The Gundula Janowitz Edition

Featuring

Gundula Janowitz
Wilfried Böttcher
Sir John Pritchard
Elmar Schloter
Hedwig Bilgram
Karl Richter

Marga Höffgen
Franz Crass
Herbert von Karajan
Ernst Gerold Schramm
Horst R. Laubenthal
Julia Hamari
Wolfgang Meyer
Ferdinand Leitner
Anja Silja
Dorothea Siebert
Else-Margrete Gardelli
Hans Knappertsbusch
Jess Thomas
Rita Bartos
Soňa Červená
Christoph Stepp
Eberhard Waechter
Karl Böhm
Karl Christian Kohn
Wladimir Haag
Bernard Haitink
Eugen Jochum
Edith Mathis
Claudio Abbado
Frederica von Stade
Rudolf Scholz
Kurt Masur
Kurt Rapf
Peter Schreier
Josef Nebois
Ottomar Borwitzky
Walter Berry
Werner Krenn
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Christa Ludwig
Fritz Wunderlich
Michel Schwalbé
Brigitte Fassbaender
Rolando Panerai
Adolf Dallapozza
Leonard Bernstein
Lucia Popp
Manfred Jungwirth
René Kollo
Jon Vickers
Martti Talvela
Régine Crespin
Barbro Ericson
Carlotta Ordassy
Cvetka Ahlin
Danica Mastilović
Helga Jenckel
Ingrid Steger
Lilo Brockhaus
Liselotte Rebmann
Thomas Stewart
Karl Ridderbusch
Rafael Kubelík
Dame Gwyneth Jones
James King
Carlos Kleiber
Irwin Gage
Ulf Rodenhäuser
Helga Dernesch
Cornelia Jacobsen
Wiener Symphoniker
Chamber Orchestra of the Hamburg Telemann-Gesellschaft
Münchener Bach-Orchester
Berliner Philharmoniker
Münchener Bach-Chor
Wiener Singverein
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Wiener Philharmoniker
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Concertgebouworkest
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Georg Philipp Telemann
George Frideric Handel
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johannes Brahms
Carl Maria von Weber
Richard Wagner
Albert Lortzing
Johann Strauss II (Jr.)
Richard Strauss
Carl Orff
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Joseph Haydn
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Franz Schubert
Miscellaneous

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Critical Reception

Manuel Brug, a vocal expert, described Gundula Janowitz's voice as 'flawlessly pure yet as strong as steel' and 'one of those rare voices from heaven'.

Performer Biography

Gundula Janowitz was one of the last singers who could study roles under renowned conductors Karl Böhm, Herbert von Karajan, and Josef Krips within a permanent ensemble.

Performer Biography

Gundula Janowitz, the soprano featured on this album, was born in Berlin on August 2, 1937, and began playing the violin at age seven.

Performer Biography

Gundula Janowitz made her Vienna State Opera debut as Barbarina in Mozart's 'Le nozze di Figaro' on February 8, 1960, under the direction of Herbert von Karajan.

Performer Biography

Gundula Janowitz achieved her first international success in 1963, singing Pamina in 'Die Zauberflöte' in Aix-en-Provence, where she was hailed as a revelation.

Interpretation

Gundula Janowitz's voice is described as a lyric soprano of crystalline clarity and exquisite timbre, capable of remarkable dynamic expansion, an 'alloy of two metals'.

Recording & Production

Gundula Janowitz quickly found success in recording studios due to her 'phonogenic' voice, starting with Pamina in Otto Klemperer's 1964 recording of 'Die Zauberflöte'.