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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
RecommendedJoan Sutherland (Lucia), Renato Cioni (Edgardo), Robert Merrill (Enrico), Cesare Siepi (Raimondo), Kenneth MacDonald (Arturo), Rinaldo Pelizzoni (Normanno), Ana Raquel Satra (Alisa)
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sir John Pritchard
Sutherland enthusiasts will be thrilled, as indeed I am, by the sheer beauty and power of the singing, by the soprano's total command of the technical requirements the role calls for, and by... —
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Cesare Siepi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Rafaele Arié, Elisabeth Grümmer
Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler
This is an immensely and immediately impressive performance… Furtwängler's interpretation of Mozart's equivocal opera is fraught with suspense, menace and… tension. Tempos are often on the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2005, Historical Choice
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
RecommendedCesare Siepi (Don Giovanni), Suzanne Danco (Donna Anna), Lisa della Casa (Donna Elvira), Fernando Corena (Leporello), Anton Dermota (Don Ottavio), Hilde Gueden (Zerlina), Walter Berry (Masetto), Kurt Böhme (Il Commendatore)
Wiener Philharmoniker & Wiener Staatsopernchor, Josef Krips
A 1955 classic that still captivates thanks to Krips's darkly dramatic atmosphere and a ripe Viennese cast headed by Siepi's richly Italianate seducer, sardonic Corena and the brilliant Della... —
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Building a Library, July 2018, Also recommended
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Special offer. Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Cesare Siepi, Gottlob Frick, Elisabeth Grummer, Leopold Simoneau, Lisa Della Casa, Ferando Corena, Walter Berry & Rita Streich
Orchestra and Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Dimitri Mitropoulous
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Verdi: La forza del destino
RecommendedRenata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Ettore Bastianini, Giulietta Simionato, Cesare Siepi, Silvio Maionica, Gabriella Carturan & Piero di Palma
Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
This sprawling epic has a very fine cast, with Renata Tebaldi as an almost ideal Leonora, and the loud impressive del Monaco as the hero. The early stereo sound is good, but the conducting... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Hilde Gueden (Susanna), Cesare Siepi (Figaro), Lisa della Casa (Countess Almaviva), Alfred Poell (Count Almaviva), Suzanne Danco (Cherubino)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Erich Kleiber
Erich Kleiber's Vienna recording...remains matchless for its unfolding drama and sheer musicality. The brilliant Austrian conductor's sense of timing is almost uncanny, keeping the action moving... —
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Joan Sutherland (Lucia), Renato Cioni (Edgardo), Cesare Siepi (Raimondo), Robert Merrill (Enrico), Kenneth MacDonald (Arturo), Ana Raquel Satra (Alisa), Rinaldo Pelizzoni (Normanno)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, John Pritchard
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492 (highlights)
Cesare Siepi (Figaro), Hilde Gueden (Susanna), Alfred Poell (Count), Lisa Della Casa (Countess), Hilde Rössl-Majdan (Marcellina), Fernando Corena (Dr. Bartolo) & Suzanne Danco (Cherubino)
Vienna State Opera Chorus & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Erich Kleiber
another of the classics of the gramophone, beautifully played by the VPO, conducted with poise and vitality and a real sense of the drama unfolding through the music. It's very much a Viennese... —
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Puccini: La Bohème
Renata Tebaldi, Gianna d’Angelo, Carlo Bergonzi, Ettore Bastianini & Cesare Siepi
Chorus & Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Tullio Serafin
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Verdi: Requiem & Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Oralia Dominguez, Giuseppe Di Stefano & Cesare Siepi
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Victor de Sabata
