Mahler Gustav — Symphony No. 8 `Symphonie der Tausend` in Es-dur for 3 sopranos, 2 contralto, tenor, bass, boy`s choir, 2 mixed choirs, organ and orchestra
Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado (conductor) Cheryl Studer (soprano) Sylvia McNair (soprano) Anne-Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Sopranos: (I - Una Poenitentium) – Cheryl Studer, (II - Magna Peccatrix) – Sylvia McNair, (III - Mater Gloriosa] – Andrea Rost; contraltos: (I - Mulier Samaritana) – Anne Sofie Von Otter, (II - Maria Aegyptiaca) – Rosemarie Lang; tenor (Doctor Marianus) – Peter Seiffert; baritone (Pater Ecstaticus) – Bryn Terfel; bass (Pater Profundus) – Jan-Hendrik Rootering. Rundfunkchor Berlin. Tölzer Knabenchor. Recorded: February 1994, Berlin.
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Wagner Richard — WWV 86b Tetralogy `Der Ring des Nibelungen.` Part II: Opera `Die Walküre`
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor) Robert Hale (bass baritone)
Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch – 1989 (live)/ Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper / Siegmund - Robert Schunk, Sieglinde - Julia Varady, Hunding - Kurt Moll, Brünhilde - Hildegard Behrens, Wotan - Robert Hale, Fricka - Marjana Lipovsek, Gerhilde - Andrea Trauboth, Ortlinde - Marianne Seibel, Waltraute - Cornelia Wulkopf, Schwertleite - Anne Pellekoorne, Helmwige - Nancy Gustafson, Siegrune - Christel Borchers, Grimgerde - Birgit Calm, Roßweiße - Gudrun Wewezow
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Tchaikovsky Pyotr — Op. 20 Ballet `Swan Lake` (1875-77)
Orchestre National de France (ORTF) Roger Desormiere (conductor)
Excerpts: 1. Introduction, Act II 2. Danse des Cygnes, Act II, 3. Scene, Act II 4. Danses des Petits Cygnes, Act II 5. Danse of the Swann Queen, Act II 6. Introduction and Wedding Dance, Act III 7. Valse, Act I 8. Danse Espagnole, Act III 9. Czardas, Act III 10. Mazurka, Act III 11. Danse des Petits Cygnes, Act IV, 12. Scene and Valse, Act III 13. Finale Ultimo, Act IV. French Hational Symphony Orchestra. Rec. 1951.
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