Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248 [SACD] (2007) more music like this

performed by Bernarda Fink (alto), Christian Gerhaher (bass), Christine Schäfer (soprano), Gerald Finley (bass), Werner Güra (tenor), Arnold Schoenberg Choir (choir, chorus), Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

If this 2007 recording of Bach's Christmas Oratorio was the only one you were to hear, you would likely be well satisfied. Nikolaus Harnoncourt knows the work from long experience, his first recording dates from 1973, and he knows not only how to balance the soloists, chorus, and orchestra but how to balance the festive, the reflective, and the ...

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Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, melodrama Op21; Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte Op41 (1998) more music like this

performed by Alain Damiens (clarinet), Alain Damiens (clarinet), Christine Schäfer (soprano), Christine Schäfer (spoken word), Christophe Desjardins (viola), David Pittman-Jennings (baritone), Dimitri Vassilakis (harmonium), Florent Boffard (piano)
composed by Arnold Schoenberg

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Christine Schäfer:Mozart Arias and Strauss Orchestral Songs more music like this

performed by Christine Schäfer (vocals), Kay Johannsen (organ), Maria-João Pires (piano), Claudio Abbado (conductor)
composed by Richard Strauss, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro [Highlights] more music like this

performed by Anna Netrebko (vocals), Bo Skovhus (vocals), Christine Schäfer (vocals), Dorothea Röschmann (vocals), Eva Liebau (vocals), Florian Boesch (vocals), Franz Bartolomey (cello), Franz-Josef Selig (vocals), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (vocals)
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

In 2006, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth, the Salzburg Festival set itself the task of producing all 22 of Mozart's operas, and this recording of highlights from Le nozze di Figaro is a result of a live performance. Nikolaus Harnoncourt's reading of the score is marvelously nuanced; it's clear that the performance ...

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Handel: Messiah [Hybrid SACD] (2005) more music like this

performed by Anna Larsson (alto), Christine Schäfer (soprano), Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerald Finley (bass), Michael Schade (tenor), Arnold Schoenberg Choir (choir, chorus), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
composed by George Frederick Handel

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The Songs of Robert Schumann, Vol. 1 (1996) more music like this

performed by Christine Schäfer (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
composed by Robert Schumann

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Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1999) more music like this

performed by Alan Ewing (vocals), Christine Schäfer (vocals), Iain Paton (vocals), Ian Bostridge (vocals), Les Arts Florissants Orchestra & Chorus, Patricia Petibon (vocals)
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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A Goethe Schubertiad more music like this

performed by Christine Schäfer (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Michael George (bass), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), London Schubert Chorale (choir, chorus), Stephen Layton (conductor)
composed by Franz Schubert

There are many supremely beautiful volumes in Graham Johnson's Schubert edition -- Fassbaender's, Popp's, Ameling's, Hampson's, Bostridge's -- but this Goethe Schubertiad is as supremely beautiful as the best of them. Of course, Goethe always brought out the best in the passionate young composer and his Goethe songs are among the greatest of ...

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Schubert: The Complete Songs, Vol. 32 (1999) more music like this

performed by Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Christine Schäfer (soprano), Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Daniel Norman (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano), Jamie MacDougall (baritone)
composed by Franz Schubert

Any volume of Graham Johnson's Schubert edition that has one of the numerous settings of Matthisson's Der Geistertanz is a good volume. And that this volume starts with the men of the London Schubert Chorale belting out the slightly inebriated 1816 setting from the D. 494 is a great start to what proves to be a great volume in the series. How ...

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Mendelssohn: The Masterworks [Box Set] more music like this

performed by Alena Leja (soprano), Alexander Hülshoff (cello), Alice Duskova (organ), Amati String Orchestra, Andreas Schmidt (bass), Anja Bittner (soprano), Annegeer Stumphius (soprano), Annemarie Kremer (soprano), Anthony Paratore (piano), Barbara Werner (alto)
composed by Arnold Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn

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Mendelssohn: Elias & Paulus (Box Set) more music like this

performed by Andreas Schmidt (bass), Christine Schäfer (soprano), Cornelia Kallisch (alto), Ingeborg Danz (alto), Juliane Banse (soprano), Michael Schade (tenor), Wolfgang Schone (bass), Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart (choir, chorus), Prager Kammerchor (choir, chorus)
composed by Felix Mendelssohn

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Christine Schäfer more music like this

performed by Christine Schäfer (soprano), Stuttgart Bach Collegium, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart (choir, chorus), Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
composed by Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Joseph Haydn, Johann Sebastian Bach

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The Life and Works of Joseph Haydn (2003) more music like this

performed by Alexander Stevenson (vocals), Andreas Schmidt (vocals), Annegeer Stumphius (vocals), Charles Austin (vocals), Christine Schäfer (vocals), Christopher Schaldenbrand (vocals), Daniela Barcellona (vocals), Eder Quartet, François Chaplin (piano)
composed by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Franz Joseph Haydn, Jeremy Siepmann, Ludwig van Beethoven

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Bach: Hochzeitskantaten more music like this

performed by Christine Schäfer (soprano), Musica Antiqua Köln
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

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Bach: Matthaüs-Passion (2001) more music like this

performed by Bernarda Fink (contralto), Christine Schäfer (soprano), Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (bass), Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Elisabeth von Magnus (contralto), Markus Schafer (tenor), Matthias Goerne (bass), Michael Schade (tenor)
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

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Mozart: 6 Notturni; Divertimenti (1991) more music like this

performed by Christine Schäfer (soprano), Daniele Damiano (bassoon), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Hintz Gundula (soprano), Karl Leister (clarinet), Manfred Preis (basset horn), Peter Geisler (basset horn), Rainer Greis A. G. (basset horn)
composed by Anonymous, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1994) more music like this

performed by Christine Schäfer (soprano), Ingeborg Danz (alto), Oregon Bach Festival Women's Choir (choir, chorus), Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
composed by Felix Mendelssohn

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Apparition: Henry Purcell and George Crumb (2007) more music like this

performed by Christine Schäfer (soprano), Eric Schneider (piano), Sebastian Carewe (speech/speaker/speaking part)
composed by Christine Schäfer / Eric Schneider, George Crumb, Henry Purcell, William Shakespeare

Christine Schäfer is an artist with a unique sense of style, which comes through unmistakably on Apparition. First is the cover of Schäfer in a white gown standing with a dinosaur skeleton winding around her like a miniature roller coaster would. Then there's the fact that she and pianist Eric Schneider mix songs by Henry Purcell and George ...

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Mahler: Symphonie No. 2 (2006) more music like this

performed by Christine Schäfer (soprano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor)
composed by Gustav Mahler

Arguably the finest orchestra in the world, the Vienna Philharmonic has recorded Mahler's monumental "Resurrection" Symphony with a host of different conductors. They include the Italian Claudio Abbado, the American Lorin Maazel, tycoon-turned-conductor (and "Resurrection" specialist) Gilbert Kaplan, as well as Leonard Bernstein, who played a ...

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Schubert: Winterreise (2006) more music like this

performed by Christine Schäfer (soprano), Eric Schneider (piano)
composed by Franz Schubert

While it's not unheard of for a woman to sing Winterreise (notable recordings include those of Lotte Lehmann, Christa Ludwig, and Brigitte Fassbaender), it remains unusual enough to merit special attention. Hearing a woman's voice in music that's so strongly associated with men takes some initial adjustment, but soprano Christine Schäfer is ...

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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (2007) more music like this

performed by Anna Netrebko (vocals), Bo Skovhus (vocals), Christine Schäfer (vocals), Dorothea Röschmann (vocals), Eva Liebau (vocals), Florian Boesch (vocals), Franz Bartolomey (cello), Franz-Josef Selig (vocals), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (vocals)
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

In 2006, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth, the Salzburg Festival set itself the task of producing all 22 of Mozart's operas, and this recording is a result of a live performance of Le nozze di Figaro. Nikolaus Harnoncourt's reading of the score is marvelously nuanced; it's clear that the performance reflects a lifetime of ...

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Bach: Mass in B minor (2003) more music like this

performed by Christine Schäfer (soprano), Ingeborg Danz (alto), Markus Schafer (tenor), Thomas Quasthoff (bass), Windsbacher Knabenchor (boy's choir), Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, Karl-Friedrich Beringer (conductor)
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

Rondeau's reissue of Karl-Friedrich Beringer's 1994 recording of the B minor Mass is a welcome release. The recording has many elements that make it a standout performance. Beringer's adherence to authentic performance practice makes for a reading notable for its clarity, transparency, and light touch, but one that never lacks gravity. One of the ...

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Mahler: Symphony No. 4 [Hybrid SACD] (2007) more music like this

performed by Christine Schäfer (piano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)
composed by Gustav Mahler

Having a hybrid SACD of laureate conductor Bernard Haitink conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4 in G major seems almost too good to be true, since any performance of this masterpiece by this fastidious conductor and this spectacular ensemble would necessarily be heard to best advantage in this state-of-the ...

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Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (1994) more music like this

performed by Bernd Weikl (vocals), Christine Schäfer (vocals), Hanna Schwarz (vocals), Hildegard Behrens (vocals), Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano), Rosemary Joshua (vocals), Ruth Ziesak (vocals), Tölzer Knabenchor, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
composed by Engelbert Humperdinck

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An 1826 Schubertiad (1996) more music like this

performed by Christine Schäfer (soprano), Christine Schäfer (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Richard Jackson (baritone), London Schubert Chorale (choir, chorus), Stephen Layton (conductor)
composed by Franz Schubert

With songs like Der Einsame (D. 800), Der Wanderer an den Mond D. 870, the three Shakespeare settings (D. 888, 889, and 891), and the four Mignon Lieder (D. 877), this volume of Graham Johnson's Schubert cannot miss. And it doesn't: with baritone Richard Jackson's lonely but cheerful Der Einsame and Der Wanderer an den Mond, tenor John Mark ...

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