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This eleven hour box set marks the 90th birthday of German mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig, whose phenomenal career, which ran from 1950 to 1990, still inspires admiration in her colleagues (of course) and a growing number of music fans. She has collaborated with the greatest musicians of her age, most notably Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein and Otto Klemperer. She also shone in the genre of the Lied, with a brilliance comparable to Elisabeth Schwarzkopf's or Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's – and of course she regularly performed with both – and these recordings with Gerald Moore and Geoffrey Parsons bear witness to her talents.
A note on the brand-new releases that form part of this edition: some performances are published here for the first time*: these are Lieder with orchestra by Alban Berg (tracks 144 to 146), Max Reger (track 137) and Richard Wagner (track 124) as well as Lieder with piano by Hugo Wolf (track 14), Franz Schubert (tracks 15 and 16, 62 to 66) and Stille Nacht (track 89), which were left aside when they were first recorded, either because of the limits of the 33rpm format, or just because of a decision by the artistic director. This collection also sees some pieces re-published for the first time since their release on LP, such as the piece by Gluck (track 88), several of Brahms' Lieder (tracks 15 to 19, tracks 104 and 107). The recital of Brahms which Christa Ludwig would record alongside Walter Berry appears here in its entirety for the first time since it was first released (from track 67 to track 89, see above). © Qobuz
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Franz Schubert, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Johann Ladislaus Pyrker, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Franz Schubert, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Franz von Schlechta, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Robert Reinick, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Hans Schmidt, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Ludwig Uhland, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Hugo Wolf, Composer - Eduard Mörike, Poet - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Hugo Wolf, Composer - Eduard Mörike, Poet - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Richard Strauss, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Hermann Von Gilm, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1959, 2018 Parlophone Records Limited
Richard Strauss, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Hermann Von Gilm, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1959, 2018 Parlophone Records Limited
Gustav Mahler, Composer - Friedrich Rückert, Poet - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Gustav Mahler, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Gustav Mahler, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Hugo Wolf, Composer - Eduard Mörike, Poet - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2018 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company
Franz Schubert, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Ernst Schulze, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2018 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company
Franz Schubert, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Friedrich Schiller, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2018 Parlophone Records Limited a Warner Music Group Company
Gustav Mahler, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Gustav Mahler, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Gustav Mahler, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Gustav Mahler, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Gustav Mahler, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Gustav Mahler, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Gustav Mahler, Composer - Friedrich Rückert, Poet - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Gustav Mahler, Composer - Friedrich Rückert, Poet - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Gustav Mahler, Composer - Friedrich Rückert, Poet - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Gustav Mahler, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Gustav Mahler, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Gustav Mahler, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Robert Schumann, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Adelbert von Chamisso, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Robert Schumann, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Adelbert von Chamisso, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Robert Schumann, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Adelbert von Chamisso, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Robert Schumann, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Adelbert von Chamisso, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Robert Schumann, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Adelbert von Chamisso, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Robert Schumann, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Adelbert von Chamisso, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Robert Schumann, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Adelbert von Chamisso, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Robert Schumann, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Adelbert von Chamisso, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Hugo Conrat, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Hugo Conrat, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Hugo Conrat, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Hugo Conrat, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Hugo Conrat, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Hugo Conrat, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Hugo Conrat, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Hugo Conrat, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Hermann Allmers, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Paul Heyse, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Franz Kugler, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Paul Heyse, Poet
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Gerald Moore, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Franz Schubert, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Geoffrey Parsons, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Taeguk Mun, Arranger
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
This eleven hour box set marks the 90th birthday of German mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig, whose phenomenal career, which ran from 1950 to 1990, still inspires admiration in her colleagues (of course) and a growing number of music fans. She has collaborated with the greatest musicians of her age, most notably Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein and Otto Klemperer. She also shone in the genre of the Lied, with a brilliance comparable to Elisabeth Schwarzkopf's or Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's – and of course she regularly performed with both – and these recordings with Gerald Moore and Geoffrey Parsons bear witness to her talents.
A note on the brand-new releases that form part of this edition: some performances are published here for the first time*: these are Lieder with orchestra by Alban Berg (tracks 144 to 146), Max Reger (track 137) and Richard Wagner (track 124) as well as Lieder with piano by Hugo Wolf (track 14), Franz Schubert (tracks 15 and 16, 62 to 66) and Stille Nacht (track 89), which were left aside when they were first recorded, either because of the limits of the 33rpm format, or just because of a decision by the artistic director. This collection also sees some pieces re-published for the first time since their release on LP, such as the piece by Gluck (track 88), several of Brahms' Lieder (tracks 15 to 19, tracks 104 and 107). The recital of Brahms which Christa Ludwig would record alongside Walter Berry appears here in its entirety for the first time since it was first released (from track 67 to track 89, see above). © Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 146 track(s)
- Total length: 09:22:17
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Christa Ludwig
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
© 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2018 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
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