Lebendige Vergangenheit: Melanie Kurt

On this CD:

1. Fidelio, opera, Op. 72 Abscheulicher, wo eilst du hin?
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Melanie Kurt

2. Le prophète, grand opera in 5 acts Ein armer Pilher naht
Composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performed by Melanie Kurt

3. Le prophète, grand opera in 5 acts So sank der Hoffnung letzte Blüte
Composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performed by Melanie Kurt

4. Un ballo in maschera, opera Wenn das Kraut wie hier mir ward verkündet
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Melanie Kurt

5. Un ballo in maschera, opera Der Tod ist mir willkommen
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi


6. Aida, opera
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Melanie Kurt

7. Aida, opera
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Melanie Kurt

8. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b Der Männer Sippe sass hier im Saal
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Melanie Kurt

9. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b Siegmund! Sieh auf mich!
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Melanie Kurt, Jacques Urlus

10. Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d Zu neuen Taten
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Melanie Kurt, Karl Jorn

11. Parsifal, opera, WWV 111 Ich sah das Kind an seiner Mutter Brust
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Melanie Kurt

12. Parsifal, opera, WWV 111 Seit Ewigkeiten harre ich deiner
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Melanie Kurt

13. Cavalleria rusticana, opera in 1 act
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
Performed by Melanie Kurt, Karl Jorn

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Melanie Kurt, Music, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pietro Mascagni, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Jacques Urlus, Karl Jorn, Melanie Kurt, Ottilie Metzger, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, Classical Vocals, French Romantic Opera, German/Austrian Classical Period Opera, German/Austrian Romantic Opera, Italian Romantic Opera, Opera
Lebendige Vergangenheit: Friedrich Schorr
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Rethberg not Korjus
  • Disappointed in sound quality
Lebendige Vergangenheit: Friedrich Schorr

Manufacturer: Preiser Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000023N0
Release Date: 1995-02-07

Tracks:

  1. Don Juan: Feinsliebchen, Komm Ans Fenster
  2. Die Zauberflote: Bei Mannern, Welche Liebe Fuhlen - Friedrich Schorr/Emmy Bettendorf
  3. Die Zauberflote: Ein Madchen Oder Weibchen
  4. Fidelio: Ha, Welch' Ein Augenblick
  5. Euryanthe: Wo Berg' Ich Mich?
  6. Die Hugenotten: Vom Krieg, Der Uns Bedroht
  7. Der Fliegende Hollander: Wie? Hort' Ich Recht? - Friedrich Schorr/Otto Helgers
  8. Der Fliegende Hollander: Wie Aus Der Ferne
  9. Der Fliegende Hollander: Versank Ich Jetzt - Friedrich Schorr/Melanie Kurt
  10. Der Fliegende Hollander: Wirst Du Des Vaters - Friedrich Schorr/Melanie Kurt
  11. Tannhauser: Wie Todesahnung Damn 'Rung
  12. Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg: Was Duftet Doch Der Flieder
  13. Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg: Jerum! Jerum!
  14. Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg: Wahn! Wahn!
  15. Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg: Verachtet Mir Die Meister Nicht
  16. Die Walkure: Leb' Wohl, Du Kuhnes, Herrliches Kind

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Rethberg not Korjus.......2007-03-31

This is a recording of Rethberg's fantastic voice (not Korjus!) She is one of the best sopranos I have ever heard on record. She can sing pianissimo in the highest register without sounding shrill. If you like great voices, you should buy this record.

1 out of 5 stars Disappointed in sound quality.......2002-07-04

I grew up on Milza Korjus and loved to listen to her on a vinyl record. I was excited to learn they had it on CD. While the thrill of her voice it still there, the static distracts from the enjoyment of listening to the music. I wish they had remixed the recording without all the backgound sound.
Lebendige Vergangenheit: Margarete Matzenauer
Average customer rating: Not rated
    Lebendige Vergangenheit: Margarete Matzenauer

    Manufacturer: Preiser Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    All Works by DonizettiAll Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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    GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    FrenchFrench | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    GermanGerman | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    ItalianItalian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B00000IZ5K
    Release Date: 1999-12-14
    Lebendige Vergangenheit: Melanie Kurt
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      Lebendige Vergangenheit: Melanie Kurt

      Manufacturer: Preiser Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      All Works by BeethovenAll Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      All Works by MascagniAll Works by Mascagni | Mascagni, Pietro | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      All Works by MeyerbeerAll Works by Meyerbeer | Meyerbeer, Giacomo | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      All Works by VerdiAll Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      All Works by WagnerAll Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
      RomancesRomances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      Romantic (c.1820-1910)Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      FrenchFrench | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      GermanGerman | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B00004SWMD
      Release Date: 2001-01-30

      Tracks:

      1. Fidelio: Abscheulicher, Wo Eilst Du Hin?
      2. Der Prophet: Ein Armer Pilger Naht - Melanie Kurt/Margarete Matzenauer
      3. Der Prophet: So Sank Der Hoffnung Letzte Blute - Melanie Kurt/Ottilie Metzger
      4. Ein Maskenball: Wenn Das Kraut Wie Hier Mir Ward Verkundet
      5. Ein Maskenball: Der Tod Ist Mir Willkommen
      6. Aida: Wohl War Der Waffen Los Euch Feindlich - Melanie Kurt/Ottilie Metzger
      7. Aida: O Vaterland, Ich Seh' Dich Nimmermehr
      8. Die Walkure: Der Manner Sippe Sass Hier Im Saal
      9. Die Walkure: Siegmund! Sieh Auf Mich! - Melanie Kurt/Jacques Urlus
      10. Gotterdammerung: Zu Neuen Taten - Melanie Kurt/Karl Jorn
      11. Parsifal: Ich Sah Das Kind An Seiner Mutter Brust
      12. Parsifal: Seit Ewigkeiten Harre Ich Deiner
      13. Cavalleria Rusticana: Du Hier, Santuzza? - Melanie Kurt/Karl Jorn
      Lebendige Vergangenheit: Jacques Urlus
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Proof there was tenor life before Melchior
      Lebendige Vergangenheit: Jacques Urlus

      Manufacturer: Preiser Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      GeneralGeneral | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
      Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
      RomancesRomances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      Romantic (c.1820-1910)Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      FrenchFrench | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      GermanGerman | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      ItalianItalian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B00004LN29
      Release Date: 2000-10-24

      Tracks:

      1. Lohengrin: Nun Sei Bedankt, Mein Lieber Schwan
      2. Die Walkure: Friedmund Darf Ich Nicht Heissen
      3. Die Walkure: Ein Schwert Verhiess Mir Der Vater
      4. Der Prophet: Kein's Von Allen Erdenreichen
      5. Der Prophet: Herr, Dich In Den Sternenkreisen
      6. Aida: Ich Seh' Dich Wieder, Meine Aida - Jacques Urlus/Melanie Kurt
      7. Aida: Doch Sage, Auf Welchem Wege - Jacques Urlus/Melanie Kurt/Desider Zador
      8. Die Zauberflote: Dies Bildnis Ist Bezaubernd Schon
      9. Die Judin: Recha, Als Gott Dich Einst
      10. Rienzi: Erstehe, Hohe Roma, Neu
      11. Lohengrin: In Fernem Land, Unnahbar Euren Schritten
      12. Othello: Jeder Knabe Kann Mein Schwert Mir Entreissen
      13. Carmen: Hier An Dem Herzen Treu Geborgen
      14. Aida: Holde Aida
      15. Euryanthe: Unter Bluh'nden Mandelbaumen
      16. Bajazzo: Nein! Bin Bajazzo Nicht Bloss
      17. Tiefland: Es Kam In Jeder Nacht Ein Wolf
      18. Gotterdammerung: Mime Hiess Ein Murrischer Zwerg
      19. Gotterdammerung: Brunnhilde! Heilige Braut!
      20. Lohengrin: Hochstes Vertrau'n

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Proof there was tenor life before Melchior.......2005-08-23

      Jacques Urlus was one of the great Heldentenors of the last century, proof if proof was needed that there were great Wagnerian tenors before Melchior burst on the scene.

      This recital shows his range at various stages of his career (in the first half of the last century) There are samples of his lyrical Lohengrin, his trumpet-toned Rienzi, a thrilling Siegmund and a Siegfried alive to text as well as tone in his narration to the hunting party. There are also fine examples of Urlus's Verdi singing (Aida and Otello), naturally enough a similar non-Wagnerian repertoire to his Danish successor. But here, too, is some fine Mozart singing (Tamino's aria from Die Zauberflote), something Melchior never attempted on disc.

      This great Dutch tenor has been sadly underrated (and under-represented on CD), standing in the large shadow cast by Melchior. Anyone with an interest in Wagner singing should explore this Preiser disc.

      Music Track:

      1. Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninov: Concerto for piano in F#m
      2. Looking to the East
      3. Love As War
      4. Lubomír Brabec Plays Bach
      5. Mass for 4 Voices a Cappella
      6. Masterworks From the Harp Repertoire
      7. Medtner: Piano Works, Vol. 4
      8. Mendelssohn, Brahms and Schumann
      9. Mozart: Last Symphonies Vol.1 [Enhanced]
      10. Mozart: LAst Symphonies Vol.3 [Enhanced]

      Music Track

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