PROFIL - G HAENSSLER

Giuseppe Verdi finished his first volume of Romances with none other than two of Gretchen's songs from Goethe's Faust, which gives the publication a particularly fascinating perspective. Imagine the...

The Requiem concerts of the Dresden Staatskapelle on Dresden Memorial Day maintain a long tradition. It is 68 years now since February 13, 1951, when Rudolf Kempe, at that time General Music Director...

Verdi / Haydn / Telemann Trumpet Concertos CD1. Allegro 2. Largo 3. Vivace 4. Allegro 5. Andante 6. Menuett 1 Und 2 7. Siciliano 8. Vivace 9. Allegro 10. Adagio 11. Allegro 12. NR. 3 D-Dur 'La...

German soprano Ruth-Margret Putz made her debut in Cologne in 1950 as Nuri in Tiefland by Eugen d'Albert. She sang at Hannover Opera from 1951 to 1957; in Stuttgart from 1957 notably as Gilda and...

Ljubka Biagioni, the 2002 winner of the European Union's Franco Capuana International Competition for Conductors, was born into the family of an Italian politician in Rome. After receiving a...

Louis Kaufman was born on May 10, 1905 in Portland, Oregon. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Romania who were very interested in the arts and took their son to concerts. Kaufman gave his solo...

In the center of Europe, the birthplace of classical music, Kronberg Academy brings the top young violinists, violists and cellists from all continents together with the leading musicians of our day...

In terms of quality and the appropriateness of it's setting, this Requiem is altogether in keeping with it's elevated purpose. In his obituary for Franz von Suppe in 1895, Johannes Brahms wrote: "He...

Christian Thielemann writes: "I see Die Meistersinger as the pivot and central point of Wagner's entire oeuvre. On the one hand it is a reaction to Tristan; on the other, he had found himself in a...

Wagner / Chor Der Staatsoper Dresden / Bohm Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg - Dritter Akt CD1. Vorspiel Zum 3. Akt 2. Gleich, Meister, Hier! 3. Wahn, Wahn, Uberall Wahn 4. Gruss Gott, Mein Junker 5...

Wagner / Dresden / Chor Der Staatsoper Die Meistersinger CD1. Overture 2. Da Zu Dir Der Heiland Kam 3. Verweilt! Ein Einzig Wort! 4. David! Was Stehst? 5. Seid Meiner Treue Wohl Versehen 6. Am...

To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of noted German conductor Ferdinand Leitner, Profil Edition: Gunter Haenssler presents this wonderful 12 CD retrospective to honor his recorded legacy...