Summer Opera - up to 40% off selected titles
We're delighted to offer a more affordable way to begin or continue your opera journey, with up to 40% off selected titles on CD, SACD, Vinyl, DVD and Blu-ray, until 12th August. Please note, downloads are not included in this offer.
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Special offer. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Grace Hoffmann (alto), Josef Traxel (tenor), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Erik Sædén (baritone), Fritz Uhl (tenor), Josef Greindl (bass), Hermann Winkler (tenor), Egmont Koch (baritone)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Wolfgang Sawallisch
Nilsson is heard at a pre-Wieland staging of her Isolde – more flashily indulgent (the tope notes are presented as big events) but already loving and passionate in a unique way (try ‘Tod uns... —
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Special offer. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Wolfgang Windgassen, Josef Greindl, Birgit Nilsson & Grace Hoffmann
Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Special offer. Strauss, R: Arabella
Julia Varady (Arabella), Helen Donath (Zdenka), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Mandryka), Walter Berry (Waldner), Helga Schmidt (Adelaide), Elfrieda Hobarth (Adelaide), Adolf Dallapozza (Matteo), Hermann Winkler (Elemer), Klaus-Jürgen Küper (Dominik), Hermann Becht (Lamoral), Doris Soffel (Kartenaufschlägerin),...
Complete except for a brief cut in Matteo's part in Act 3, Sawallisch's 1981 Orfeo recording of Arabella has been easily fitted onto two CDs.
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Special offer. Strauss, R: Capriccio
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Countess Madeleine), Eberhard Wächter (Count), Nicolai Gedda (Flamand), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Olivier), Hans Hotter (La Roche), Christa Ludwig (Clairon), Anna Moffo (Italian Singer)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch
In the role of the Countess in Strauss's last opera, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf has no equals on CD...a peerless performance from her, full of magical detail both in the pointing of words and in... —
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Special offer. Verdi: Macbeth
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Macbeth), Peter Lagger (Banco), Grace Bumbry (Lady Macbeth), Bozena Ruk-Focic (Dama), Ermanno Lorenzi (Macduff), Francisco Lazaro (Malcolm) & Alois Pernerstorfer (Medico)
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Kammerchor der Salzburger Festspiele & Wiener Philharmoniker,...
Though the title-role brings a gruff weight to Fischer-Dieskau's lower range, his innate vocal refinement is bound to make Macbeth a bit more regal, while his Lieder-influenced readings give... —
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Special offer. Wagner: Tannhäuser
Wolfgang Windgassen (Tannhäuser), Victoria de los Angeles (Elisabeth), Grace Bumbry (Venus), Josef Greindl (Hermann), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Wolfram von Eschenbach)
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Special offer. Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Franz Crass (Holländer), Josef Greindl (Daland), Anja Silja (Senta), Fritz Uhl (Erik), Res Fischer (Mary), Georg Paskuda (Steuermann)
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Special offer. Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elke Schary, Martha Mödl, Claes H. Ahnsjö
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Special offer. Orff: Antigonae
Martha Mödl, Marianne Radev, William Dooley, Carlos Alexander, Paul Kuen, Fritz Uhl, Josef Traxel, Kurt Böhme & Lilian Benningsen
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Special offer. Wagner: Die Feen
Linda Esther Gray (Ada), Kari Lövass (Farzana), Krisztina Laki (Zemina), John Alexander (Arindal), June Anderson (Lora), Roland Hermann (Morald), Kurt Moll (Der Feekönig), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Gernot), Cheryl Studer (Drolla), Roland Bracht (Stimme Gromas), Karl Helm (Harald)
Bavarian Radio...
