Gundula Janowitz
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Biography
Gundula Janowitz was brought up in Graz, Austria but is originally of German extraction. She rose to fame in the 1960s and went on to become one of the most popular and best respected opera singers of the era. A student of the famous Graz Conservatory (she was made an honorary member in 1986), towards the end of the 1950s Janowitz began singing at the highest level but her career really began to take off after the famed Austrian conductor Herbert Von Karajan engaged her to take on the role of Barbarina in Mozart's 'Marriage of Figaro' performed by the Vienna State Opera. Her performance as Barbarina established her as a soprano of some stature and she was subsequently invited to become a permanent member of Vienna State in 1962.
As her reputation spread throughout the world she began to build an impressive catalogue of recorded work covering works from Sebastian Bach to Richard Strauss. During her career she has tended to avoid foreign language roles, preferring to sing in her native tongue although there are a handful recordings which exist of her singing in Italian, notably 'Don Carlos' and 'Requiem'.
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- Track Popularity
- Schubert: Klaglied, D.23
- Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D.118
- Schubert: Des Mädchens Klage, D.191b
- Capriccio, Op.85: Wir kehren zurück in die Welt des Salons featuring Hermann Prey
- Schubert: An die Sonne, D.270
- Schubert: "Kennst du das Land" D.321 (Mignons Gesang)
- Schubert: Klage der Ceres, D.323
- Schubert: Abendlied der Fürstin, D.495
- Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 3 - "Höchstes Vertraun hast du mir schon zu danken" featuring James King
- Beethoven: Mass In C, Op. 86 - 1. Kyrie featuring Gundula Janowitz
- Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 3 - "Weh, nun ist all unser Glück dahin!" featuring James King
- Mass in D, Op. 123 "Missa Solemnis": Gloria: Gloria in Excelsis Deo featuring Christa Ludwig
- Weber: Der Freischütz, J. 277 / Act II - "Wie nahte mir der Schlummer" - "Leise, leise, fromme Weise!" featuring Carlos Kleiber
- J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two - No.54 Evangelist, Pilatus, Uxor Pilati, Chorus I/II: "Auf das Fest aber hatte der Landpfleger Gewohnheit" featuring Peter Schreier
- Schubert: 4 Gesänge aus 'Wilhelm Meister', D.877 - 4. Lied der Mignon: Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt by Irwin Gage
- Schubert: Im Freien, D.880
- Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D.965
- Schubert: Hagars Klage, D.5
- Schubert: Des Mädchens Klage I, D.6
- Schubert: Thekla. Eine Geisterstimme I, D.73
- Schubert: Kolmas Klage, D.217
- Schubert: Claudine von Villa Bella, D.239 - 6. Liebe schwärmt auf allen Wegen by Irwin Gage
- Schubert: Lilla an die Morgenröte, D.273
- Schubert: Lambertine, D.301
