Opera Collection
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Weber: Euryanthe
Siegfried Vogel (König Ludwig VI), Nicolai Gedda (Adolar), Jessye Norman (Euryanthe), Tom Krause (Lysiart), Rita Hunter (Eglantine), Renate Krahmer (Bertha), Harald Neukirch (Rudolf)
Staatskapelle Dresden & Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Marek Janowski
The only commercial recording of this interesting opera there has ever been. Norman and Hunter give great performances. —
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Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
Vienna Radio-Symphony Orchestra & Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Bertrand De Billy
Bertrand de Billy is a strong advocate for the work in this live recording from a concert performance in the Vienna Konzerthaus. The sound is vivid enough and chorus and orchestra are splendid. —
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Frid, Grigory: Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank
Eva Ben-Zvi (soprano)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Andrey Chistiakov
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Bellini: Il Pirata
Lucia Aliberti (Imogene), Stuart Neill (Gualtiero), Hermine May (Adele), Roberto Frontali (Ernesto), Kelly Anderson (Goffredo), José Guadalupe Reyes (Itulbo)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Marcello Viotti
Bellini's first hit, a spirited but uneven Gothic farrago, well conducted by Viotti, with a serviceable cast, but Lucia Aliberti a rather pale and under-voiced heroine compared to rivals like... —
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Berg: Wozzeck
Theo Adam (Wozzeck), Gisela Schröter (Marie), Reiner Goldberg (Tambourmajor), Helmut Klotz (Andres), Horst Hiestermann (Hauptmann), Konrad Rupf (Doktor), Horst Hiestermann (Narr), Gisela Pohl (Margret)
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Herbert Kegel
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Flotow: Martha
Erna Berger (Lady Harriet/Martha), Else Tegetthoff (Nancy/Julia), Eugen Fuchs (Lord Tristan), Peter Anders (Lionel), Josef Greindl (Plunkett), Franz Sauer (Sheriff of Richmond)
Chorus of the Deutschen Oper Berlin & Staatskapelle Berlin, Johannes Schüler
Magnificently remastered - you would never guess this tuneful opera was recorded in Berlin in 1944. Anders leads a fine cast, with Berger a winning Harriet. —
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Poulenc: Les Mamelles de Tirésias
Renata Arends (Thérèse/Tiresias), Bernard Loonen (Le Mari), Mattijs van de Woerd (Le Policier), Hans Pieter Herman (Le Directeur)
Opera Trionfo & Nieuw Ensemble, Ed Spanjaard
Arends is a wonderful Therese and Bart Visman's reduced orchestration is remarkably successful in Ed Spanjaard's hands. —
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Shostakovich: The Gamblers
Nikolai Kurpe (Ikharyov), Piotr Gluboky (Gavryushka), Vyacheslav Pochapsky (Alexey), Alexander Arkhipov (Krugel), Mikhail Krutikov (Shvokhnyev), Nikolai Reshetniak (Uteshityelny)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Andrey Chistiakov
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Beethoven: Leonore
Edda Moser (Leonore), Richard Cassilly (Florestan), Helen Donath (Marzelline), Eberhard Büchner (Jaquino), Theo Adam (Pizarro), Hermann Christian Polster (Fernando), Karl Ridderbusch (Rocco)
Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt
Blomstedt provides weight and vigour. —
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Karetnikov: Till Eulenspiegel
Boris Kudriavtsev (Till), Ekaterina Mazo (Nele), Alexei Martynov (Lamme), Lina Mkrtchian (Katlina/Sootkin/Holy Virgin/Voice of Lamme's Wife), Arkady Prujansky (Empress/Count of Hoorn/Philip II), Alexei Motchalov (Klaas/Prince of Orange/Jesus), Piotr Gluboky (Joost/Charles V/Count of Egmont)
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