Special offer. Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Sena Jurinac (Leonore), Jan Peerce (Florestan), Gustav Neidlinger (Pizarro), Dezsö Ernster (Rocco), Maria Stader (Marzelline), Murray Dickie (Jaquino), Frederick Guthrie (Fernando)
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Hans Knappertsbusch
this strikes me as one of the noblest recordings ever made. Knappertsbusch is deeply searching; the singers are very fine.
Special offer. Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Sena Jurinac (Leonore), Jan Peerce (Florestan), Gustav Neidlinger (Pizarro), Dezsö Ernster (Rocco), Maria Stader (Marzelline), Murray Dickie (Jaquino), Frederick Guthrie (Fernando)
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Hans Knappertsbusch
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this strikes me as one of the noblest recordings ever made. Knappertsbusch is deeply searching; the singers are very fine.
About
After a spell of recording with Decca, the legendary Wagnerian conductor Hans Knappertsbusch recorded for Westminster, and among his best recordings for this label is this 1961 recording of Fidelio, boasting a cast of great singers at the Austrian and German opera houses, including the much-loved Sena Jurinac.
Contents and tracklist
Excerpt,Beethoven:
Fidelio, Op. 72
Work length7:06
- Bayerisches Staatsorchester
- Hans Knappertsbusch
- Recorded: 1961
Overture
Track length7:06
Beethoven:
Fidelio, Op. 72 / Act 1
Work length1:19:01
- Murray Dickie (tenor), Maria Stader (soprano), Dezsö Ernster (speaker), Maria Stader (speaker), Murray Dickie (speaker), Sena Jurinac (speaker), Sena Jurinac (soprano), Dezsö Ernster (bass), Gustav Neidlinger (speaker), Gustav Neidlinger (bass), Georg Paskuda (tenor), Paul Neuner (bass)
- Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper
- Hans Knappertsbusch
- Recorded: 1961
"Jetzt, Schätzchen, jetzt sind wir allein"
Track length6:03
Jacquino, Jacquino
Track length00:36
"O wär ich schon mit dir vereint"
Track length4:42
Guten Tag, Marzelline. Ist Fidelio noch nicht zurück
Track length00:41
"Mir ist so wunderbar"
Track length4:59
"Fidelio, wenn ich auch nicht weiss"
Track length00:39
"Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben"
Track length3:31
"Ihr könnt das leicht sagen, Meister Rocco"
Track length2:08
"Gut Söhnchen, gut"
Track length8:00
Marsch
Track length2:25
"Ist etwas Neues vorgefallen?"
Track length1:00
"Ha! Welch ein Augenblick!"
Track length3:38
"Ich darf keinen Augenblick säumen"
Track length00:43
"Jetzt, Alter, jetzt hat es Eile!"
Track length6:08
"Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?"
Track length8:20
"Meister Rocco, ich ersuchte euch schon einige Male"
Track length00:42
"O welche Lust, in freier Luft den Atem leicht zu heben!"
Track length8:49
"Nun sprecht, wie ging's?"
Track length7:07
"Ach! Vater, Vater, eilt!"
Track length3:20
"Leb wohl, du warmes Sonnenlicht"
Track length5:30
Work length1:09:53
- Jan Peerce (tenor), Sena Jurinac (soprano), Dezsö Ernster (bass), Sena Jurinac (speaker), Dezsö Ernster (speaker), Jan Peerce (speaker), Gustav Neidlinger (speaker), Gustav Neidlinger (bass), Murray Dickie (speaker), Frederick Guthrie (baritone), Maria Stader (soprano), Murray Dickie (tenor)
- Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper
- Hans Knappertsbusch
- Recorded: 1961
Introduktion "Gott, welch' Dunkel" - In des Lebens Frühlingstagen
Track length11:21
"Wie kalt ist es in diesem unterirdischen Gewölbe" - "Nur hurtig fort, nur frisch gegraben"
Track length7:12
"Er erwacht"
Track length1:30
"Euch werde Lohn in bessern Welten"
Track length8:10
"Alles ist bereit"
Track length00:12
"Er sterbe! Doch er soll erst wissen"
Track length3:56
"Vater Rocco!" - "Es schlägt der Rache Stunde"
Track length1:40
"Meine Leonore, was hast du" - "O namenlose Freude!"
Track length4:39
Ouvertüre "Leonore III" Op. 72a
Track length15:11
"Heil sei dem Tag"
Track length2:33
"Des besten Königs Wink und Wille"
Track length8:44
"Wer ein holdes Weib errungen"
Track length4:45
Awards and reviews
January 2014
this strikes me as one of the noblest recordings ever made. Knappertsbusch is deeply searching; the singers are very fine.
Sena Jurinac gives a deeply affecting performance in the Prison Scene … Jan Peerce was an unexpected but good choice for the hero. His singing is strong and clear; both words and musical phrases are firmly moulded; ardour and the ring of conviction inform his singing.”
