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ClassicsToday.com Review Digest for Performances by Lucia Popp


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COMPOSER ALBUM/WORK TITLE PERFORMER LABEL CATALOG MEDIUM RATING
Bach, J.S.
St. Matthew Passion Peter Schreier (Evangelist); Theo Adam (Jesus); Lucia Popp (soprano); Marjana Lipovšek (alto); Eberhard Büchner (tenor); Robert Holl (bass)
Dresdner Kapellknaben
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Staatskapelle Dresden
Peter Schreier
Philips 475 7761 CD 8/8
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Fidelio Hildegard Behrens; James King; Kurt Moll; Donald McIntyre; Lucia Popp; Norbert Orth
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Karl Böhm
Orfeo C560012I CD 7/7
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Symphony No. 9 in D minor Op. 125 (“Choral”); Egmont Overture Op. 84 Lucia Popp (soprano); Elena Obraztsova (mezzo-soprano); Jon Vickers (tenor); Martti Talvela (bass)
Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus
Lorin Maazel
Sony Classical 94745 CD 8/8
Bizet, Georges
Carmen Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano); James King (tenor); Jeanette Pilou, Lucia Popp (sopranos); Eberhard Waechter (baritone); others
Vienna State Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Lorin Maazel
Orfeo C7330821 CD 5/7
Brahms, Johannes
Lieder Lucia Popp (soprano); Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Arts Music 47367-2 CD 10/10
Dvorak, Antonin
THE VERY BEST OF LUCIA POPP
Lucia Popp (soprano); Wolfgang Sawallisch (piano)
Various orchestras & conductors

EMI 85102 CD 8/6
Humperdinck, Engelbert
Hänsel and Gretel Brigitte Fassbaender, Julia Hamari (mezzo-soprano); Lucia Popp, Norma Burrowes, Edita Gruberova (soprano); Walter Berry (bass-baritone); Anny Schlemm (alto)
Wiener Sängerknaben
Vienna Philharmonic
George Solti
Decca 470 567-2 CD 9/9
Mahler, Gustav
Lieder Lucia Popp (soprano); Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Arts Music 47367-2 CD 10/10
Mahler, Gustav
Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 Lucia Popp (soprano); Ortrun Wenkel (alto)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Various choruses
Klaus Tennstedt
EMI 74296 CD 8/7
Mahler, Gustav
Symphony No. 8 Heather Harper; Lucia Popp; Arleen Auger; Yvonne Minton; Helen Watts; René Kollo; John Shirley-Quirk; Martti Talvela
Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Georg Solti
Decca 460 972-2 CD 9/9
Massenet, Jules
LUCIA POPP: OPERA ARIAS
Lucia Popp (soprano)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Kurt Eichhorn
Arts Music 47517-2 CD 9/8
Mendelssohn Felix
A Midsummer Night's Dream (extended version); Overtures: The Hebrides; Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage; Ruy Blas Lucia Popp (soprano); Marjana Lipovšek (mezzo-soprano)
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor
RCA 82876 60864 2 CD 9/9
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
THE VERY BEST OF LUCIA POPP
Lucia Popp (soprano); Wolfgang Sawallisch (piano)
Various orchestras & conductors

EMI 85102 CD 8/6
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
LUCIA POPP: OPERA ARIAS
Lucia Popp (soprano)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Kurt Eichhorn
Arts Music 47517-2 CD 9/8
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Die Zauberflöte Siegfried Jerusalem; Lucia Popp; Edita Gruberova; Wolfgang Brendel; Roland Bracht; others
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Bernard Haitink
EMI 72863 2 CD 3/7
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Die Zauberflöte Nicolai Gedda (tenor); Walter Berry (bass-baritone); Gottlob Frick (bass); Gundula Janowitz (soprano); Lucia Popp (soprano); others
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Otto Klemperer
EMI 67385-2 CD 8/10
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Don Giovanni Margaret Price, Sylvia Sass, Lucia Popp (soprano); Stuart Burrows (tenor); Bernd Weikl, Alfred Sramek (baritone); Gabriel Bacquier, Kurt Moll (bass)
London Opera Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Georg Solti
Decca 470 427-2 CD 6/8
Orff, Carl
Carmina Burana
Fireworks; Circus Polka
Lucia Popp (soprano); Gerhard Unger (tenor); Raymond Wolansky, John Noble (baritone)
New Philharmonia Chorus
Wandsworth School Boys' Choir
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
EMI 5 74747 2 CD 8/7
Orff, Carl
Orpheus Hermann Prey (baritone); Lucio Popp (soprano); others
Bavarian Radio Choir
Munich Radio Orchestra
Kurt Eichhorn
Arts Music 43003-2 CD 10/8
Puccini, Giacomo
LUCIA POPP: OPERA ARIAS
Lucia Popp (soprano)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Kurt Eichhorn
Arts Music 47517-2 CD 9/8
Schubert, Franz
THE COMPLETE SACRED WORKS, VOL. 1
Masses and other choral works
Lucia Popp, Helen Donath (sopranos); Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo); Peter Schreier, Adolf Dallapozza, Francisco Araiza, Josef Protschka (tenors); Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Wolfang Sawallisch
Musical Heritage Society 544442 CD 10/8
Strauss, Jr., Johann
Die Fledermaus Lucia Popp, Julia Varady, René Kollo, Ivan Rebroff, Bernd Weikl
Bavarian State Orchestra & Chorus
Carlos Kleiber
Deutsche Grammophon 457 765-2 CD 8/8
Strauss, Richard
THE VERY BEST OF LUCIA POPP
Lucia Popp (soprano); Wolfgang Sawallisch (piano)
Various orchestras & conductors

EMI 85102 CD 8/6
Strauss, Richard
Der Rosenkavalier Helga Dernesch, Lucia Popp (soprano); Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano); Kurt Moll, Benno Kusche (bass); others
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Carlos Kleiber
Living Stage LS1040 CD 4/6
Stravinsky, Igor
Carmina Burana
Fireworks; Circus Polka
Lucia Popp (soprano); Gerhard Unger (tenor); Raymond Wolansky, John Noble (baritone)
New Philharmonia Chorus
Wandsworth School Boys' Choir
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
EMI 5 74747 2 CD 8/7
Wagner, Richard
Der Ring des Nibelungen Theo Adam, Matti Salminen, Kurt Moll, Siegmund Nimsgern (bass); Siegfried Jerusalem, René Kollo, Peter Schreier, Christian Vogel (tenor); Jeannine Altmeyer, Jessye Norman, Norma Sharp, Lucia Popp, Cheryl Studer (soprano); Yvonne Minton, Ortrun Wenkel (mezzo-soprano); others
Staatskapelle Dresden
Marek Janowski
RCA 82876557092 CD 8/9
Weinberger, Jaromir
Schwanda the Bagpiper Hermann Prey (baritone); Lucia Popp (soprano); Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor); others
Munich Radio Orchestra
Heinz Wallberg
Sony Classical M2K 79344 CD 10/10

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