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Dich teure Halle
-Elisabeth's aria
from Tannhäuser

Download from:
Hildegard Behrens - 100 Best Opera Classics - Tannhäuser: Dich Teure Halle (Elisabeth's Greeting)

Immolation scene
-from Götterdämmerung

Download from:
Hildegard Behrens, James Levine, Matti Salminen & Metropolitan Opera Orchestra - Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Gotterdammerung: "Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort"


Allein, weh ganz allein
- from Elektra's Monologue
Download from:
Boston Pops Orchestra, Hildegard Behrens & Seiji Ozawa - Strauss: Elektra - Elektra, Op.58: "Allein! Weh, ganz allein."


Orest!
-from the Recognition Scene
Download from:
Boston Pops Orchestra, Hildegard Behrens, Jorma Hynninen & Seiji Ozawa - Strauss: Elektra - Elektra, Op.58: "Orest!"

Abscheulicher...
-from Fidelio






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COMPOSER TITLE/ROLE ORCHESTRA / CONDUCTOR LABEL - (release date)
Beethoven Fidelio /Leonore-Fidelio

"Editor's Choice"
-Gramophone Feb 2002
Bayerische Staatsoper Orchester / Karl Böhm Orfeo d'or - #560012 (July 16, 2001; recorded live 1978)
       
Beethoven Fidelio/Leonore-Fidelio
Chicago Symphony / Solti London - 455066 (1997)
London - 10227 (1987)
       
Berg

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Claudio Abbado, Hildegard Behrens & Wiener Philharmoniker - Berg: Wozzeck
Wozzeck /Marie Vienna State Opera / Abbado DG (1988)
       
Berlioz /Ravel
Nuits d'ete / Sheherazade (Concert)

Also in Grandi voci*

Vienna Symphony / Travis Decca (1984, 1995)
Grandi voci-Decca (1994)
       
Dvorák
NEW!
Rusalka / Title Role

(sung in German)
Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra /Schneider Gala-762 (rel Jan 24,2006, rec. 1975)
       
Humperdinck
Hansel und Gretel
/ Mother
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra /Runnicles Teldec - 94549 (1994)
       
Liszt
Franz Liszt: Lieder Cord Garben, piano DG 419 240-2
       
Magnard
Guercoeur Capitole Toulouse Orchestra / Plasson EMI 7491938 (1987)
       
Schumann /Brahms, Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Strauss, Elgar

Hildegard Behrens: Premier Recital Frauenliebe und
Leben
/ various Songs

-partly included in the CD "The Very Best of Hildegard Behrens"
David Syrus, piano EMI 7475512 (1986)
       
Strauss

Elektra / Elektra
(with Leonie Rysanek as Clytemnestra)
Orchestre National de Montpellier, Friedermann Layer -cond. Naive-Actes Sud (Fra) - #34109
(rel. October 9, 2024)
       
Strauss

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Boston Pops Orchestra, Christa Ludwig, Dominique Labelle, Emily Rawlins, Hildegard Behrens & Seiji Ozawa - Strauss: Elektra
Elektra / Elektra-
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Elektra/ Elektra -
Amazon.de


1989 Record of the Year (Stereo Review)
Boston Symphony / Ozawa Philips - 422574 (1989)
       
Strauss

DOWNLOAD FROM:
Hildegard Behrens, José Van Dam, Sir Georg Solti & Wiener Philharmoniker - Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
Die Frau ohne Schatten /Dyer's Wife

1992 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording

1992 Gramophone Award for Best Opera Recording

1992 Shortlisted for Gramophone Award for Record of the Year

Awarded the Coveted Penguin Guide Rosette

The Most Expensive Record Ever Made when it was undertaken in 1989/90/91
Stella Award - Brimingham
Vienna PO / Solti Decca - 36243 (1992)
       
Strauss
Salome / Salome
(1981: Diapason d'or;
Japan Record Academy awards)
Vienna PO / von Karajan EMI/Angel - 749358 (1978, remastered 1999)
Great Recordings of the Century Series
       
Wagner et al
NEW!

The Very Best of Hildegard Behrens
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Miscellaneous EMI Classics - 5863082 (Jan 17, 2025 - 2 CDs)
       
Wagner
Wagner Opera Arias (also excerpted in the CD "The Very Best of Hildegard Behrens") München Rundfunkorchester / Schneider EMI CDC 7 47436 2 (1986)
       
Wagner
Der Fliegende Holländer /Senta Vienna PO / von Dohnanyi Decca - 36418 (1994)
       
Wagner
Die Walküre /Brunnhilde
(1989 Grammy Winner)
MET Opera / Levine DG - 23389 (1988)
       
Wagner

Siegfried /Brunnhilde MET Opera / Levine DG - 29407 (1992)
       
Wagner
Götterdämmerung / Brunnhilde

(1991 Grammy Winner)
MET Opera / Levine DG - 29385 (1991)
       
Wagner
The Compact Ring
/Brunnhilde
MET Opera / Levine DG - D144350 (1993)
       
Wagner

DOWNLOAD FROM:
Hildegard Behrens, James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Reiner Goldberg - Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Complete Ring Cycle
/ Brunnhilde
MET Opera / Levine DG - 45354 (1994)
       
Wagner
Complete Ring Cycle
/ Brunnhilde
Bavarian State Opera / Sawallisch EMI - 72731 (1998)
       
Wagner
Tristan und Isolde* /Isolde

(1984 Japan Record Academy Award & Grand Prix National du Disque Lyrique)

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Bavarian Radio Orch / Bernstein Philips -438241 (1981)
       
Wagner
Tristan und Isolde*/Isolde (highlights)

*available at Amazon.de (Germany)
Bavarian Radio Orch / Bernstein Philips - 438501 (1981)
       
Weber
Der Freischutz* / Agathe Bavarian Radio Orch / Kubelik Decca - 443 672-2 (1980)
digitally remastered 1995

*available at Amazon.de (Germany)

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