Eberhard Wächter
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
RecommendedJoan Sutherland (Donna Anna), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira), Eberhard Wächter (Don Giovanni), Giuseppe Taddei (Leporello), Gottlob Frick (Il Commendatore), Luigi Alva (Don Ottavio), Piero Cappuccilli (Masetto), Graziella Sciutti (Zerlina), Heinrich Schmidt (harpsichord)
Philharmonia...
On CD the classic Giulini EMI set, lovingly remastered, sets the standard by which all other recordings have come to be judged. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, as Elvira, emerges as a dominant figure... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, July 2018, Also recommended
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Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Hilde Güden (Rosalinde), Waldemar Kmentt (Eisenstein), Giuseppe Zampieri (Alfred), Erika Köth (Adele), Regina Resnik (Orlofsky), Peter Klein (Blind), Walter Berry (Falke), Eberhard Wächter (Franke), Erich Kunz (Frosch)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan
Camp charm, beguiling lyricism, all the dialogue and star turns flown in for the traditional gala party, from Leontyne Price singing 'Summertime' to Birgit Nilsson trading a hit from My Fair... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2026, Archive Choice
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The Golden Ring: Great Scenes From Wagner's der Ring Des Nibelungen
Hetty Plumacher (contralto), Set Svanholm (tenor), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Ira Malaniuk (contralto), George London (baritone), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Oda Balsborg (soprano), Vera Schlosser (soprano), Claudia Hellmann (mezzo-soprano), Hans Hotter (bass (vocal)),...
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Special offer. Verdi: Don Carlo
Franco Corelli, Gundula Janowitz, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Wiener Staatsoper, Horst Stein
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
George London (Wotan), Kirsten Flagstad (Fricka), Claire Watson (Freia), Set Svanholm (Loge), Waldemar Kmentt (Froh), Eberhard Wächter (Donner), Paul Kuen (Mime), Jean Madeira (Erda), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Walter Kreppel (Fasolt), Kurt Böhme (Fafner)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg...
I’m in no doubt that the sound quality is significantly better than Decca have been able to achieve on previous issues of this recording. There’s only one word for it: stunning. You really have... —
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
RecommendedDas Rheingold
George London (Wotan), Kirsten Flagstad (Fricka), Claire Watson (Freia), Set Svanholm (Loge), Waldemar Kmentt (Froh), Eberhard Wächter (Donner), Paul Kuen (Mime), Jean Madeira (Erda), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Walter Kreppel (Fasolt), Kurt Böhme (Fafner),...
a living, convincing, whole, holistic and vibrant experience is just what this edition delivers...it faithfully reflects the spaciousness and appropriate aura that would have been experienced... —
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Grammy Awards, 9th Awards (1966), Best Opera Recording
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Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe
RecommendedElisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eberhard Wachter, Josef Knapp, Nicolai Gedda, Hanny Steffek
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, Lovro von Matacic
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Building A Library, October 2021, Recommended Recording
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Strauss, R: Capriccio
RecommendedElisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eberhard Wächter, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Nicolai Gedda, Hans Hotter, Christa Ludwig
Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch
Not only is Capriccio a source of constant and none-too-demanding delight but its performance and recording, especially in this CD reincarnation, are wellnigh faultless. Walter Legge assembled... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Wagner: Lohengrin
RecommendedMartti Talvela (King Henry), Jess Thomas (Lohengrin), Claire Watson (Elsa), Walter Berry (Telramund), Christa Ludwig (Ortrud), Eberhard Waechter (Herald), Kurt Equiluz, Fritz Sperlbauer, Herbert Lackner & Ljubomir Pantscheff
Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm
Claire Watson excels her studio performances, singing Elsa with floods of pure tone that rarely falters...[Ludwig's] 'Entweihte Götter!' literally stops the show...Waechter makes a keen Herald,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2013, Re-issue of the Month
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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Special offer. Einem: Der Besuch der alten Dame (The Visit)
Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Horst Stein
Von Einem’s music chases Dürrenmatt’s scene-setting most (almost too) faithfully with colourful often loud tone-painting…The performance sounds well-organised (by conductor Stein) and fluent... —
