Composers Performers

Herbert Alsen

Herbert Alsen (1906–1978)

bass-baritone · Germany

Beethoven, Ludwig van - Aria “Prüfung des Küssens” for bass and orchestra in F major, WoO 89

Brahms, Johannes - 5 Songs for voice and piano, Op. 105

Loewe, Carl - Three Ballads (Op. 125): № 3 `Der alte Schiffsherr`, Op.125, № 3

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Opera “Don Giovanni”, KV 527

Schubert, Franz - “Grenzen der Menschheit”, song for bass and piano, D. 716

Schubert, Franz - “Pensa che questo istante”, song for bass and piano, D. 76

Strauss, Richard - 6 Lieder, Op. 56

Strauss, Richard - Opera “Daphne”, Op. 82, TrV 272

Strauss, Richard - Opera “Friedenstag”, Op. 81

Strauss, Richard - Opera “Salome”, Op. 54, TrV 215

Verdi, Giuseppe - Messa da Requiem for soloists, chorus and orchestra

Verdi, Giuseppe - Opera “Don Carlos” (selected numbers)

Wagner, Richard - Opera “Das Rheingold” (prologue to “Der Ring des Nibelungen”), WWV 86A

Wagner, Richard - Opera “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg ”, WWV 96

Wagner, Richard - Opera “Die Walküre” (excerpts, first day of “Der Ring des Nibelungen”), WWV 86B

Wagner, Richard - Opera “Die Walküre” (first day of “Der Ring des Nibelungen”), WWV 86B

Wagner, Richard - Opera “Siegfried” (second day of “Der Ring des Nibelungen”), WWV 86C

Wagner, Richard - Opera “Tristan und Isolde” (overtures, arias, excerpts), WWV 90