Christa Ludwig - The Essentials di Christa Ludwig - Musica

1 "Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio" [Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1]

03:10 Christa Ludwig, Wiener Symphoniker, Karl Böhm

Mezzo-Soprano: Christa Ludwig - Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker - Conductor: Karl Böhm - Recording Producer: Marius van der Meulen - Recording Engineer: Herbert Schack - Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2 Ave Maria, Op.52/6, D.839

06:06 Christa Ludwig, Irwin Gage

Mezzo-Soprano: Christa Ludwig - Executive Producer: Cord Garben - Recording Producer: Cord Garben - Piano: Irwin Gage - Balance Engineer: Günter Hermanns - Recording Engineer: Volker Martin - Editor: Wolf-Dieter Karwatky - Editor: Hans-Rudolf Müller - Composer: Franz Schubert

3 Nocturne

04:00 Christa Ludwig, Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim

Contralto: Christa Ludwig - Producer: Guenther Breest - Recording Producer: Cord Garben - Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris - Conductor: Daniel Barenboim - Balance Engineer: Klaus Scheibe

4 Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht (Live At Avery Fisher Hall, New York / 1987)

06:18 Christa Ludwig, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein

Contralto: Christa Ludwig - Orchestra: New York Philharmonic - Conductor: Leonard Bernstein - Producer: Hanno Rinke - Recording Producer: Hans Weber - Balance Engineer: Klaus Scheibe - Recording Engineer: Jobst Eberhardt - Recording Engineer: Wolf-Dieter Karwatky - Editor: Rainer Maillard - Composer: Gustav Mahler

5 Gretchen am Spinnrade, Op.2, D.118

03:25 Christa Ludwig, Irwin Gage

Mezzo-Soprano: Christa Ludwig - Producer: Cord Garben - Balance Engineer: Günter Hermanns - Piano: Irwin Gage - Engineer: Wolf-Dieter Karwatky - Editor: Hans-Rudolf Müller - Composer: Franz Schubert

6 1. Auch kleine Dinge [Italienisches Liederbuch]

02:22 Christa Ludwig, Daniel Barenboim

Contralto: Christa Ludwig - Producer: Cord Garben - Piano: Daniel Barenboim - Balance Engineer: Hans-Peter Schweigmann - Composer: Hugo Wolf

7 5. Mondnacht [Liederkreis, Op.39]

04:01 Christa Ludwig, Erik Werba

Contralto: Christa Ludwig - Piano: Erik Werba - Composer: Robert Schumann - Producer: Rainer Brock - Balance Engineer: Heinz Wildhagen - Executive Producer: Guenther Dieckmann

8 14. I Am Easily Assimilated

04:13 Christa Ludwig, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Chorus

Producer: Alison Ames - Mezzo-Soprano: Christa Ludwig - Recording Producer: Hans Weber - Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra - Balance Engineer: Gregor Zielinsky - Conductor: Leonard Bernstein - Recording Engineer: Jobst Eberhardt - Chorus: London Symphony Chorus - Recording Engineer: Wolf-Dieter Karwatky - Editor: Andrew Wedman - Chorus Master: Simon Joly - Composer: Leonard Bernstein

9 27. What's The Use

04:30 Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda, John Treleavan, Kurt Ollmann, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

Producer: Alison Ames - Mezzo-Soprano: Christa Ludwig - Recording Producer: Hans Weber - Tenor: Nicolai Gedda - Balance Engineer: Gregor Zielinsky - Tenor: John Treleavan - Recording Engineer: Jobst Eberhardt - Baritone: Kurt Ollmann - Choir: London Symphony Chorus - Recording Engineer: Wolf-Dieter Karwatky - Editor: Andrew Wedman - Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra - Conductor: Leonard Bernstein - Chorus Master: Simon Joly - Composer: Leonard Bernstein

10 "Ah, scostati!" [Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 1] (Edit)

02:12 Christa Ludwig, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm

Mezzo-Soprano: Christa Ludwig - Producer: Peter Andry - Producer: Victor Olof - Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker - Balance Engineer: James Brown - Conductor: Karl Böhm - Balance Engineer: Cyril Windebank - Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

11 "Voi che sapete" [Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2]

02:49 Christa Ludwig, Wiener Symphoniker, Karl Böhm

Mezzo-Soprano: Christa Ludwig - Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker - Conductor: Karl Böhm - Recording Producer: Marius van der Meulen - Recording Engineer: Herbert Schack - Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

12 Der Tod und das Mädchen, Op.7/3, D.531

02:21 Christa Ludwig, Irwin Gage

Mezzo-Soprano: Christa Ludwig - Producer: Cord Garben - Balance Engineer: Günter Hermanns - Piano: Irwin Gage - Engineer: Wolf-Dieter Karwatky - Editor: Hans-Rudolf Müller - Composer: Franz Schubert

13 9. Mignon: "Kennst du das Land" [Lieder der Mignon]

05:44 Christa Ludwig, Erik Werba

Contralto: Christa Ludwig - Piano: Erik Werba - Composer: Hugo Wolf - Producer: Rainer Brock - Balance Engineer: Heinz Wildhagen - Executive Producer: Guenther Dieckmann

14 No.4: "Bereite dich, Zion" [Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 / Part One - For The First Day Of Christmas]

06:02 Christa Ludwig, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter

Contralto: Christa Ludwig - Producer: Hans Weber - Recording Producer: Hans Weber - Orchestra: Münchener Bach-Orchester - Balance Engineer: Hans-Peter Schweigmann - Conductor: Karl Richter - Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

15 "Da geht er hin"

05:40 Christa Ludwig, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm

Mezzo-Soprano: Christa Ludwig - Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker - Conductor: Karl Böhm - Producer: Prof. Dr. Gottfried Kraus - Recording Producer: Hans Haring - Producer: Josef Sladko - Balance Engineer: Josef Sladko - Composer: Richard Strauss

16 Zitti...Re dell'abisso [Un ballo in maschera - original version - Act 1]

06:22 Christa Ludwig, The London Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

Mezzo-Soprano: Christa Ludwig - Choir: The London Opera Chorus - Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra - Conductor: Sir Georg Solti - Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

17 9. Wehmut [Liederkreis, Op.39]

01:49 Christa Ludwig, Erik Werba

Contralto: Christa Ludwig - Piano: Erik Werba - Composer: Robert Schumann - Producer: Rainer Brock - Balance Engineer: Heinz Wildhagen - Executive Producer: Guenther Dieckmann

18 Nel silenzio di quei raccoglimenti [Suor Angelica]

02:53 Christa Ludwig, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Mezzo-Soprano: Christa Ludwig - Producer: Richard Beswick - Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra - Conductor: Richard Bonynge - Composer: Giacomo Puccini - Balance Engineer: James Lock - Balance Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson

19 "Voici ce qu'il écrit à son frère" [Pelléas et Mélisande / Act 1]

02:07 Christa Ludwig, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

Mezzo-Soprano: Christa Ludwig - Producer: Christopher Alder - Recording Producer: Christopher Alder - Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker - Conductor: Claudio Abbado - Balance Engineer: Klaus Hiemann - Recording Engineer: Klaus Behrens - Recording Engineer: Wolf-Dieter Karwatky - Editor: Oliver Rogalla Von Heyden - Composer: Claude Debussy

20 4. Erstarrung [Winterreise, Op.89, D.911]

02:31 Christa Ludwig, James Levine

Mezzo-Soprano: Christa Ludwig - Piano: James Levine - Composer: Franz Schubert - Producer: Karl-August Naegler - Balance Engineer: Karl-August Naegler - Executive Producer: Wolf-Dieter Karwatky - Executive Producer: Karl-August Naegler

21 7. Auf dem Flusse [Winterreise, Op.89, D.911]

03:31 Christa Ludwig, James Levine

Mezzo-Soprano: Christa Ludwig - Piano: James Levine - Composer: Franz Schubert - Producer: Karl-August Naegler - Balance Engineer: Karl-August Naegler - Executive Producer: Wolf-Dieter Karwatky - Executive Producer: Karl-August Naegler

22 11. Frühlingstraum [Winterreise, Op.89, D.911]

04:23 Christa Ludwig, James Levine

Mezzo-Soprano: Christa Ludwig - Piano: James Levine - Composer: Franz Schubert - Producer: Karl-August Naegler - Balance Engineer: Karl-August Naegler - Executive Producer: Wolf-Dieter Karwatky - Executive Producer: Karl-August Naegler

23 Frühlingsglaube, Op.20/2, D.686

02:56 Christa Ludwig, Irwin Gage

Mezzo-Soprano: Christa Ludwig - Executive Producer: Cord Garben - Recording Producer: Cord Garben - Piano: Irwin Gage - Balance Engineer: Günter Hermanns - Recording Engineer: Volker Martin - Editor: Wolf-Dieter Karwatky - Editor: Hans-Rudolf Müller - Composer: Franz Schubert

24 "O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe" - "Einsam wachend" [Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act 2] (Excerpt)

07:21 Christa Ludwig, Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Bayreuther Festspielorchester, Karl Böhm

Soprano: Christa Ludwig - Recording Producer: Wolfgang Lohse - Soprano: Birgit Nilsson - Balance Engineer: Günter Hermanns - Tenor: Wolfgang Windgassen - Orchestra: Bayreuther Festspielorchester - Conductor: Karl Böhm - Composer: Richard Wagner

25 Rhapsody For Alto, Chorus, And Orchestra, Op.53 [Rhapsody for Alto, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op.53]

16:10 Christa Ludwig, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm, Wiener Singverein

Contralto: Christa Ludwig - Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker - Conductor: Karl Böhm - Choir: Wiener Singverein - Composer: Johannes Brahms - Producer: Werner Mayer - Balance Engineer: Günter Hermanns