Christa Ludwig - The Essentials

Christa Ludwig

• Released on 3/2/18 by Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
• Main artists: Christa Ludwig
• Genre: Classical

Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

1 "Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio"

00:03:18

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

00:06:10

Cord Garben, Producer, Executive Producer, Recording Producer - Franz Schubert, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Scott, Author - Irwin Gage, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Storck, Translator - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Günter Hermanns, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Martin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans-Rudolf Müller, Editor, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1974 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

3 Nocturne

00:04:03

Cord Garben, Producer, Recording Producer - Cesar Franck, Composer - Daniel Barenboim, Conductor, MainArtist - Christa Ludwig, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestre De Paris, Orchestra, MainArtist - Guy Ropartz, Arranger, Work Arranger - L. de Fourcaud, Author - Klaus Scheibe, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guenther Breest, Producer

℗ 1976 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" (Gustav Mahler)

4 IV. Urlicht. O Röschen rot! (Live)

00:06:27

Leonard Bernstein, Conductor, MainArtist - Gustav Mahler, Composer - New York Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christa Ludwig, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hans Weber, Producer, Recording Producer - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Author - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rainer Maillard, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jobst Eberhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Klaus Scheibe, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hanno Rinke, Producer - from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (von Achim & Brentano), Author

℗ 1988 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

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

00:03:27

Cord Garben, Producer - Franz Schubert, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Irwin Gage, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Günter Hermanns, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans-Rudolf Müller, Editor

℗ 1974 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Italienisches Liederbuch (Hugo Wolf)

6 No. 1, Auch kleine Dinge

00:02:22

Cord Garben, Producer - Daniel Barenboim, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hugo Wolf, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Heyse, Author - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1979 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Liederkreis, Op. 39 (Robert Schumann)

7 V. Mondnacht

00:04:07

Robert Schumann, Composer - Joseph Von Eichendorff, Author - Christa Ludwig, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Werba, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rainer Brock, Producer - Guenther Dieckmann, Producer, Executive Producer

℗ 1968 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Candide, Act I (Leonard Bernstein)

8 No. 14, I Am Easily Assimilated (Old Lady's Tango)

00:04:09

Dorothy Parker, Author - John Mauceri, Arranger, Orchestrator - John La Touche, Author - Leonard Bernstein, Composer, Author, Conductor, Arranger, Orchestrator, MainArtist - Stephen Sondheim, Author - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Hans Weber, Producer, Recording Producer - John Wells, Author - Richard Wilbur, Author - Hershy Kay, Arranger, Orchestrator - London Symphony Chorus, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Joly, Chorus Master, AssociatedPerformer - Voltaire, Author - Hugh Wheeler, Author - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jobst Eberhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lillian Hellman, Author - Andrew Wedman, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Alison Ames, Producer - Gregor Zielinsky, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1991 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Candide, Act II (Leonard Bernstein)

9 No. 27, What's the Use

00:04:34

Kurt Ollmann, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dorothy Parker, Author - John Mauceri, Arranger, Orchestrator - John La Touche, Author - Leonard Bernstein, Composer, Author, Conductor, Arranger, Orchestrator, MainArtist - Stephen Sondheim, Author - Nicolai Gedda, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Hans Weber, Producer, Recording Producer - John Wells, Author - Richard Wilbur, Author - Hershy Kay, Arranger, Orchestrator - John Treleavan, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Simon Joly, Chorus Master, AssociatedPerformer - Voltaire, Author - Hugh Wheeler, Author - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jobst Eberhardt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lillian Hellman, Author - Andrew Wedman, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Alison Ames, Producer - Gregor Zielinsky, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1991 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act I (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

10 "Ah, scostati!"

00:02:20

Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act II (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

11 "Voi che sapete"

00:02:56

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wiener Symphoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Karl Böhm, Conductor, MainArtist - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Marius van der Meulen, Producer, Recording Producer - Herbert Schack, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1957 Universal International Music B.V.

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

00:02:22

Cord Garben, Producer - Franz Schubert, Composer - Matthias Claudius, Author - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Irwin Gage, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Günter Hermanns, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans-Rudolf Müller, Editor

℗ 1974 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Lieder der Mignon (Hugo Wolf)

13 IX. Mignon: "Kennst du das Land"

00:05:46

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

℗ 1968 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 / Part One - For the First Day of Christmas (Johann Sebastian Bach)

14 No. 4: "Bereite dich, Zion"

00:06:10

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hans Weber, Producer, Recording Producer - Karl Richter, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchener Bach-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christian Friedrich Henrici, Author - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1965 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, TrV 227 / Act 1 (Richard Strauss)

15 "Da geht er hin" (Live at Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg Festival, 1969)

00:05:43

Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Böhm, Conductor, MainArtist - Hugo von Hofmannstahl, Author - Prof. Dr. Gottfried Kraus, Producer - Josef Sladko, Producer, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans Haring, Producer, Recording Producer

℗ 1994 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Un ballo in maschera / Act I (Giuseppe Verdi)

16 "Zitti...Re dell' abisso"

00:06:25

Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Eugene Scribe, Author, Original Text Author - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antonio Somma, Author - The London Opera Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor, MainArtist

℗ 1985 Decca Music Group Limited

Liederkreis, Op. 39 (Robert Schumann)

17 IX. Wehmut

00:01:53

Robert Schumann, Composer - Joseph Von Eichendorff, Author - Christa Ludwig, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Werba, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rainer Brock, Producer - Guenther Dieckmann, Producer, Executive Producer

℗ 1968 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Suor Angelica (Giacomo Puccini)

18 Nel silenzio di quei raccoglimenti

00:02:58

Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giovacchino Forzano, Author - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Bonynge, Conductor, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Beswick, Producer

℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited

Pelléas et Mélisande, CD 93, Act I (Claude Debussy)

19 Voici ce qu'il écrit à son frère

00:02:14

Claude Debussy, Composer - Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Christopher Alder, Producer, Recording Producer - Mauritus Polydorus Maeterlinck, Author - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Klaus Behrens, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Klaus Hiemann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Oliver Rogalla Von Heyden, Editor, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1992 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 (Franz Schubert)

20 IV. Erstarrung

00:02:37

Franz Schubert, Composer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Müller, Author - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Producer, Executive Producer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer, Balance Engineer, Executive Producer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1988 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

21 VII. Auf dem Flusse

00:03:33

Franz Schubert, Composer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Müller, Author - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Producer, Executive Producer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer, Balance Engineer, Executive Producer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1988 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

22 XI. Frühlingstraum

00:04:27

Franz Schubert, Composer - James Levine, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Müller, Author - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Producer, Executive Producer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer, Balance Engineer, Executive Producer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1988 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

23 Frühlingsglaube, Op. 20/2, D. 686

00:03:01

Cord Garben, Producer, Executive Producer, Recording Producer - Franz Schubert, Composer - Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Irwin Gage, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johann Ludwig Uhland, Author - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Günter Hermanns, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Volker Martin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans-Rudolf Müller, Editor, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1974 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act II (Richard Wagner)

24 "O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe" - "Einsam wachend" (Excerpt)

00:07:12

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

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

25 Rhapsody for Alto, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op. 53

00:16:09

Johannes Brahms, Composer - JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE, Author - Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Christa Ludwig, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wiener Singverein, Choir, MainArtist - Karl Böhm, Conductor, MainArtist - Günter Hermanns, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Werner Mayer, Producer

℗ 1978 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

About the album

• 1 disc(s) - 25 track(s)
• Total length: 01:54:23

• Main artists: Christa Ludwig
• Composer: Various Composers
• Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
• Genre: Classical
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16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo

© 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin This Compilation ℗ 2018 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin