Gundula Janowitz

The Gundula Janowitz Edition

Originally released in 2017 to mark the 80th birthday of Gundula Janowitz, this box set celebrates her clear and honest soprano voice through a selection of her opera, oratorio and Lieder recordings. The favourite lyric soprano of Herbert von Karajan, Janowitz set the standard for sopranos with her legendary recordings of Mozart and R. Strauss which are still unsurpassed in the catalogue.14-CD original jackets collection with selection of Janowitz' recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, Decca and Philips, including the first CD release of an interview from 1969 with Janowitz about singing the Countess in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro and about her foundation for young singers and also her 2 recordings of R. Strauss Vier letzte Lieder: Bernard Haitink (1968) and Herbert von Karajan (1973).