Bernd Delfs

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Liner notes translator and editor, mainly for the label Naxos.

APPEARANCES +

Handel* - Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

2020, 3xCD, Album + Box, Erato, Warner Classics,

Wagner* - René Kollo, Gottlob Frick, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Christa Ludwig, Zoltan Kélémen, Hans Hotter, Vienna Philharmonic*, Sir Georg Solti*

Wagner* / Solti*

Der Ring Des Nibelungen

Mario Pilati - Tomáš Nemec (2), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adriano

Concerto For Orchestra / Suite For Strings And Piano

Padre Antonio Soler, Gilbert Rowland

Sonatas For Harpsichord, Volume 13

2007, CD, Album, Naxos

Handel*, Magdalena Kožená, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon

Ah! Mio Cor (Handel Arias)

Padre Antonio Soler, Gilbert Rowland

Sonatas For Harpsichord Vol. 12

2006, CD, Album, Naxos,

Baroque/Classical

J. S. Bach*, Swiss Baroque Soloists, Niklas Eklund, Stéphane Réty, Andrés Gabetta

Brandenburg Concertos

2006, CD, Album, Naxos, Naxos

J.S. Bach* - Sébastien Guillot

The Art Of Fugue

2006, CD, Album, Naxos,

Joseph Martin Kraus, Walter Schwede, Jacques Després, John Friesen

Complete Chamber Music With Keyboard

2006, 2xCD, Album, Naxos,

Humiwo Hayasaka*, Hiromi Okada, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra*

Piano Concerto • Ancient Dances On The Left And On The Right

2006, CD, Album, Naxos

La Guitarra Latinoamericana

2006, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Naxos,

La Flauta Mágica I (Acto I (1-7))

Masao Ohki, New Japan Philharmonic, Takuo Yuasa

Symphony No. 5 'Hiroshima' / Japanese Rhapsody

Mancini*, Richard Hayman And His Orchestra

The Music Of Henry Mancini

Takemitsu* - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop

A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal Garden • Spirit Garden • Dreamtime

Wagner* - Bayreuther Festspiele*, Hans Knappertsbusch

Franz Berwald, Gävle Symphony Orchestra*, Petri Sakari

2005, CD, Album, Naxos,

Sir George Dyson, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones

Symphony In G Major / Concerto Da Chiesa

Frank Bridge, Maggini Quartet*, Martin Roscoe

String Quartets Nos. 2 and 4 / Phantasy Piano Quartet

The City Waites

Penny Merriments - Street Songs Of 17th Century England

Akira Ifukube – Ekaterina Saranceva, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky

Sinfonia Tapkaara • Ritmica Ostinata • Symphonic Fantasia No. 1

Johann Baptist Vaňhal*, Toronto Camerata, Kevin Mallon

Symphonies, Vol. 3

Mozart*, Berganza*, Krenn*, Popp*, Casula*, Fassbaender*, Franc*, Vienna State Opera Orchestra*, István Kertész

La Clemenza Di Tito

Shostakovich*, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky

Ballet Suites Nos. 1-4

2004, CD, Naxos

Villa-Lobos* - Sonia Rubinsky

Piano Music • 4 - Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 • Children's Carnival • Simple Song

2004, CD, Album, Naxos

Saint-Saëns*, The Queensland Orchestra, Andrew Mogrelia

Javotte (Complete Ballet)

2004, CD, Marco Polo

Chansons - Songs For Voice And Piano

2004, CD, Album, Naxos

Antonín Dvořák, Stefan Veselka

Complete Solo Piano Music • 2

2004, CD, Album, Naxos

Antonín Dvořák, Stefan Veselka

Complete Solo Piano Music • 3

2004, CD, Album, Naxos,

Antonín Dvořák, Stefan Veselka

Complete Solo Piano Music • 4

2004, CD, Album, Naxos

Antonín Dvořák, Stefan Veselka

Complete Solo Piano Music • 5

2004, CD, Album, Naxos,

Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger* - Wolfgang Rübsam*

Organ Works • 5 - Sonatas Nos. 12 & 13, Seven Trios Op. 189, Nos. 6-12

2004, CD, Album, Naxos

Toivo Kuula, Leevi Madetoja - Kirsi Tiihonen, Satu Salminen

Finnish Songs: Autumn • Ice Flowers • The Kiss

2004, CD, Album, Marco Polo

Rachmaninov* - Konstantin Scherbakov, Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky

Piano Concertos Nos. 2 And 3

Frank Bridge, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd

The Sea • Enter Spring

Arthur Honegger, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa

Symphony No. 3 'Liturgique' • Pacific 231 • Pastorale D'Été • Rugby

Jânis Ivanovs*, Moscow Symphony Orchestra*, Dmitry Yablonsky

Symphonies Nos. 8 And 20

Giovanni Paisiello, Francesco Nicolosi, Collegium Philarmonicum Chamber Orchestra, Gennaro Cappabianca

Piano Concertos Nos. 2 And 4

Max Steiner, Moscow Symphony Orchestra And Chorus*, William Stromberg

The Adventures Of Mark Twain (1944 Score )

Vivaldi*, Archibald*, Krause*, Aradia Ensemble And Chorus*, Kevin Mallon

Sacred Music - Dixit Dominus, RV 595 - Gloria, RV 588

Kôsçak Yamada* – Ulster Orchestra • New Zealand Symphony Orchestra • Takuo Yuasa

Symphony In F Major 'Triumph And Peace'

Peter Sculthorpe, William Barton, Tamara Anna Cislowska, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd

Earth Cry / Piano Concerto

Elgar*, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd

The Wand Of Youth; Nursery Suite

Dmitry Shostakovich*, Russian Philharmonic*, Dmitry Yablonsky

Amy Beach* - Katherine Kelton, Catherine Bringerud

Eugène Ysaÿe - Ilya Kaler

Solo Violin Sonatas

Leonardo Balada -- Michael Sanderling • Versailles Guitar Quartet • Barcelona Symphony & Catalonia National Orchestra* • Colman Pearce

Cello Concerto No. 2 'New Orleans' • Concerto For Four Guitars

2003, CD, Album, Naxos

Agustín Barrios* • Enno Voorhorst

Guitar Music Volume 2

2003, CD, Album, Naxos

Glazunov*, Moscow Symphony Orchestra*, Vladimir Ziva

Chopiniana, Overtures On Greek Themes

2003, CD, Album, Naxos

Schubert*, Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner

Symphonies Nos. 8 'Unfinished' And 9 'The Great'

2003, CD, Naxos,

Romantic/Spoken Word

Jesús Arámbarri, Itxaro Mentxaka, Bilbao Symphony Orchestra*, Juan José Mena*

Eight Basque Songs

2003, CD, Album, Naxos,

Heinrich Scheidemann - Julia Brown

Organ Works Vol. 4

2003, CD, Album, Naxos

Max Reger - Josef Still

2003, CD, Album, Naxos

Manuel Blancafort, Miquel Villalba

Piano Music (Youthful Pieces • Mountain Songs • Notes From Years Gone By)

Johann Joachim Quantz, Mary Oleskiewicz

National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine, Theodore Kuchar / Tchaikovsky*

1812 Overture - Romeo And Juliet - Capriccio Italien

Déodat de Séverac*, Jordi Masó

Scenes Of Southern France: Cerdaña • En Languedoc

Penderecki*, Kłosińska* • Kruszewski* • Tesarowicz* • Kolberger* • Malanowicz* • Warsaw Boys Choir* • Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir* And Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra* • Antoni Wit

St Luke Passion

Brahms* - Christian Köhn, Silke-Thora Matthies

Four Hand Piano Music Vol. 8 - Symphony No. 4, Tragic Overture

Beethoven*, Metamorphosis Quintet

String Quintets Volume 1

Sheila Silver – Alexander Paley, Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra*, Gintaras Rinkevičius

Piano Concerto / Six Preludes For Piano On Poems By Baudelaire

Villa-Lobos*, Sonia Rubinsky

Piano Music Volume 3

José Serebrier* – Toulouse National Chamber Orchestra* • José Serebrier*

Bolling* / Roselli Quartet

Suites For Flute And Jazz Piano Trio

Tchaikovsky*, Takako Nishizaki, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Peter Breiner

Janez Lotrič, Ukrainan National Opera Symphony Orchestra*, Johannes Wildner, Kiev Chamber Choir*, Mykola Hobdych*

Tenor Arias (Amore, Sublime Amore)

Opera/Romantic/Modern/Classical

Vieuxtemps* - Misha Keylin, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Mogrelia, Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra*, Takuo Yuasa

Violin Concertos Nos. 5, 6 And 7

Antoine Forqueray - Luc Beauséjour

Harpsichord Suites Volume 2 (Nos. 2 And 4)

Anton Zimmermann, Musica Aeterna Soloists*

String Quartets Nos. 1-3

Gloria Coates, Kreutzer Quartet*

String Quartets Nos. 2, 3, 4, 7 And 8

György Ligeti - Idil Biret

Etudes, Books I And II (1-14a)

Leo Brouwer, Graham Anthony Devine

Guitar Music Volume 3: Sonata • Hika • Suite No. 2 • Rito De Los Orishas

Hiroshi Ohguri, Kazuhiro Takagi, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Tatsuya Shimono

Violin Concerto / Fantasy On Osaka Folk Tunes / Legend For Orchestra / Rhapsody On Osaka Nursery Rhymes

George Rochberg, Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Christopher Lyndon-Gee

Symphony No. 5 / Black Sounds / Transcendental Variations

Beethoven* - Maria Kliegel, Nina Tichman

Music For Cello And Piano Vol. 2

Haydn* / Kodály Quartet

String Quartets Op. 2, Nos. 3 And 5 Op. 3, Nos. 1 And 2

Padre Antonio Soler, Gilbert Rowland

Sonatas For Harpsichord, Vol. 9

Olivier Messiaen - Håkon Austbø

Piano Music Volume 4

2002, CD, Naxos,

Marc Antoine Charpentier - Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon

Noëls And Christmas Motets, Vol. 2

2002, CD, Naxos

Victor Villadangos

Guitar Music Of Argentina

2002, CD, Album, Naxos

Mozart* - Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Marco Boni

Symphonies Nos. 5 "The Hague" & 29 / Serenata Notturna / Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

2002, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, PentaTone classics

Mahler*, Walter*, Wiener Philharmoniker, Anday*, Cebotari*, Ferrier*, Güden*, Patzak*

Vienna Philharmonic (1948 - 1955)

2002, 4xCD, Comp, Ltd, RM, Boo, Andante,

Giovanni Maria Trabaci - Sergio Vartolo

Keyboard Music (Book I, 1603)

2002, 3xCD, Naxos,

Renaissance/Baroque/Organ

Ifukube* • Akutagawa* • Toyama* • Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra • Ryusuke Numajiri

Japanese Orchestral Favourites

César Cui, Jeffrey Biegel

25 Preludes, Op. 64

Leroy Anderson, Richard Hayman And His Orchestra

Orchestral Favourites

Leopold Mozart, Jean Daetwyler, Farkas Ferenc, Jozsef Molnar, Capella Istropolitana, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Urs Schneider

Alphorn Concertos

Verdi*, Trimarchi* • Servile* • Faulkner* • Comencini* • Dilbèr • Facini* • Di Micco* • Bonitatibus* • Cosentino* • De Grandis*, Hungarian State Opera Choir And Orchestra*, Will Humburg

Falstaff (Highlights)

De Officiële Muziek Bij Het Huwelijk Van Willem-Alexander & Máxima

Joachim Raff* - Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Košice)*, Urs Schneider

Symphony No. 3 "In The Forest" - Symphony No. 10 "In Autumn"

Schubert* - Jenő Jandó*

Piano Sonatas D. 850 And D. 575

Schumann*, Bernd Glemser

Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 And 3

Alban Berg - Rebecca Hirsch, Eri Klas, Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra*

Violin Concerto, Lyric Suite, Three Orchestral Pieces

Mahler*, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra*, Hartmut Haenchen

Alexander Moyzes / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ladislav Slovák

Symphonies Nos. 11 And 12

Domenico Scarlatti, Beatrice Long

Complete Keyboard Sonatas Vol. 4

Richard Dubugnon, Nicholas Daniel, Royal Academy Wind Soloists

Piano Quartet • Incantatio • Frenglish Suite

Sigismond Thalberg, Francesco Nicolosi

Fantasias On Operas By Rossini

Bernstein*, Jean Louis Steuerman • Florida Philharmonic Orchestra* • James Judd

Symphony No. 2 'The Age Of Anxiety' • West Side Story (Symphonic Dances) • Candide Overture

Geirr Tveitt - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset

A Hundred Hardanger Tunes - Suites Nos. 2 And 5

Joseph Martin Kraus / Swedish Chamber Orchestra*, Petter Sundkvist

Complete Symphonies, Vol. 4

Piano Concerto • Symphony

Prokofiev*, Bernd Glemser

Piano Sonatas Volume 3 - Nos 5, 6 And 9

Martinů*, Martinů Quartet

String Quartets Nos. 3 And 6

Leopold Hofmann - Stefan Schilli, Jenö Jandó, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Béla Drahos*

Oboe Concertos • Oboe And Harpsichord Concertos

Beethoven*, Alfred Brendel, Simon Rattle*, Wiener Philharmoniker

Piano Concertos No.2 & No.3

2001, CD, Album, RE, Philips,

Classical/Romantic

Haydn*, Cologne Chamber Orchestra*, Helmut Müller-Brühl

Symphonies Vol. 24 - Symphonies Nos. 43 "Mercury", 46 & 47

2001, CD, Album, Naxos

Seóirse Bodley - National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland, Colman Pearce

Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5

2001, CD, Album, Marco Polo

Mendelssohn*, Gould Piano Trio

Piano Trios Nos. 1 And 2

2001, CD, Album, Naxos

Leopold Godowsky, Konstantin Scherbakov

Piano Music Volume 5

2001, CD, Album, Marco Polo

Music For Glass Harmonica

2001, CD, Album, Musical Heritage Society, Naxos

Sigismond Thalberg, Francesco Nicolosi

Fantasies On Operas By Bellini

Samuel Barber - Wendy Warner, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop

Orchestral Works, Volume 2 - Cello Concerto • Medea (Suite) • Adagio For Strings

Sweelinck* - Ton Koopman

The Keyboard Music = Les Œuvres Pour Clavier = Die Klavierwerke

2001, Box Set Clamshell Case, 4x CD,

Renaissance/Baroque

George Antheil, Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Spalding

Ballet Mécanique

Ginastera* - Dora De Marinis, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra • Julio Malaval

Piano Concertos Nos. 1 And 2

Glass Harmonica

Messiaen* - Amici Ensemble

Quartet For The End Of Time / Theme And Variations

Haydn* - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Béla Drahos*

Symphonies Vol. 23 (Nos. 27, 28 And 31 'Hornsignal')

Sir Hamilton Harty, National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland, Proinnsías Ó Duinn

An Irish Symphony ● With The Wild Geese ● In Ireland

Pauline Oostenrijk, Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam • Jaap ter Linden, Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Christian Bach

1999, CD, Album, Vanguard Classics

Edwin Fischer I

1999, 2xCD, Comp, Philips, EMI Classics

Beethoven*, Alfred Brendel, Simon Rattle*, Wiener Philharmoniker

The 5 Piano Concertos

1998, 2xCD, Comp, Philips

Great Pianists Of The 20th Century: Sampler

Baroque/Modern/Neo-Classical/Romantic/Classical

Handel* - Jones*, Miles*, Ragin*, Chance*, Brown*, English Baroque Soloists*, John Eliot Gardiner

Verdi*, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Bernard Haitink

1997, 3x CD, Box Set,

Richard Wagner, Pierre Boulez

Götterdämmerung - Bayreuther Festspiele - Highlights

1995, CD, Philips

Berlioz* - Brown*, Viala*, Cachemaille*, Monteverdi Choir*, Orchestre Révolutionnaire Et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner

Messe Solennelle

Richard Wagner - Jones* · Altmeyer* · Schwarz* · Hofmann* · McIntyre* · Salminen* · Bayreuther Festspiel* · Pierre Boulez

1992, 3x CD, Box Set Slipcase,

Richard Wagner - Jung* · McIntyre* · Jones* · Zednik* · Becht* · Hübner* · Bayreuther Festspiele* · Pierre Boulez

1992, 3x CD, Box Set Slipcase,

Richard Wagner, Pierre Boulez, Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele

Götterdämmerung

1992, 4x CD, Box Set,

Mozart* - Werner Hollweg, Arleen Auger, Edita Gruberova, Agnes Baltsa, Ileana Cotrubas, David Kuebler, Christine Weidinger, Das Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Leopold Hager

Mitridate, Re Di Ponto, Opera Seria KV 87

Mozart* - Sir Colin Davis

Don Giovanni - Dramma Giocoso, KV 527

Opera/Classical/Choral

Mozart*, Sir Colin Davis, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Classical/Opera/Choral

Die Gärtnerin Aus Liebe

Classical/Opera

Mozart* / The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner*

Symphonies Nos. 21-33

Classical/Symphony

Mozart*, Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields*, Sir Neville Marriner, Heinz Holliger

Bläserkonzerte

Oratorios, Cantatas, Masonic Music

Classical/Oratorio

Theatre and Ballet Music

Julian Lloyd Webber With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*

Lloyd Webber Plays Lloyd Webber

José Carreras Sings Opera Arias

Mozart*, Academy Of St Martin In The Fields*, Sir Neville Marriner

Symphonies 21 - 41

Richard Wagner, Pierre Boulez, Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele

Der Ring Des Nibelungen - Höhepunkte

Richard Wagner / Hofmann* • Meier* • Sotin* • Estes* • Mazura* • Salminen* • James Levine

Parsifal - Bayreuther Festspiele

Offenbach* - Philharmonia Orchestra, Neville Marriner*

Giuseppe Verdi - Giuseppe Taddei, Rolando Panerai, Francisco Araiza, Raina Kabaivanska, Janet Perry, Christa Ludwig, Trudeliese Schmidt, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Verdi*, Choeur De L'Opéra D'Etat De Dresde*, Staatskapelle De Dresde*, Silvio Varviso

Choeurs D'Opéras - Nabucco • Aïda • Macbeth • Le Trouvère • Otello • Les Lombards • Don Carlos

Willem de Fesch, Wilbert Hazelzet, Monica Huggett, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra*, Ton Koopman

2 Concerti Grossi, 2 Concerti Per Flauto, 2 Concerti Per Violino

Jacques Offenbach, André Previn, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Gaîté Parisienne

Faure* / Sibelius* / Schoenberg* - Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra* · David Zinman

Pelléas Et Mélisande

1981, 2xLP + Box, Philips

Placido Domingo • Carlo Maria Giulini, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Opern-Gala / Lucia Di Lammermoor • L'Elsir D'Amore • Ermani • I Trovatore • Aida • L'Africaine • La Juive • Les Pêcheurs De Perles • Carmen

Richard Wagner - McIntyre* · Zednik* · Becht* · Schwarz* · Bayreuther Festspiele* · Pierre Boulez

1980, 2x CD, Box Set Slipcase,

G. B. Pergolesi* / U. W. van Wassenaer* – I Musici, Pina Carmirelli

6 Concerti Armonici / Concerto Di Violino Solo Con Più Stromenti / Concerto A Cinque

Faure* / Sibelius* / Schoenberg* - Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra* · David Zinman

Pelléas Et Mélisande

Mozart*, Colin Davis*, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Christiane Eda-Pierre, Curd Jürgens, Stuart Burrows, Norma Burrowes, Robert Tear, Robert Lloyd (4), John Alldis Choir

Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail (Il Seraglio)

Rossini*, Niederländisches Bläserensemble*

Der Barbier Von Sevilla (Ouvertüre Und Höhepunkte)

Mozart* - Colin Davis*, Baker*, Minton*, Burrows*, Von Stade*, Popp*, Lloyd*, Orchestra* And Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

La Clemenza Di Tito

Giovanni Picchi, Ton Koopman

Danze E Toccata - 9 Stücke Für Cembalo, 9 Pieces For Harpsichord

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Carmen Bustamante - Renato Capecchi, English Chamber Orchestra, Antoni Ros-Marbá*

La Serva Padrona

Le Nozze Di Figaro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Sinfonia N. 40 E N. 41 "Júpiter"

CD, Album, Philips Classics

Samuel Barber, Royal Scottish National Orchestra • Marin Alsop

Complete Orchestral Works

6xCD, Album, RE + Box, Naxos,

Rimsky-Korsakov*, Rainer Küchl, Wiener Philharmoniker, André Previn

Offenbach*, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio de Almeida, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Gaîté Parisienne - Voyage To The Moon - Orpheus In The Underworld

Vivaldi* - Pina Carmirelli, I Musici

Le Quattro Stagioni

Wagner* - Böhm*, Bayreuther Festspiele*