Arno Raunig

Schnittke: Historia von D. Johann Fausten [2 CD] Gerd Albrecht (1995)

Alfred Schnittke: Historia von D. Johann Fausten
EAC Rip | FLAC+CUE+LOG | Scans (complete, with libretto) | 42.15+58.35 min (2 CD) | 524 MB
Opera | Label: RCA Victor (09026 68413 2) | Recorded: 1995 (live) | Released: 1996
Hanna Schwarz, Arno Raunig, Eberhard Lorenz, Jürgen Freier; Gerd Albrecht

Historia von D. Johann Fausten is an opera by the Russian composer Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) in three acts, with introduction and epilogue to the German libretto by Jörg Morgener (Jürgen Köchel) and Alfred Schnittke after the anonymous prose book of the same name (published by Johannes Spies in 1587). Wikipedia.
Frieder Bernius, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester - Niccolò Jommelli: Didone Abbandonata (1995)

Frieder Bernius, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester - Niccolò Jommelli: Didone Abbandonata (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 712 Mb | Total time: 169:15 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Orfeo | # C 381 953 F | Recorded: 1994

Mozart greatly admired the music of Jommelli. Here is the latter’s marvellous version of the Dido and Aeneas story. Dorothea Röschmann is flexible and firm in the title role, and Martina Borst as Aeneas has a warm tone. The orchestra is robust and vivid, especially in the astonishing final scene which was famous in its day. We can only hope for more from this enterprising Stuttgart group.