2-8 recorded New-York, 1950; tracks 9-10 recorded Wien, 1955; tracks 11 recorded Wien, 1952; tracks 12 recorded London, 1948; tracks 13 recorded London, 1947;  tracks 14 recorded New York, 1952;  tracks 15 recorded Stuttrard 1955.

Ljuba Welitsch, soprano ; various performers.

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