(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1949(RE) - Zigeunerbaron (Der) by Johann Strauß II - Franz Marszalek*
2 1950(RA) - Manon by Jules Massenet - Wilhelm Schüchter*
3 1950(SE) - Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Fritz Busch*
4 1950(STU) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Herbert von Karajan**
5 1950(STU) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Herbert von Karajan*
6 1951(LI) - Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Fritz Busch*
7 1951(LI) - Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Fritz Busch*
8 1951(SE) - Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Fritz Busch*
9 1952(LI) - Queen of Spades (The) by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky - Artur Rodzinsky*
10 1952(LI) - Rosenkavalier (Der) by Richard Strauss - Herbert von Karajan*
11 1952(RA) - Barbier von Bagdad (Der) by Peter Cornelius - Heinrich Hollreiser*
12 1952(RA) - Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky - Wilhelm Schüchter*
13 1952(RA) - Fledermaus (Die) by Johann Strauß II - Wilhelm Schüchter*
14 1952(RA) - Gräfin Mariza by Imre (Emmerich) Kálmán - Wilhelm Stephan*
15 1953(LI) - Carmen by Georges Bizet - Artur Rodzinsky*
16 1953(LI) - Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven - Wilhelm Furtwängler*
17 1953(RA) - Giannina e Bernardone by Domenico Cimarosa - Nino Sanzogno*
18 1953(RA) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Wilhelm Furtwängler*
19 1953(RA) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Wilhelm Furtwängler*
20 1953(RA) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Wilhelm Furtwängler*
21 1953(RA) - Orfeo ed Euridice by Christophe Willibald Gluck - Michael Gielen*
22 1953(RA) - Rheingold (Das) by Richard Wagner - Wilhelm Furtwängler*
23 1953(STU) - Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven - Wilhelm Furtwängler*
24 1954(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Karl Böhm*
25 1954(LI) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Herbert von Karajan*
26 1954(RA) - Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss - Joseph Keilberth*
27 1954(RA) - Freischütz (Der) by Carl Maria von Weber - Vittorio Gui*
28 1954(RA) - Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck - Herbert von Karajan*
29 1954(STU) - Rosenkavalier (Der) by Richard Strauss - Erich Kleiber*
30 1955(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Karl Böhm*
31 1955(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Karl Böhm*
32 1955(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - John Pritchard*
33 1955(LI) - Rosenkavalier (Der) by Richard Strauss - Hans Knappertsbusch*
34 1955(STU) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Rudolf Moralt*
35 1955(STU) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Vittorio Gui*
36 1956(LI) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Vittorio Gui*
37 1956(STU) - Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - John Pritchard*
38 1956(STU) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Karl Böhm*
39 1957(LI) - Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven - Herbert von Karajan*
40 1958(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Herbert von Karajan*
41 1958(STU) - Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss - Erich Leinsdorf*
42 1958(STU) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ferenc Fricsay*
43 1959(LI) - Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini - Bryan Balkwill*
44 1959(LI) - Orfeo ed Euridice by Christophe Willibald Gluck - Herbert von Karajan*
45 1960(FI) - Rosenkavalier (Der) by Richard Strauss - Herbert von Karajan*
46 1960(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Nello Santi*
47 1960(LI) - Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini - Berislav Klobucar*
48 1960(LI) - Rosenkavalier (Der) by Richard Strauss - Herbert von Karajan**
49 1961(LI) - Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky - Lovro von Matacic*
50 1961(LI) - Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven - Otto Klemperer*
51 1961(STU) - Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven - Hans Knappertsbusch*
52 1962(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Joseph Keilberth*
53 1962(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Georg Solti*
54 1963(LI) - incoronazione di Poppea (L') by Claudio Monteverdi - Herbert von Karajan*
55 1963(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Bruno Bartoletti*
56 1963(LI) - Rosenkavalier (Der) by Richard Strauss - Herbert von Karajan*
57 1964(LI) - Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss - Karl Böhm*
58 1964(LI) - Jenufa by Leos Janácek - Jaroslav Krombholc**
59 1964(LI) - Palestrina by Hans Pfitzner - Robert Heger*
60 1964(LI) - Rosenkavalier (Der) by Richard Strauss - Herbert von Karajan*
61 1965(LI) - Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss - Karl Böhm*
62 1965(LI) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - Herbert von Karajan*
63 1965(RA) - Iphigénie en Tauride by Christophe Willibald Gluck - Rafael Kubelik*
64 1966 - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Argeo Quadri*
65 1966(LI) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - Herbert von Karajan*
66 1966(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - André Cluytens*
67 1967(FI) - Wozzeck by Alban Berg - Bruno Maderna*
68 1967(LI) - Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
69 1967(LI) - Tosca by Giacomo Puccini - Josef Krips*
70 1968(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Silvio Varviso*
71 1968(RA) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Zubin Mehta*
72 1969(LI) - Rosenkavalier (Der) by Richard Strauss - Erich Leinsdorf*
73 196?(LE) - Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven - Lovro von Matacic*
74 1970(RA) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Carlo Maria Giulini***
75 1971(LI) - Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Jaroslav Krombholc*
76 1971(LI) - Rosenkavalier (Der) by Richard Strauss - Silvio Varviso*
77 1972(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Silvio Varviso*
78 1972(LI) - Jenufa by Leos Janácek - János Kulka*
79 1973(LI) - Iphigénie en Tauride by Christophe Willibald Gluck - John Eliot Gardiner*
80 1980(LI) - Jenufa by Leos Janácek - Albert Rosen*
81 1980(RA) - Karl V by Ernst Krenek - Gerd Albrecht**
82 1981(FI) - Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck - Georg Solti*
*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Franz Marszalek - 1949(RE)
Orchestra - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Köln
Chorus - Rundfunkchor Köln
Graf Homonay - Karl Schmitt-Walter
Conte Carnero - Willy Schneider
Sandor Barinkay - Peter Anders
Kalman Zsupan - Georg Hann
Arsena - Ilse Hollweg
Mirabella - Ingeborg Lasser
Czipra - Marianne Schröder
Saffi - Sena Jurinac
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Black Disc - *Royale 1266 {1LP}; *RCA VL 30310 {1LP}
Compact Disc; - *Brilliant Classics 6217 «Operetten Festival» {5CDS} (2001)ª; Brilliant Classics 6217 (+Die Csardasfürstin +Gräfin Maritza - excerpts) {1CD} (2002)ª; Relief CR 2003 (+Karneval in Rom - excerpts) {1CD} (2005)ª
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Recordings of Der Zigeunerbaron by Johann Strauß II are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.255
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Oktober 2002 S.58 [MK]; Mai+Juni 2005 S.62 [SS]; Juli+August 2005 S.65 [SS]
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American Record Guide - September/October 2005 Vol.68 No.5 p.210 (mention) [RT]
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Comments:- *The cast listing and other information on the label of the LP issued on the Royale label are incorrect. See Ernst A. Lumpe in «ARSC Journal» Vol.27 No.1 Spring 1996 p.19. There is some dialogue on the CD issued by Relief.
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Conductor Wilhelm Schüchter - 1950(RA)
Orchestra - Orchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks
Manon - Sena Jurinac
Poussette - Käthe Maas
Javotte - Lisa Jungkind
Rosette - Margarete Dietrich-Wülfing
Le Chevalier Des Grieux - Anton Dermota
Lescaut - Joseph Olah
Le Compte des Grieux - Sigmund Roth
Guillot de Morfontaine - Fritz Göllnitz
De Brétigny - Gustav Neidlinger
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Compact Disc; - *Myto 2 MCD 923 62 {2CDS} (1992)ª; Myto «Historical» H045 {2CDS} (2000)ª; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 208 «Opera auf Deutsch» {1CD-ROM} (2002)ª
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Recordings of Manon by Jules Massenet are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.171; Opera on Record p.481; CELLETTI p.398; MARINELLI p.323; Opera on CD (1) p.94 (2) p.104 (3) p.117; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.123 p.144; MET p.233; MET(VID) p.128; PENGUIN p.205; GIUDICI p.358 (2) p.629; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110; Orpheus November 2000 S.86
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - November-December 1992 p.296
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Opéra International - November 1992 p.83
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American Record Guide - January/February 2001 Vol.64 No.1 p.272 [LM]
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Conductor Fritz Busch - 1950(SE)
Orchestra - Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra
Fiordiligi - Sena Jurinac
Dorabella - Blanche Thebom
Despina - Alda Noni
Ferrando - Richard Lewis
Guglielmo - Erich Kunz
Don Alfonso - Mario Borriello
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Black Disc - HMV DB 21115-20 {6x78s) (+HMV DA 1986*); EMI SH 397 RCA Victor LM 1126 {1LP}; World Record Club SH 397 {1LP}
Compact Disc - Testament SBT 1040 {1CD}
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Recordings of Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.128: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.132-136; Opera June 1968 p.451; Opera on Record p.86; CELLETTI p.451; Opera on CD (1) p.20 (2) p.24 (3) p.26; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.131-32 p.74; MET p.315;MET(VID) p.176; PENGUIN p.226; Stereophile Vol.14 No.8 August 1991 p.174; Classic CD April 1996 p.32; GIUDICI p.476 (2) p.804; BBC Music Magazine May 1997p.51; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.57-58
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1950 p.91; December 1950 p.147; March 1951 p.230; June 1951 p.12; July 1951 p.36; October 1951 p.105; January 1953 p.204; June 1994 p.132
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Opera Now - August/September 1995 p.54
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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.2 November/December 1994 p.310:No.4 March/April 1995 p.18
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Orpheus - Oktober 1994 S.67
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Opéra International - No.183 septembre 1994 p.82
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Diapason - No.407 septembre 1994 p.150
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American Record Guide - May 1951 Vol.17 No.9 p.317 [JN]
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ARSC Journal - 1982 Vol.XIV No.1 p.59 [PLM]
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Répertoire - No.72 September 1994 p.57
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Comments:- Recorded July 1950; *The original excerpts, conducted by Busch, did not include any of Despina's music. Her two arias were recorded later by Noni under Walter Susskind (DA 1986) and are included on the CD but not on the LP. See «Glyndebourne Recorded» by Paul Campion and Rosy Runciman, pp.48-53
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1950(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Figaro - Erich Kunz
Susanna - Irmgard Seefried
Conte Almaviva - George London
Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Cherubino - Sena Jurinac
Marcellina - Elisabeth Höngen
Bartolo - Marjan Rus
Basilio - Erich Majkut
Curzio - Erich Majkut
Antonio - Wilhelm Felden
Barbarina - Rosl Schwaiger
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Black Disc; - Columbia LWX 410-425 {16x78s} (Germany); Columbia 33CX 1007-1009 {3LPS} (UK) (1952)ª; Columbia 33QCX 1002/4 {3LPS} (Italy) (1952)ª; Columbia SL-114 {3LPS} (USA) (1951)ª; EMI Electrola 1C 163 01751-53 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 69639-2 {2CDS}; EMI Electrola 653 769 639-2 {2CDS} ; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» CMS 5 67068-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 7243 5 6714 2 9 {2CDS} (USA) (1999)ª; Toshiba EMI TOCE 11373-74 {2CDS} (Japan) (1999)ª; EMI «Historical» 336 779-2 {2CDS} (2005)ª
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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1952 p.114 [AR]; January 1953 p.189 [DST]
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Opera - February 1953 pp.105-106 [H]
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Fanfare - Vol.23 No.2 November/December 1999 pp.46-50 [JK]; Vol.29 No.5 May/June 2006 p.159 [MHF]
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American Record Guide - October 1951 Vol.18 No.2 p.35 [PHR]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1952 p.16
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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 pp.107-109 [MO]
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International Classical Record Collector - Winter 1999 No.19 p.93 [TP]
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Comments:- There are no recitatives
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1950(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Singverein
Tamino - Anton Dermota
Papageno - Erich Kunz
Königin der Nacht - Wilma Lipp
Sprecher - George London
Pamina - Irmgard Seefried
Sarastro - Ludwig Weber
Monostatos - Peter Klein
Papagena - Emmy Loose
1er Geharnischter - Günther Treptow
2er Geharnischter - Ljubomir Pantscheff
Erste Dame - Sena Jurinac
Zweite Dame - Friedl Riegler
Dritte Dame - Else Schurhof
Erster Knabe - Hermine Steinmassi
Zweiter Knabe - Eleonore Dörpinghans
Dritter Knabe - Annelies Stückl
Erster Priester - Erich Majkut
Zweiter Priester - Harald Pröglhoff
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Black Disc; - Columbia LWX 426-444 {19x78s - 37-sides} (Germany) ; Columbia 33CX 1013-1015 {3LPS} (1952)ª; *HMV SLS 5052 (HLS 7081-7083) {3LPS} (UK) (1976)ª; Columbia SL-115 {3LPS} (USA) (1951)ª; Columbia 33FCX 150-152 {3LPS} (France); Columbia 33QCX 150-152 {3LPS} (Italy);; Balkanton BOA 10452-10454 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - EMI CHS 7 69631-2 {2CDS} (1988)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» CMS 5 67071-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 7243 5 67165 2 0 {2CDS} (USA) (1999)ª; Toshiba EMI TOCE 11375-76 {2CDS} (Japan) (1999)ª; Pearl GEMS 0197 {2CDS} (2003)ª; EMI «Historical» 336 769-2 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Membran 220835 {2CDS} (2005)ª
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Recordings of Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.130: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.136-140; Opera on Record p.106; CELLETTI p.525; Opera on CD (1) p.22 (2) p.26 (3) p.28; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.101 p.138, No.196 p.148; MET p.332; MET(VID) p.186; PENGUIN p.257; BBC Music Magazine May 1994 p.47; Opéra International No.182 juillet-aoüt 1994 p.14; GIUDICI p.495 (2) p.828; Stereophile October 1996 (Vol.19 No.10) p.303; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.15; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.58-60; BBC Music Magazine April 2004 p.52; The Gramophone January 2006 p.28
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1952 p.172 [AR]; June 1976 p.83 [AB]; July 1976 p.147 [JBS]; January 1989 p. [AB]; November 1999 p.118 [EG]; September (published July) 2003 p.82 (mention) [AB]
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Opera - February 1953 pp.106-107 [H]
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Fanfare - Vol.23 No.2 November/December 1999 pp.46-50 [JK]; Vol.29 No.5 May/June 2006 p.159 [MHF]
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American Record Guide - October 1951 Vol.18 No.2 p.37 [PHR]: September/October 2003 Vol.66 No.5 p.264 [RVL]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1952 p.20
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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 pp.107-109 [MO]
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International Record Review - October 2003 pp.28-29 [MVA]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.64 octubre 2003 p.83 [BD]
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Comments:- *There is no dialogue in this recording which was made between 2 and 21 November 1950. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel. See also «Herbert von Karajan - A Life in Music» by Richard Osborne p.280. In Columbia's UK catalogue dated 1954-55 p.25 only one «Armed Man» is listed, Ljubomir Pantscheff, and the same appears in their Italian catalogue dated 1956, p.57. However there are two «Armed Men» listed in the review in Gramophone (June 1976 p.83) of the reissue on HMV SLS 5052, Erich Majkut, Ljubomir Pantscheff, and according to AB in GRAMOPHONE September 2003 p.82 «For contractual reasons EMI have always given the name (of the First Armed Man) as Eric Majkut; in fact the part is sung by Gunther Treptow»
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Conductor Fritz Busch - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Fiordiligi - Sena Jurinac
Dorabella - Alice Howland
Despina - Isa Quensel
Ferrando - Richard Lewis
Guglielmo - Marko Rothmüller
Don Alfonso - Sesto Bruscantini
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00770
Compact Disc; - Guild «Immortal Performances» GHCD 2303/04 {2CDS} (2004)ª
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Recordings of Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.128: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.132-136; Opera June 1968 p.451; Opera on Record p.86; CELLETTI p.451; Opera on CD (1) p.20 (2) p.24 (3) p.26; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.131-32 p.74; MET p.315;MET(VID) p.176; PENGUIN p.226; Stereophile Vol.14 No.8 August 1991 p.174; Classic CD April 1996 p.32; GIUDICI p.476 (2) p.804; BBC Music Magazine May 1997p.51; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.57-58
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2005 S.57 [GH]
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International Record Review - January 2005 p.75-76 [MT]
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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2005 pp.96-97 [MHF]
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Comments:- *The recording on the CDs issued by Guild is mainly of the performance at the Glyndebourne Festival on 5 July 1951 which was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated July 1-7 1951 p.31). The were some gaps in the original tapes and these have been filled in with material from other recordings conducted by Fritz Busch.
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Conductor Fritz Busch - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Idomeneo - Richard Lewis
Idamante - Léopold Simoneau
Arbace - Alfred Poell
Ilia - Sena Jurinac
Elettra - Birgit Nilsson
Gran Sacerdote - Alexander Young
La Voce - Bruce Dargavel
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03583
Compact Disc; - Urania «Palcoscenico» URN 22.182 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Symposium 1274/5 {2CDS} (2002)ª
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 2398
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Recordings of Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.42; CELLETTI p.497; Opera on CD (1) p.15 (2) p.19 (3) p.20; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.89 p.124; MET p.272; MET(VID) p.153; PENGUIN p.242; Répertoire No.91 mai 1996 p.14; GIUDICI p.408 (2) p.711; Gramophone July 1996 p.38; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.53-54
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - Awards Issue 2002 p.110 [AB]
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Orpheus - Oktober 2001 S.55 [GH]
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Opéra International - No.266 mars 2002 pp.68-69 [AF]
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Diapason - No.491 avril 2002 p.121 [PK]
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International Record Review - February 2002 p.80 [SP]
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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2002 pp.100-101 [JTH]
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American Record Guide - March/April 2002 Vol.65 No.2 p.229 [RVL]
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The Record Collector - March 2003 Vol.48 No.1 pp.72-73 [JTH]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Glyndebourne Festival (June? 1951; see OPERA August 1951 pp.457-462). The CDs issued by Urania are advertized in ORPHEUS Juli 2001 S.75. According to Urania the recording is of a performance on 6 June 1951. This is almost certainly incorrect as the Festival did not begin until 20 June. It is more likely that it was taken from a broadcast. According to RADIO TIMES Idomeneo was broadcast in the BBC Third Programme on 28 June and 14 July 1951. The CDs issued by Symposium were made from «acetates» lent by Hans Busch and part of Elektra's aria is missing as one acetate was broken.
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Conductor Fritz Busch - 1951(SE)
Orchestra - Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Idomeneo - Richard Lewis
Idamante - Alexander Young
Ilia - Sena Jurinac
Elettra - Dorothy MacNeil
Gran Sacerdote - Alexander Young
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Black Disc; - HMV DB 21525-21529(78s) (1953)ª; RCA Victor LHMV 1021 {1LP} (1952)ª;; RCA Victor WHMV 1021(45s) (1952)ª; EMI Electrola E 80722 (1965)ª;; World Record Club SH 294 (1979)ª
Compact Disc - EMI 7 63199-2
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.42; CELLETTI p.497; Opera on CD (1) p.15 (2) p.19 (3) p.20; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.89 p.124; MET p.272; MET(VID) p.153; PENGUIN p.242; Répertoire No.91 mai 1996 p.14; GIUDICI p.408 (2) p.711; Gramophone July 1996 p.38; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.53-54
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1952 p.143; April 1953 p.293; October 1953 p.152; March 1965 p.452; November 1979 p.907 [JBS]
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Opera - April 1965 p.292, p.294 [HDR]
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American Record Guide - August 1952 Vol.18 No.12 p.365 [JN]
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ARSC Journal - 1980 Vol.XII No.1-2 p.107 [PLM]
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Comments:- For more details of this recording see «Glyndebourne Recorded» by Paul Campion and Rosy Runciman, pp.56-60
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Conductor Artur Rodzinsky - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Hermann - David Poleri
Lisa - Sena Jurinac
Countess - Gianna Pederzini
Count Tomsky - Mario Petri
Prince Yeletsky - Ettore Bastianini
Pauline - Rina Corsi
Chekalinsky - Valiano Natali
Surin - Silvio Maionica
Chaplitsky - Umberto Fusi
Major-domo - Breno Ristori
Narumov - Vittorio Tatozzi
Governess - Pina Ulisse
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Black Disc - Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 63 {3LPS} Fonit Cetra «Documents» DOC 1001 (+Medea +Ernani +La forza del destino +concert){14LPS}
Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 801 (& 4037 & 3488 & 567) ; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66325 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 5053 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of The Queen of Spades by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.268; CELLETTI p.158; Opera on CD (1) p.92 (2) p.102 (3) p.113; MET p.557; MET(VID) p.338; Opera on Video p.159; GIUDICI p.129 (2) p.214; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.119/120, mise à jour septembre 2004; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - septembre 1984 No.73 p.53 [SS]
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International Record Review - December 2006 p.28 [JTH]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.80 mayo 2005 p.85 [JS]
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Classica Répertoire - No.86 octobre 2006 p.106 [AT]
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Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Comunale, Florence (26 December 1952, mentioned in OPERA April 1953 p.231). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Marschallin - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Octavian - Sena Jurinac
Sophie - Lisa Della Casa
Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Otto Edelmann
Faninal - Erich Kunz
Valzacchi - Erich Majkut
Annina - Else Schürnoff
Ein Sänger - Antonio Pirino
Marianne Leitmetzerin - Jarmila Barton
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Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 197-3 {3CDS} (1995)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; HARRIS p.248; Opera on Record p.567; CELLETTI p.788; Opera on CD (1) p.119 (2) p.131 (3) p.146; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.69-70 p.208 (and Supplément 1997); MET p.525; MET(VID) p.311; PENGUIN p.417;American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.201; GIUDICI p.819 (2) p.1340; Répertoire No.105 septembre 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Spring 1999 No.11 p.16; Opéra International décembre 1999 No.241 p.57; Gramophone May 2000 pp.36-39; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - March 30 1996 p.36
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Orpheus - März 1996 S.52
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Opéra International - septembre 1996 No.205 p.72
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American Record Guide - January/February 1996 p.243
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (26 January 1952; the last two minutes are from a performnce at Salzburg in 1960)
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Conductor Heinrich Hollreiser - 1952(RA)
Orchestra - Wiener Rundfunk
Chorus - Wiener Rundfunk
Abu Hassan - Gottlob Frick
Margiana - Sena Jurinac
Nureddin - Rudolf Schock
Kalif - Alfred Poell
Kadi - Erich Majkut
Bostana - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
Erster Muezzin - Walter Berry
Zweiter Muezzin - Kurt Equiluz
Dritter Muezzin - Richard Sallaba
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Compact Disc; - *Melodram MEL 27050 {2CDS} Preiser Records 20035 (+Frick - recital) {2CDS};; Cantus Classics 500693 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Der Barbier von Bagdad by Peter Cornelius are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.171
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 2005 p.99 [AB]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.77 enero-febrero 2005 p.80 [JR]
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Conductor Wilhelm Schüchter - 1952(RA)
Orchestra - Sinfonieorchester des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (Hamburg)
Chorus - Chor des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (Hamburg)
Eugene Onegin - Hugo Hasslo
Lenski - Rudolf Schock
Tatyana - Sena Jurinac
Olga - Gisela Litz
Larina - Hilde Büchel
Filipjewna - Maria von Ilosvay
Gremin - Gottlob Frick
Zaretzky - Horst Sellentin
Captain - Ernst-Max Lühr
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Black Disc; - Eurodisc 301 033 435 {3LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - Voce Della Luna VL 2011-12 {2CDS}; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0021 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera February 1979 p.121, March 1979 p.219; Opera on Record p.520; CELLETTI p.150; Opera on CD (1) p.90 (2) p.100 (3) p.112; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.43 p.112, mise à jour mai 2001 p.2; MET p.551; MET(VIDEO) p.332; PENGUIN p.450; BBC Music Magazine August 1994 p.48; Opera on Video p.155;GIUDICI p.122 (2) p.200; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.20 No.3 January/February 1997 p.289
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Orpheus - Dezember 1980 S.853-855 [GH]; April 1997 S.57
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Opéra International - janvier 1997 No.209 p.52; No.292 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.84 [CC]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.175 p.122
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Comments:- The orchestra and chorus are stated incorrectly to be those of «Norddeutscher Rundfunk» which was not formed until 1955.(see «Lexicon der Interpreten klassischer Musik im 20.Jahrhundert» S.849, S.883.
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Conductor Wilhelm Schüchter - 1952(RA)
Orchestra - Hamburgisches Rundfunk Orchester
Chorus - Chor des Hamburgischen Rundfunk
Eisenstein - Rupert Glawitsch
Rosalinde - Sena Jurinac
Falke - Horst Günter
Adele - Rita Streich
Frank - Hans Herbert Fiedler
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Black Disc - Royale 1284 (highlights) {1LP}
Compact Disc - Cantus Classics 500239 {2CDS}
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Recordings of Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauß II are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.532; Opera on CD (1) p.81 (2) p.90 (3) p.101; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.49 p.146, mise à jour décembre 1999 p.2; MET p.504; MET(VID) p.301 PENGUIN p.398; Opera on Video p.137; Classic CD December 1995 p.42 GIUDICI p.788, (2) p.1300
Comments:- The cast given on the ROYALE disc is fictitious (See «ARSC Journal» Vol.27 No.1 Spring 1996 p.19). The assignment of the singers to the roles given above may be incorrect
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Conductor Wilhelm Stephan - 1952(RA)
Orchestra - Hamburger Rundfunk-Orchester
Chorus - Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks Hamburg - Mitglieder des Kinderchors des Norddeutschen Runfunks Hamburg
Gräfin Mariza - Sena Jurinac
Graf Tassilo Endrödy-Wittenberg - Karl Terkal
Lisa - Anneliese Rothenberger
Fürst Moritz Dragomir Populescu - Joseph Olah
Baron Koloman Zsupán - Rupert Glawitsch
Manja - Traute Hoffmann
Tschekko - Albert Kriwat
Fürstin Bozena Cuddenstein zu Chlumetz - Gusti Busch
Pennizek - Willy Maertens
Ilka - Margarete Trampe
Karl-Stephan Liebenberg - Willy Witte
Mariska - Ulla Schmetzer
Sari - Inge Tietjen
Ersika - Helga Ackermann
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Compact Disc; - *Gala GL 100.565 (+Die Schöne Helena - excerpts) {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - März 2002 S.56 [GH]
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Opéra International - No.270 juillet-aoüt 2002 pp.75-76 [PC]
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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2002 pp.100-101 [JTH]
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Comments:- Recorded on 27-30 April 1952
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Conductor Artur Rodzinsky - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Carmen - Giulietta Simionato
Don José - Franco Corelli
Micaëla - Sena Jurinac
Escamillo - Ugo Savarese
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Black Disc - Edizione Lirica EL 01 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 114-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Archipel 0130 {2CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.81 [GH]
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Comments:- *A slightly abridged recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples (19 December 1953). The LPs issued on the Edizione Lirica label are listed in the «Canfield Guide to Classical Recordings» 5th Edition where the year is incorrectly given as 1952 and the singer of the role of Escamillo is incorrectly given as Tagliabue. The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001». Carlo Marinelli lists the following additional cast members in ODE: Henny Herz (Frasquita), Lucretia (Lucrezia?) West (Mercédès), René Herrand (Hérent?) (Le Dancaïre), Piero De Palma? (Le Remendado), Gerardo Gaudoso (Zuninga)
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Leonore - Martha Mödl
Florestan - Wolfgang Windgassen
Pizarro - Otto Edelmann
Rocco - Gottlob Frick
Marzelline - Sena Jurinac
Jaquino - Rudolf Schock
Fernando - Alfred Poell
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Black Disc; - Replica RPL 2439-2441 {3LPS} (1981)ª; Fonit Cetra; FE 8/9/10 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDC 12 {2CDS}; Rodolphe RPC 32494 {2CDS}; Archipel 0181 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1160-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª; Andante AN 3090 (+performance cond. Böhm 1944) {4CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.119; CELLETTI p.29; Opera on CD p.25 (1) p.29 (3) p.32; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.10 p.102; MET p.8; MET(VID) p.4; PENGUIN p.6; Stereophile January 1994 p.177; May 1994 p.15; BBC Music Magazine February 1995 p.43; Opera on Video p.37; GIUDICI p.11 (2) p.19; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.62; Gramophone January 1997 p.40; Répertoire No.103 juin 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.64; International Record Review March 2001 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 2005 p.122 [AB]
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Opera News - June 2005 p.66 [MB]
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Opéra International - No.299 mars-avril 2005 p.105 [AF]
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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2004 pp.30-31 [RB]
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Classica Répertoire - No.70 mars 2005 p.103 [AT]
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American Record Guide - July/August 2005 Vol.68 No.4 p.258 [KM]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.36 No.2 Fall 2005 p.313
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Theater an der Wien (12 October 1953)
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Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1953(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Giannina - Sena Jurinac
Aurora - Disma de Cecco
Lauretta - Graziella Sciutti
Masino - Carlo De Antoni
Francone - Mario Carlin
Bernadone - Sesto Bruscantini
Orlando - Mario Borriello
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Compact Disc; - Melodram CD 29505 (+Il matrimonio segreto Act 1 - 1949) {2CDS} Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66322 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Classica Répertoire - No.86 octobre 2006 p.106 (mention) [AT]
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Comments:- Recorded or broadcast on 26 July 1953
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1953(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Brünnhilde - Martha Mödl
Siegfried - Ludwig Suthaus
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Alois Pernerstorfer
Gunther - Alfred Poell
Gutrune - Sena Jurinac
Waltraute - Margarete Klose
Woglinde - Sena Jurinac
Wellgunde - Magda Gabory
Floßhilde - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
First Norn - Margarete Klose
Second Norn - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
Third Norn - Sena Jurinac
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Black Disc; - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 34 {5LPS} *EMI RLS 702 (Cycle) (1972)ª; EMI Electrola 1C 147-02 275/92 {18LPS} (cycle) (1972)ª; EMI EX 290670-3 (cycle) {14LPS} (1986)ª; Melodiya D 35017/26 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - EMI CZS 7 67123-2 (Cycle) {13CDS} (1991)ª; Angel CDZM 67123 (Cycle) {13CDS}; Gebhardt JGCD 0060 (cycle) {12CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1972 p.461, p.539 [DC]; January 1973 p.1296 [DST] May 1986 p. [AB]; February 1991 p. [AB]; Septemer 2005 p.75 [MA]
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Fanfare - Vol.29 No.6 July/August 2006 pp.221-222 [HF]
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Orpheus - Januar 1973 S.60 - S.62 [KL]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.85 noviembre 2005 p.87 [VM]
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Stereophile - May 1991 (Vol.14 No.5) p.176
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Comments:- Recorded October, November 1953; See HIGH FIDELITY October 1965 Vol.15 No.9 pp.32-40 for information on earlier attempts to publish this recording. See also«So war mein Weg» by Martha Mödl pp.109-110
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1953(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Brünnhilde - Martha Mödl
Siegfried - Ludwig Suthaus
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Alois Pernerstorfer
Gunther - Alfred Poell
Gutrune - Sena Jurinac
Waltraute - Margarete Klose
Woglinde - Sena Jurinac
Wellgunde - Magda Gabory
Floßhilde - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
First Norn - Margarete Klose
Second Norn - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
Third Norn - Sena Jurinac
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Black Disc; - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 34 {5LPS} *EMI RLS 702 (Cycle) (1972)ª; EMI Electrola 1C 147-02 275/92 {18LPS} (cycle) (1972)ª; EMI EX 290670-3 (cycle) {14LPS} (1986)ª; Melodiya D 35017/26 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - EMI CZS 7 67123-2 (Cycle) {13CDS} (1991)ª; Angel CDZM 67123 (Cycle) {13CDS}; Gebhardt JGCD 0060 (cycle) {12CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1972 p.461, p.539 [DC]; January 1973 p.1296 [DST] May 1986 p. [AB]; February 1991 p. [AB]; Septemer 2005 p.75 [MA]
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Fanfare - Vol.29 No.6 July/August 2006 pp.221-222 [HF]
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Orpheus - Januar 1973 S.60 - S.62 [KL]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.85 noviembre 2005 p.87 [VM]
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Stereophile - May 1991 (Vol.14 No.5) p.176
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Comments:- Recorded October, November 1953; See HIGH FIDELITY October 1965 Vol.15 No.9 pp.32-40 for information on earlier attempts to publish this recording. See also«So war mein Weg» by Martha Mödl pp.109-110
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1953(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Brünnhilde - Martha Mödl
Siegfried - Ludwig Suthaus
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Alois Pernerstorfer
Gunther - Alfred Poell
Gutrune - Sena Jurinac
Waltraute - Margarete Klose
Woglinde - Sena Jurinac
Wellgunde - Magda Gabory
Floßhilde - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
First Norn - Margarete Klose
Second Norn - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
Third Norn - Sena Jurinac
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Black Disc; - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 34 {5LPS} *EMI RLS 702 (Cycle) (1972)ª; EMI Electrola 1C 147-02 275/92 {18LPS} (cycle) (1972)ª; EMI EX 290670-3 (cycle) {14LPS} (1986)ª; Melodiya D 35017/26 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - EMI CZS 7 67123-2 (Cycle) {13CDS} (1991)ª; Angel CDZM 67123 (Cycle) {13CDS}; Gebhardt JGCD 0060 (cycle) {12CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1972 p.461, p.539 [DC]; January 1973 p.1296 [DST] May 1986 p. [AB]; February 1991 p. [AB]; Septemer 2005 p.75 [MA]
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Fanfare - Vol.29 No.6 July/August 2006 pp.221-222 [HF]
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Orpheus - Januar 1973 S.60 - S.62 [KL]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.85 noviembre 2005 p.87 [VM]
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Stereophile - May 1991 (Vol.14 No.5) p.176
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Comments:- Recorded October, November 1953; See HIGH FIDELITY October 1965 Vol.15 No.9 pp.32-40 for information on earlier attempts to publish this recording. See also«So war mein Weg» by Martha Mödl pp.109-110
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Conductor Michael Gielen - 1953(RA)
Orchestra - Wiener Rundfunkorchester
Chorus - Wiener Rundfunkchor
Orfeo - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
Euridice - Sena Jurinac
Amor - Emmy Loose
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0113 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Orfeo ed Euridice by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.25; CELLETTI p.280: Marinelli p.23; Opera on CD (1) p.12 (2) p.15 (3) p.16; MET p.156; MET(VID) p.89; PENGUIN p.109; Opernwelt 7/Juli 1995 S.14; Répertoire No.99 février 1997 p.10; Gramophone September 1997 p.28; Diapason No.464 novembre 1999 pp.74-77
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1953(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Wotan - Ferdinand Frantz
Fricka - Ira Malaniuk
Loge - Wolfgang Windgassen
Mime - Julius Patzak
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Freia - Elisabeth Grümmer
Froh - Lorenz Fehenberger
Donner - Alfred Poell
Erda - Ruth Siewert
Fasolt - Josef Greindl
Fafner - Gottlob Frick
Woglinde - Sena Jurinac
Wellgunde - Magda Gabory
Floßhilde - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
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Black Disc; - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 14 {3LPS} *EMI RLS 702(Cycle); EMI RLS 703;; EMI Electrola 1C 147-02 275/92 (cycle) {18LPS} (1972)ª; EMI EX 290670-3 (cycle) {14LPS} (1986)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CZS 7 67123-2 (Cycle) {13CDS} (1991)ª; Angel CDZM 67213 (Cycle) {13CDS}; Gebhardt JGCD 0060 (cycle) {12CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.132; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1126; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.6/7 p.146, No.227 p.116; MET p.706; MET(VID) p.433; PENGUIN p.535; Diapason No.145 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1972 p.461, p.539 [DC]; January 1973 p.1296 [DST] April 1974 p.1909 [AB]; May 1986 p. [AB]; February 1991 p. [AB]; Septemer 2005 p.75 [MA]
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Fanfare - Vol.29 No.6 July/August 2006 pp.221-222 [HF]
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Orpheus - Januar 1973 S.60 - S.62 [KL]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.85 noviembre 2005 p.87 [VM]
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Stereophile - May 1991 (Vol.14 No.5) p.176
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Comments:- Recorded October, November 1953. See HIGH FIDELITY October 1965 Vol.15 No.9 pp.32-40 for information on earlier attempts to publish this recording
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1953(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Leonore - Martha Mödl
Florestan - Wolfgang Windgassen
Pizarro - Otto Edelmann
Rocco - Gottlob Frick
Marzelline - Sena Jurinac
Jaquino - Rudolf Schock
Fernando - Alfred Poell
Erster Gefangene - Alwin Hendriks
Zweiter Gefangene - Franz Bierbach
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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1130-1132 {3LPS} (UK & USA) (1954)ª; HMV HQM 1109-1110 {2LPS} (1968)ª; RCA Victor LHMV 700 {3LPS} (+Symphony No.1) (USA) (1955)ª; Electrola E 80038 (highlights) {1LP} (1964)ª; Electrola E 90071/3 {3LPS};EMI Electrola 1C 147-01 105/07 {3LPS} La Voix de son Maître FALP 323-325 {3LPS} (1954)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CHS 7 64496-2 {2CDS} (1993)ª; Naxos «Great Opera Recordings» 8.111020-21 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.119; CELLETTI p.29; Opera on CD p.25 (1) p.29 (3) p.32; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.10 p.102; MET p.8; MET(VID) p.4; PENGUIN p.6; Stereophile January 1994 p.177; May 1994 p.15; BBC Music Magazine February 1995 p.43; Opera on Video p.37; GIUDICI p.11 (2) p.19; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.62; Gramophone January 1997 p.40; Répertoire No.103 juin 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.64; International Record Review March 2001 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1954 p.485 [AR]; January 1965 p.347 (highlights) [EG]; February 1968 p.448 [AR]; May 1993 p.122 [AB]
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Opera - July 1954 p.437; May 1968 pp.404-405 [AB]
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Orpheus - April/Mai 1973 S.31 [CK]
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Opéra International - décembre 1992 p.68
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Diapason - novembre 1992 p.118
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.151 p.104
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American Record Guide - October 1954 Vol.21 No.2 p.46 [PHR]
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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1954 Vol.4 No.10 p.61 [CGB]: April 1955 Vol.5 No.2 p.51 [CGB]
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Gramophone Record Review - June 1954 p.371
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Répertoire - November 1992 p.30
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International Opera Collector - Winter 1997 No.6 p.43 (mention) [MO]
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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.68 novembre 1954 p.706 [JB]
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BBC Music Magazine - December 1992 p.60
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Classic CD - December 1992 p.63
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Opernwelt - Dezember 12/1992 S.72
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.86 diciembre 2005 p.84 [LB]
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Comments:- No dialogue
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Don Giovanni - George London
Donna Anna - Elisabeth Grümmer
Don Ottavio - Léopold Simoneau
Donna Elvira - Sena Jurinac
Leoporello - Erich Kunz
Il Commendatore - Ludwig Weber
Masetto - Harald Pröglhoff
Zerlina - Emmy Loose
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1165-3 {3CDRS}; Archipel 0234 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 2005 p.99 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.28 No.6 July/August 2005 pp.176-177 [BB]
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International Record Review - January 2005 p.32 [JTH]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.79 abril 2005 p.81 [JR]
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Comments:- *The recording appears to be of a (staged) performance given by The Vienna State Opera in the Royal Festival Hall, London (September 1954). The performance on 23 September was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (See Radio Times Issue dated September 19-25 1954 p.37). The recording is attributed incorrectly by Archipel to a performance at Covent Garden.
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Figaro - Rolando Panerai
Susanna - Irmgard Seefried
Conte Almaviva - Mario Petri
Contessa Almaviva - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Cherubino - Sena Jurinac
Marcellina - Luisa Villa
Bartolo - Silvio Maionica
Basilio - Antonio Pirino
Curzio - Giuseppe Nessi
Antonio - Franco Calabrese
Barbarina - Mariella Adani
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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 70/3 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Melodram CDM 37075 {3CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1299 {3CDS} (2001)ª; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6428/9 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Myto 2 MCD 041 H082 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0083 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1164-3 {3CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.28 No.3 January/February 2005 pp.161-162 [JC], pp.161-162 [BB]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.21 No.2 Spring 2005 pp.400-402 [RB]
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Opéra International - No.292 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.83 [CC]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.183 maggio 2004 pp.100-101 [GL]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (4 February 1954)
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1954(RA)
Orchestra - Kölner Rundfunkorchester
Ariadne - Hilde Zadek
Komponist - Sena Jurinac
Zerbinetta - Rita Streich
Bacchus - Hans Hopf
Musiklehrer - Alfred Poell
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0101 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.121; HARRIS p.29; Opera on Record 3 p.264; CELLETTI p.777; Opera on CD (1) p.121 (2) p.132 (3) p.148; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.77 p.120, mise à jour 2003; MET p.534; MET(VID) p.316; PENGUIN p.407; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.89; Opéra International No.242 janvier 2000 pp.62-63; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.63-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - Awards Issue 2005 p.115 [AB]
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Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1954(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Max - Francesco Albanese
Agathe - Sena Jurinac
Kaspar - Boris Christoff
Ottokar - Emilio Renzi
Kuno - Sesto Bruscantini
Kilian - Leonardo Monreale
Hermit - Ivo Vinco
Ännchen - Orietta Moscucci
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 637; Andromeda ANDRCD 5032 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.131; CELLETTI p.1170; Opera on CD (1) p.26 (2) p.30 (3) p.33 L'Avant Scène Opéra No 105-106 p.162; MET 740; MET(VID) p.453; PENGUIN p.561; Opera on Video p.40; GIUDICI p.1170 (2) p.1835; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.63; Répertoire No.95 octobre 1996 p.13; International Record Collector November 2000 pp.20-25
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 2006 p.79 [AB]
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International Record Review - February 2006 p.28 [JTH]
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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2006 pp.104-105 [JTH]
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Classica Répertoire - No.79 février 2006 p.105 [AT]
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Comments:- *Recording of a performance broadcast on 12 January 1955. According to «Boris Christoff - La Vita, La Voce, L'Arte» p.359 the recording was made on 28 November 1954. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1954(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Milano
Chorus - RAI Milano
Peter - Rolando Panerai
Gertrud - Bruna Ronchini
Hänsel - Sena Jurinac
Gretel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Die Knusperhexe - Vittoria Palombini
Sandmännchen - Rita Streich
Taumännchen - Rita Streich
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Compact Disc; - Datum DAT 12314 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1339 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0080 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Urania URN 22.266 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Orpheus Juni/Juli 1973 S.63; Opera on Record 2 p.282; CELLETTI p.338; Opera on CD (1) p.101 (2) p.112 (3) p.126; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.104 p.100; Der Opernführer No.3 p.98; MET p.184; MET(VID) p.104; PENGUIN p.162; Opera on Video p.168; GIUDICI p.304 (2) p.528; Opéra International novembre 1997 No.218 p.16; Classic CD Christmas 1999 pp.44-47; Gramophone December 2002 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - April 1995 p.62: Juli 1995 p.59
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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2005 p.102 [JTH]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIX N.190 gennaio 2005 p.94 [GC2]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.78 marzo 2005 p.87 [XC]
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Conductor Erich Kleiber - 1954(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Marschallin - Maria Reining
Octavian - Sena Jurinac
Sophie - Hilde Güden
Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Ludwig Weber
Faninal - Alfred Poell
Valzacchi - Peter Klein
Annina - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
Ein Sänger - Anton Dermota
Marianne Leitmetzerin - Judith Hellwig
Polizeikommissar - Walter Berry
Der Wirt - Erich Majkut
Ein Notar - Franz Bierbach
Der Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin - Harald Pröglhoff
Der Haufhofmeister bei Faninal - August Jaresch
Tierhändler - Erich Majkut
Modistin - Berta Seidl
Die drei Waisen - Wilfriede Loibner
- Elfriede Hochstätter
- Maria Trupp
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Black Disc; - *Decca LXT 2954-2957 {4LPS} (1954)ª; *Decca 6.35001 {4LPS} (Germany); Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 512-515 {4LPS} (1967)ª; Decca 4BB 115-8 {4LPS} (1972)ª; London LL 22 {4LPS} (1954)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca(London) «Historic» 425 950-2 {3CDS} (1990)ª; Decca «Legends» 467 111-2 {3CDS} (2000)ª; Regis RRC 3000 {3CDS} (2005)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111011-13 {3CDS} (2005)ª; Membran 221927 {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; HARRIS p.248; Opera on Record p.567; CELLETTI p.788; Opera on CD (1) p.119 (2) p.131 (3) p.146; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.69-70 p.208 (and Supplément 1997); MET p.525; MET(VID) p.311; PENGUIN p.417;American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.201; GIUDICI p.819 (2) p.1340; Répertoire No.105 septembre 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Spring 1999 No.11 p.16; Opéra International décembre 1999 No.241 p.57; Gramophone May 2000 pp.36-39; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1954 pp.213-214 [AR]; December 1957 p.279 (mention) [AR]; April 1958 pp.441-442 [DST]; March 1967 p.492 [EG]; June 1972 p.103 [AB]; May 1990 pp.2081-2082 [AB]
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Opera - November 1954 p.686; May 1967 p.409 [AB]; August 1996 p.885; May 2001 pp.556-562 [AB] Summer 2002 Supplement «Thirty all-time great recordings» p.28 [RM]
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Fanfare - Vol.24 No.4 March/April 2001 p.248 [JM]
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Diapason - No.475 novembre 2000 pp.122-123 [AT]
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American Record Guide - November Vol.21 No.3 p.78 [PHR]: July/August 2005 Vol.68 No.4 pp.267-268 [RVL]
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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1954 Vol.4 No.9 p.56 [JH]
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Gramophone Record Review - September 1954 p.543 [WM]: November 1954 p.15 (mention) [MO]: November 1957 p.70 [MO]
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International Record Review - December 2000 p.124 [MT]
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BBC Music Magazine - February 2001 p.74 [CO]
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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.68 novembre 1954 p.719 [JB]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.148 febbraio 2001 p.94 [MG]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 p.96 [XC]: No.82 julio-agosto 2005 pp.88-89 [MCP]
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Classica Répertoire - No.70 mars 2005 p.102 (mention) [AT]
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Don Giovanni - George London
Donna Anna - Lisa Della Casa
Don Ottavio - Anton Dermota
Donna Elvira - Sena Jurinac
Leoporello - Erich Kunz
Il Commendatore - Ludwig Weber
Masetto - Walter Berry
Zerlina - Irmgard Seefried
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Compact Disc; - RCA «Wiener Staatsoper Live» 74321 57737-2 (2CDS) (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1999 p.96 [AB]
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Opera - April 1999 pp.399-405 [AB]
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Opera News - June 1999 p.63 [JBY]
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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.4 March/April 1999 p.288 [RVL]
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Orpheus - März 1999 S.56-57 [SL]
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Opéra International - mars 1999 No.233 p.72 [SS]
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Diapason - No.455 janvier 1999 p.78 [AT]
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International Classical Record Collector - Spring 1999 No.16 p.99 [JTH]
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Classical Express - Issue No.107 February 1999 p.1 [MT]
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American Record Guide - March/April 1999 Vol.62 No.2 p.180 [MM]
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International Opera Collector - Spring 1999 No.11 pp.104-108 [MO]
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Répertoire - No.120 janvier 1999 p.57 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the newly re-opened Vienna State Opera (6 November1955; see OPERA January 1956 p.23
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Don Giovanni - Giuseppe Valdengo
Donna Anna - Birgit Nilsson
Don Ottavio - Anton Dermota
Donna Elvira - Sena Jurinac
Leoporello - Sesto Bruscantini
Il Commendatore - Gottlob Frick
Masetto - Walter Berry
Zerlina - Alda Noni
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 60010 {3CDS} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Juni 2001 S.60 [GH]
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American Record Guide - March/April 2002 Vol.65 No.2 pp.228-229 [KM]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.47 septiembre-octubre 2001 pp.92-93 [JR]
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Comments:- The Golden Melodram CDs are listed in CLASSICAL EXPRESS March 2001 p.7. The performance is mentioned in OPERA May 1955 p.315.
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Conductor John Pritchard - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Il Marchese di Calatrava - David Kelly
Leonora di Vargas - Sena Jurinac
Don Carlo - Marko Rothmüller
Don Alvaro - David Poleri
Preziosilla - Marina de Gabarain
Fra Melitone - Ian Wallace
Curra - Monica Sinclair
Padre Guardiano - Hervey Alan
Mastro Trabuco - John Carolan
Un Chirurgo - Niven Miller
Un Alcalde - James Atkins
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01914
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 1272
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Recordings of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.96, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.60; Opera October 1962 p.655; HARRIS p.128; Opera on Record p.277; CELLETTI p.906; Opera on CD (1) p.55 (2) p.62 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.126 p.118; MET p.632; MET(VID) p.393; PENGUIN p.481; GIUDICI p.980, (2) p.1573; NEWTON (Verdi)p.169; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.42, p.104; Opéra International No.268 mai 2002 p.16; Gramophone April 2003 p.36; Opera News March 2006 p.34
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in The King's Theatre, Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh Festival. This is probably of the performance on 3 September 1955 which was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. See Radio Times Issue dated August 28 - September 3 1955 p.49.
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Marschallin - Maria Reining
Octavian - Sena Jurinac
Sophie - Hilde Güden
Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Kurt Böhme
Faninal - Alfred Poell
Valzacchi - László Szemere
Ein Sänger - Karl Terkal
Marianne Leitmetzerin - Judith Hellwig
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 30025 {3CDS} (1998)ª; RCA «Wiener Staatsope Live» 74321 69431-2 {3CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; HARRIS p.248; Opera on Record p.567; CELLETTI p.788; Opera on CD (1) p.119 (2) p.131 (3) p.146; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.69-70 p.208 (and Supplément 1997); MET p.525; MET(VID) p.311; PENGUIN p.417;American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.201; GIUDICI p.819 (2) p.1340; Répertoire No.105 septembre 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Spring 1999 No.11 p.16; Opéra International décembre 1999 No.241 p.57; Gramophone May 2000 pp.36-39; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 2000 p.118, p.122 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.4 March/April 1999 p.341 [RVL]; Vol.23 No.5 May/June 2000 p.238 [JM]
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Orpheus - April 2000 S.74 [SS]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.187 p.141 [CM]
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Classical Express - Issue 102 September 1998 p.6 [MT]: Issue No.118 January 2000 p.5 [MB]
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American Record Guide - March/April 1999 Vol.62 No.2 p.312 [KM] : Vol.63 No.3 May/June 2000 p.271 [KM]
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American Record Guide - March/April 1999 Vol.62 No.2 p.312 [KM]: Vol.63 No.3 May/June 2000 p.271 [KM]
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BBC Music Magazine - February 2000 p.70 [mention] [CP]
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Classic CD - March 2000 p.83 [TB]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.115 noviembre 1998 p.56 [JS]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.137 febbraio 2000 p.98 [EG]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.38 marzo-abril 2000 p.90 [JPS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance the Vienna State Opera. Photographs of the productionand a review of a performance with a slightly different cast are given in OPERA February 1956 (front cover and pp.90-91)
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Conductor Rudolf Moralt - 1955(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Symphoniker
Chorus - Wiener Kammerchor
Don Giovanni - George London
Donna Anna - Hilde Zadek
Don Ottavio - Léopold Simoneau
Donna Elvira - Sena Jurinac
Leoporello - Walter Berry
Il Commendatore - Ludwig Weber
Masetto - Eberhard Wächter
Zerlina - Graziella Sciutti
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Black Disc; - Philips ABL 3069-3071 {3LPS} (UK) (1955)ª; Philips A 00280-00282 L {3LPS} (Continental Europe) (1955)ª;; Philips GL 5753-5755 {3LPS} (1965)ª; Philips 6768 033 {3LPS} (1980)ª; Epic SC 6010 {3LPS} (USA) (1955)ª
Compact Disc; - Philips 438 674-2 (1994)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.127: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.71-72, pp.128-132; Opera on Record p.71; CELLETTI p.467; Opera on CD (1) p.19 (2) p.23 (3) p.24; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.24 p.132, No.172 p.178 ; MET p.299; MET(VID) p.168; PENGUIN p.231; Classic CD September 1993 p.32; Opera on Video p.26; GIUDICI p.451 (2) p.766; International Opera Collector Winter 1997 No.6 p.18; Diapason No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.50; Le Monde de la Musique No.223juillet-aoüt 1998 p.56; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.111; Répertoire No.131 janvier 2000 p.20, No.132 février 2000 p.20; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.56-57; International Record Review February 2002 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1955 pp.147-148 [PHW]; January 1956 p.302 [DST]; March 1965 p.448 [EG]; October 1981 p.604 [JBS] October 1994 p.192, p.197 [AB]
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Opera - November 1955 p.716; September 1965 pp.671-672 [ET]
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Opera Now - May 1994 p.62
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Orpheus - Mai 1994 S.60
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Diapason - No.400 janvier 1994 p.136
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American Record Guide - November 1955 Vol.22 No.3 p.40 [CJL]
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High Fidelity Magazine - December 1955 Vol.5 No.10 p.74 [JH]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - October 1955 p.16
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Gramophone Record Review - November 1955 p.29 [DH]
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Répertoire - No.65 janvier 1994 p.55
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 marzo-mayo 1995 p.61
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Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1955(STU)
Orchestra - Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Figaro - Sesto Bruscantini
Susanna - Graziella Sciutti
Conte Almaviva - Franco Calabrese
Contessa Almaviva - Sena Jurinac
Cherubino - Risë Stevens
Marcellina - Monica Sinclair
Bartolo - Ian Wallace
Basilio - Hugues Cuénod
Curzio - Daniel McCoshan
Antonio - Gwyn Griffiths
Barbarina - Jeannette Sinclair
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Black Disc; - HMV ALPS 1312, ALP 1313-1315 {4LPS 7-sides) (1956)ª; HMV ASDS 274, ASD 275-277 {4LPS 7-sides} (1959)ª; EMI EX 290017-3 {3LPS} (1984)ª; World Record Club OX 171, OC 168-70 (4LPS 7-sides) (1966)ª; World Record Club SOX 171, SOC 168-70 (4LPS 7-sides) (1966)ª; RCA Victor LM 6401 {4LPS} (USA) (1956)ª
Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 290017-9 (1984)ª; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» TC CfPD 4724 (1991)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI «Classics for Pleasure» CD CfPD 4724 {2CDS} (1991)ª; EMI «Double Forte» CZS 5 73845-2 {2CDS} (2000)ª; EMI 476 942-2 {2CDS} (2005)ª; EMI 367710-2 {2CDS} (2006)ª
Open Reel Tape; - HMV SAT 1003-4 (Act 2) (1955)ª; HMV SAT 1006-7 (Act 1) (1956)ª; HMV SAT 1009-11 (Acts 3 & 4)(1956)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1956 p.321 [PHW]; November 1959 p.242; June 1984 p.67 [AB]; September 1991 p.126 [AB]; September 2000 p.96 [IM]; February 2006 p.91 [AB]
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Opera - March 1956 p.174; November 1959 p.750
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Orpheus - 11 - November (Festival 2000) 2000 S.87 [GH]
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Opéra International - No.258 juin 2001 p.72 [AF]
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Diapason - No.475 novembre 2000 pp.82-84 [MP]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - January 1956 p.10
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American Record Guide - February 1956 Vol.22 No.6 p.87 [PHR]
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Records and Recordings - November 1959 p.22 [DH]
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International Record Review - July 2000 p.110 [MP]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 p.92 [JR]
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Comments:- Recorded July 1955. Marcellina's and Basilio's arias are omitted in the CDs
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Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Chorus - Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Tamino - Juan Oncina
Papageno - Giuseppe Taddei
Königin der Nacht - Mimi Coertse
Sprecher - Plinio Clabassi
Pamina - Sena Jurinac
Sarastro - Boris Christoff
Papagena - Alda Noni
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Compact Cassette - *Lyric Distribution ALD 3013
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Recordings of Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.130: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.136-140; Opera on Record p.106; CELLETTI p.525; Opera on CD (1) p.22 (2) p.26 (3) p.28; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.101 p.138, No.196 p.148; MET p.332; MET(VID) p.186; PENGUIN p.257; BBC Music Magazine May 1994 p.47; Opéra International No.182 juillet-aoüt 1994 p.14; GIUDICI p.495 (2) p.828; Stereophile October 1996 (Vol.19 No.10) p.303; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.15; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.58-60; BBC Music Magazine April 2004 p.52; The Gramophone January 2006 p.28
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (27 January 1956).
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Conductor John Pritchard - 1956(STU)
Orchestra - Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra
Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra
Idomeneo - Richard Lewis
Idamante - Léopold Simoneau
Arbace - James Milligan
Ilia - Sena Jurinac
Elettra - Lucilla Udovich
Gran Sacerdote - William McAlpine
La Voce - Hervey Alan
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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1515-1517 {3LPS} (1957)ª; Angel 3574 C/L {3LPS} (1958)ª; *World Record Club OC 201-203 {3LPS}; World Record Club SOC 201-203 {3LPS} ; Seraphim SIC 6070 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - EMI CHS 7 63685-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; EMI «Double Forte» CZS; 5 73848-2 {2CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.42; CELLETTI p.497; Opera on CD (1) p.15 (2) p.19 (3) p.20; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.89 p.124; MET p.272; MET(VID) p.153; PENGUIN p.242; Répertoire No.91 mai 1996 p.14; GIUDICI p.408 (2) p.711; Gramophone July 1996 p.38; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.53-54
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1957 p.189; January 1958 p.305; August 1969 p.314 February 1991 p. [AB]; September 2000 p.93. p.96 [IM]
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Opera - December 1957 p.777
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Orpheus - 11 - November (Festival 2000) 2000 S.87 [GH]
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Diapason - No.475 novembre 2000 p.82 [MP]
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Gramophone Record Review - October 1957 p.991 [DH]
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American Record Guide - November 1958 Vol.25 No.3 p.187 [RR]
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High Fidelity Magazine - November 1958 Vol.8 No.11 p.62 [DJ]: November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.57
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International Record Review - July 2000 pp.109-110 [MP]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 p.92 [JR]
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Comments:- Recorded in June and September 1983
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1956(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Symphoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Figaro - Walter Berry
Susanna - Rita Streich
Conte Almaviva - Paul Schöffler
Contessa Almaviva - Sena Jurinac
Cherubino - Christa Ludwig
Marcellina - Ira Malaniuk
Bartolo - Oskar Czerwenka
Basilio - Erich Majkut
Curzio - Murray Dickie
Antonio - Karl Dönch
Barbarina - Rosl Schwaiger
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Black Disc - Philips A 00357-00359L {3LPS}; Philips GL 5777-5779 {3LPS} Fontana SFL 14012-14014 {3LPS}; Philips(Fontana) 6706 006 {3LPS}; Epic 6022 {3LPS} (USA); Philips ABL 3252 (Highlights) {1LP}; Philips GL 5666 (Highlights) {1LP}
Compact Disc; - Philips 438 670-2 {3CDS} (1994)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1960 p.370 (Highlights); November 1963 p.243 (Highlights); December 1964p.292; July 1968 p.179; October 1994 p.192 [AB]
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Opera - April 1965 pp.290-291 [AJ]; September 1968 pp.755-756 [HDR]
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Opera Now - May 1994 p.62
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Orpheus - März/April 1974 S.67-S.68 [SH] ; Mai 1994 S.60
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Diapason - No.400 janvier 1994 p.136
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American Record Guide - September 1957 Vol.24 No.1 p.17 [PLM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1957 Vol.7 No.10 p.96 [PLM]
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Classic CD - June 1994 p.71
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1959 p.14
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Répertoire - No.65 janvier 1994 p.55
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 marzo-mayo 1995 p.61
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Leonore - Christel Goltz
Florestan - Giuseppe Zampieri
Pizarro - Paul Schöffler
Rocco - Otto Edelmann
Marzelline - Sena Jurinac
Jaquino - Waldemar Kmentt
Fernando - Nicola Zaccaria
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 040
Compact Cassette; - Legato Classics ALD 4554 (1998)ª
Compact Disc - Claque CLQ 2007 {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.119; CELLETTI p.29; Opera on CD p.25 (1) p.29 (3) p.32; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.10 p.102; MET p.8; MET(VID) p.4; PENGUIN p.6; Stereophile January 1994 p.177; May 1994 p.15; BBC Music Magazine February 1995 p.43; Opera on Video p.37; GIUDICI p.11 (2) p.19; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.62; Gramophone January 1997 p.40; Répertoire No.103 juin 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.64; International Record Review March 2001 p.22
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (27 July 1957). The perform-ance on 12 August 1957 is reviewed in OPERA October 1957 p.624
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Don Carlo - Eugenio Fernandi
Filippo II - Cesare Siepi
Rodrigo - Ettore Bastianini
Il Grande Inquisitore - Marco Stefanoni
Un Frate - Nicola Zaccaria
Elisabetta di Valois - Sena Jurinac
La principessa Eboli - Giulietta Simionato
Tebaldo - Norbert Balatsch
Il Conte di Lerma - Ca