Kurt Equiluz
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
RecommendedRené Kollo (Tannhauser), Helga Dernesch (Elisabeth), Christa Ludwig (Venus), Victor Braun (Wolfram), Manfred Jungwirth (Biterolf), Hans Sotin (Hermann), Kurt Equiluz (Heinrich), Norman Bailey (Reinmar)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
One of the most satisfying of Georg Solti’s Wagner recordings. Christa Ludwig is a seductive Venus in this, the Paris version, Helga Dernesch a sweet-toned Elisabeth, though René Kollo isn’t... —
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Building a Library, May 2003, First Choice on CD (Paris version)
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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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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... —
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Mozart: Requiem
Rachel Yakar (soprano), Ortrun Wenkel (alto), Kurt Equiluz (tenor), Robert Holl (bass), Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Special offer. Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
Kurt Equiluz, Max van Egmond, Jacques Villisech, Bert van t'Hoff & Siegfried Schneeweis
Wiener Sängerknaben, Chorus Viennensis & Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Special offer. Monteverdi : Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Simkowsky (tenor vocals), Norma Lerer (mezzo-soprano vocals), Paul Esswood (contralto vocals), Walker Wyatt (bass vocals), Sven Olof Eliasson (tenor vocals), Rotraud Hansmann (soprano vocals), Nigel Rogers (tenor vocals), Max van Egmond...
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Special offer. Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
Kurt Equiluz, Paul Esswood & Siegmund Nimsgern
Concentus musicus Wien & Wiener Sangerknaben, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Harnoncourt's more recent recording of the same work is musically better, but this version has endearing qualities. Moments of undisciplined ensemble and occasional plodding tempos don’t disguise... —
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R. Strauss: Salome
Birgit Nilsson (Salome), Eberhard Wächter (Jokanaan), Gerhard Stolze (Herod), Grace Hoffman (Herodias)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Forty-four years after its initial release, Decca’s Salome holds a leading position in the discography due to Solti’s visceral conducting, and a strong cast centred on Nilsson’s commanding necrophiliac... —
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