Christa Ludwig
Christa Ludwig (1928-2021) was a German mezzo-soprano, one of the greatest singers of the second half of the twentieth century. Her repertory embraced opera, song, oratorio and modern music.
Ludwig was celebrated in Mozart, Wagner, Strauss, Mahler, Beethoven and Schubert, and worked with conductors including Klemperer, Karajan, Bernstein and Böhm. In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Mozart, Beethoven and Bellini.
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BELLINI Norma
Stereo studio recording, 1960
Total duration: 2hr 41:26
Norma - Maria Callas
Adalgisa - Christa Ludwig
Pollione - Franco Corelli
Oroveso - Nicola Zaccaria
Clotilde - Edda Vincenzi
Flavio - Piero De Palma
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Milan
conducted by Tullio Serafin
MOZART Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339
MOZART Mass in C, "Coronation", K.317
Recorded 5, 6, & 9 October, 1956, Konzerthaus, Vienna
Total duration: 57:38
Jascha Horenstein conductor
Wilma Lipp soprano
Christa Ludwig alto
Murray Dickie tenor
Walter Berry bass
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
R. STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier
Studio recording, 1956
Total Duration: 3hr 11:57
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Die Feldmarschallin
Christa Ludwig - Octavian
Teresa Stich-Randall - Sophie
Otto Edelmann - Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau
Eberhard Wächter - Herr von Faninal
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
conducted by Herbert von Karajan
BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9
BEETHOVEN Große Fuge
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
Recorded 1956-1960
Aase Nordmo Løvberg soprano
Christa Ludwig alto
Waldemar Kmentt tenor
Hans Hotter bass
The Philharmonia Chorus
The Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer conductor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
Recorded in stereo 1957 & 1960
Total duration: 2hr 22:41
Aase Nordmo Løvberg soprano
Christa Ludwig alto
Waldemar Kmentt tenor
Hans Hotter bass
The Philharmonia Chorus
The Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer conductor
