Strauss, R: Arabella
Kiri Te Kanawa (Arabella), Franz Grundheber (Mandryka), Gabriele Fontana (Zdenka), Peter Seiffert (Matteo), Ernst Gutstein (Waldner), Alexandru Ionita (Elemer), Helga Dernesch (Adelaide), Gilles Cachemaille (Dominik), Gwendolyn Bradley (Fiakermilli), Kurt Rydl (Lamoral), Reinhild Runkel (Kartenaufschlägerin)
Orchestra...
Stylish performance under Jeffrey Tate, with plenty of momentum to join up the highlights. Te Kanawa is in her element, finely partnered by Franz Grundheber.
Strauss, R: Arabella
Kiri Te Kanawa (Arabella), Franz Grundheber (Mandryka), Gabriele Fontana (Zdenka), Peter Seiffert (Matteo), Ernst Gutstein (Waldner), Alexandru Ionita (Elemer), Helga Dernesch (Adelaide), Gilles Cachemaille (Dominik), Gwendolyn Bradley (Fiakermilli), Kurt Rydl (Lamoral), Reinhild Runkel (Kartenaufschlägerin)
Orchestra...
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Stylish performance under Jeffrey Tate, with plenty of momentum to join up the highlights. Te Kanawa is in her element, finely partnered by Franz Grundheber.
About
Studio recording, 1986
Artists
Kiri Te Kanawa (Arabella), Franz Grundheber (Mandryka), Gabriele Fontana (Zdenka), Peter Seiffert (Matteo), Ernst Gutstein (Waldner), Alexandru Ionita (Elemer), Helga Dernesch (Adelaide), Gilles Cachemaille (Dominik), Gwendolyn Bradley (Fiakermilli), Kurt Rydl (Lamoral), Reinhild Runkel (Kartenaufschlägerin)
Orchestra & Chorus of Covent Garden, Jeffrey Tate
Contents and tracklist
- Reinhild Runkel (contralto), Gabriele Fontana (soprano), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Peter Seiffert (tenor), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Alexandru Ionitza (tenor), Hans Kollman (narrator), Ernst Gutstein (bass), Hof Ratsel (tenor), Franz Grundheber (baritone), Kurt Rydl (bass), Gilles Cachemaille (bass-baritone), Gwendolyn Bradley (soprano), Flash de Forls (narrator)
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Jeffrey Tate
- Recorded: 1986-07-07
- Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
Awards and reviews
July 2012
Stylish performance under Jeffrey Tate, with plenty of momentum to join up the highlights. Te Kanawa is in her element, finely partnered by Franz Grundheber.
February 1988
Jeffrey Tate's prime virtue is his ability to convey a score's harmonic and textural chiaroscuro and it is very evident here, though at some cost in sheer Straussian sensuousness...[Te Kanawa] has considerable insight into Arabella's character...It is a shining performance and her many admirers will rejoice that this permanent record of a role she adorns is available at last.
