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Verdi - Falstaff- Maazel
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Walter Berry, Pilar Lorengar, Patricia Wise Christa Ludwig, Giorgio Zancanaro, Francisco Araiza Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper dir: Lorin Maazel Orfeo d'Or C78392I 2 CD ADD Stereo (Excellent sound) Live recording February, 2 1983 , Wiener Staatsoper [dlac & cue; cover, inlays, booklet & disc scans] Review "I don't know why I haven't noticed this recording before now. Verdi's FALSTAFF is in my top five of favorite operas and the cast here, if not quite the final word in Italian singing, is just about up to the best you can find on their recorded rivals... ...Now here is the latest FALSTAFF to join my collection. It stars the wonderful Walter Berry, a superb German bass-baritone. He's not at all known for singing Italian opera beyond the Mozart-Da Ponte works. His Sir John is a little leaner than […]
2019-02-12 00:00:00
Dvorák - Rusalka
Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904) Gabriela Benacková, Peter Dvorsky Eva Randová, Jewgenij Nesterenko Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper dir. Václav Neumann Label: Orfeo d'Or C638042I 2 CD ADD Stereo (very good sound) Rec. at Wiener Staatsoper Apri, 10 1987 [flac, cue & logs; cover, inlays,disc & booklet scans] Review: "This is part of Orfeo’s series, “Vienna State Opera Live.” Although an important musical center, the Austrian capital has always been an artistic backwater; this was the local premiere of their neighbor’s operatic masterpiece, 86 years late...Gabriela Benacková owned the title role for decades; she is in her prime here, her creamy soprano even silkier than on the excellent Suprahon recording. Her “O Lovely Moon” is very good, and she gets even better as the evening wears on. When she prepares for a climactic note, there is often the tiniest pause, and her voice opens like a sped-up […]
2017-03-04 10:00:00
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) Maria Stuarda Edita Gruberova, Agnes Baltsa, Francisco Araiza Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks Münchner Rundfunkorchester Giuseppe Patanè Philips 426 233-2 (1989) [flac, cue, log, scans] Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870) Il giuramento Mara Zampieri, Agnes Baltsa, Placido Domingo, Robert Kerns Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper Gerd Albrecht Orfeo C 680 062 I (2006). Recorded 1979, live [flac, cue, log, scans] Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Nabucco Piero Cappuccilli, Placido Domingo, Evgeny Nesterenko, Ghena Dimitrova, Lucia Valentini Terrani Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin Giuseppe Sinopoli Deutschs Grammophon 410 512-2 (1983) [flac, cue, log, scans] Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) La battaglia di Legnano Katia Ricciarelli, José Carreras, Matteo Manuguerra, Nicola Ghiuselev ORF Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Vienna Lamberto Gardelli Philips 422 435-2 (1989). Recorded 1977 [flac, cue, log, scans]
2015-12-27 02:00:00
Opera Favourites #2 - La giovane scuola
[…] Hampson, James Busterud, Paul Pliska Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Leonard BernsteinDGG 423 601-2 (1988) Giacomo Puccini La Bohème Leontina Vaduva, Roberto Alagna, Ruth Ann Swenson, Thomas Hampson, Simon Keenlyside, Samuel Ramey London Oratory School Boys and London Voices Philharmonia Orchestra Antonio PappanoEMI 5 56120 2 (1995) Giacomo Puccini Turandot Eva Marton, José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, John-Paul Bogart, Waldemar Kmentt, Robert Kerns, Helmut Wildhaber, Heinz Zednik, Kurt Rydl Wiener Sängerknaben Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper Lorin MaazelSony M2K 39160 (1983) - Courtesy of Cecco Giacomo Puccini Turandot Katia Ricciarelli, Plácido Domingo, Barbara Hendricks, Ruggero Raimondi, Piero de Palma, Gottfried Hornik, Heinz Zednik, Francisco Araiza, Siegmund Nimsgern Wiener Sängerknaben und Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker Herbert von KarajanDGG 423 855-2 (1982) Giacomo Puccini Turandot Birgit Nilsson, Jussi Björling, Renata Tebaldi, Giorgio Tozzi, Alessio de Paolis, Mario Sereni, Piero de Palma, Tommaso Frascati, Leonardo Monreale Orchestra e Coro del […]