West Hill Radio Archive
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Two legendary performances from the New York Met, 1941 & 1951
February 22, 1941 broadcast: Kirsten Flagstad (Leonore), René Maison (Florestan), Julius Huehn (Don Pizarro), Alexander Kipnis (Rocco), Marita Farell (Marzelline), Karl Laufkoetter (Jaquino), Herbert Janssen (Don Fernando). March 10, 1951 matinee broadcast: Kirsten Flagstad (Leonore), Set Svanholm...
Two live Met versions (1941 and 1951) of Beethoven's opera show little diminution in the power of Flagstad's Leonore and Walter's conducting. Good sound. —
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Mozart: Don Giovanni & Le Nozze di Figaro
Ezio Pinza (Don Giovanni), Rose Bampton (Donna Anna), Charles Kullman (Don Ottavio), Jarmila Novotná (Donna Elvira), Alexander Kipnis (Leporello), Norman Cordon (Il Commendatore), Mack Harrell (Masetto), Bidù Sayão (Zerlina), Ezio Pinza (Figaro), Bidù Sayão (Susanna), John Brownlee (Il Conte Almaviva),...
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Sixty years on, the Bartók series is still one of the most accomplished and emotionally engaging cycles ever made of these quartets… These are among the great pioneering performances of some... —
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Verdi: Il Trovatore
Stella Roman (Leonora), Leonard Warren (Il Conte di Luna), Margaret Harshaw (Azucena), Jussi Björling (Manrico), Giacomo Vaghi (Ferrando), Lodovico Oliviero (Ruiz), Inge Manski (Ines) & John Baker (gypsy)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Emil Cooper
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Arrau with Szell: Live from Carnegie Hall
Claudio Arrau (piano)
Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, George Szell
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Claudio Arrau and The Romantics
Claudio Arrau (piano), recorded 31st May 1962 in Cologne, recorded 9th March 1960 in Munich
North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik, Massimo Pradella
Impassioned, full-bodied playing in the Chopin, though the piano and orchestra sound far apart. —
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Beverly Sills (Lucia), Alfredo Kraus (Edgardo), Gian-Pero Mastromei (Ashton) & José Nait (Arturo)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Colón, Juan Emilio Martini
The amazing thing about her Lucia is not so much the way she sings it, though that has moments of incandescent beauty, but the way she manages to make a living, breathing creature of the unhappy... —
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The Art of Gregor Piatigorsky
Rare 78s, Unissued Studio Recordings, Public Performances & Broadcasts
Gregor Piatigorsky (cello), Artur Schnabel (piano), Artur Rubinstein (piano), Ralph Berkowitz (piano)
Philadelphia Orchestra, N.Y. Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, CBS Symphony Orchestra, A. Hilsberg, F. Reiner, J. Barbirolli, A. Wallenstein, Paul Hindemith
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The Art of Fritz Reiner Vol.1
American Broadcast Performances 1942-1952
Alexander Kipnis (Boris), Frank Miller (cello), Carleton Cooley (viola), Mischa Mischakoff (violin), Oscar Levant (piano), Bidú Sayão (soprano), Frank Miller (solo cello)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchestra,...
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Lauritz Melchior, Kirsten Flagstad, Friedrich Schorr, Karin Branzell, Ludwig Hofmann
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Artur Bodanzky
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