Jessye Norman discography
The following lists note recordings in opera and recital of soprano Jessye Norman.
Discography
Opera
Norman sang many roles in audio recordings of complete operas:- Bartók, Bluebeard's Castle, cond. Pierre Boulez, with László Polgár
- Beethoven, Fidelio, cond. Bernard Haitink
- Berlioz, Les Troyens, cond. James Levine
- Bizet, Carmen, cond. Seiji Ozawa, with Neil Shicoff and Mirella Freni
- Debussy, L'enfant prodigue, cond. Gary Bertini, with José Carreras and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Fauré, Pénélope, cond. Charles Dutoit with Alain Vanzo and José van Dam
- Gluck, Alceste, cond. Serge Baudo, with Nicolai Gedda and Siegmund Nimsgern
- Haydn, Armida, cond. Antal Doráti
- Haydn, La vera Costanza, cond. Antal Doráti
- Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana, cond. Semyon Bychkov, with Dmitri Hvorostovsky
- Meyerbeer, L'Africaine, cond. Riccardo Muti
- Mozart, Idomeneo, cond. Colin Davis, with Heather Harper and Nicolai Gedda
- Mozart, Die Gärtnerin aus Liebe, German version of La finta giardiniera, cond. Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, with Helen Donath, Werner Hollweg, Ileana Cotrubas, Hermann Prey and Tatiana Troyanos
- Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro, cond. Colin Davis, with Mirella Freni
- Offenbach, La belle Hélène, cond. Michel Plasson with Gabriel Bacquier and Jean-Philippe Lafont
- Offenbach, Les contes d'Hoffmann, cond. Sylvain Cambreling, with Neil Shicoff and José van Dam
- Offenbach, Les contes d'Hoffmann, cond. Jeffrey Tate, with Anne-Sofie von Otter, Francisco Araiza, Samuel Ramey and Cheryl Studer
- Purcell, Dido and Aeneas, cond. Raymond Leppard
- Schoenberg, Erwartung, cond. James Levine
- Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos, cond. Kurt Masur, with Julia Varady, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Edita Gruberova
- Strauss, Salome, cond. Seiji Ozawa, with James Morris
- Stravinski, Œdipus Rex, cond. Seiji Ozawa, with Peter Schreier, Bryn Terfel and Georges Wilson
- Stravinski, Œdipus Rex, cond. Colin Davis, with Thomas Moser, Siegmund Nimsgern and Michel Piccoli
- Verdi, Il corsaro, cond. Lamberto Gardelli, with Montserrat Caballé and José Carreras
- Verdi, Un giorno di regno, cond. Lamberto Gardelli, with Fiorenza Cossotto and José Carreras
- Verdi, Aida, cond. Nino Sanzogno, with Fiorenza Cossotto
- Wagner, Isoldes Liebestod, cond. Herbert von Karajan
- Wagner, Opera Scenes, cond. Klaus Tennstedt
- Wagner, Lohengrin, cond. Georg Solti, with Plácido Domingo
- Wagner, Die Walküre, cond. James Levine, with Gary Lakes, James Morris, Hildegard Behrens and Christa Ludwig
- Wagner, Die Walküre, cond. Marek Janowski, with Siegfried Jerusalem, Kurt Moll and Theo Adam
- Wagner, Parsifal, cond. James Levine, with Plácido Domingo
- Weber, Euryanthe, cond. Marek Janowski, with Nicolai Gedda
Lieder, songs
- Berg, Sieben frühe Lieder, Altenberg Lieder, London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Pierre Boulez — Jugendlieder, Zwei Lieder, Ann Schein
- Berg, Der Wein, New York Philharmonic, cond. Pierre Boulez
- Berlioz, Cléopâtre, Orchestre de Paris, cond. Daniel Barenboim
- Berlioz, Les Nuits d'été, London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Colin Davis
- Berlioz, Roméo et Juliette, Philadelphia Orchestra, cond. Riccardo Muti
- Brahms, Lieder, piano Daniel Barenboim
- Brahms, Lieder, piano Geoffrey Parsons
- Brahms, Rhapsodie pour alto, Philadelphia Orchestra, cond. Riccardo Muti
- Chausson, Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Chanson perpétuelle, Mélodies, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Armin Jordan, piano Michel Dalberto
- Duparc, Mélodies, piano Dalton Baldwin
- Mahler, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Berliner Philharmoniker, cond. Bernard Haitink
- Mahler, Kindertotenlieder, Boston Symphony Orchestra, cond. Seiji Ozawa
- Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde, London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Colin Davis, with Jon Vickers
- Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde, Berliner Philharmoniker, cond. James Levine, with Siegfried Jerusalem
- Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, cond. Bernard Haitink, with John Shirley-Quirk
- Mahler, Lieder, piano Irwin Gage
- Poulenc, La Fraîcheur et le Feu, Tu vois le feu du soir, piano Irwin Gage
- Poulenc, Voyage à Paris, Montparnasse, La Grenouillère, Les Chemins de l'amour, piano Dalton Baldwin
- Ravel, Shéhérazade, London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Colin Davis
- Ravel, Chansons madécasses, membres de l'Ensemble intercontemporain, cond. Pierre Boulez
- Ravel, Chansons madécasses, Chanson du rouet, piano Dalton Baldwin, cello Renaud Fontanarosa, flute Michel Debost
- Ravel, Deux mélodies hébraïques, piano Dalton Baldwin
- Satie, La Statue de bronze, Daphénéo, Le Chapelier, Je te veux, piano Dalton Baldwin
- Schoenberg, Brettl-Lieder, piano James Levine
- Schoenberg, Gurrelieder, Boston Symphony Orchestra, cond. Seiji Ozawa with Tatiana Troyanos and James McCracken
- Schoenberg, Lied der Waldtaube, Ensemble intercontemporain, cond. Pierre Boulez
- Schubert, Lieder, piano Phillip Moll
- Schubert, Lieder, piano Irwin Gage
- Schumann, Frauenliebe und Leben, Liederkreis op. 39, piano Irwin Gage
- Strauss, Vier letzte Lieder, and other Lieder with orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, cond. Kurt Masur
- Strauss, Lieder, piano Geoffrey Parsons
- Wagner, Wesendonck Lieder and Isoldes Liebestod, London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Colin Davis
- Wagner, Wesendonck Lieder, BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Pierre Boulez
- Wagner, two Wesendonck Lieder : "Schmerzen" et "Träume", BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Colin Davis
- Wagner, Wesendonck Lieder, piano Irwin Gage
- Schubert/Mahler: Lieder, piano Irwin Gage
- Les Chemins de l'amour , piano Dalton Baldwin
- Tchaikovsky Gala in Leningrad, cond. Yuri Temirkanov, with Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma : Chansons françaises op. 65, n° 1 "Sérénade" & 6 "Rondel" ; "Adieu, forêts", extr. de La Pucelle d'Orléans
- Jessye Norman: Edinburgh International Festival 1972
- An Evening with Jessye Norman, piano Irwin Gage
- Live at Hohenems, piano Geoffrey Parsons
- Jessye Norman Live – Geoffrey Parsons
- Salzburg Recital, piano James Levine
- La Marseillaise, dir. Semyon Bychkov
Symphonies, masses, oratorios
- Beethoven, Missa Solemnis, Wiener Philharmoniker, cond. James Levine with Cheryl Studer, Plácido Domingo and Kurt Moll
- Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, Wiener Philharmoniker, cond. Karl Böhm, with Brigitte Fassbaender, Plácido Domingo and Walter Berry
- Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, cond. Georg Solti, with Reinhild Runkel, Robert Schunk and Hans Sotin
- Brahms, A German Requiem, London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Klaus Tennstedt, with Jorma Hynninen
- Bruckner, Te Deum, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, cond. Daniel Barenboim, with Samuel Ramey, David Rendall and Yvonne Minton
- Franck, Les Béatitudes, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Rafael Kubelik, with Brigitte Fassbaender, René Kollo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Mahler, Symphony No. 2, Orchestre philharmonique de Vienne, cond. Lorin Maazel, with Eva Marton
- Mahler, Symphony No. 2, Musicians against Nuclear Arms Orchestra, cond. Leonard Bernstein, with Barbara Hendricks
- Mahler, Symphony No. 3, Wiener Philharmoniker, cond. Claudio Abbado
- Mahler, Symphony No. 3, Boston Symphony Orchestra, cond. Seiji Ozawa
- Tippett, A Child of Our Time, BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Colin Davis, with Janet Baker and John Shirley-Quirk
- Verdi, Messa da Requiem, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Riccardo Muti, with Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras, Yevgeny Nesterenko
Others
- Spirituals, piano Dalton Baldwin
- Spirituals in concert, cond. James Levine, with Kathleen Battle
- With a song in my heart
- Lucky to be me
- I was born in love with you : Jessye Norman sings Michel Legrand
- Jessye Norman at Notre-Dame, cond. Lawrence Foster
- In the Spirit: Sacred Music for Christmas
- Christmastide
- Les plus beaux Ave Maria et chants sacrés, cond. Kurt Redel
- Sacred Songs, cond. Alexander Gibson
- Amazing Grace
- ''Roots: my Life, my Song''
Video
- Berlioz, Les Troyens, cond. James Levine, with Plácido Domingo and Tatiana Troyanos
- Poulenc, Dialogues des Carmélites,, cond. Manuel Rosenthal, with Maria Ewing, Betsy Norden, and Régine Crespin
- Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos, cond. James Levine, with James King, Kathleen Battle and Tatiana Troyanos
- Stravinsky, Œdipus Rex, cond. Seiji Ozawa, with Philip Langridge and Bryn Terfel
- Vangelis, Mythodea: Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey, with Kathleen Battle
- Verdi, Requiem, cond. Claudio Abbado, with Margaret Price, José Carreras and Ruggero Raimondi
- Wagner, Die Walküre, cond. James Levine, with Gary Lakes, James Morris, Hildegard Behrens and Christa Ludwig
- Wagner, Isoldes Liebestod, dir. Herbert von Karajan, in Karajan in Salzburg
- Jessye Norman sings Carmen, cond. Seiji Ozawa
- Hohenems Recital, piano Geoffrey Parsons
- Spirituals in concert, cond. James Levine, with Kathleen Battle
- The Seattle Symphony Orchestra Live From Benaroya Hall, cond. Gerard Schwarz
- Jessye Norman at Christmas, cond. Lawrence Foster
- Christmastide
- Amazing Grace with Bill Moyers
- Symphony for the Spire, with Plácido Domingo, Kenneth Brannagh, Ofra Harnoy and Charlton Heston
- The People's Passion: A Musical for Easter, with Thomas Allen
- Marian Anderson
- ''Jessye Norman: A Portrait''