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Otto Nicolai
1810-1849 DE, Königsberg, Bavaria
Composer / Conductor of Classical
A.k.a. Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai
Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai (9 June 1810 – 11 May 1849) was a German composer, conductor, and founder of the Vienna Philharmonic. Nicolai is best known for his operatic version of Shakespeare's comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor as Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor. In addition to five operas, Nicolai composed lieder, works for orchestra, chorus, ensemble, and solo instruments.
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Herr, auf dich traue ich (Psalm 31) on Otto Nicolai: Herr, auf dich traue ich. Psalmen by Otto Nicolai, Kammerchor Stuttgart & Frieder Bernius Mondaufgang on New Year's Concert 2017 / Neujahrskonzert 2017 by Gustavo Dudamel, Wiener Philharmoniker & Gustavo Dudamel & Wiener Philharmoniker Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Ouvertüre on The Best of the Academy by Sir Neville Marriner & Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Overture on 1992 New Year's Concert in the 150th Jubilee Year of the Wiener Philharmoniker by Carlos Kleiber & Wiener Philharmoniker Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor): Overture on NICOLAI, O.: Lustigen Weiber von Windsor [The Merry Wives of Windsor] [Highlights] [Moll, Mathis, Schwarz, Donath] by Otto Nicolai & Staatskapelle Berlin Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor): Overture on Nicolai, O.: Merry Wives of Windsor [Opera] by Otto Nicolai & Helmut Froschauer The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture on Smetana: The Bartered Bride Highlights - Nicolai: Merry Wives of Windsor Highlights by Various Artists Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor): Act I: Duet: Nein, das ist wirklich doch zu keck (Frau Fluth, Frau Reich) on NICOLAI, O.: Lustigen Weiber von Windsor [The Merry Wives of Windsor] [Highlights] [Moll, Mathis, Schwarz, Donath] by Otto Nicolai & Staatskapelle Berlin Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor · Oper in 3 Akten (1988 Remaster), Zweiter Akt: Nr. 7b - Romanze: Horch, die Lerche singt im Hain (Fenton - Spärlich - Cajus) on Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor · Oper in 3 Akten by Otto Nicolai, Robert Heger & Bavarian State Orchestra Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor): Act III: O susser Mond! (Chorus, Falstaff) on Nicolai, O.: Merry Wives of Windsor [Opera] by Otto Nicolai & Helmut FroschauerTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concertgebouw Lollipops | Concertgebouworkest, Franz Schubert, Johann Strauss Sr., Jeremiah Clarke, Otto Nicolai, Ambroise Thomas, Edvard Grieg, Hector Berlioz, Jean Sibelius, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Alexander Borodin, Giuseppe Verdi, César Franck, Camille Saint-Saëns, Antonín Dvořák, Richard Strauss, Sir Edward Elgar, John Philip Sousa, Paul van Kempen, Eduard van Beinum, Eugen Jochum, Bernard Haitink, Antal Dorati, Willem Van Otterloo, Igor Markevitch | 2017 | Compil. |
| The Merry Wives Of Windsor / Nutcracker Suite / Invitation To The Dance / Marche Militaire No.1 / Bad'ner Mad'ln / Annen Polka Etc. | Hans Knappertsbusch Conducts Wiener Philharmoniker, Otto Nicolai • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky • Carl Maria von Weber / Hector Berlioz • Franz Schubert • Karl Komzák • Johann Strauss Jr. | 2012 | Album |
| Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor München 1957 | Otto Nicolai, Hans Knappertsbusch | 2010 | Album |
| 'Encore, Sir John'/Sir John Barbirolli conducting The Hallé Orchestra | Sir John Barbirolli, Hallé Orchestra, John Philip Sousa, Amilcare Ponchielli, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Jeremiah Clarke, Otto Nicolai, Jean Sibelius, Jules Massenet, Emmanuel Chabrier | 2010 | Album |
| Michael Raucheisen 59+60/66 | Michael Raucheisen, Otto Nicolai | 2005 | Compil. |
| Overtures | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Carl Maria von Weber, Emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Otto Nicolai, Franz Schubert, Bedřich Smetana, Franz von Suppé, Johann Strauss Jr., Rudolf Kempe | 2002 | Album |
| Antique Brasses | Ludwig van Beethoven, Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Franz Paul Lachner, Prince Carl Friedrich von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, Sigismund Neukomm, Otto Nicolai, Gioacchino Rossini, Antonio Salieri, The London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble, Christopher Larkin | 2000 | Album |
| Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor | Otto Nicolai, Karl Ridderbusch, Helen Donath, Trudeliese Schmidt, Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik | 1998 | Album |
| Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor | Otto Nicolai, Karl Ridderbusch, Helen Donath, Wolfgang Brendel, Trudeliese Schmidt, Alexander Malta, Rafael Kubelik, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks | 1998 | Album |
| The Merry Wives Of Windsor | Otto Nicolai, Wilhelm Strienz, Georg Hann, Irma Beilke, Lore Hoffmann, Marie Luise Schilp, Artur Rother | 1997 | Album |
| Ouvertures Célèbres Il | Engelbert Humperdinck - Gioacchino Rossini - Giuseppe Verdi - Luigi Cherubini - Adolphe C. Adam - Franz von Suppé - Otto Nicolai - Michael Jary - Leroy Anderson | 1996 | Album |
| Famous Overtures III | Gioacchino Rossini - Otto Nicolai - Richard Wagner - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1994 | Album |
| Die Verkaufte Braut / Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor | Otto Nicolai / Bedřich Smetana - Pilar Lorengar, Ruth-Margret Pütz, Nada Puttar Gold, Marcel Cordes, Fritz Wunderlich, Gottlob Frick, Rudolf Kempe, Robert Heger | 1993 | Compil. |
| Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor (1. Folge) | Otto Nicolai, Aloys Kuhnert, Kurt Böhme, Rundfunkchor Leipzig Und Großes Rundfunkorchester Leipzig Dirigent: Rolf Kleinert | 1993 | Single |
| Ouverture Famose Vol. 1 | Gioacchino Rossini, Otto Nicolai, Richard Wagner, Johann Strauss Jr. - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Alfred Scholz | 1993 | Album |
| Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor | Otto Nicolai | 1993 | Single |
| Las Alegres Comadres De Windsor / Un Ballo In Maschera / Lucia Di Lammermoor / La Novia Vendida / I Lombardi / Aida / La Boheme / La Traviata / L'elisir D'amore | Otto Nicolai / Giuseppe Verdi / Gaetano Donizetti / Bedřich Smetana / Giacomo Puccini / The London Philharmonic Orchestra / José Carreras / Luciano Pavarotti, Simfonični Orkester RTV Ljubljana / Eva Illes / Teresa Stratas / Wiener Philharmoniker / Alfredo Kraus | 1993 | Compil. |
| World Famous Overtures | Gioacchino Rossini, Otto Nicolai, Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1993 | Compil. |
| Les Joyeuses Commères de Windsor | Otto Nicolai | 1993 | Album |
| Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor (Querschnitt) | Otto Nicolai, Bernhard Klee | 1993 | Album |
| Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor | Otto Nicolai, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gottlob Frick | 1993 | Single |
| Berühmte Ouvertüren Vol. 1 | Gioacchino Rossini, Otto Nicolai, Richard Wagner, Johann Strauss Jr., New Philharmonic Orchestra Dirg.: Alfred Scholz | 1993 | Compil. |
| Famose Ouverture Vol. 1 | Gioacchino Rossini, Otto Nicolai, Richard Wagner, Johann Strauss Jr. - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Alfred Scholz | 1990 | Album |
| Suppé - Nicolai - Rossini - Adam - Borodine - Les plus Belles Ouvertures | Alfred Scholz, Franz von Suppé, Otto Nicolai, Gioacchino Rossini, Adolphe C. Adam, Alexander Borodin | 1990 | Album |
| Treulich Geführt Die Schönsten Chöre Der Deutschen Oper | Carl Maria von Weber • Richard Wagner • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Ludwig van Beethoven • Albert Lortzing • Otto Nicolai • Konradin Kreutzer • Friedrich von Flotow | 1985 | Compil. |
| Psalmen Und Motetten Der Romantik | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / Otto Nicolai - Essen Studio Choir / Konrad Haenisch | 1983 | Album |
| Stars Of The Vienna Opera (1946-1953) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Carl Maria von Weber, Otto Nicolai, Richard Wagner, Bedřich Smetana, Johann Strauss Jr., Robert Schumann | 1982 | Compil. |
| Messe In D-dur | Otto Nicolai, NDR Chor, NDR Sinfonieorchester, Georgine Resick, Gwendolyn Killebrew, Frieder Lang, Hermann Christian Polster, Heinrich Hollreiser | 1982 | Album |
| Presenting four outstanding american tenors of the 1980's | Rockwell Blake, Vinson Cole, Jerry Hadley, Gioacchino Rossini, Otto Nicolai, Richard Strauss, Giacomo Puccini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Georges Bizet, Barry McCauley | 1980 | Album |
| Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor | Otto Nicolai, Franz Crass, Marcel Cordes, Ernst Haefliger, Evelyn Lear, Sieglinde Wagner, Caterina Alda | 1978 | Album |
| Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor (Opernquerschnitt) | Otto Nicolai | 1978 | Album |
| Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor (Querschnitt * Highlights) | Otto Nicolai - Helen Donath, Hanna Schwarz, Kurt Moll, Peter Schreier, Siegfried Vogel, Bernd Weikl - Staatskapelle Berlin With Bernhard Klee | 1977 | Album |
| Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor (Komische Oper In Drei Akten) | Otto Nicolai - Helen Donath, Hanna Schwarz, Kurt Moll, Peter Schreier, Siegfried Vogel, Bernd Weikl - Staatskapelle Berlin With Bernhard Klee | 1976 | Album |
| Ouvertüren II | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Engelbert Humperdinck, Georges Bizet, Otto Nicolai, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner | 1975 | Album |
| The Merry Wives Of Windsor | Otto Nicolai, Kurt Böhme, Theodor Horand, Rolf Kleinert | 1974 | Album |
| Ouverture Da: Euryanthe - Oberon, Ifigenia In Aulide, Le Allegre Comari di Windsor | Carl Maria von Weber Weber Christoph Willibald Gluck Gluck Otto Nicolai | 1974 | Album |
| Erna Berger | Erna Berger, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi, Gaetano Donizetti, Gioacchino Rossini, Otto Nicolai | 1970 | Compil. |
| German Overtures, BBC Symphony Orchestra | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Carl Maria von Weber, Richard Wagner, Otto Nicolai | 1970 | Album |
| Heitere Oper - Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor | Otto Nicolai, Ruth-Margret Pütz, Gisela Litz, Gottlob Frick, Fritz Wunderlich, Ernst Gutstein, Chor Der Bayerischen Staatsoper Und Bayerisches Staatsorchester Dirigent: Robert Heger | 1970 | Album |
| Romantische Overture | Herbert von Karajan, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Carl Maria von Weber, Otto Nicolai | 1970 | Album |
| Deutsche Ouvertüren | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Carl Maria von Weber, Richard Wagner, Otto Nicolai | 1970 | Album |
| Ouvertüren II | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Engelbert Humperdinck, Georges Bizet, Otto Nicolai, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner | 1970 | Album |
| Overtures | Christoph Willibald Gluck, Franz Schubert, Otto Nicolai, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Robert Schumann, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Wiener Philharmoniker | 1969 | Compil. |
| Opernchöre | Carl Maria von Weber, Otto Nicolai, Ludwig van Beethoven, Albert Lortzing, Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni | 1968 | Compil. |
| The Merry Wives Of Windsor | Otto Nicolai | 1968 | Album |
| Te Deum | Otto Nicolai - Carl Mathieu Lange - Singakademie Zu Berlin - Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin | 1966 | Album |
| Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor | Otto Nicolai, Bayerisches Staatsorchester | 1965 | Album |
| Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor | Otto Nicolai, Bamberger Symphoniker, Hans Löwlein, Philharmonischer Chor Bamberg, Fritz Braun | 1964 | Album |
| Rita Streich Singt Arien Der Grossen Oper | Rita Streich Singt Arien Der Grossen Oper Von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gaetano Donizetti, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Jacques Offenbach Und Otto Nicolai | 1962 | Album |
| German Overtures | Christoph Willibald Gluck, Carl Maria von Weber, Engelbert Humperdinck, Otto Nicolai - Das Orchester Der Staatsoper Berlin, Artur Rother | 1960 | Album |
| Overtures | Bedřich Smetana / Otto Nicolai / Carl Maria von Weber / Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / Hector Berlioz - Rudolf Kempe Conducting Wiener Philharmoniker | 1960 | Album |
| Le Vispe Comari Di Windsor - Fantasia Su Greensleeves | Otto Nicolai, The Boston Pops Orchestra Diretta Da Arthur Fiedler | 1959 | Single |
| Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor | Otto Nicolai, Eberhard Wächter, Kim Borg, Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner | 1959 | Single |
| Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor | Otto Nicolai, Eberhard Wächter, Kim Borg, Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner | 1959 | Single |
| Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor | Otto Nicolai | 1959 | Album |
| Als Büblein Klein / Auch Ich War Ein Jüngling | Otto Nicolai / Albert Lortzing, Kim Borg, Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks | 1958 | Single |
| In Einem Waschkorb / Was Seh' Ich? | Otto Nicolai / Albert Lortzing | 1957 | Single |
| Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor | Otto Nicolai, Anny Schlemm, Maria Stader, Margarete Klose, Walther Ludwig, Eberhard Wächter, Kim Borg, Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Ferdinand Leitner | 1957 | Compil. |
| Liederabend Rita Streich | Rita Streich, Franz Schubert, Hugo Wolf, Richard Strauss, Otto Nicolai, Darius Milhaud, Erik Werba | 1957 | Album |
| Der Wildschütz · Ouverture - Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor · Ouverture | Albert Lortzing · Otto Nicolai · Wolfgang Sawallisch · Bamberger Symphoniker | 1954 | Album |
| L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 | Georges Bizet / Otto Nicolai / Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | 1953 | Album |
| Von Suppé: Morning, Noon And Night In Vienna - Overture, Strauss: Morning Papers Waltz, Ponchielli: Dance Of The Hours (From "La Gioconda"), Nicolas: The Merry Wives Of Windsor - Overture | The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 1950 | Album |
| Merry Wives Of Windsor Overture / Danse Macabre | The Cleveland Orchestra, Otto Nicolai, Camille Saint-Saëns | 1927 | Album |
| Ouvertüren In Stereo | Christoph Willibald Gluck / Carl Maria von Weber / Engelbert Humperdinck / Otto Nicolai - Orchester Der Städtischen Oper Berlin, Artur Rother | Album | |
| Lied-Duette & Trios | Peter Cornelius, Otto Nicolai, Carl Maria von Weber, Heinrich Marschner, Robert Schumann | Album | |
| Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor (Großer Querschnitt) | Otto Nicolai − Gottlob Frick • Fritz Wunderlich • Ernst Gutstein • Ruth-Margret Pütz • Gisela Litz • Chor Der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Robert Heger | Album | |
| Gouden Melodieën voor Miljoenen | Johann Strauss Sr., Bedřich Smetana, Léo Delibes, Franz von Suppé, Johann Strauss Jr., Johannes Brahms, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Otto Nicolai | Compil. | |
| Merry Wives Of Windsor ~ Overture | Otto Nicolai, Sir Thomas Beecham, The London Philharmonic Orchestra | Album | |
| Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor - Gesamtaufnahme | Otto Nicolai, Gottlob Frick, Ernst Gutstein, Kieth Engen, Fritz Wunderlich, Ruth-Margret Pütz, Gisela Litz, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Robert Heger | Album | |
| Overture "Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor" / Overture "Mignon" | Otto Nicolai / Ambroise Thomas / Concertgebouworkest / Eduard van Beinum | Single | |
| Der Freischütz / Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor | Carl Maria von Weber, Otto Nicolai | Single | |
| Berühmte Ouvertüren | Gioacchino Rossini, Otto Nicolai, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Album | |
| Die Lustige Weiber Von Windsor | Otto Nicolai | Album | |
| Beliebte Ouvertüren | Johann Strauss Jr., Otto Nicolai, Gioacchino Rossini, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka | Album | |
| Opera Arias | Gottlob Frick • Peter Cornelius • Friedrich von Flotow • Jacques Fromental Halévy • Konradin Kreutzer • Albert Lortzing • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Otto Nicolai • Giacomo Puccini • Gioacchino Rossini | Compil. | |
| Les Joyeuses Commères De Windsor | The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Otto Nicolai | Album | |
| Russian And Ludmilla Suite etc | Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Otto Nicolai, Emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Anatole Fistoulari, The London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra | Album | |
| Popular Overtures • The Merry Wives Of Windsor / The Gypsy Baron / William Tell / Carmen | Otto Nicolai / Johann Strauss Jr. / Gioacchino Rossini / Georges Bizet | Compil. | |
| Ouvertüren In Stereo | Christoph Willibald Gluck / Carl Maria von Weber / Engelbert Humperdinck / Otto Nicolai / Artur Rother | Album | |
| Ouverture | Franz von Suppé / Otto Nicolai / Gioacchino Rossini / Jacques Offenbach - Berliner Symphoniker Diretta Da Piero Carli | Album | |
| Ein Kurkonzert Mit Wilhelm Furtwängler | Wilhelm Furtwängler, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Johann Strauss Jr., Carl Maria von Weber, Otto Nicolai, Wiener Philharmoniker | Album | |
| Pomp And Circumstance / Le Vispi Comari Di Windosr | Sir Edward Elgar, Otto Nicolai, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult | Single | |
| Berühmte Ouvertüren | Franz von Suppé, Gioacchino Rossini, Adolphe C. Adam, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Otto Nicolai, Johann Strauss Jr. | Compil. |
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