Four Last Songs / Songs With Orchestra

~ Release by Richard Strauss; Jessye Norman, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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1Four Last Songs: Frühling (Hesse)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1982-08)
orchestra:
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra) (in 1982-08)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor) (in 1982-08)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: I. „Frühling“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 1. “Spring”) (in 1982-08)
lyricist:
Hermann Hesse (German‐Swiss poet, novelist, and painter)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-07-20)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
Richard Strauss3:49
2Four Last Songs: September (Hesse)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1982-08)
orchestra:
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra) (in 1982-08)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor) (in 1982-08)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: II. „September“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 2. “September”) (in 1982-08)
lyricist:
Hermann Hesse (German‐Swiss poet, novelist, and painter)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-09-20)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
Richard Strauss5:30
3Four Last Songs: Beim Schlafengehen (Hesse)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1982-08)
orchestra:
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra) (in 1982-08)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor) (in 1982-08)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: III. „Beim Schlafengehen“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 3. “When You Go to Sleep”) (in 1982-08)
lyricist:
Hermann Hesse (German‐Swiss poet, novelist, and painter)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-08-04)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
Richard Strauss6:11
4Four Last Songs: Im Abendrot (Eichendorff)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1982-08)
orchestra:
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra) (in 1982-08)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor) (in 1982-08)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: IV. „Im Abendrot“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 4. “In the Afterglow”) (in 1982-08)
lyricist:
Joseph von Eichendorff
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-05-06)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
Richard Strauss10:00
5Songs with Orchestra: Cäcilie op. 27/2 (Hart)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1982-08)
orchestra:
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra) (in 1982-08)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor) (in 1982-08)
recording of:
Cäcilie, op. 27 no. 2 (in 1982-08)
lyricist:
Heinrich Hart
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1894)
part of:
4 Lieder, op. 27
Richard Strauss2:17
6Songs with Orchestra: Morgen op. 27/4 (Mackay)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1982-08)
orchestra:
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra) (in 1982-08)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor) (in 1982-08)
recording of:
Morgen!, op. 27 no. 4 (for voice and orchestra) (in 1982-08)
lyricist:
John Henry Mackay (Scottish-German egoist anarchist, thinker and writer)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1894)
arranger:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1897)
arrangement of:
Morgen!, op. 27 no. 4 (for voice and piano)
Richard Strauss4:00
7Songs with Orchestra: Wiegenlied op. 41/1 (Dehmel)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1982-08)
orchestra:
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra) (in 1982-08)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor) (in 1982-08)
recording of:
Wiegenlied, op. 41 no. 1 (Lullaby, op. 41 no. 1) (in 1982-08)
lyricist:
Richard Dehmel
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1899)
part of:
5 Lieder for voice and piano (op 41; TrV 195)
Richard Strauss5:16
8Songs with Orchestra: Ruhe, meine Seele op. 27/1 (Henckell)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1982-08)
orchestra:
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra) (in 1982-08)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor) (in 1982-08)
recording of:
Ruhe, meine Seele, op. 27 no. 1 (in 1982-08)
lyricist:
Karl Friedrich Henckell
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1894)
part of:
4 Lieder, op. 27
Richard Strauss4:31
9Songs with Orchestra: Meinem Kinde op. 37/3 (Falke)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1982-08)
orchestra:
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra) (in 1982-08)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor) (in 1982-08)
recording of:
Meinem Kinde, op. 37 no. 3 (for voice and orchestra) (in 1982-08)
lyricist:
Gustav Falke
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (from 1897 until 1898)
arranger:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1918)
arrangement of:
Meinem Kinde, op. 37 no. 3 (for voice and piano)
Richard Strauss2:42
10Songs with Orchestra: Zueignung op. 10/1 (von Gilm)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1982-08)
orchestra:
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra) (in 1982-08)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor) (in 1982-08)
recording of:
Zueignung, op. 10 no. 1 (for soprano and orchestra, arr. Heger) (in 1982-08)
orchestrator:
Robert Heger (conductor)
lyricist:
Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1885)
arrangement of:
Zueignung, op. 10 no. 1 (for voice and piano)
Richard Strauss1:50
11Egli non riede ancora! – Non so le tetre immagini "Il Corsaro"
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano)
recording of:
Il corsaro: Atto I, Scena 4. “Egli non riede ancora!” (Medora)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Il corsaro: Atto I
recording of:
Il corsaro: Atto I, Scena 4. “Non so le tetre immagini” (Medora)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Il corsaro: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi5:33
12Les chemins de l'amour
piano:
Dalton Baldwin (American pianist)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano)
recording of:
Les Chemins de l’amour, FP 106a
lyricist:
Jean Anouilh (in 1940)
composer:
Francis Poulenc (French composer and pianist) (in 1940)
part of:
Francis Poulenc’s works (FP) (number: FP 106-Ia)
Francis Poulenc4:01
13Es gibt ein Reich "Ariadne auf Naxos"
recording engineer:
Hans-Jürgen Seiferth (in 1988-01) and Willem van Leeuwen (recording engineer) (in 1988-01)
assistant producer:
Martha de Francisco (classical producer and engineer) (in 1988-01)
executive producer:
Bernd Runge (in 1988-01)
editor:
Thomas Albrecht (editor) (in 1988-01) and Albert Kos (engineer/editor) (in 1988-01)
piano and additional conductor:
Helmut Oertel (organist) (in 1988-01)
soprano vocals [Primadonna / Ariadne]:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1988-01)
orchestra:
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor)
balance engineer:
Claus Strüben (german sound engineer) (in 1988-01)
concertmaster:
Karl Suske (violinist) (in 1988-01)
engineered at:
Neues Gewandhaus, Leipzig in Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (in 1988-01)
recording of:
Ariadne auf Naxos, op. 60: Oper. [5] “Es gibt ein Reich, wo alles rein ist” (Ariadne)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer)
librettist:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
part of:
Ariadne auf Naxos, op. 60: Oper
Richard Strauss5:51
14Thy hand, Belinda – When I am laid in earth "Dido and Aeneas"
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1985-05)
cello:
Charles Tunnell (in 1985-05)
double bass:
Adrian Beers (double bass player) (in 1985-05)
harpsichord:
Raymond Leppard (conductor and harpsichordist) (in 1985-05) and Robert Aldwinkle (in 1985-05)
soprano vocals [Dido]:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1985-05)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1985-05)
conductor:
Raymond Leppard (conductor and harpsichordist) (in 1985-05)
concertmaster:
José‐Luis García (violinist & conductor) (in 1985-05)
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 36. Recitative “Thy hand, Belinda; darkness shades me” (Dido) (in 1985-05)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 37. Ground, Aria and Ritornello “When I am laid in earth” (Dido) (in 1985-05)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1689)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 37. Ground, Aria and Ritornello “When I am laid in earth” (Dido)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1689)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III
Henry Purcell5:29
15Ave Maria
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Schubert’s Ave Maria: Latin “Ave Maria” text sung to the tune of ‘Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”’)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
version of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
Franz Schubert6:08
16Sanctus "Messe solenelle de Sainte Cécile"
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1981-05)
soprano vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1981-05)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (in 1981-05)
conductor:
Alexander Gibson (conductor) (in 1981-05)
recording of:
Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile : V. Sanctus (in 1981-05)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
part of:
Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile, CG 56 (St. Cecilia Mass, en sol majeur pour solistes, chœur, orchestre et orgue)
Charles‐François Gounod6:03