The Art Of Edith Mathis[7 CD]

In celebration of Edith Mathis' 80th birthday, this Limited 7CD Edition collects her recordings of opera, oratorio and song. Her versatility is displayed in Bach's St. Matthew Passion, Fidelio, Der Rosenkavalier, Freischtz, Berlioz's Damnation de Faust, and the role she created in Henze's opera Der junge Lord. The collection also includes her complete Schumann song recordings with Christoph Eschenbach, and, for the first time a selection from Wolf's Italienisches Liederbuch with Karl Engel.