Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier
Regine Crespin (Marschallin), Yvonne Minton (Octavian), Helen Donath (Sophie), Manfred Jungwirth (Ochs), Otto Wiener (Faninal), Murray Dickie (Valzacchi), Anne Howells (Annina), Luciano Pavarotti (Italian Tenor), Emmy Loose (Marianne Leitmetzerin)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti
Still one of the truly great recordings. Solti's conducting is refreshing, more champagne than schmaltz, yet not unduly driven, and his singers are superb, not just Crespin, Minton and Jungwirth...
Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier
Regine Crespin (Marschallin), Yvonne Minton (Octavian), Helen Donath (Sophie), Manfred Jungwirth (Ochs), Otto Wiener (Faninal), Murray Dickie (Valzacchi), Anne Howells (Annina), Luciano Pavarotti (Italian Tenor), Emmy Loose (Marianne Leitmetzerin)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti
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Still one of the truly great recordings. Solti's conducting is refreshing, more champagne than schmaltz, yet not unduly driven, and his singers are superb, not just Crespin, Minton and Jungwirth...
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Contents and tracklist
- Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Régine Crespin (soprano), Manfred Jungwirth (bass), Herbert Prikopa (baritone), Alexander Maly (singer), Leo Heppe (bass), Adolf Tomaschek (tenor), Hans Pipal (singer), Alasdair Malloy (percussion), Karl Terhal (tenor), Murray Dickie (tenor), Rosl Schwaiger (soprano), Rohangiz Yachmi (contralto), Arleen Auger (soprano), Ingrid Mayr (singer), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Alfred Jerger (bass), Anne Howells (soprano), Otto Wiener (baritone), Emmy Loose (soprano), Helen Donath (soprano), Anton Dermota (tenor), Nikolaus Simkovsky (tenor), Freidrich Strack (singer), Franz Setzer (singer), Herbert Lackner (bass), Hans Reautschigg (tenor)
- Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1968-10-30
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
Awards and reviews
May 2008
Still one of the truly great recordings. Solti's conducting is refreshing, more champagne than schmaltz, yet not unduly driven, and his singers are superb, not just Crespin, Minton and Jungwirth (as Ochs) but the entire ensemble.
2010
For those craving good sound and a reading of great charm – Crespin's rather Gallic Marschallin is wondrously sung – Solti's 1968 set is worth considering.
Many collectors rate this even more highly than the classic Karajan.
