Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Cesare Siepi (Don Giovanni), Suzanne Danco (Donna Anna), Lisa della Casa (Donna Elvira), Fernando Corena (Leporello), Anton Dermota (Don Ottavio), Hilde Gueden (Zerlina), Walter Berry (Masetto), Kurt Böhme (Il Commendatore)
Wiener Philharmoniker & Wiener Staatsopernchor, Josef Krips
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Building a Library, July 2018, Also recommended
A 1955 classic that still captivates thanks to Krips's darkly dramatic atmosphere and a ripe Viennese cast headed by Siepi's richly Italianate seducer, sardonic Corena and the brilliant Della...
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Cesare Siepi (Don Giovanni), Suzanne Danco (Donna Anna), Lisa della Casa (Donna Elvira), Fernando Corena (Leporello), Anton Dermota (Don Ottavio), Hilde Gueden (Zerlina), Walter Berry (Masetto), Kurt Böhme (Il Commendatore)
Wiener Philharmoniker & Wiener Staatsopernchor, Josef Krips
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Awards:
-
Building a Library, July 2018, Also recommended
A 1955 classic that still captivates thanks to Krips's darkly dramatic atmosphere and a ripe Viennese cast headed by Siepi's richly Italianate seducer, sardonic Corena and the brilliant Della...
About
Josef Krips was at the forefront of the Mozart revival in the years following World War II with highly acclaimed and celebrated performances at Salzburg and other impoortant venues. This recording of Don Giovanni was made in 1955 and quickly achieved classic status.
"Consistently satisfying, with a cast of all-round quality headed by the dark-toned Don of Cesare Siepi." The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs
Contents and tracklist
- Hilde Gueden (soprano), Fernando Corena (bass), Lisa della Casa (soprano), Anton Dermota (tenor), Walter Berry (bass), Cesare Siepi (bass), Kurt Böhme (bass), Suzanne Danco (soprano), Kurt Boehme
- Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper
- Josef Krips
- Recorded: 1955-06
- Recording Venue: Redoutensaal, Vienna
Awards and reviews
August 2009
A 1955 classic that still captivates thanks to Krips's darkly dramatic atmosphere and a ripe Viennese cast headed by Siepi's richly Italianate seducer, sardonic Corena and the brilliant Della Casa. Excellent early stereo.
2011 edition
Freshly remastered, it sounds better than ever...Its intense, dramatic account of the Don's disappearance into hell has rarely been equalled and never surpassed on CD...As a bass Don, Siepi (a wonderful, truly great singer) is marvellously convincing, but there is hardly a weak link in the rest of the cast
