Naxos
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Grieg: Complete Orchestral Works
Malmö Symphony Orchestra & Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset
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Special offer. Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde), Set Svanholm (Siegfried), Egil Nordsjø (Hagen), Per Gronnenberg (Alberich), Ingrid Bjoner (Gutrune/Dritte Norn), Eva Gustavson (Erste Norn), Waldemar Johnsen (Gunther), Unni Bugge-Hanssen (Woglinde), Karen Flagstad (Wellgunde/Zweite Norn), Beate Asserson (Flosshilde)
Oslo...
this is the ultimate 'A for effort' performance. It remained, for nearly a decade, the only way of hearing much of Gotterdammerung on the gramophone and remains, for that reason, an important... —
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Special offer. American Classics - George Frederick McKay
William Bolcom, Logan Skelton, Sanford Margolis (pianos), Joan Morris (mezzo-soprano), Mahoko Eguchi (viola)
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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Ina Souez, Luise Helletsgrüber, Heddle Nash, Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder, John Brownlee, Irene Eisinger
Chorus & Orchestra of the Glyndebourne Festival, Fritz Busch
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Special offer. Verdi: Il Trovatore
Maria Callas (Leonora), Fedora Barbieri (Azucena), Giuseppe di Stefano (Manrico), Rolando Panerai (Il Conte di Luna), Nicola Zaccaria (Ferrando), Renato Ercolani (Un messo/Ruiz), Luisa Villa (Ines)
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Herbert von Karajan
Despite later uncut performances, Callas, di Stefano and Karajan at his most dramatic, are a thrilling team, with an excellent cast and vivid recording from EMI's LPs rather than master tapes. —
