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Jommelli: Didone abbandonata
Martina Borst (Enea), Arno Raunig (Osmida), William Kendall (Iarba), Mechthild Bach (Selene), Dorothea Röschmann (Didone), Daniel Taylor (Araspe)
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Frieder Bernius
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Tom Krause (Il Conte di Almaviva), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (La Contessa), Ileana Cotrubas (Susanna), José van Dam (Figaro), Frederica von Stade (Cherubino), Jules Bastin (Bartolo), Jane Berbié (Marcellina), Heinz Zednik (Basilio), Kurt Equiluz (Don Curzio) & Zoltán Kelemen (Antonio)
Chor und...
The Staatsoper orchestra is at its most technically brilliant and tonally scrumptious...Onstage the linchpin is the lovable Cotrubas, unfailingly resourceful and in wonderful voice...The Almavivas... —
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George Szell
Live Recordings 1957
Leon Fleisher (piano), Nathan Milstein (violin)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, George Szell
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Special offer. Wagner: Lohengrin
Hans Hopf (Lohengrin), Ingrid Bjoner (Elsa von Brabant), Hans Günter Nöcker (Friedrich von Telramund), Astrid Varnay (Ortrud), Josef Metternich (Der Heerrufer des Königs), Gislinde Skroblin (Herzog Gottfried, Elsas Bruder)
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Hans...
the basic sound of this preservation is poor - an unresonant and tubby brass timbre and relatively overloud timpani...There are rewards: the rare chance of hearing the Norwegian Ingrid Bjoner... —
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Rafael Kubelik: Dvorak, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schumann
Recorded 1960–63
János Starker (cello), Claudio Arrau (piano), Rudolf Firkušný (piano)
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester, Rafael Kubelík
Every one of these performances is marked by Kubelik’s direct but sensitive approach to music-making and there’s a great deal to enjoy here … The interesting notes by Rob Cowan are full of infectious... —
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Special offer. Georg Friedrich Händel: Xerxes
Fritz Wunderlich (Xerxes), Ingeborg Hallstein (Atalanta), Naan Pöld (Arsamenes), Hertha Töpper (Amastris), Jean Cook (Romilda), Karl Christian Kohn (Ariodates), Max Proebstl (Elviro), Bavarian Radio Choir, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelík
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Special offer. Gounod: Faust
Piotr Beczala (Faust), Soile Isokoski (Marguerite), Kwangchul Youn (Mephistopheles), Adrian Eröd (Valentin), Michaela Selinger (Siebel), Hans Peter Kammerer (Wagner) & Zoryana Kushpler (Marthe)
Chorus & Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper, Bertrand de Billy
a reading of exceptional vigour and dignity, banishing genteel cobwebs and traditional cuts...Isokoski's characteristically pure tones make her a winsomely vulnerable heroine...[Beczala] shows... —
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Special offer. Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Anna Caterina Antonacci (Fiordiligi), Monica Bacelli (Dorabella), Laura Cherici (Despina), Richard Decker (Ferrando), Albert Dohmen (Guglielmo), Sesto Bruscantini (Don Alfonso)
Marchigiana Vincenzo Bellini Lyric Chorus & Marchigiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustav Kuhn
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Special offer. Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 (Live)
Robert Kerns (baritone), Mirella Freni (soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Anton Diakov (bass), Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Olivera Miljaković (soprano), Júlia Hamari (mezzo-soprano), Justino Díaz (bass-baritone), John van Kesteren (baritone), Milen Paunov (tenor)
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper,...
There’s some extremely potent singing from three of the leads (Bumbry, Vickers and Freni’s Micaëla), not least from Bumbry with a subtle range of dynamics that truly suggest both the almost... —
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Britten: Billy Budd
Bo Skovhus (Billy Budd), Neil Shicoff (Captain Vere), Eric Halfvarson (John Claggart), Robert Bork (Mr Redburn), Wolfgang Bankl (Mr Flint), David Cale Johnson (Mr Ratcliffe), John Dickie (Red Whiskers), Geert Smits (Donald), Alfred Sramek (Dansker), John Nuzzo (Novice), Cosmin Ifrim (Squeak), Janusz...
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