Régine Crespin
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Régine Crespin: Shéhérazade
RecommendedRégine Crespin (soprano)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
Sumptuous of tone, supremely sensitive, Crespin was born to illuminate the art of French song. Whether floating the seductive allure of Ravel or revelling in the wit of Poulenc these recordings... —
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Building a Library, September 2007, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The World of Offenbach
RecommendedDame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Sumi Jo (soprano), Régine Crespin (soprano)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, London Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Richard Bonynge, Ernest Ansermet, Alain Lombard
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Wagner: Die Walküre
Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Régine Crespin (Sieglinde), James King (Siegmund), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Gottlob Frick (Hunding)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
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Régine Crespin - French Songs
RecommendedRégine Crespin (soprano), John Wustman (piano)
Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet
With recent recordings by Bernarda Fink, Susan Graham, Felicity Lott, there has been no shortage of Shéhérazades for our 21st century. But back in 1963 Régine Crespine recorded a performance... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Building a Library, September 2007, First Choice
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Régine Crespin - Prima Donna in Paris
Régine Crespin (soprano)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Wiener Volksopernorcheste, Alain Lombard & Georges Sebastian
The supreme French soprano - and mezzo - of the post-war era in both great dramatic roles and witty opéra comique from Offenbach to Messager. Stunning, despite the waver in her voice. —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2007, Re-issue of the Month
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Wagner: Die Walküre
RecommendedJames King (tenor), Régine Crespin (soprano), Gottlob Frick (bass), Hans Hotter (bass), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Ernst Wiemann (bass), Vera Schlosser (soprano), Berit Lindholm (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto), Helen Watts (contralto), Helga Dernesch (soprano),...
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Grammy Awards, 9th Awards (1966), Best Opera Recording
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Ravel – The Complete Edition
RecommendedJean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), François-Joël Thiollier (piano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Ivo Pogorelich (piano), Pascal Rogé & Denise-Françoise Rogé (piano), Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky (pianos), Jacques Février (piano), Vladimir Ashkenazy & Vovka Ashkenazy (pianos), Cecilia Bartoli...
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Building a Library, June 2014, Recommendation available as collected edition
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Wagner: Die Walküre
RecommendedJon Vickers (Siegmund), Martti Talvela (Hunding), Thomas Stewart (Wotan), Gundula Janowitz (Sieglinde), Régine Crespin (Brünnhilde), Josephine Veasey (Fricka), Liselotte Rebmann (Gerhilde), Carlotta Ordassy (Ortlinde), Ingrid Steger (Waltraute), Lilo Brockhaus (Schwertleite), Daniza Mastilovic (Helmwige),...
The great merits of Karajan's version are the refinement of the orchestral playing and the heroic strength of Jon Vickers as Siegmund...Veasey as Fricka conveys the biting intensity of the part...The... —
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Building a Library, January 2008, First Choice
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Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier – Excerpts
Régine Crespin (soprano), Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Hilde Gueden (soprano), Heinz Holecek (baritone), Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper, Silvio Varviso
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Special offer. Wagner: Die Walküre
Régine Crespin (Sieglinde), Fritz Uhl (Siegmund), Gottlob Frick (Hunding), Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde), Jerome Hines (Wotan), Regina Resnik (Fricka)
Orchester der Bayreuther Festpiele, Rudolf Kempe
