Erna Berger
Erna Berger (1900-1990) was a German soprano, admired for Mozart, coloratura and lyric repertory. She became one of the notable German sopranos of the interwar and post-war periods.
In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Mozart, Humperdinck and Haydn, with conductors including Beecham, Karajan and Fritz Busch.
Berger’s singing was bright, agile and finely focused, with the clarity required by coloratura and the charm needed fo...
HUMPERDINCK Hänsel und Gretel
MOZART, R. STRAUSS Arias
Studio recordings, 1953 & 1955
Total duration: 2hr 20:24
Hänsel - Elisabeth Grümmer
Gretel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Mother - Maria Von Ilosvay
Father - Josef Metternich
Witch - Else Schürhoff
Philharmonia Orchestra
Choirs of Loughton High School For Girls and Bancroft’s School
Conducted by Herbert Von Karajan
Elisabeth Grümmer, soprano
Erna Berger, soprano
Erika Köth, soprano
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Wilhelm Schüchter
Studio recording from 1937-8
Total duration: 2hr 10:01
Favres Solisten Vereinigung
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
HAYDN Symphony No. 88
HAYDN Sinfonia Concertante
HAYDN The Creation - excerpts
HAYDN The Seasons - rehearsal
Live & studio recordings, 1934-1951
Total duration: 79:28
Erna Berger, Irmgard Seefried soprano
Julius Patzak, Erik Sjöberg tenor
Einar Nørby baritone
Alexander Kipnis bass
Statsradiofoniens Symfoniorkester
conducted by Fritz Busch
Recorded in 1935
Duration 79:35
Orchester des Reichssenders Berlin
Clemens Krauss, conductor
