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Special offer. Strauss, R: Arabella
Julia Varady (Arabella), Helen Donath (Zdenka), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Mandryka), Walter Berry (Waldner), Helga Schmidt (Adelaide), Elfrieda Hobarth (Adelaide), Adolf Dallapozza (Matteo), Hermann Winkler (Elemer), Klaus-Jürgen Küper (Dominik), Hermann Becht (Lamoral), Doris Soffel (Kartenaufschlägerin),...
Complete except for a brief cut in Matteo's part in Act 3, Sawallisch's 1981 Orfeo recording of Arabella has been easily fitted onto two CDs.
Sawallisch is the most experienced conductor of... — -
…American soprano Julie Kaufmann is a persuasive advocate of both folksongs and canzonettas. —
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Gre Brouwenstijn (soprano), Ira Malaniuk (alto), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) & Ludwig Weber (bass)
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orfeo offers the best sound yet for this performance, even though the vocal soloists remain painfully spotlit. Furtwängler conducts with spacious grandeur and elemental drive. —
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Richard Wagner: Michael Volle
Michael Volle (bass-baritone)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Georg Fritzsch
With Michael Volle in such outstanding form this essential Wagner collection is a riveting experience on Orfeo. —
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Special offer. Janáček: The Excursions of Mr Broucek
Fritz Wunderlich, Kurt Böhme, Wilma Lipp, Kieth Engen, Antonie Fahberg, Lilian Benningsen, Paul Kuen, Karl Ostertag
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Joseph Keilberth
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Gluck: Opera Gala
Excerpts from Alceste, Iphigenie en Tauride, Le Cinesi, Orfeo ed Euridice, Paride ed Elena, Les Pèlerins de la Mecque
Jessye Norman, Nicolai Gedda, Robert Gambill, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Pilar Lorengar, Franco Bonisolli, Walton Groenroos, Thomas Moser, Kaaren Erickson, Alexandrina Milcheva, Marga Schiml, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Ruth Margret-Pütz, Elisabeth Söderström, Anthony Spiri, Anne Tedards, Sylvia Greenberg,...
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Dvorak: The Cello Works
Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), with Robert Kulek (piano)
NDR Sinfonieorchester, Michael Sanderling
Müller-Schott, with his thoughtfully varied articulations and tone colours, digs...deeply into the concerto's expressive detail, in particular bringing out the sense of yearning that's such... —
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Special offer. Naumann, J G: Aci e Galatea
Brigitte Geller (Galatea), Martin Homrich (Aci), Klaus Häger (Polifemo), Christiane Libor (Dorinda), Ulf Bästlein (Orgonte), Marcus Ullmann (Lisia), Wilhelm Schwinghammer (Nettuno)
Stuttgart Baroque Orchestra, Frieder Bernius
