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Lucretia West (13 Nov 1922 - 21 Feb 2022)

Female Person - United States mezzo-soprano

On Recordings (41)

Vocals

  1. Songs of a Wayfarer: I Have a Fiery Knife 2:24 Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Lucretia West, Hermann Scherchen (Mar 1959) contralto vocals
  2. Songs on the Deaths of Children: Sometimes I Think They Have Just Gone Out 4:04 Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Lucretia West, Hermann Scherchen (Mar 1959) contralto vocals
  3. Songs of a Wayfarer: I Walked This Morning Across the Field 4:16 Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Lucretia West, Hermann Scherchen (Mar 1959) contralto vocals
  4. Songs on the Deaths of Children: Now I Can See Why Such Dark Flames 5:21 Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Lucretia West, Hermann Scherchen (Mar 1959) contralto vocals
  5. Songs on the Deaths of Children: If Your Sweet Mother 5:18 Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Lucretia West, Hermann Scherchen (Mar 1959) contralto vocals
  6. Songs of a Wayfarer: The Two Blue Eyes of My Sweetheart 5:14 Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Lucretia West, Hermann Scherchen (Mar 1959) contralto vocals
  7. Songs on the Deaths of Children: In This Weather 7:50 Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Lucretia West, Hermann Scherchen (Mar 1959) contralto vocals
  8. Songs on the Deaths of Children: Now the Sun Is About to Rise So Brightly 6:00 Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Lucretia West, Hermann Scherchen (Mar 1959) contralto vocals
  9. Songs of a Wayfarer: When My Sweetheart Has Her Wedding Day 4:01 Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Lucretia West, Hermann Scherchen (Mar 1959) contralto vocals
  10. 4th Movement from the 3rd Symphony 11:22 Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Franco Mannino (1971) contralto vocals
  11. Kindertotenlieder: Nun seh’ ich wohl 5:13 Lucretia West, Berliner Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch (1990) mezzo-soprano vocals
  12. Kindertotenlieder: In diesem Wetter, in diesem Braus 7:09 Lucretia West, Berliner Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch (1990) mezzo-soprano vocals
  13. Kindertotenlieder: Oft denk’ ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen! 3:30 Lucretia West, Berliner Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch (1990) mezzo-soprano vocals
  14. Kindertotenlieder: Nun will die Sonn’ so hell aufgeh’n 5:53 Lucretia West, Berliner Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch (1990) mezzo-soprano vocals
  15. Kindertotenlieder: Wenn dein Mütterlein tritt zur Tür herein 5:16 Lucretia West, Berliner Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch (1990) mezzo-soprano vocals
  16. Symphonie n. 8 in Mi bem. Magg. “Sinfonia dei Mille”: Schlusszene aus “Faust II” di Goether: Bei dem Bronn, zu dem schon weiland 1:22 Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos (1992) solo, contralto vocals
  17. Symphonie n. 8 in Mi bem. Magg. “Sinfonia dei Mille”: Hymnus "Veni, Creator Spiritus" 24:14 Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos (1992) solo, contralto vocals
  18. Symphonie n. 8 in Mi bem. Magg. “Sinfonia dei Mille”: Schlusszene aus “Faust II” di Goether: Alles Vergängliche 6:11 Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos (1992) solo, contralto vocals
  19. Requiem, K. 626: VI. Benedictus 7:54 Frederick Guthrie, Lucretia West, Sena Jurinac, Hans Loeffler, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen (1996) contralto vocals, mezzo-soprano vocals
  20. Requiem, K. 626: IV. Offertorium: Domine Jesu 4:54 Frederick Guthrie, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir, Lucretia West, Sena Jurinac, Hans Loeffler, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen (1996) contralto vocals, mezzo-soprano vocals
  21. Requiem, K. 626: VIII. Communio: Lux aeterna 7:23 Frederick Guthrie, Hans Loeffler, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir, Lucretia West, Sena Jurinac, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen (1996) mezzo-soprano vocals
  22. Requiem, K. 626: III. Sequenz: Tuba mirum 5:11 Frederick Guthrie, Lucretia West, Sena Jurinac, Hans Loeffler, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen (1996) contralto vocals, mezzo-soprano vocals
  23. Requiem, K. 626: III. Sequenz: Recordare 7:23 Frederick Guthrie, Lucretia West, Sena Jurinac, Hans Loeffler, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen (1996) contralto vocals, mezzo-soprano vocals
  24. Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection”: IV. “Urlicht”. Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht - attacca: 6:52 Lucretia West, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Hermann Scherchen (1997) mezzo-soprano vocals
  25. Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection”: V. Im Tempo des Scherzos. Wild herausfahrend 37:45 Mimi Coertse, Lucretia West, Wiener Kammerchor, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Hermann Scherchen (1997) mezzo-soprano vocals
  26. Rhapsody for Alto, Chorus and Orchestra, op. 53 14:18 Lucretia West, Vienna Academy Male Voice Choir, Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch (2002) contralto vocals
  27. Symphony no. 3 in D minor: Sehr langsam. Misterioso: “O Mensch! Gib acht!” 9:22 Lucretia West, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Dimitri Mitropoulos (Feb 2011) mezzo-soprano vocals
  28. Symphony no. 3 in D minor: Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck: “Bimm Bamm. Es sungen drei Engel” 4:59 Lucretia West, Women of the WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, Kölner Domchor, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Dimitri Mitropoulos (Feb 2011) mezzo-soprano vocals
  29. Symphony no. 8 in E-flat major: I. Hymnus: Veni, Creator Spiritus 23:56 Lucretia West, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Otto Edelmann, Ira Malaniuk, Hermann Prey, Mimi Coertse, Giuseppe Zampieri, Wiener Sängerknaben, Hilde Zadek, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos (2011) contralto vocals
  30. Symphony no. 8 in E-flat major: II. Schlußszene aus “Faust” 55:53 Lucretia West, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Otto Edelmann, Ira Malaniuk, Hermann Prey, Mimi Coertse, Giuseppe Zampieri, Wiener Sängerknaben, Hilde Zadek, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos (2011) contralto vocals
  31. In tempo des Scherzos. Wild herausfahrend 6:52 Gustav Mahler ()
  32. "Urlicht" (Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht) 6:42 Gustav Mahler ()
  33. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung 12:14 Gustav Mahler ()
  34. Mit Aufschwung aber nicht eilen 5:19 Gustav Mahler ()
  35. Allegro maestoso (Mit durchaus ernstem und feierlichem Ausdruck) 24:37 Gustav Mahler ()
  36. Wieder sehr breit 2:31 Gustav Mahler ()
  37. Ritardando ... Maestoso 3:52 Gustav Mahler ()
  38. Etwas bwegter 4:14 Gustav Mahler ()
  39. Langsam. Misterioso 7:37 Gustav Mahler ()
  40. Andante moderato (Sehr gemachlich) 11:39 Gustav Mahler ()
  41. Wieder zuruckhaltend 6:40 Gustav Mahler ()

Credited as (17)

  1. Lucretia West, Vienna Academy Male Voice Choir, Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch
  2. Mozart; Jurinac, West, Loeffler, Guthrie, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen
  3. Mahler, Debussy; Lucretia West, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Dimitri Mitropoulos
  4. Lucretia West, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Dimitri Mitropoulos
  5. Lucretia West, Women of the WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, Kölner Domchor, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Dimitri Mitropoulos
  6. Gustav Mahler; Hermann Scherchen, Lucretia West, Vienna State Opera Orchestra
  7. Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Lucretia West, Hermann Scherchen
  8. Mahler; Vienna State Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen, Lucretia West
  9. Mahler; Mimi Coertse, Lucretia West, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen
  10. Lucretia West, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Hermann Scherchen
  11. Mimi Coertse, Lucretia West, Wiener Kammerchor, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Hermann Scherchen
  12. Lucretia West, Berliner Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch
  13. Lucretia West, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Otto Edelmann, Ira Malaniuk, Hermann Prey, Mimi Coertse, Giuseppe Zampieri, Wiener Sängerknaben, Hilde Zadek, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
  14. Frederick Guthrie, Lucretia West, Sena Jurinac, Hans Loeffler, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen
  15. Frederick Guthrie, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir, Lucretia West, Sena Jurinac, Hans Loeffler, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen
  16. Frederick Guthrie, Hans Loeffler, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir, Lucretia West, Sena Jurinac, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen
  17. Frederick Guthrie, Lucretia West, Sena Jurinac, Hans Loeffler, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen

Links (8)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134701976
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85027010
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139549191

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1735011

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0002204490

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/292843692

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115281882

Discography Pages

  1. https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/M00000282546