(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1967(FI) - Wozzeck by Alban Berg - Bruno Maderna*
2 1968(LI) - Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Die) by Richard Wagner - Karl Böhm**
3 1968(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Karl Böhm*
4 1970(LC) - Salome by Richard Strauss - Karl Böhm*
5 1970(RA) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
6 1970(STU) - Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Die) by Richard Wagner - Herbert von Karajan*
7 1971(FI) - schweigsame Frau (Die) by Richard Strauss - Wolfgang Sawallisch***
8 1971(FI) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Horst Stein*
9 1971(LI) - Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti - Richard Bonynge*
10 1971(LI) - Staatstheater by Mauricio Kagel - Mauricio Kagel*
11 1972(STU) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
12 1973(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
13 1973(LI) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Georg Solti*
14 1973(RA) - Arabella by Richard Strauss - Wolfgang Rennert*
15 1973(SE) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Giuseppe Patanè*
16 1973(SE) - Faust by Charles Gounod - Giuseppe Patanè*
17 1973(STU) - Entführung aus dem Serail (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Karl Böhm**
18 1974(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Otmar Suitner*
19 1974(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Carlos Kleiber*
20 1974(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Silvio Varviso*
21 1974(STU) - Schauspieldirector (Der) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Karl Böhm*
22 1975(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Georg Solti*
23 1975(LI) - Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Die) by Richard Wagner - Christoph von Doh..**
24 1975(LI) - Rheingold (Das) by Richard Wagner - Horst Stein*
25 1975(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Carlos Kleiber*
26 1975(STU) - Abu Hassan by Carl Maria von Weber - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
27 1975-76(STU) - Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Die) by Richard Wagner - Georg Solti*
28 1976(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Georg Solti*
29 1976(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Horst Stein*
30 1976(ST) - Zwillingsbrüder (Die) by Franz Schubert - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
31 1976(STU) - Bastien und Bastienne by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Eberhard Schoener*
32 1976(STU) - drei Pintos (Die) by Carl Maria von Weber - Gary Bertini*
33 1976(STU) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - James Levine*
34 1976(STU) - Lulu by Alban Berg - Christoph von Dohnányi*
35 1976(STU) - lustigen Weiber von Windsor (Die) by Otto Nicolai - Bernhard Klee*
36 1976?(ST) - Verschworenen [Der häusliche Krieg] (Die) by Franz Schubert - Heinz Wallberg*
37 1977(LI) - bohème (La) by Giacomo Puccini - Nello Santi*
38 1977(LI) - Freischütz (Der) by Carl Maria von Weber - Colin Davis*
39 1977(LI;Dernesch) - Rosenkavalier (Der) by Richard Strauss - Carlos Kleiber*
40 1977(STU) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Georg Solti*
41 1978(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Rafael Kubelik*
42 1978(LI) - Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven - Karl Böhm*
43 1978(LI) - Rosenkavalier (Der) by Richard Strauss - Christoph von Dohn..*
44 1978(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Carlos Kleiber*
45 1978(STU) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Georg Solti*
46 1978(STU) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Alain Lombard*
47 1979(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Nello Santi*
48 1979(LI) - Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Die) by Richard Wagner - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
49 1979(LI) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - James Levine*
50 1979(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Maurits Sillem*
51 1979(STU) - Contes d'Hoffmann (Les) by Jacques Offenbach - Heinz Wallberg*
52 1979(STU) - Freischütz (Der) by Carl Maria von Weber - Rafael Kubelik*
53 1979(STU) - Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi - Carlo Maria Giulini*
54 1979(STU) - Werther by Jules Massenet - Riccardo Chailly*
55 1980(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Miguel-Ángel Gome..*
56 1980(LI) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Georg Solti*
57 1980(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Georg Solti***
58 1980(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
59 1980(RA) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Rafael Kubelik*
60 1980(STU) - Intermezzo by Richard Strauss - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
61 1980(STU) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Herbert von Karajan*
62 1980-82(STU) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Carlos Kleiber*
63 1981(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Miguel-Ángel Gomez-Martinis (Gómez..***
64 1981(LI) - Rosenkavalier (Der) by Richard Strauss - Andrew Davis*
65 1981(STU) - Evangelimann (Der) by Wilhelm Kienzl - Lothar Zagrosek*
66 1981(STU) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Georg Solti*
67 1981(STU) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Marek Janowski*
68 1981-83(STU) - fliegende Holländer (Der) by Richard Wagner - Herbert von Karajan*
69 1982(FI) - Waffenschmied (Der) by Albert Lortzing - Peter Schneider*
70 1982(LE) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Marek Janowski*
71 1982(STU) - Daphne by Richard Strauss - Bernard Haitink*
72 1982(STU) - Rosenkavalier (Der) by Richard Strauss - Herbert von Karajan*
73 1982-83(STU) - Tiefland by Eugen d' Albert - Marek Janowski*
74 1983(LC) - Feen (Die) by Richard Wagner - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
75 1983(LC) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
76 1983(LI) - lustigen Weiber von Windsor (Die) by Otto Nicolai - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
77 1983(LI) - Rosenkavalier (Der) by Richard Strauss - Herbert von Karajan*
78 1983(LI) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Wolfgang Sawallisch**
79 1984(LI) - Rosenkavalier (Der) by Richard Strauss - Herbert von Karajan*
80 1984(STU) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Colin Davis*
81 1985 - Corregidor (Der) by Hugo Wolf - Gerd Albrecht*
82 1985(STU) - Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner - Bernard Haitink*
83 1986(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Gustav Kuhn*
84 1987(LC) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Colin Davis*
85 1987(LI) - Entführung aus dem Serail (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Georg Solti*
86 1987(STU) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - James Levine*
87 1988 (STU) - Rheingold (Das) by Richard Wagner - James Levine*
88 1988(LI) - Friedenstag by Richard Strauss - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
89 1988(LI) - Guntram by Richard Strauss - Gustav Kuhn*
90 1988(LI) - Moïse et Pharaon [Mosè] by Gioacchino Rossini - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
91 1988(LI) - schweigsame Frau (Die) by Richard Strauss - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
92 1989(LI) - Rheingold (Das) by Richard Wagner - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
93 1989(LI) - Siegfried by Richard Wagner - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
94 1989(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - James Levine*
95 1989(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Wolfgang Sawallisch**
96 1989(STU) - Elektra by Richard Strauss - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
97 1989(STU) - Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven - Bernard Haitink*
98 198?(STU) - Notre Dame by Franz Schmidt - Christof Perick (Prick)**
99 1990(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - James Levine**
100 1990(STU) - Fiery Angel (The) by Sergei Prokofieff - Neeme Järvi**
101 1990(STU) - Freischütz (Der) by Carl Maria von Weber - Colin Davis*
102 1990(STU) - Jessonda by Louis Spohr - Gerd Albrecht**
103 1990(STU) - Siegfried by Richard Wagner - James Levine*
104 1990(STU) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Georg Solti*
105 1991 - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - James Levine*
106 1991-92(STU) - Lohengrin by Richard Wagner - Claudio Abbado**
107 1991-92(STU) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - James Levine*
108 1992 - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - James Levine*
109 1992(STU) - Lady Macbeth of Mtensk [Katerina Izmailova] by Dmitry Shostakovich - Myung-Whun Chung*
110 1993(RA) - schweigsame Frau (Die) by Richard Strauss - Pinchas Steinberg*
111 1993(STU) - Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Die) by Richard Wagner - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
112 1993(STU) - nozze di Figaro (Le) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Nikolaus Harnoncourt*
113 1994(LI) - Entführung aus dem Serail (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
114 1994(LI) - Rosenkavalier (Der) by Richard Strauss - Carlos Kleiber*
115 1995(LC) - Freischütz (Der) by Carl Maria von Weber - Nikolaus Harnoncourt*
116 1995(LI) - Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky - Alexander Anissimov*
117 1997(LI) - incoronazione di Poppea (L') by Claudio Monteverdi - Ivor Bolton*
118 1998(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Zubin Mehta*
119 1998(STU) - Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven - Michael Halász**
120 2002(LI) - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Nikolaus Harnoncourt*
121 2005(LI) - forza del destino (La) by Giuseppe Verdi - Fabio Luisi*
*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Bruno Maderna - 1967(FI)
Orchestra - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chorus - Hamburgische Staatsoper
Wozzeck - Toni Blankenheim
Tambourmajor - Richard Cassilly
Andres - Peter Haage
Hauptmann - Gerhard Unger
Doktor - Hans Sotin
1.Handwerkbursch - Kurt Moll
2.Handwerkbursch - Franz Grundheber
Narr - Kurt Marschner
Marie - Sena Jurinac
Margaret - Elisabeth Steiner
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DVD (Video) - Dreamlife DLVC 1101 (Japan) (2003)ª; Dreamlife DLVC 8027 (Japan) (2005)ª; ArtHaus Musik 101 277 (2006)ª
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Recordings of Wozzeck by Alban Berg are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.365; CELLETTI p.78; MARINELLI p.476; Opera on CD (1) p.132 (2) p.145 (3) p.163; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.36 p.138; Supplément mai 1998; No.215; MET p.33; MET(VIDEO) p.12; PENGUIN p.16; GIUDICI p.44 (2) p.79; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.64; BBC Music Magazine February 2000 p.49; Gramophone November (published September) 2003 p.56
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 2007 p.108 [PQ]
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Opera - June 2007 p.741 [RP2]
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Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2007 S.66-S.67 [SS]
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Diapason - No.548 juin 2007 p.125 [MP]
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American Record Guide - September/October 2007 Vol.70 No.5 pp.233-234 [KM]
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Classica Répertoire - No.93 juin 2007 p.110 [AT]
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Opéra Magazine - No.20 juillet-aoüt 2007 p.81 [FL-2]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.102 julio-agosto 2007 p.83 [PMH]
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Comments:- Video recording of a television film.
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1968(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Hans Sachs - Theo Adam
Veit Pogner - Karl Ridderbusch
Sixtus Beckmesser - Thomas Hemsley
Fritz Kothner - Gerd Nienstedt
Walther von Stolzing - Waldemar Kmentt
David - Hermin Esser
Eva - Gwyneth Jones
Magdalena - Janis Martin
Nachtwächter - Kurt Moll
Kunz Vogelgesang - Sebastian Feiersinger
Konrad Nachtigall - Dieter Slembek
Ulrich Eisslinger - Erich Klaus
Balthasar Zorn - Günther Treptow
Augustin Moser - William Johns
Hermann Ortel - Heinz Feldhoff
Hans Schwarz - Fritz Linke
Hans Foltz - Hans Franzen
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 10038 {4CDS} (2000)ª; Link 602-4 {4CDRS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2575-4 {4CDRS} (2007)ª
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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - 11 - November (Festival 2000) 2000 S.90 [SS]
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Wagner News - Issue No.146 July 2001 pp.20-22 [PDB]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - noviembre 2000 No.137 p.41 [SV]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 p.98 [JS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (see OPERA Festival Issue 1968 pp.78-80). The CDRs issued on the «Link» label were on sale in Ishimaru's shops in Tokyo in February 2003. According to the label they were made in Slovenia. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated April 2007.
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1968(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Tristan - Wolfgang Windgassen
Isolde - Birgit Nilsson
Brangaene - Grace Hoffman
Marke - Martti Talvela
Kurwenal - Gerd Feldhoff
Melot - Reid Bunger
Hirt - Hermin Esser
Steuerman - Kurt Moll
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Hermin Esser
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Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven C 1269 {3CDS} (2002)ª
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (see OPERA Festival Issue 1968 pp.80-81). The CDs issued by Live Opera Heaven are listed in their «October 2002 update».
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1970(LC)
Orchestra - Hamburgische Staatsoper
Salome - Gwyneth Jones
Jochanaan - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Herodes - Richard Cassilly
Herodias - Mignon Dunn
Narraboth - Wieslaw Ochman
Ein Page - Ursula Böse
Erster Nazarener - Hans Sotin
Zweiter Nazarener - Horst Wilhelm
Erster Soldat - Kurt Moll
Zweiter Soldat - Carl Schultz
Ein Cappadocier - Franz Grundheber
Ein Sklave - Willy Hartmann
Erster Jude - Peter Haage
Zweiter Jude - Jürgen Förster
Dritter Jude - Kurt Marachner
Vierter Jude - Heinz Kruse
Fünfter Jude - Heinz Blankenburg
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Black Disc; - D.G.G. 2707-052 {2LPS} (1971)ª;; DG 2721 186 {2LPS} (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - DG 445 319-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª; DG 445 491-2 (Richard Strauss/Karl Böhm Opera Edition) {21CDS} (1994)ª; DG «Double» 463 541-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª
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Recordings of Salome by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera July 1957 p.420; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.795; Opera on CD (1) p.117 (2) p.128 (3) p.143; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.47-48 p.184, mise à jour novembre 2001; No.240 p.92; MET p.514; MET(VID) p.304; PENGUIN p.421; Répertoire No.73 octobre 1994 p.13; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.195; GIUDICI p.796; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.16; Opéra International novembre 1999 No.240 pp.60-61; The Gramophone February 2005 p.36; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.62; Gramophone May 2008 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1971 p.886; November 1979 p.911 [AB] November 1994 p.153 [AB]
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Opera Now - December 1994 p.54
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HiFi News & Record Review - April 1995 p.75
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Opera News - May 1995 p.46
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Opéra International - novembre 1994 No.185 p.56
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Diapason - No.409 novembre 1994 p.168
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.163 p.123
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Classic CD - December 1994 p.56
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Répertoire - No.74 novembre 1994 p.88: No.132 février 2000 p.73 [LC]
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Comments:- Recorded at the Hamburg State Opera (November 1970; see OPERA January 1971 p.58)
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1970(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Amfortas - Theo Adam
Titurel - Kurt Moll
Gurnemanz - Franz Crass
Parsifal - Timo Callio
Klingsor - Gerd Nienstedt
Kundry - Ursula Schröder-Feinen
Alto Stimme - Regina Fonesca
Knappe 1 - Gerlinde Lorenz
Knappe 2 - Olive Fredricks
Knappe 3 - Manfred Schmidt
Knappe 4 - Richard van Vrooman
Blumenmädchen 1 - Gerlinde Lorenz
Blumenmädchen 2 - Barbara Vogel
Blumenmädchen 3 - Olive Fredricks
Blumenmädchen 4 - Ute Vinzing
Blumenmädchen 5 - Carole Malone
Blumenmädchen 6 - Regina Fonesca
Ritter 1 - Hans Veguran
Ritter 2 - Rolf Becker
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Compact Disc; - Myto 3 MCD 063 328 {3CDS} (2006)ª
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Volume 30 No.2 November/December 2006 pp.287-288 [JM]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.99 abril 2007 p.95 [JO]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 27 April 1970.
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1970(STU)
Orchestra - Dresdner Staatskapelle
Chorus - Dresdner Operchor - Leipziger Rundfunkchor
Hans Sachs - Theo Adam
Veit Pogner - Karl Ridderbusch
Sixtus Beckmesser - Geraint Evans
Fritz Kothner - Zoltán Kéléman
Walther von Stolzing - René Kollo
David - Peter Schreier
Eva - Helen Donath
Magdalena - Ruth Hesse
Nachtwächter - Kurt Moll
Kunz Vogelgesang - Eberhard Büchner
Konrad Nachtigall - Horst Lunow
Ulrich Eisslinger - Peter Bindzsus
Balthasar Zorn - Hans-Joachim Rotzsch
Augustin Moser - Horst Hiestermann
Hermann Ortel - Hermann Christian Polster
Hans Schwarz - Heinz Reeh
Hans Foltz - Siegfried Vogel
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Black Disc; - *EMI SLS 957 («Angel Series» SAN 292-296) {5LPS} (1971)ª; EMI EX 74963-1 {4LPS} (1988)ª; Angel SEL-3776
Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 749683-4 (1988)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI(Angel) CDS 7 49683-2 {4CDS} (1988)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 5 67086 {4CDS} (1999)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 7243 5 67148 2 3 {4CDS} (USA) (1999)ª; Toshiba EMI TOCE 11390-93 {4CDS} (Japan) (1999)ª
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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1971 p.670 (see December 1971 p.1002); December 1971 p.1008; January 1972 p.1182; August 1972 p.322 (note on pitch); July 1988 p. [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.23 No.2 November/December 1999 pp.46-50 [JK]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.286; Vol.6 No.3 Spring 1989 pp.159-162 [KH2]
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Stereophile - December 1988 (Vol.11 No.12) p.195
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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 pp.107-109 [MO]
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.235 septembre 1999 p.108 [PS]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.37 enero-febrerp 2000 p.97 [PN]
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Comments:- Recorded between 24 November and 14 December 1970. See «The Gramophone» October 1971 p.607 (reprinted in «International Classical Record Collector» Spring Edition 1997 No.8 p.31). See also «Herbert von Karajan - A Life in Music» by Richard Osborne pp.585-587
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1971(FI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Sir Morosus - Kurt Moll
Haushälterin - Martha Mödl
Der Barbier - Barry McDaniel
Henry Morosus - Donald Grobe
Aminta - Reri Grist
Isotta - Lotte Schädle
Carlotta - Glenys Loulis
Morbio - Albrecht Peter
Vanuzzi - Benno Kusche
Farfallo - Max Proebstl
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5881 (2006)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Lyric Distibution Incorporated 8487 (NTSC) (1993)ª
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Recordings of Die schweigsame Frau by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.799; GIUDICI p.849 (2) p.1380
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 p.620 [ETG]
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Comments:- Video recording of a television film based on the production of the Bavarian State Opera. An audio recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich with the same cast except that Sir Morosus is sung by Kurt Böhme, has been issued by Orfeo, and is listed separately. The DVD issued by Premiere is included in «New Releases - October 2006».
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Conductor Horst Stein - 1971(FI)
Orchestra - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chorus - Hamburgische Staatsoper
Tamino - Nicolai Gedda
Papageno - William Workman
Königin der Nacht - Cristina Deutekom
Sprecher - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Pamina - Edith Mathis
Sarastro - Hans Sotin
Papagena - Carole Malone
1er Geharnischter - Helmut Melchert
2er Geharnischter - Kurt Moll
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DVD (Video) - Dreamlife Classics DLVC 1108 (Japan) (2003)ª; Dreamlife Classics DLVC 8023 (Japan) (2005)ª; ArtHaus Musik 101 265 (2006)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:-
Opera - April 2007 p.488, p.490 [RL]
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Orpheus - März + April 2007 S.68 [SS]
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American Record Guide - March/April 2007 Vol.70 No.2 p.248 [KM]
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Opéra Magazine - No.16 mars 2007 p.80 [FL-2]
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Classica Répertoire - No.91 avril 2007 p.108 [AT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.99 abril 2007 p.85 [FF]
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Comments:- Video recording of a television film.
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Conductor Richard Bonynge - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Hamburgische Staatsoper
Chorus - Hamburgische Staatsoper
Lucia - Joan Sutherland
Edgardo - Plácido Domingo
Enrico - Tom Krause
Raimondo - Kurt Moll
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 222 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
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Recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera February 1959 p.86; HARRIS p.150; Opera on Record p.184; CELLETTI p.223; MARINELLI p.114; Opera on CD (1) p.34 (2) p.39 (3) p.43; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.55 p.110, No.233 p.114; MET p.113; MET(VID) p.64; PENGUIN p.78; Opéra International janvier 1995 No.187 p.19, juillet- aoüt 1997 No.215 p.10; Opera on Video p.57; GIUDICI p.190 (2) p.312; Répertoire No.107 novembre 1997 p.9; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Hamburg State Opera (March 1971). «Eight Lucia evenings in March (and April), again with Sutherland but this time in Hamburg, were among the greatest performing experiences of my life» Plácido Domingo in «My First Forty Years» p.74. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22».
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Conductor Mauricio Kagel - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg und Gäste
Chorus - Mitglieder des Staatsopernchores Hamburg und Gäste
Lyric tenor - Horst Wilhelm
Contralto - Ursula Böse
Tenor-buffo - Peter Haage
Lyric baritone - Franz Grundheber
Dramatic soprano - Gladys Kuchta
Coloratura soprano - Ursula Koszut
Buffo bass - Carl Schultz
Mezzo-soprano - Elisabeth Steiner
Soubrette - Regina Marheineke
Baritone - William Workman
Young dramatic soprano - Paula Page
Lyric soprano - Luisa Bosabalian
Basso profundo - Kurt Moll
Helden tenor - Richard Cassilly
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Black Disc - DG 2702 060 {2LPS}
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Comments:- The LPs issued by DG are listed in the online catalogue of the Durbeck Archive (http://www.datalogue.info)
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1972(STU)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Tamino - Peter Schreier
Papageno - Walter Berry
Königin der Nacht - Edda Moser
Sprecher - Theo Adam
Pamina - Anneliese Rothenberger
Sarastro - Kurt Moll
Monostatos - Willi Brokmeier
Papagena - Olivera Miljakovic
1er Geharnischter - Wilfried Badorek
2er Geharnischter - Günter Wewel
Erste Dame - Leonore Kirschstein
Zweite Dame - Ilse Gramatzki
Dritte Dame - Brigitte Fassbaender
Erster Knabe - Walter Gampert
Zweiter Knabe - Peter Hinterreiter
Dritter Knabe - Andreas Stein
Erster Priester - Wilfried Badorek
Zweiter Priester - Günter Wewel
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Black Disc; - EMI Electrola 1C 195-30 154/56 Q {3LPS} (1974)ª; Angel SCL 3807 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47827-8 {2CDS} (1988)ª;; EMI 4 83451-2 {2CDS} (1995)ª; EMI 358607-2 {2CDS} (2006)ª; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» 3932662 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - March 1988 p.1342 [SS]
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Fanfare - Vol.30 No.5 May/June 2007 p.161 [BB]
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Orpheus - Dezember 1973 S.38-S.39 [RC]; Vol.31 No.4 March/April 2008 p.183 [ED]
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Diapason - No.422 janvier 1996 p.106
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Fono Forum - Oktober 1974 S.942-S.945
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American Record Guide - March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 p.143 [MM]
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Répertoire - No,86 décembre 1995 p.53
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Comments:- The original recording was quadrophonic. It includes the duet from act 2 between Tamino and Papageno «Pamina wo bist du ?»
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1973(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Don Giovanni - Ruggero Raimondi
Donna Anna - Margaret Price
Don Ottavio - Hermann Winkler
Donna Elvira - Julia Varady
Leoporello - Stafford Dean
Il Commendatore - Kurt Moll
Masetto - Enrico Fissore
Zerlina - Lucia Popp
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Compact Disc; - Audio Encyclopedia AE 204 - Opera From Munich Vol.1 (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)ª; Golden Melodram GM 10045 (5.0026.3) {3CDS} (2000)ª; Myto 3 MCD 053 313 (+Die Zauberflöte - Sawallisch - excerpts) {3CDS} (2005)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:-
Fanfare - Vol.30 No.1 September/October 2006 pp.184-185 [BB]
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Orpheus - 11 - November (Festival 2000) 2000 S.90 [GH]
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American Record Guide - July/August 2001 Vol.64 No.4 pp.163-164 [RVL]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - junio 2001 No.144 p.46 [CRS]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.44 marzo-abril 2001 pp.87-88 [VJ]: No.86 diciembre 2005 p.87 [JR]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (12 July 1973). The performance on 12 July 1973 is reviewed in ORPHEUS September/October 1973 S.10-S.12
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1973(LI)
Orchestra - Opéra de Paris
Chorus - Opéra de Paris
Figaro - José van Dam
Susanna - Mirella Freni
Conte Almaviva - Tom Krause
Contessa Almaviva - Gundula Janowitz
Cherubino - Frederica Von Stade
Marcellina - Jane Berbié
Bartolo - Kurt Moll
Basilio - Michel Sénéchal
Curzio - Jacques Loreau
Barbarina - Danièle Perriers
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Compact Disc - Phoenix PX 515.3
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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:-
Orpheus - März 1997 S.59 (mention)
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Classical Express - Issue No.75 May 1996 p.4
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Musica (Milano) - No.97 Anno 20 Aprile-Maggio 1996 p.121
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.20 junio-agosto 1996 p.64 [JR]
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Comments:- See OPERA May 1973 p.423
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Conductor Wolfgang Rennert - 1973(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Arabella - Montserrat Caballé
Zdenka - Olivera Miljakovic
Mandryka - Siegmund Nimsgern
Waldner - Kurt Moll
Adelaide - Oralia Domínguez
Fiakermilli - Jeanette Scovotti
Matteo - René Kollo
Elemer - Carlo Gaifa
Dominik - Renato Borgato
Lamoral - Leonardo Monreale
Kartenaufschlägerin - Licia Falcone
Welko - Osvaldo Alemanno
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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 404-3 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Bella Voce BLV 107225 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 5007 (+Caterina Cornaro +Madama Butterfly +Maria Stuarda) {8CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Arabella by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.272; CELLETTI p.775; Opera on CD (1) p.123 (2) p.135 (3) p.151; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.170 p.96; MET p.543; MET(VID) p.322; PENGUIN p.405; BBC Music Magazine June 1995 p.43; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.89; Opera on Video p.210; GIUDICI p.844; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.554-561; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.64
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Juni 1998 S.56 [GH]
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Classical Express - Issue 101 August 1998 p.4 [RB]
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American Record Guide - September/October 1998 Vol.61 No.5 p.236 [KM]
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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance (1 December 1973) which was broadcast by RAI on 24 January 1974; see OPERA March 1974 p.252)
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Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1973(SE)
Orchestra - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Don Carlo - Nicolai Gedda
Filippo II - Kurt Moll
Rodrigo - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Elisabetta di Valois - Edda Moser
La principessa Eboli - Brigitte Fassbaender
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Black Disc - EMI 1C 063 28960Q {1LP}
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
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Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1973(SE)
Orchestra - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin
Chorus - RIAS Kammerchor
Faust - Nicolai Gedda
Méphistophélès - Kurt Moll
Marguerite - Edda Moser
Valentin - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Siébel - Ursula Groenewold
Wagner - Uwe Gronostay
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Black Disc - EMI Electrola 063-28961Q
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Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1973(STU)
Orchestra - Dresdener Staatskapelle
Chorus - Leipziger Rundfunkchor
Konstanze - Arleen Auger (Augér)
Belmonte - Peter Schreier
Blonde - Reri Grist
Pedrillo - Harald Neukirch
Osmin - Kurt Moll
Bassa Selim - Otto Mellies
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Black Disc; - DG 2740 112 (+Der Schauspieldirektor) (1974)ª; DG 2740 222 (collection) {20LPS} (1979)ª;; DG 2709 051
Compact Cassette - DG 3371 013 (+Der Schauspieldirektor)
Compact Disc; - DG 423 459-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª;; DG 429 868-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.57, p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11pp.65-68; Opera on Record 2 p.79; CELLETTI p.488; MARINELLI p.41; Opera on CD (1) p.16 (2) p.20 (3) p.21; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.59 p.112, mise à jour janvier2002; MET p.278; MET(VID)p.159; PENGUIN p.238; Répertoire mai 1995 p.9; GUIDICI p.413 (2) p.719; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.54-55; Gramophone October 2002 p.38
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1974 p.742 [AB]; December 1974 p.1079 [AB]; January 1975 p.1402 [JBS], p.1402 [AB]; July 1975 p.159 [JBS]; August 1979 p.333 (advert), p.377 (mention); April 1989 p. [SS]; December 1990 p. [AB]
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Diapason - No.190 1974 p.25; No.238 1979 p.82
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.335
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Comments:- The dialogue is spoken by a separate cast of actors
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Conductor Otmar Suitner - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Amfortas - Thomas Stewart
Titurel - Philip Booth
Gurnemanz - Kurt Moll
Parsifal - Jess Thomas
Klingsor - Peter Van Ginkel
Kundry - Eva Randová
Alto Stimme - Gwendolyn Jones
Knappe 1 - Shigemi Matsumoto
Knappe 2 - Janice Felty
Knappe 3 - Gary Burgess
Knappe 4 - Lawrence Cooper
Blumenmädchen 1 - Shigemi Matsumoto
Blumenmädchen 2 - Judith Forst
Blumenmädchen 3 - Janice Felty
Blumenmädchen 4 - Jacquelyn Benson
Blumenmädchen 5 - Sharon Daniels
Blumenmädchen 6 - Gwendolyn Jones
Ritter 1 - William Wahman
Ritter 2 - Terrence Hawkins
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Compact Cassette; - Live Opera Heaven CAS 460 (2000)ª
Compact Disc; - John Wegner San Francisco Opera - The Adler Years - 2 SFO-02 (A;; Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)ª; Live Opera Heaven #460 {4CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (20 September 1974; see OPERA November 1974 pp.993-994 )
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Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Tristan - Helge Brilioth
Isolde - Catarina Ligenzda
Brangaene - Yvonne Minton
Marke - Kurt Moll
Kurwenal - Donald McIntyre
Melot - Heribert Steinbach
Hirt - Heinz Zednik
Steuerman - Heinz Feldhoff
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Heinz Zednik
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Compact Disc; - Hypnas HYP 254-256 {3CDRS}; Golden Melodram GM 10036 {3CDS} (1999)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1457 {3CDS} (2007)ª; Opera d'Oro «Grand Tier» OPD 7039 {3CDS} (2007)ª; Celestial Audio CA 643 {3CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.30 No.4 March/April 2007 pp.252-253 [BV]; Vol.31 No.2 November/ December 2007 pp.287-288 [ED]
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Wagner News - Issue No.126 April 1998 p.16 [PDB]
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American Record Guide - November/December 2007 Vol.70 No.6 pp.213-214 [SDC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (25 July 1974; See OPERA Festival Issue 1974 p.82, WAGNER NEWS Issue No.120 March 1997 p.15). Hypnas CDRs are listed in Parnassus Records' online catalogue «Silver and Gold» 13. The date of the performance recorded is given as «6/27/74» in the review in FANFARE of the CDs issued by Opera d'Oro. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues October 2007.
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Conductor Silvio Varviso - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Tristan - Jess Thomas
Isolde - Birgit Nilsson
Brangaene - Yvonne Minton
Marke - Kurt Moll
Kurwenal - Jef Vermeersch
Melot - William Neill
Hirt - Raymond Manton
Steuerman - Terrence Hawkins
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - William Harness
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Compact Cassette; - Live Opera Heaven CAS 448 (2000)ª; Celestial Audio CA 143 {3CDRS} (Australia)
Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven #448 {3CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (11 October 1974)
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1974(STU)
Orchestra - Dresdener Staatskapelle
Madame Herz - Reri Grist
Mademoiselle Silberklang - Arleen Auger (Augér)
Vogelsang - Peter Schreier
Buff - Kurt Moll
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Black Disc - DG 2740 112 (+Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
Compact Cassette - DG 3371 013 (+Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
Compact Disc; - DG 419 566-2 (+Die Zauberflöte) {3CDS} (1987)ª; DG 429 877-2 (+Die Zauberflöte) {3CDS} (1990)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Der Schauspieldirector by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.521; PENGUIN p.254
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1974 p.742 [AB]; July 1975 p.159 (mention) [JBS]; October 1987 p. [SS]; December 1990 p. (mention) [AB]
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1975(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris
Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris
Don Giovanni - Roger Soyer
Donna Anna - Margaret Price
Don Ottavio - Stuart Burrows
Donna Elvira - Kiri Te Kanawa
Leoporello - José van Dam
Il Commendatore - Kurt Moll
Masetto - Richard Van Allan
Zerlina - Jane Berbié
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Black Disc - Estro Armonico EA 011 {3LPS}
Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers DONG 197501 {3CDRS}
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Paris Opera (See OPERA May 1975 pp.443-445)
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Conductor Christoph von Dohnányi - 1975(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Hans Sachs - Karl Ridderbusch
Veit Pogner - Kurt Moll
Sixtus Beckmesser - Peter van der Bilt
Fritz Kothner - Raymond Wolansky
Walther von Stolzing - James King
David - Heinz Zednik
Eva - Gundula Janowitz
Magdalena - Gertrude Jahn
Nachtwächter - Peter Wimberger
Kunz Vogelgesang - Karl Terkal
Konrad Nachtigall - Hans Helm
Ulrich Eisslinger - Anton Wendler
Balthasar Zorn - Horst Nitsche
Augustin Moser - Ewald Aichberger
Hermann Ortel - Harald Pröglhoff
Hans Schwarz - Alfred Sramek
Hans Foltz - Alois Pernerstorfer
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Compact Disc; - Mitridate «Ponto» PO 1006 (+highlights cond. Reiner 1955) {4CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Oktober 2002 S.52 (mention) [SS]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.64 octubre 2003 p.87 [AG]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Wiener Staatsoper (21 October 1975)
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Conductor Horst Stein - 1975(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Wotan - Donald McIntyre
Fricka - Anna Reynolds
Loge - Hermin Esser
Mime - Heinz Zednik
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Freia - Rachel Yakar
Froh - Heribert Steinbach
Donner - Gerd Nienstedt
Erda - Marga Höffgen
Fasolt - Karl Ridderbusch
Fafner - Kurt Moll
Woglinde - Yoko Kawaahara
Wellgunde - Trudeliese Schmidt
Floßhilde - Hanna Schwarz
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03856
Compact Disc; - ~Fachmann Fur Klassischer Musik FKM 5053/54 {2CDRS} (2000)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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (28 July 1975; see OPERA Festival Issue 1975 pp.100-103). The discs issued on the Fachmann Fur Klassischer Musik (sic) label were on sale in Ishimaru's shops in Tokyo in April2001. They were made in the USA (published by Parnassus?)
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Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1975(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Tristan - Helge Brilioth
Isolde - Catarina Ligenzda
Brangaene - Yvonne Minton
Marke - Kurt Moll
Kurwenal - Donald McIntyre
Melot - Heribert Steinbach
Hirt - Heinz Zednik
Steuerman - Nikolaus Hillebrand
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Heinz Zednik
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Compact Disc - Exclusive EX92T 54/56 {3CDS}; Memories ME 1084/86 {3CDS}
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.2 November/December 1994 p.423
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.170 p.133
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Stereophile - Vol.17 No.10 October 1994 p.247
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Wagner News - Issue No.95 January 1993 p.12: Issue No.126 April 1998 p.16 [PDW]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (26 July 1975 or 4 August 1975). See OPERA Festival Issue 1975 p.96(see WAGNER NEWS, Issue No.118 December 1996 p.170, Issue No.120 March 1997 p.15)
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1975(STU)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Fatima - Edda Moser
Abu Hassan - Nicolai Gedda
Omar - Kurt Moll
Haroun Al Raschid - Peter Brand
Zobeïde - Heidy Forster
Zemrud - Manuela Renard
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Black Disc - *EMI Electrola F 668 229/41 {13 LPS - Die kleine Oper}
Compact Disc; - cpo 999 551-2 {1CD} (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Abu Hassan by Carl Maria von Weber are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1169
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1998 p.36 (mention) [RC]; April 1998 p.108 [JW]
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Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.101 (mention) [GH]
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HiFi News & Record Review - August 1998 p.89 [PB]
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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.2 November/December 1998 p.363 [JC]
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Orpheus - April 1998 p.60 (mention) [SL]
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Opéra International - juin 1998 No.225 p.58 [GC]
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Diapason - No.446 mars 1998 p.110 [MP]
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BBC Music Magazine - April 1998 p.77 [PC]
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International Opera Collector - Summer 1998 No.8 p.88 [MO]
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American Record Guide - November/December 1998 Vol.61 No.6 p.240 [KM]
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Répertoire - No.111 mars 1998 p.77 (mention) [LB]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.108 marzo 1998 p.60 (mention) [HQ]
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L'opera (Milano) - Supplemento al n.119 maggio 1998 p.42 [GR]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.105 [PN]
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1975-76(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Chor der Wiener Staatsoper - Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
Hans Sachs - Norman Bailey
Veit Pogner - Kurt Moll
Sixtus Beckmesser - Bernd Weikl
Fritz Kothner - Gerd Nienstedt
Walther von Stolzing - René Kollo
David - Adolf Dallapozza
Eva - Hannelore Bode
Magdalena - Júlia Hamari
Nachtwächter - Werner Klumlikboldt
Kunz Vogelgesang - Adalbert Kraus
Konrad Nachtigall - Martin Egel
Ulrich Eisslinger - Wolf Appel
Balthasar Zorn - Martin Schomberg
Augustin Moser - Michel Sénéchal
Hermann Ortel - Helmut Berger-Tuna
Hans Schwarz - Kurt Rydl
Hans Foltz - Rudolf Hartmann
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Black Disc; - *Decca D13D 5 {5LPS} (1976)ª;; London OSA 1512 {5LPS}
Compact Cassette - Decca K13K 54
Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 417 497-2 {4CDS} (1987)ª; Decca «Classic Opera» 475 6680 {4CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1976 p.468 [AB]; January 1977 p.1131 [JBS]; March 1977 p.1475 [SIR]; July 1987 p. [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.12 No.6 July/August 1989 pp.276-278 [WY]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.298
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.584
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Comments:- See GRAMOPHONE September 1976 p.395
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris
Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris
Otello - Plácido Domingo
Desdemona - Margaret Price
Iago - Gabriel Bacquier
Cassio - Horst R Laubenthal
Lodovico - Kurt Moll
Montano - Marc Vento
Emilia - Jane Berbié
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Black Disc - Estro Armonico
Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 817 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; House of Opera CDBB 818 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
DVD (Video) - Dreamlife DLVC 1022 (Japanese NTSC) (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124
Comments:- Recordings of performances in the Palais Garnier, Paris (See OPERA September 1976 p.841). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22» where the dates of the performances are given as 25 June 1976 (CDBB 817) and 3 July 1976 (CDBB 818).
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Conductor Horst Stein - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris
Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris
Amfortas - Theo Adam
Titurel - Jules Bastin
Gurnemanz - Kurt Moll
Parsifal - Jon Vickers
Klingsor - Jacques Mars
Kundry - Nadine Denize
Knappe 1 - Eliane Lublin
Knappe 2 - Francine Arrauzau
Knappe 3 - Robert Dumé
Knappe 4 - Michel Philippe
Blumenmädchen 1 - Eliane Manchet
Blumenmädchen 2 - Eliane Lublin
Blumenmädchen 3 - Jane Berbié
Blumenmädchen 4 - Danièle Perriers
Blumenmädchen 5 - Anna Ringart
Blumenmädchen 6 - Huguette Brachet
Ritter 1 - Jean Angot
Ritter 2 - Fernand Dumont
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2461-3 {3CDRS} (2007)ª
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 2015
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier (14 May 1976). The CDRs issued by Premiere are included in the list of New Releases that was published on their website in January 2007. The date of the performance recorded is given here as «4/18/76», but this is incorrect. See Jon Vickers' performance chronology in «A Hero's Life» by Jeannie Williams p.330.
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1976(STU)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Lieschen - Helen Donath
Anton - Nicolai Gedda
Franz Spiess - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Friedrich Spiess - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Der Schütze - Kurt Moll
Der Amtmann - Hans-Joachim Gallus
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Black Disc - HMV ASD 3300 {1LP}; EMI Electrola 1C 065 30743 {1LP}; *EMI ElectrolaF 668 229/41 {13LPS - Die kleine Oper}
Compact Disc - CPO 999 556-2 {1CD}
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Recordings of Die Zwillingsbrüder by Franz Schubert are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.766
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1976 p.1051 [JW]; October 1977 p.593 [JBS]; March 1998 p.36 (mention) [RC]; April 1998 p.108 [JW]
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Opera - May 1998 pp.528-529 [IB]
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Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.101 (mention) [GH]
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HiFi News & Record Review - August 1998 p.88 [PB]
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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.2 November/December 1998 pp.321-324 [DJ]
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Orpheus - April 1998 p.60 (mention) [SL]
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Diapason - No.446 mars 1998 p.100 [OP]
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BBC Music Magazine - April 1998 p.77 [NR]
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International Opera Collector - Summer 1998 No.8 p.88 [MO]
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American Record Guide - January/February 1999 Vol.62 No.1 p.182 [KM]
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Répertoire - No.111 mars 1998 p.77 (mention) [LB]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.108 marzo 1998 p.60 (mention) [HQ]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.103 [JV]
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Conductor Eberhard Schoener - 1976(STU)
Orchestra - Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Bastien - Adolf Dallapozza
Bastienne - Brigitte Lindner
Colas - Kurt Moll
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Black Disc - EMI Electrola 1C 065 30231 (1LP); Arabesque 8064-1 {1LP}; EMI Electrola F 668 229/41 {13LPS - Die kleine Oper}
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Recordings of Bastien und Bastienne by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.57; CELLETTI p.445; PENGUIN p.224; GIUDICI p.399 (2) p.695
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Conductor Gary Bertini - 1976(STU)
Orchestra - Münchner Philharmoniker
Chorus - Nederlands Vocal Ensemble
Don Pantaleone Roiz de Pacheco - Franz Grundheber
Don Gomez de Freiros - Heinz Kruse
Clarissa - Lucia Popp
Laura - Kari Lövaas
Don Gaston Viratos - Werner Hollweg
Ambrosio - Hermann Prey
Don Pinto de Fonesca - Kurt Moll
Der Wirt - Franz Grundheber
Inez - Jeanette Scovotti
Der Haushofmeister - Heinz Kruse
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Black Disc - RCA 26.35125 {3LPS} (USA); RCA PRL 3-9063 {3LPS} (UK)
Compact Disc; - BMG-RCA 74321 32246-2 {2CDS} (1996)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die drei Pintos by Carl Maria von Weber are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1169
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1977 p.1174 [JW]; April 1977 p.1528 [JBS]
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Orpheus - August/September 1996 S.88
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Opéra International - avril 1996 No.201 p.69
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Diapason - No.431 novembre 1996 p.142
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Répertoire - N0.89 mars 1996 p.71
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.20 junio-agosto 1997 p.68 [MH]
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Comments:- The opera was completed by Mahler
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Conductor James Levine - 1976(STU)
Orchestra - London Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - John Alldis Choir
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Kurt Moll
Leonora di Vargas - Leontyne Price
Don Carlo - Sherrill Milnes
Don Alvaro - Plácido Domingo
Preziosilla - Fiorenza Cossotto
Fra Melitone - Gabriel Bacquier
Curra - Gillian Knight
Padre Guardiano - Bonaldo Giaiotti
Mastro Trabuco - Michel Sénéchal
Un Chirurgo - William Elvin
Un Alcalde - Malcolm King
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Black Disc; - *RCA RL 01864 (4) {4LPS} (UK) (1977)ª; RCA ARO 4 1864 {4LPS} (USA)
Compact Disc; - RCA RD 81864 {3CDS} (UK) (1987)ª; RCA RCD3-1864; BMG RCA Victor «Red Seal» 74321 39502-2 {3CDS} (1997)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1977 p.340 [EG]; December 1977 p.1164 [SIR]; January 1978 p.1233 [JBS]; October 1987 p. [RO]
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Opera Now - November/December 1997 p.97 [GH]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.227-232 [DH]
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Diapason - No.439 juillet-aoüt 1997 p.111
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BBC Music Magazine - June 1997 p.75 (mention)
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American Record Guide - November/December 1998 Vol.61 No.6 p.232 [RVL]
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.569
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.98 abril 1997 p.40 (mention)
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Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.53
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI N.111 settembre 1997 p.95 [GB]
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Conductor Christoph von Dohnányi - 1976(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Lulu - Anja Silja
Gräfin Geschwitz - Brigitte Fassbaender
Dr Schön - Walter Berry
Alwa - Josef Hopferwieser
Schigolch - Hans Hotter
Der Maler - Horst R Laubenthal
Der Prinz - Werner Krenn
Eine Theater-Garderobiere - Margarethe Bence
Der Theaterdirektor - Alfred Sramek
Der Athlet - Manfred Schenk
Der Gymnasiast - Trudeliese Schmidt
Ein Kammerdiener - Heinz Zednik
Der Tierbändiger - Kurt Moll
Der Medizinalrat - Harald Pröglhoff
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Black Disc; - Decca D48D3 {3LPS} (1978)ª; London OSA 13120 {3LPS} (1979)ª
Compact Cassette - Decca K48K32
Compact Disc - Decca 430 415-2 {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lulu by Alban Berg are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.371; CELLETTI p.76; Opera on CD (1) p.133 (2) p.146; (3) p.164; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.181-182 p.198; MET p.37; PENGUIN p.14; GIUDICI p.49 (2) p.85; Diapason No.447 avril 1998 p.48
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1978 p.1162 [WSM]; March 1979 p.1629 [SIR]; July 1979 p.169 [JBS]
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Fanfare - Vol.3 No.1 September-October 1979 pp.51-52 [LJB]
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Comments:- Incomplete version (only two acts)
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Conductor Bernhard Klee - 1976(STU)
Orchestra - Berliner Staatskapelle
Chorus - Berliner Staatsoper
Sir John Falstaff - Kurt Moll
Herr Fluth - Bernd Weikl
Herr Reich - Siegfried Vogel
Fenton - Peter Schreier
Junker Spärlich - Karl-Ernst Mercker
Dr. Cajus - Claude Dormoy
Frau Fluth - Edith Mathis
Frau Reich - Hanna Schwarz
Anna Reich - Helen Donath
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Black Disc - DG 2740 159 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette - DG 3371 026
Compact Disc - Berlin Classics 0020462BC {2CDS}; Berlin Classics 0021152BC {2CDS}
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Recordings of Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor by Otto Nicolai are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.548; MET p.358; PENGUIN p.270; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.63; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1977 p.1593 [LS]; July 1977 p.155 [JBS]
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Fanfare - Vol.17 No.6 July/August 1994 p.195
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Diapason - No.435 mars 1997 p.88
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American Record Guide - January/February 1995 Vol.58 No.1 p.146
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Répertoire - No.97 décembre 1996 p.56
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Classical Express - Issue No.86 May 1997 p.8
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.63 septiembre 2003 p.85 [AG]
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Comments:- Some of the dialogue is replaced by a narration spoken by a «waiter».
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Conductor Heinz Wallberg - 1976?(STU)
Orchestra - Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Chorus - Bayerische Rundfunk
Graf Heribert von Lüdenstein - Kurt Moll
Gräfin Ludmilla - Edda Moser
Isella - Elke Schary
Udolin - Adolf Dallapozza
Astolf von Reisenberg - Martin Finke
Helene - Gabriele Fuchs
Luitgarde - Gudrun Greindl-Rosner
Camilla - Sunhild Rauschkolb
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Black Disc - EMI Electrola 1C 065 30743; EMI Electrola F 668 229/41 {13LPS - Die kleine Oper}
Compact Disc - CPO 999 554-2 {1CD}
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Recordings of Die Verschworenen [Der häusliche Krieg] by Franz Schubert are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.765
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1998 p.36 (mention) [RC]; April 1998 p.108 [JW]
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Opera - May 1998 pp.529-530 [IB]
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Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.101 (mention) [GH]
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HiFi News & Record Review - January 1999 p.89 [PB]
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Orpheus - April 1998 p.60 (mention) [SL]
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Diapason - No.446 mars 1998 p.100 [OP]
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BBC Music Magazine - May 1998 p.76 [NR]
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International Opera Collector - Summer 1998 No.8 p.88 [MO]
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Répertoire - No.111 mars 1998 p.77 (mention) [LB]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.108 marzo 1998 p.60 (mention) [HQ]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.103 [JV]
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Conductor Nello Santi - 1977(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo
Marcello - Raimund Grumbach
Colline - Kurt Moll
Mimi - Mirella Freni
Musetta - Hildegard Uhrmacher
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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2843 (1991)ª
Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 394 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (20 September 1977). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»
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Conductor Colin Davis - 1977(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Max - René Kollo
Agathe - Hannelore Bode
Kaspar - Kurt Moll
Ottokar - Donald McIntyre
Kuno - Richard Van Allan
Kilian - Jonathan Summers
Hermit - Robert Lloyd
Zamiel - Forbes Robinson
Ännchen - Lucia Popp
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 2434
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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; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (31 January 1977). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 29 January - 4 February 1977 p.33.
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Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1977(LI;Dernesch)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Marschallin - Helga Dernesch
Octavian - Brigitte Fassbaender
Sophie - Lucia Popp
Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Kurt Moll
Faninal - Benno Kusche
Valzacchi - David Thaw
Annina - Gudrun Wewezow
Ein Sänger - Gerhard Unger
Marianne Leitmetzerin - Anneliese Waas
Polizeikommissar - Albrecht Peter
Der Wirt - Lorenz Fehenberger
Der Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin - Georg Paskuda
Der Haufhofmeister bei Faninal - Franz Wilbrink
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Compact Disc - Living Stage LS 1040 {3CDS}
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance in Nationaltheater, Munich (31 July 1977).
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1977(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Otello - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta
Desdemona - Margaret Price
Iago - Gabriel Bacquier
Cassio - Peter Dvorsky
Rodrigo - Kurt Equiluz
Lodovico - Kurt Moll
Montano - Stafford Dean
Emilia - Jane Berbié
Un Araldo - Hans Helm
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Black Disc; - Decca D102D3 {3LPS} (1978)ª; Decca 6.35420 {3LPS} (Germany) (1978)ª; London OSA 13130 {3LPS} (1979)ª
Compact Cassette - Decca K102K 32
Compact Disc; - Decca 440 045-2; Double Decca 460 756-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1978 p.549 [AB]; May 1994 115; December 1978 p.1207 [SIR]; January 1979 p.1257 [JBS]
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Opera Now - March 1994 p.55
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Orpheus - Novermber 1978 S.924 [CHH]; Mai 1994 S.60
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.244-247 [WA]
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Opéra International - No.179 avril 1994 p.82
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American Record Guide - February 1979 Vol.42 No.4 p.34 [KM]
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BBC Music Magazine - March 1994 p.84
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Répertoire - No.68 avril 1994 p.80
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Conductor Rafael Kubelik - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - Hamburgische Staatsoper
Chorus - Hamburgische Staatsoper
Don Carlo - Vasile Moldoveanu
Filippo II - Simon Estes
Rodrigo - Bernd Weikl
Il Grande Inquisitore - Kurt Moll
Elisabetta di Valois - Sylvia Sass
La principessa Eboli - Grace Bumbry
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
Comments:- Recording of a performance of a five-act version at the Hamburg State Opera (March 1978; see OPERA September 1978 pp,900-901).
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Leonore - Hildegard Behrens
Florestan - James King
Pizarro - Donald McIntyre
Rocco - Kurt Moll
Marzelline - Lucia Popp
Jaquino - Norbert Orth
Fernando - Nikolaus Hillebrand
Erster Gefangene - Friedrich Lenz
Zweiter Gefangene - Hans Wilbrink
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Compact Disc; - *Audio Encyclopedia 204 - Opera From Munich Vol.1 (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)ª; Orfeo C 560 0121 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd CDNO 1142-2 {2CDRS}
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; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 2002 p.78 [AB]
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Opera - February 2004 p.153 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.23 No.6 July/August 2002 p.78 [MHF]
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Orpheus - Oktober 2001 S.54 [SL]
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Opéra International - No.262 novembre 2001 pp.59-60 [SS]
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Diapason - No.487 décembre 2001 p.96 [RL]
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Classical Express - October 2001 p.4 [SJT]
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Répertoire - No.151 novembre 2001 pp.46-47 [GB]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (30 January 1978)
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Conductor Christoph von Dohnányi - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Marschallin - Gundula Janowitz
Octavian - Yvonne Minton
Sophie - Lucia Popp
Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Kurt Moll
Faninal - Ernst Gutstein
Valzacchi - David Thaw
Annina - Doris Soffel
Ein Sänger - Luciano Pavarotti
Marianne Leitmetzerin - Liselotte Rehmann
Polizeikommissar - Kurt Rydl
Der Wirt - Karl Terkal
Ein Notar - Alfred Sramek
Der Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin - Horst Hiestermann
Der Haufhofmeister bei Faninal - Josef Köstlinger
Tierhändler - Horst Nitsche
Modistin - Zsófia Peterdy
Die drei Waisen - Sylvia Herman
- Margaretha Hintermeier
- Cheryl Kanfoush
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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100610 {3CDS} (2001)ª; Gala GLH 813 (highlights) {1CD} (1998)ª
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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:-
Orpheus - Februar 1999 SS.53-54 (highlights - mention) [GH]; August + September 2001 S.90 [RH]
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American Record Guide - January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 p.180 [RVL]
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BBC Music Magazine - January 2003 p.65 [MA]
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International Record Review - April 2003 pp.24-25 (mention) [MVA]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (See OPERA Festival Issue 1978 p.48). A recording of this performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 26 November 1978. See Radio Times Issue dated 25 November-1 December 1978 p.37.
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Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Tristan - Spas Wenkoff
Isolde - Catarina Ligenzda
Brangaene - Ruza Baldani
Marke - Kurt Moll
Kurwenal - Siegmund Nimsgern
Melot - Giampaolo Corradi
Hirt - Piero De Palma
Steuerman - Giovanni Foiani
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Walter Gullino
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Compact Disc; - Myto 3MCD 993.208 {3CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.4 March/April 2000 p.357 [WY]
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Classical Express - Issue No.118 January 2000 p.5 [MT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (April 1978; see OPERA July 1978 pp.714-715 )
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1978(STU)
Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - London Opera Chorus
Don Giovanni - Bernd Weikl
Donna Anna - Margaret Price
Don Ottavio - Stuart Burrows
Donna Elvira - Sylvia Sass
Leoporello - Gabriel Bacquier
Il Commendatore - Kurt Moll
Masetto - Alfred Sramek
Zerlina - Lucia Popp
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Black Disc; - Decca D164D4 {4LPS} (1979)ª;; London OSA 1444 {4LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Cassette; - Decca K162K4 (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca «Grand Opera» 425 169-2 {3CDS} (1991)ª; Decca «The Compact Opera Collection» 470 427-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Decca 475 7037 {2CDS} (2006)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 1979 p.514 [LS]; December 1979 p.1077 [SIR]; January 1980 p.1121 [JBS] ; March 1991 p. [AB]
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American Record Guide - April 1980 Vol.43 No.6 p.32 [RVL]
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Conductor Alain Lombard - 1978(STU)
Orchestra - Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
Chorus - L'Opéra du Rhin
Tamino - Peter Hofmann
Papageno - Philippe Huttenlocher
Königin der Nacht - Edita Gruberova
Sprecher - José van Dam
Pamina - Kiri Te Kanawa
Sarastro - Kurt Moll
Monostatos - Norbert Orth
Papagena - Kathleen Battle
1er Geharnischter - Herbert Becker
2er Geharnischter - Vladimir de Kanel
Erste Dame - Helena Wöse
Zweite Dame - Ann Murray
Dritte Dame - Naoko Shara
Erster Knabe - Zürcher Sängerknabe
Zweiter Knabe - Zürcher Sängerknabe
Dritter Knabe - Zürcher Sängerknabe
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Black Disc; - Barclay 960 012-014 {3LPS} (1979)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 publication:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1979 p.1929 [AB] ; October 1979 p.587 [JBS]
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Comments:- Recorded between 29 May and 7 June 1978
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Conductor Nello Santi - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Don Carlo - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta
Filippo II - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Rodrigo - Renato Bruson
Il Grande Inquisitore - Kurt Moll
Un Frate - Karl Christian Kohn
Elisabetta di Valois - Katia Ricciarelli
La principessa Eboli - Stefania Toczyska
Tebaldo - Marianne Seibel
Il Conte di Lerma - Friedrich Lenz
Un Araldo Reale - Hermann Sapell
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (10 May 1979). It does not appear that this performance was broadcast, so the recording was probably made «in-house». The cast listed above was that announced in the Süddeutsche Zeitung (10 May 1979 S.22) and may be in error.
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Hans Sachs - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Veit Pogner - Kurt Moll
Sixtus Beckmesser - Hans Günter Nöcker
Fritz Kothner - Karl Helm
Walther von Stolzing - René Kollo
David - Peter Schreier
Eva - Julia Varady
Magdalena - Cornelia Wulkopf
Nachtwächter - Nikolaus Hillebrand
Kunz Vogelgesang - Friedrich Lenz
Konrad Nachtigall - Raimund Grumbach
Ulrich Eisslinger - Hermann Sapell
Balthasar Zorn - Georg Paskuda
Augustin Moser - David Thaw
Hermann Ortel - Heinz Imdahl
Hans Schwarz - Keith Engen
Hans Foltz - Karl Christian Kohn
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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2513 {4CDRS}
Open Reel Tape - mr.tape 4805
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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (8 July 1979). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 24 February 1980 (See Radio Times Issue dated 23-29 February 1980 p.32). The CDRS issued by Premiere are listed in their online catalogue. The same recording has been issued in Germany on the «Lyric Distribution» label with the same catalogue number by Peter Rahner Schallplattenvertrieb.
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Conductor James Levine - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Otello - Plácido Domingo
Desdemona - Gilda Cruz-Romo
Iago - Sherrill Milnes
Cassio - Giuliano Ciannella
Rodrigo - Charles Anthony
Lodovico - Kurt Moll
Montano - John Darrenkamp
Emilia - Shirley Love
Un Araldo - Gene Boucher
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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 92479 (BRO 125747) {2CDRS} (2005)ª
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Recordings of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (24 September 1979). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Maurits Sillem - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Amfortas - Norman Bailey
Titurel - Gwynne Howell
Gurnemanz - Kurt Moll
Parsifal - Peter Hofmann
Klingsor - Franz Mazura
Kundry - Yvonne Minton
Knappe 1 - Elaine Mary Hall
Knappe 2 - Diana Montague
Knappe 3 - Adrian Martin
Knappe 4 - Francis Egerton
Blumenmädchen 1 - Teresa Cahill
Blumenmädchen 2 - Isobel Buchanan
Blumenmädchen 3 - Diana Montague
Blumenmädchen 4 - Elizabeth Robson
Blumenmädchen 5 - Jean Bailey
Blumenmädchen 6 - Anne Wilkens
Ritter 1 - John Dobson
Ritter 2 - Malcolm King
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (17 April 1979). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 14-20 April 1979 p.53. Georg Solti was indisposed and was replaced by Maurits Sillem (see OPERA June 1979 p,556). The role of the second esquire was sung either by Diana Montague (as listed above) or by Janice Hooper-Roe.
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Conductor Heinz Wallberg - 1979(STU)
Orchestra - Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Chorus - Bayerischer Rundfunk
Hoffmann - Siegfried Jerusalem
Olympia - Jeanette Scovotti
Giulietta - Norma Sharp
Antonia - Julia Varady
Coppélius - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Dapertutto - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Miracle - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Nicklaus - Ilse Gramatzki
Spalanzani - Klaus Hirte
Frantz - Friedrich Lenz
Schlemil - Günter Wewel
Crespil - Kurt Moll
Andres - Friedrich Lenz
Cochenille - Friedrich Lenz
Pitichinacchio - Friedrich Lenz
La Mère d'Antonia - Hanna Schwarz
Lindorf - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Stella - Gisela Schunk
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Black Disc; - EMI Electrola 1C 157-45351/3 {3LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 69737-2 {3CDS} (1989)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.219; CELLETTI p.551; Opera on CD (1) p.77 (2) p.85 (3) p.95; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.25 p.120; MET p.361; MET(VID) p.204; PENGUIN p.274; GIUDICI p.538 (2) p.882; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.66; Diapason No.474 octobre 2000 p.54; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 p.103
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1989 p. [AML]
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Conductor Rafael Kubelik - 1979(STU)
Orchestra - Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Max - René Kollo
Agathe - Hildegard Behrens
Kaspar - Peter Meven
Ottokar - Wolfgang Brendel
Kuno - Raimund Grumbach
Kilian - Hermann Sapell
Hermit - Kurt Moll
Zamiel - Rolf Boysen
Ännchen - Helen Donath
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Black Disc; - Decca D235D3 {3LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca 417 119-2 {2CDS} (1986)ª;; Decca 443 672-2 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 907-2 {2CDS} (France) (1997)ª; Double Decca 460 194-2 {2CDS} (1998)ª; London POCL 3820-21 {2CDS} (Japan) (1995)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; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1981 p.992 [JW] March 1981 p.1247 [SIR]; April 1981 p.1291 [JBS] September 1986 p. [JW]; August 1995 p.128 [JW]; Awards Issue 2002 p.110 [AB]
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Opera Now - June 1995 p.57
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Orpheus - Juni 1995 S.61
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BBC Music Magazine - June 1995 p.75
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Répertoire - No.79 avril 1995 p.81: No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.189 juin 1995 p.90
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.114 octubre 1998 p.50 (mention) [HQ]
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Comments:- Recorded in the Herkulessaal, Munich (November 1979)
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Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini - 1979(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Rigoletto - Piero Cappuccilli
Gilda - Ileana Cotrubas
Duca di Mantova - Plácido Domingo
Sparafucile - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Maddalena - Elena Obraztsova
Giovanna - Hanna Schwarz
Monterone - Kurt Moll
Marullo - Luigi De Corato
Borsa - Walter Gullino
Conte di Ceprano - Dirk Sagemuller
Contessa di Ceprano - Olive Fredricks
Un paggio - Audrey Michael
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Black Disc; - *DG 2740 225 (2531 234 - 2531 236) {3LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Cassette; - DG 3371 054 (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - DG 415 288-2 {2CDS} (1985)ª; DG «The Originals» 457 753-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª; *Real Time Music «Ten Hits of Opera» 76 CDM 1212-1/2 {2CDS} (China)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; «Musica 99» p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1980 p.541 [AB] November 1980 p. [RO]; January 1981 p.939 [JBS] November 1985 p. [RO]
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Fanfare - Vol.23 No.2 November/December 1999 p.384 [RVL]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 Nos.2 & 3 Summer/Autumn 1987 pp.197-203 [TE]
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American Record Guide - May 1981 Vol.44 No.7 p.49 [SNK]: September 1981 Vol.44 No.10 p.60 (letter): November/December 1999 Vol.62 No.6 p.230 [LM]
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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 p.93 [SP]
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Répertoire - No.124 mai 1999 p.36 (mention) [CH]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.34 julio-agosto 1999 p.98 [JR]
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Comments:- Recorded in September 1979 (See «My First Forty Years» pp.129-130. See also GRAMOPHONE September 1980 p.319
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Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1979(STU)
Orchestra - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Köln
Chorus - Kölner Kinderchor
Werther - Plácido Domingo
Charlotte - Elena Obraztsova
Sophie - Arleen Auger (Augér)
Albert - Franz Grundheber
Le Bailli - Kurt Moll
Johann - Ladislaus Anderko
Schmidt - Alejandro Vazquez
Brühlmann - Wolfgang Vater
Kätchen - Gertrud Ottenthal
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Black Disc; - DG 2709 091 {3LPS} (1979)ª;; DG 2740 190; DG 413 304-1 {3LPS} (1984)ª
Compact Cassette; - DG 413 304-3 (1984)ª
Compact Disc; - DG 413 304-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; DG 449 384-2; Lyrica LRC 1058/1059 (DG 447 271/2-2) (Italy)
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Recordings of Werther by Jules Massenet are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.495; CELLETTI p.405; Opera on CD (1) p.95 (2) p.105 (3) p.119; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.61 p.104; MET p.239; PENGUIN p.207; Répertoire No.89 mars 1996 p.13; GIUDICI p.362 (2) p.634; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.69 No.3 p.66; International Opera Collector Autumn 1997 No.5 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1979 p.904 [AB] June 1980 p.78 [SIR]; November 1984 p.646 (EG); September 1991 p.125 {JBS}
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American Record Guide - September 1980 Vol.43 No.10 p.29 [DA]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.21 septiembre-noviembre 1996 p.63
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Comments:- See The Gramophone November 1979 p.792
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Conductor Miguel-Ángel Gomez-Martinis (Gómez Martínez) - 1980(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Peter Wimberger
Leonora di Vargas - Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Don Carlo - Yuri Mazurok
Don Alvaro - José Carreras
Preziosilla - Stefania Toczyska
Curra - Margaretha Hintermeier
Padre Guardiano - Kurt Moll
Mastro Trabuco - Kurt Equiluz
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Black Disc; - Legendary Recordings LR 165-3 {3LPS} (1982)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 at the Wiener Staatsoper (4 September 1980). The LPs issued by Legendary Recordings are listed in «The Canfield Guide to Classical Recordings» 5th Edition
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1980(LI)
Orchestra - Opéra de Paris
Chorus - Opéra de Paris
Figaro - José van Dam
Susanna - Lucia Popp
Conte Almaviva - Gabriel Bacquier
Contessa Almaviva - Gundula Janowitz
Cherubino - Frederica Von Stade
Marcellina - Jane Berbié
Bartolo - Kurt Moll
Basilio - Michel Sénéchal
Barbarina - Danièle Perriers
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Laser Disc; - Dreamlife DC16 (Japanese NTSC); Dreamlife DMLB 29 (Japanese NTSC) (1992)ª
DVD (Video) - Dreamlife DLVC 1008 (Japan) (1999)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Dreamlife DMVB 20 (Japanese NTSC)
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
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier (14 July 1980)
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1980(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Amfortas - Norman Bailey
Titurel - Gwynne Howell
Gurnemanz - Kurt Moll
Parsifal - Peter Hofmann
Klingsor - Franz Mazura
Kundry - Yvonne Minton
Knappe 1 - Elaine Mary Hall
Knappe 2 - Diana Montague
Knappe 3 - Phillip Gelling
Knappe 4 - Robin Leggate
Blumenmädchen 1 - Yvonne Kenny
Blumenmädchen 2 - Isobel Buchanan
Blumenmädchen 3 - Diana Montague
Blumenmädchen 4 - Elizabeth Robson
Blumenmädchen 5 - Jean Bailey
Blumenmädchen 6 - Cynthia Buchan
Ritter 1 - John Dobson
Ritter 2 - Roderick Kennedy
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (20 June 1980; see OPERA August 1980 pp.834-835). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house». For some of the minor roles the singers may be assigned incorrectly.
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1980(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Tristan - Spas Wenkoff
Isolde - Hildegard Behrens
Brangaene - Yvonne Minton
Marke - Kurt Moll
Kurwenal - Siegmund Nimsgern
Melot - Hans Günter Nöcker
Hirt - Friedrich Lenz
Steuerman - Hermann Sapell
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Claes H. Ahnsjö
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
Comments:- Recording of a peformance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (July or August 1980; see ORPHEUS Oktober 1980 p.682; OPERA Festival Issue 1980 pp.82-83). A recording of this performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 10 March 1981. See Radio Times Issue dated 7-13 March 1981 p.48.
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Conductor Rafael Kubelik - 1980(RA)
Orchestra - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks - Tölzer Knabenchor
Amfortas - Bernd Weikl
Titurel - Matti Salminen
Gurnemanz - Kurt Moll
Parsifal - James King
Klingsor - Franz Mazura
Kundry - Yvonne Minton
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Compact Disc; - Arts «Archives» 43027-2 {4CDS} (2003)ª
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.27 No.6 July/August 2004 pp.225-227 [WY]
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Orpheus - Juli+August 2004 S.67 [SS]
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Opéra International - No.284 novembre 2003 p.73 [FL-2]
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Diapason - No.507 octobre 2003 p.123 [ED]
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BBC Music Magazine - March 2004 p.59 [DB]
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Das Opernglas - Oktober 2003 S.78 [ML]
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.279 septembre 2003 p.109 [FL]
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Répertoire - No.174 décembre 2003/janvier 2004 p.82 [PB]
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Comments:- Recorded in May 1980.
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1980(STU)
Orchestra - Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Christine - Lucia Popp
Der kleine Franzl - Philipp Brammer
Hofkapellmeister Robert Storch - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Anna - Gabriele Fuchs
Baron Lummer - Adolf Dallapozza
Der Notar - Klaus Hirte
Seine Frau - Gudrun Greindl-Rosner
Kapellmeister Stroh - Martin Finke
Kommerzienrat - Raimund Grumbach
Justizrat - Jörn W Wilsing
Fanny, die Köchin - Elisabeth Woska
Marie - Erika Rüggeberg
Therese - Erika Rüggeberg
Kammersänger - Kurt Moll
Resi - Karin Hautermann
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Black Disc; - EMI Electrola 1C 165 30983/85 {3LPS} (1980)ª; HMV SLS 5204 {3LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49337-2 {2CDS} (1988)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Intermezzo by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.788; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.138 p.110; GIUDICI p.843
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1980 p.735 [JBS] ; January 1989 p. [MK]
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1980(STU)
Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker
Chorus - Deutsche Oper (Berlin)
Amfortas - José van Dam
Titurel - Victor von Halem
Gurnemanz - Kurt Moll
Parsifal - Peter Hofmann
Klingsor - Siegmund Nimsgern
Kundry - Dunja Vejzovic
Alto Stimme - Hanna Schwarz
Knappe 1 - Marjon Lambriks
Knappe 2 - Anne Gjevang
Knappe 3 - Heiner Hopfner
Knappe 4 - Georg Tichy
Blumenmädchen 1 - Barbara Hendricks
Blumenmädchen 2 - Janet Perry
Blumenmädchen 3 - Inga Nielsen
Blumenmädchen 4 - Audrey Michael
Blumenmädchen 5 - Doris Soffel
Blumenmädchen 6 - Rohangiz Yachmi(-Caucig)
Ritter 1 - Claes H. Ahnsjö
Ritter 2 - Kurt Rydl
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Black Disc; - *DG 2741 002 {5LPS} (1981)ª
Compact Cassette; - DG 3382 002 (1981)ª
Compact Disc; - DG 413 347-2 {4CDS} (1984)ª; DG POCG 3729/32 {4CDS} (Japan) (1997)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1981 p.1366 [WSM] ; October 1984 p. [AB]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.286
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American Record Guide - November 1981 Vol.45 No.2 p.54 [SNK]
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Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1980-82(STU)
Orchestra - Dresdener Staatskapelle
Chorus - Leipziger Rundfunk
Tristan - René Kollo
Isolde - Margaret Price
Brangaene - Brigitte Fassbaender
Marke - Kurt Moll
Kurwenal - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Melot - Werner Goetz (Götz)
Hirt - Anton Dermota
Steuerman - Wolfgang Hellmich
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Eberhard Büchner
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Black Disc; - DG 2741 006 {5LPS} (1982)ª; Eterna 827577 {5LPS}
Compact Cassette; - DG 3382 006 (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - DG 413 315-2 {4CDS} (1986)ª; DG 477 535-5 {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1983 p.865 [AB] November 1986 p. [AB]; Septemer 2005 p.77 [P'OC]
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HiFi News & Record Review - August 2005 p.79 [CB]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.291 [TR]
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Diapason - No.278 1982
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American Record Guide - September 1983 Vol.46 No.6 p.68 [KM]
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Wagner News - Issue No.126 April 1998 p.16 [PDB]
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Conductor Miguel-Ángel Gomez-Martinis (Gómez Martínez) - 1981(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Aida - Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Radamès - Nicola Martinucci
Amneris - Elena Obraztsova
Amonasro - Renato Bruson
Ramphis - Kurt Moll
Il Re di Egitto - Karl Christian Kohn
Un Messaggero - Friedrich Lenz
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Compact Disc - House of Opera CDWW 948 {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich on 5 May 1981. The performance on 9 May 1981, in which Michail Svetlev sang Radames, is reviewed in ORPHEUS Juli/August 1981 S.588.
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Conductor Andrew Davis - 1981(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris
Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris
Marschallin - Kiri Te Kanawa
Octavian - Frederica Von Stade
Sophie - Georgine Resick
Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Kurt Moll
Faninal - Gottfried Hornik
Valzacchi - Michel Sénéchal
Annina - Jane Berbié
Ein Sänger - Péter Kelen
Marianne Leitmetzerin - Hélène Garetti
Polizeikommissar - Jean-Louis Soumagnas
Der Wirt - Christian Jean
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1295-3 {3CDRS} (2004)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
Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Paris Opera in the Thèâtre des Champs-Elysées when the Palais Garnier was being refurbished (December 1981; see OPERA April 1982 p.408; OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL janvier 1982 No.45 pp.37-38). According to the advertisment in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL décembre 1981 No.44 p.6 the cast was also to have included Georges Gautier, Jean-Philippe Courtis, Marie-Christine Porta. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «New CD Releases April/May 2004».
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Conductor Lothar Zagrosek - 1981(STU)
Orchestra - Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Chorus - Bayerischer Rundfunkchor & Tölzer Knabenchor
Martha - Helen Donath
Magdalena - Ortrun Wenkel
Mathias Freudhofer - Siegfried Jerusalem
Johannes Freudhofer - Roland Hermann
Xaver Zitterbart - Friedrich Lenz
Anton Schnappauf - Klaus Hirte
Friedrich Engel - Kurt Moll
Ein Nachtwächter - Peter Lika
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Black Disc; - EMI Electrola 1C 165 46191-3 {3LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc - EMI CMS 7 69734-2 {2CDS}; EMI CMS 5 66370-2 {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Der Evangelimann by Wilhelm Kienzl are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.352
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1982 p.1414 [JBS] ; September 1989 p.533 [AML]
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Opera - May 1998 p.620 [RD]
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Orpheus - Juni 1982 S.489 [KR]
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International Opera Collector - Winter 1997 No.6 p.94 [MO]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.104 noviembre 1997 p.46 (mention) [PL]
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1981(STU)
Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - London Opera Chorus
Figaro - Samuel Ramey
Susanna - Lucia Popp
Conte Almaviva - Thomas Allen
Contessa Almaviva - Kiri Te Kanawa
Cherubino - Frederica Von Stade
Marcellina - Jane Berbié
Bartolo - Kurt Moll
Basilio - Robert Tear
Curzio - Philip Langridge
Antonio - Giorgio Tadeo
Barbarina - Yvonne Kenny
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Black Disc; - Decca D267D4 {4LPS} (1982)ª; London LDR 74001 {4LPS}
Compact Cassette; - Decca K26742 (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca 410 150-2 {3CDS} (1984)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 - November 1982 p.627 [AB] ; April 1984 p.1213 [GH]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.2 p.142
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Comments:- Recorded in The Kingsway Hall (29-30 May, 1-8 June 1981 and 8 December 1981 - overture). See «The London Philharmonic Discography» pp. 292-293.
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Conductor Marek Janowski - 1981(STU)
Orchestra - Dresdner Staatskapelle
Siegmund - Siegfried Jerusalem
Sieglinde - Jessye Norman
Hunding - Kurt Moll
Brünhilde - Jeannine Altmeyer
Wotan - Theo Adam
Fricka - Yvonne Minton
Gerhilde - Eva-Maria Bundschuh
Ortlinde - Cheryl Studer
Waltraute - Ortrun Wenkel
Schwertleite - Anne Gjevang
Helmwige - Ruth Falcon
Siegrune - Christel Borchers
Grimgerde - Kathleen Kuhlmann
Roßweiße - Uta Priew
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Black Disc; - *Eurodisc 301 143 {5LPS}; Eurodisc 302 262 (cycle) {19LPS} (1984)ª; Eterna 827585 {5LPS}
Compact Cassette - Eurodisc 501 143
Compact Disc; - Eurodisc 601 064 {5CDS} (1984)ª; BMG RCA 74321 45419-2 {4CDS}; BMG RCA 74321 45417 (cycle) {14CDS} (1997)ª; RCA 82876-55709-2 (cycle) {14CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; 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 - May 1984 p.1316 [AB]; October 1984 p.522 [AB]; December 1997 p.140 [AB]
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Opéra International - No.287 février 2004 p.78 (mention) [FL-2]
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Diapason - No.443 décembre 1997 p.114 [AT]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.179 p.100 [CM]
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Classic CD - December 1997 p.84 [MSR]
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BBC Music Magazine - December 1997 p.91 [DB]
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Répertoire - No.105 septembre 1997 p.58 [LB]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - diciembre 1997 - febrero 1998 No.26 p.89 [FSR]
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Comments:- This recording was made in the Lukaskirche, Dresden (22-29 August 1981)
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1981-83(STU)
Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Holländer - José van Dam
Senta - Dunja Vejzovic
Daland - Kurt Moll
Erik - Peter Hofmann
Mary - Kaja Borris
Steuermann - Thomas Moser
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Black Disc; - EMI EX 270013-3 {3LPS} (1984)ª; Angel DSCX 3958 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette; - *EMI EX 270013-9 (1984)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47054-8 {3CDS} (1985)ª; EMI CMS 7 64650 2 {2CDS} (1993)ª; Angel TOCE 6360-62 {3CDS} (Japan) (1990)ª
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Recordings of Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.58; HARRIS p.123; Opera on Record p.338; CELLETTI p.1080; Opera on CD (1) p.61 (2) p.68 (3) p.76; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.30 p.114, mise à jour pp.2-15; MET p.670; MET(VID) p.417; PENGUIN p.519American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.58, Vol.65 No.4 July/ August 2002 p.57; Wagner News Issue No.108 April 1995 p.16; GIUDICI p.1060; Ópera Actual (Barcelona) junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.26; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.14-17; Gramophone March 2002 pp.30-33
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1985 p. [AB]; May 1985 p. [AB]; July 1993 p.90 [AB]
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Opera Now - July 1993 p.57
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Orpheus - Mai 1993 S.61
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.3 No.2 Summer 1985 pp.90-92 [CPGP]
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Opéra International - décembre 1984 No.76 p.64 [CN]
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BBC Music Magazine - June 1993 p.63
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Conductor Peter Schneider - 1982(FI)
Orchestra - Stuttgarter Symphoniker
Hans Stadinger - Kurt Moll
Marie - Monika Schmitt
Ritter Graf von Liebenau - Ludwig Baumann
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DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 3043 (2007)ª
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Recordings of Der Waffenschmied by Albert Lortzing are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.372
Comments:- Video recording of a television film of a performance of a shortened version in the Salzburg Marionettetheater. This was broadcast by Austrian Television on 21 November 1982. This information comes from «Encyclopedia of Opera on Screen» by Ken Wlaschin p.753. The DVD issued on the Encore label is listed in the online catalogue of the «berkshire record outlet» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Marek Janowski - 1982(LE)
Orchestra - Orchestre National de France
Chorus - Choeurs et Maîtrise de Radio France
Amfortas - Bernd Weikl
Titurel - Kurt Rydl
Gurnemanz - Kurt Moll
Parsifal - Siegfried Jerusalem
Klingsor - Hermann Becht
Kundry - Leonie Rysanek
Alto Stimme - Hanna Schaer
Knappe 1 - Jocelyne Chamonin
Knappe 2 - Sonia Nigoghossian
Knappe 3 - Neil Jenkins
Knappe 4 - Malcolm Walker
Blumenmädchen 1 - Tamara Hert
Blumenmädchen 2 - Jocelyne Chamonin
Blumenmädchen 3 - Sonia Nigoghossian
Blumenmädchen 4 - Julia Connwell
Blumenmädchen 5 - Francine Laurent (-Gérimont)
Blumenmädchen 6 - Hanna Schaer
Ritter 1 - Louis Devos
Ritter 2 - Jean-Marie Frémeau
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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 412-2 (S) {2LPS} (1983)ª
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opéra International - février 1984 No.67 p.59 [SS]
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Comments:- Recording of part of a concert performance in the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris (30 October 1982; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL décembre 1982 No.54 p.35)
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Conductor Bernard Haitink - 1982(STU)
Orchestra - Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Daphne - Lucia Popp
Apollo - Reiner Goldberg
Gaea - Ortrun Wenkel
Peneios - Kurt Moll
Leukippos - Peter Schreier
Erster Schäfer - Ludwig Baumann
Zweiter Schäfer - Alexander Senger
Dritter Schäfer - Wolfgang Vater
Vierter Schäfer - Matthias Hölle
Erste Magd - Dorothea Wirtz
Zweite Magd - Uta-Maria Flake
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Black Disc; - *EMI SLS 143582-3 (ASD 1435821 - ASD 1435831) {2LPS} (1983)ª; Angel DSBX-3941
Compact Disc - EMI CDS 7 49309-2 {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Daphne by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.782; GIUDICI p.849 (2) p.1381
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1984 p.909 [AB]; March 1984 p.1121 [SIR]; January 1989 p.1210 [MK]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.4 p.146
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1982(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Marschallin - Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Octavian - Agnes Baltsa
Sophie - Janet Perry
Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Kurt Moll
Faninal - Gottfried Hornik
Valzacchi - Heinz Zednik
Annina - Helga Müller(-Molinari)
Ein Sänger - Vinson Cole
Marianne Leitmetzerin - Wilma Lipp
Polizeikommissar - Victor von Halem
Der Wirt - Karl Terkal
Ein Notar - Carlos Feller
Der Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin - Kurt Equiluz
Der Haufhofmeister bei Faninal - Franz Kasemann
Tierhändler - Horst Nitsche
Modistin - Gabriele Sima
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Black Disc; - DG 415 163-1 {4LPS} (1984)ª
Compact Cassette; - DG 415 163-4 (1984)ª
Compact Disc; - DG 415 163-2 {3CDS} (1984)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 - September 1984 p. [EG]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.3 No.2 Summer 1985 pp.96-99 [WD]
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Conductor Marek Janowski - 1982-83(STU)
Orchestra - Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Sebastino - Bernd Weikl
Marta - Éva Marton
Pepa - Maria Janina Hake
Antonia - Angela Feeney
Rosalia - Anne Gjevang
Pedro - René Kollo
Tommaso - Kurt Moll
Moruccio - Bodo Brinkmann
Nuri - Carmen Anhorn
Nando - Norbert Orth
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Black Disc - RCA (Germany) RL 70038 {3LPS}; RCA Victor RL 70038 {3LPS}
Compact Disc - Acanta 43481 {2CDS}; Arts 47501-2 {2CDS}
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Recordings of Tiefland by Eugen d' Albert are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.172; PENGUIN p.1
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1984 p.1315 [JW]
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Fanfare - Vol.12 No.6 July/August 1989 p.66 [JB]
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Orpheus - August/September 1998 S.87 [MK]
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BBC Music Magazine - May 1998 p.75 [MR]
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L'opera (Milano) - - ANNO V - N.49 Settembre 1991 p.104
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.93 [MC]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.111 junio 1998 p.33 [AV]
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Opéra Magazine - No.22 octobre 2007 p.72 [GC]
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1983(LC)
Orchestra - Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Ada - Linda Esther Gray
Arindal - John Alexander
Gernot - Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Gunther - Norbert Orth
Drolla - Cheryl Studer
Der Feekönig - Kurt Moll
Ein Bote - Friedrich Lenz
Morald - Roland Hermann
Farzana - Kari Lovaas
Zemina - Krisztina Laki
Lora - June Anderson
Stimme Gromas - Roland Bracht
Harald - Karl Helm
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Black Disc; - Orfeo S 062833F {3LPS} (1984)ª
Compact Disc; - Orfeo C 062833F {3CDS} (1984)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Feen by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI 1079
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1984 p. [AB]
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Comments:- Recorded at performances in the Nationaltheater, Munich
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1983(LC)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Tamino - Francisco Araiza
Papageno - Wolfgang Brendel
Königin der Nacht - Edita Gruberova
Sprecher - Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Pamina - Lucia Popp
Sarastro - Kurt Moll
Monostatos - Norbert Orth
Papagena - Gudrun Sieber
1er Geharnischter - Hermann Winkler
2er Geharnischter - Karl Helm
Erste Dame - Pamela Coburn
Zweite Dame - Daphne Evangelatos
Dritte Dame - Cornelia Wulkopf
Erster Knabe - Cedric Roßdeutscher
Zweiter Knabe - Christian Immler
Dritter Knabe - Stefan Bandemehr
Erster Priester - Kurt Böhme
Zweiter Priester - Franz Klarwein
Dritter Priester - Gerhard Auer
Vierter Priester - David Thaw
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Laser Disc - *Philips 070 505-1 (NTSC); Philips 070 405-1 (PAL)
DVD (Video) - Philips PHBP 1002 (Japan) (1999)ª; DG 0734106 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Philips 070 505-3 (NTSC); Philips 070 405-3 (PAL)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - April 2006 p.83 [JBS]
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Diapason - No.532 janvier 2006 p.117 [MP]
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The Classical Video Guide - p.68
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.94 octubre 2006 p.80 [FGR]
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Comments:- Video recording made at performances at the Bavarian State Opera (19, 20 September 1983)
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1983(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Sir John Falstaff - Kurt Moll
Herr Fluth - Wolfgang Brendel
Herr Reich - Karl Helm
Fenton - Peter Seiffert
Junker Spärlich - Claes H. Ahnsjö
Dr. Cajus - John Janssen
Frau Fluth - Lucia Popp
Frau Reich - Cornelia Wulkopf
Anna Reich - Julie Kaufmann
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Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia 204 (Opera From Munich Vol.1 CD-ROM) (2000)ª; House of Opera CDBB 356 (2003)ª; Celestial Audio CA 122 {2CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor by Otto Nicolai are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.548; MET p.358; PENGUIN p.270; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.63; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (15 October 1983; see OPERA March 1984 pp.309-310). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated «03/12/22». The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are listed on their website under «What's New ? May 2008» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1983(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Marschallin - Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Octavian - Agnes Baltsa
Sophie - Janet Perry
Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Kurt Moll
Faninal - Gottfried Hornik
Valzacchi - Heinz Zednik
Annina - Helga Müller(-Molinari)
Ein Sänger - Vinson Cole
Marianne Leitmetzerin - Wilma Lipp
Der Wirt - Karl Terkal
Ein Notar - Carlos Feller
Der Haufhofmeister bei Faninal - Franz Kasemann
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Compact Disc; - ~Fachmann Fur Klassischer Musik FKM 5001/3 {3CDRS} (2000)ª; Celestial Audiio CA 414 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2004)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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (26 July 1983). The performance on 16 August 1983 is reviewed in OPERA Festival Issue 1983 p.81. The discs issued on the Fachman Fur Klassischer Musik (sic) label were on sale in Ishimaru's shops in Tokyo in April 2001. They were made in the USA (published by Parnassus?). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues in their website in August 2004 (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1983(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Tamino - Francisco Araiza
Papageno - Wolfgang Brendel
Königin der Nacht - Edita Gruberova
Sprecher - Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Pamina - Lucia Popp
Sarastro - Kurt Moll
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Compact Disc; - Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia 204 (Opera From Munich Vol.1 CD-ROM) (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 performances in the Nationaltheater, Munich (19 September 1983)
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1984(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Marschallin - Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Octavian - Agnes Baltsa
Sophie - Janet Perry
Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Kurt Moll
Faninal - Gottfried Hornik
Valzacchi - Heinz Zednik
Annina - Helga Müller(-Molinari)
Ein Sänger - Vinson Cole
Marianne Leitmetzerin - Wilma Lipp
Polizeikommissar - Kurt Rydl
Der Wirt - Karl Terkal
Ein Notar - Alfred Sramek
Der Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin - John van Kesteren
Der Haufhofmeister bei Faninal - Franz Kasemann
Tierhändler - Horst Nitsche
Modistin - Gabriele Sima
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Laser Disc; - Sony Classical S2LV 48313 (PAL) (1994)ª
DVD (Video) - Sony Classical SVD 48313 (2001)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Sony Classical S2HV 48313 (PAL) (1994)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 - June 1994 p.120 [AB]
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Opera News - September 1994 p.72
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Fanfare - Vol.26 No.2 November/December 2002 pp.234-235 [JS]
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Opéra International - No.178 mars 1994 p.63
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Diapason - No.401 février 1944 p.82
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.159 p.141
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Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.101
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - septiembre 2001 No.146 p.70 [JPS]
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Comments:- Recording from the Salzburg Festival
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Conductor Colin Davis - 1984(STU)
Orchestra - Dresdener Staatskapelle
Chorus - Dresdner Kreuzchor - Leipziger Rundfunkchor
Tamino - Peter Schreier
Papageno - Mikael Melbye
Königin der Nacht - Luciana Serra
Sprecher - Theo Adam
Pamina - Margaret Price
Sarastro - Kurt Moll
Monostatos - Robert Tear
Papagena - Maria Venuti
1er Geharnischter - Reiner Goldberg
2er Geharnischter - Heinz Reeh
Erste Dame - Marie McLaughlin
Zweite Dame - Ann Murray
Dritte Dame - Hanna Schwarz
Erster Knabe - Frank Hoher
Zweiter Knabe - Michael Diedrich
Dritter Knabe - Friedemann Klos
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Black Disc; - *Philips 411 459-1 {3LPS} (1984)ª; Eterna 725027D {3LPS}
Compact Cassette; - Philips 411 459-4 (1984)ª
Compact Disc; - Philips 411 459-2 {3CDS} (1985)ª; Philips «Mozart Edition» 422 543-2 {3CDS} (1992)ª; Philips «Duo» 442 568-2
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - September 1984 p.365 [AB]; January 1985 p. [AB]; April 1992 p. [AB]
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BBC Music Magazine - April 1995 p.85
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Comments:- All the dialogue (except Papageno's) is spoken by a separate cast of actors
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Conductor Gerd Albrecht - 1985
Orchestra - Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Chorus - RIAS Kammerchor
Corregidor - Werner Hollweg
Corrigidora - Helen Donath
Alkalde - Kurt Moll
Pedro - Peter Maus
Tonuelo - Helmut Berger-Tuna
Tio Lukas - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Frasquita - Doris Soffel
Repela - Victor von Halem
Duenna - Kaja Borris
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Black Disc - *Schwann Musica Mundi VMS 1641 {3LPS}; Koch Schwann 114010 {3LPS}
Compact Disc - Koch Schwann Musica Mundi 314010 {3CDS}
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Recordings of Der Corregidor by Hugo Wolf are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1178
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1987 p. [MEO]
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Fanfare - Vol.11 No.2 November-December 1987 pp.236-237 [AC]
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Conductor Bernard Haitink - 1985(STU)
Orchestra - Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Tannhäuser - Klaus König
Elisabeth - Lucia Popp
Wolfram von Eschenbach - Bernd Weikl
Venus - Waltraud Meier
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen - Kurt Moll
Walther von der Vogelweide - Siegfried Jerusalem
Biterolf - Walton Grönroos
Heinrich der Schreiber - Donald Litaker
Reinmar von Zweter - Rainer Scholze
Hirt - Gabriele Sima
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Black Disc; - EMI EX 270265-3 {3LPS} (1985)ª; Angel DSC 3982 {3LPS} (1985)ª
Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 270265-5 (1985)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47296-8 {3CDS} (1986)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.59; HARRIS p.268; Opera on Record p.346; CELLETTI p.1143; Opera on CD (1) p.62 (2) p.69 (3) p.78; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.63-64 p.186, mise à jour mars 2004; MET p.677; MET(VID) p.420; PENGUIN p.547; Stereophile July 1990 p.160; Wagner News Issue No.97 p.18; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March/April 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1068 (2) p.1717; Orpheus August + September 2002 S.81
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1985 p. [AB]; February 1986 p.1074 [AB]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.3 No.4 Winter 1985/86 pp.82-89 [DH, DH2]
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Comments:- A recording of the Dresden version
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Conductor Gustav Kuhn - 1986(LI)
Orchestra - Orquesta
Siegmund - Siegfried Jerusalem
Sieglinde - Montserrat Caballé
Hunding - Kurt Moll
Brünhilde - Johanna Meier
Wotan - Hans Sotin
Fricka - Brigitte Fassbaender
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6094 (2007)ª; Encore DVD 2669 (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Video recording of a performance in the Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid (12 May 1986; see «Casta Diva» p.296 OPERA October 1986 pp.1191-1192). According to these sources the role of Fricka was sung by Brigitte Fassbaender, as listed above. The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» dated March 2007. Here (Helga) Dernesch is listed as a cast member (Fricka?). The DVD-R issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Dernesch is also listed as a cast member here.
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Conductor Colin Davis - 1987(LC)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Figaro - Hermann Prey
Susanna - Helen Donath
Conte Almaviva - Thomas Allen
Contessa Almaviva - Margaret Price
Cherubino - Anne Sofie von Otter
Marcellina - Cornelia Wulkopf
Bartolo - Kurt Moll
Basilio - David Thaw
Curzio - Friedrich Lenz
Antonio - Gerhard Auer
Barbarina - Frances Lucey
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Compact Disc; - Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia 204 (Opera from Munich Vol.1 CD-ROM) (2000)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
Comments:- The recording on Mike Richter's CD-ROM was made at performances in the Nationaltheater, Munich (27 July 1987 - Acts 1 and 2 - 29 July 1987 - Acts 3 and 4). See ORPHEUS Heft 13 «Festival Orpheus» November 1987 S.1085
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1987(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Konstanze - Inga Nielsen
Belmonte - Deon Van Der Walt
Blonde - Lilian Watson
Pedrillo - Lars Magnusson
Osmin - Kurt Moll
Bassa Selim - Oliver Tobias
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Laser Disc - *Pioneer PA-90-304 (NTSC)
DVD (Video) - Warner Music Vision 0630187732 (2005)ª; Kultur 6945369 (USA) (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette - NVC Arts 0630 18773-3 (PAL); Home Vision TCO 67 (NTSC)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.57, p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11pp.65-68; Opera on Record 2 p.79; CELLETTI p.488; MARINELLI p.41; Opera on CD (1) p.16 (2) p.20 (3) p.21; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.59 p.112, mise à jour janvier2002; MET p.278; MET(VID)p.159; PENGUIN p.238; Répertoire mai 1995 p.9; GUIDICI p.413 (2) p.719; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.54-55; Gramophone October 2002 p.38
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1998 p.110 [AB]
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Opera - October 2006 pp.1257-1258 [AB]
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Opera Now - January/February 1998 p.94 [RF]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.8 No.3 Autumn 1991 pp.125-128 [RP]
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Diapason - No.533 février 2006 p.114 [MP]
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International Opera Collector - Winter 1997 No.6 p.96 [TP]
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BBC Music Magazine - December 1997 p.97 [RF]
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Classic CD - January 1998 p.79 [PR]
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L'opera (Milano) - Supplemento al n.119 maggio 1998 p.67 [EE]: Anno XX N.201 gennaio 2006 pp.82-83 [AM]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.87 enero-febrero 2006 p.78 [JR]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (see OPERA January 1988 p.107)
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Conductor James Levine - 1987(STU)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Gary Lakes
Sieglinde - Jessye Norman
Hunding - Kurt Moll
Brünhilde - Hildegard Behrens
Wotan - James Morris
Fricka - Christa Ludwig
Gerhilde - Marita Napier
Ortlinde - Marilyn Mims
Waltraute - Reinhild Runkel
Schwertleite - Ruthild Engert(-Ely)
Helmwige - Linda Kelm
Siegrune - Diane Kesling
Grimgerde - Meredith Parsons
Roßweiße - Anne Wilkens
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Black Disc; - DG 423 389-1 {4LPS} (1988)ª
Compact Cassette; - DG 423 389-4 (1988)ª
Compact Disc; - DG 423 389-2 {4CDS} (1988)ª; DG 445 354-2 (Cycle) {14CDS} (1994)ª; DG 471 678-2 (Cycle) {14CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; 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 - November 1988 p.868 [AW]; October 1994 p.204
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Diapason - No.498 décembre 2002 p.111 [ED]
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International Record Review - March 2003 pp.57-58 [MVA]
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Stereophile - July 1989 (Vol.12 No.7) p.155
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Conductor James Levine - 1988 (STU)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Wotan - James Morris
Fricka - Christa Ludwig
Loge - Siegfried Jerusalem
Mime - Heinz Zednik
Alberich - Ekkehard Wlaschina
Freia - Mari Anne Haeggander
Froh - Mark Baker
Donner - Siegfried Lorenz
Erda - Birgitta Svendén
Fasolt - Kurt Moll
Fafner - Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Woglinde - Hei-Kyung Hong
Wellgunde - Diane Kesling
Floßhilde - Meredith Parsons
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Black Disc; - DG 427 607-1 {3LPS} (1990)ª
Compact Cassette; - DG 427 607-4 (1990)ª
Compact Disc; - DG 427 607-2 {3CDS} (1990)ª; DG 445 354-2 (Cycle) {14CDS} (1994)ª; DG 471 678-2 (Cycle) {14CDS} (2002)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 - July 1990 p.276 [AB]; October 1994 p.204 [AB]
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Diapason - No.498 décembre 2002 p.111 [ED]
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American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 p.129 [RVL]
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Stereophile - September 1990 (Vol.13 No.9) p.201
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International Record Review - March 2003 pp.57-58 [MVA]
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1988(LI)
Orchestra - Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks - Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper
Kommandant - Bernd Weikl
Maria - Sabine Hass
Wachtmeister - Jaako Ryhänen
Konstabel - Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Schütze - Jan Vacik
Musketier - Alfred Kuhn
Hornist - Gerhard Auer
Offizier - Florian Cerny
Piedmonteser - Eduardo Villa
Holsteiner - Kurt Moll
Bürgermeister - Robert Schunk
Prälat - Karl Helm
Frontoffizier - Thomas Woodman
Frau aus dem Volk - Cornelia Wulkopf
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Compact Disc; - EMI CDC 5 56850-2 {1CD} (1999)ª; Audio Encylopedia AE 004 - The Operas of Richard Strauss (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (1999)ª; Musical Heritage Society MHS 51594 {1CD} (2001)ª; Live Opera Heaven Ltd. C 894 {1CD} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1999 p.96 [AB]
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Opera - December 1999 p.1444 [TA] (The date of this recording is wrongly given as «last July» i.e. 1998 in this review)
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Opera News - November 1999 p.64 [BG]
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Fanfare - Vol.23 No.4 March/April 2000 pp.326-330 [JM] Vol.24 No.5 May/June 2001 p.227 [JM]
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Orpheus - Januar 2000 S.57 [MWB]
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Opéra International - No.243 février 2000 p.66 [SS]
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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 p.88 [RL2]
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Classical Express - Issue No.114 September 1999 p.4 [AJ]
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Classic CD - January 2000 p.73 [ST]
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BBC Music Magazine - February 2000 p.70 (mention) [CP]
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American Record Guide - January/February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.175 [RVL]
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Répertoire - No.130 décembre 1999 p.69 [PF]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - Mo.127 diciembre 1999 p.60 [JPS]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.136 gennaio 2000 p.107 [MG]
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Das Opernglas - Dezember 1999 S.74 [SM2]
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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich. The EMI recording is stated to be that of the performance on 22 July 1988 whereas the recording issued on the Audio Encyclopedia CD-ROM and on the CDs issued by Live Opera Heaven is stated to be that of the performance 0n 24 July 1988. The latterperformance is reviewed in OPERA Festival Issue 1998 p.83
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Conductor Gustav Kuhn - 1988(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Guntram - Klaus König
Freihild - Sabine Hass
Der alte Herzog - Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Herzog Robert - Bernd Weikl
Der Narr des Herzogs - Claes H. Ahnsjö
Ein alter Mann - Friedrich Lenz
Eine alte Frau - Cornelia Wulkopf
Friedhold - Kurt Moll
Eine Bote - Bodo Brinkmann
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Compact Disc; - *Audio Encyclopedia AE 004 - The Operas of Richard Strauss (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (1999)ª; House of Opera CDBB 576 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Guntram by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.788; Opéra International juillet/aoüt 1997 No.215 p.20
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (18 July 1988). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1988(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Mosè - Ruggero Raimondi
Elisero - Eduardo Villa
Faraone - Bodo Brinkmann
Aménofi - Francisco Araiza
Aufide - Friedrich Lenz
Maria - Cornelia Wulkopf
Anaìde - Carol Vaness
Sinaìde - Doris Soffel
Una voce misteriosa - Kurt Moll
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Compact Disc; - Orfeo C 514 992 {2CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Moïse et Pharaon [Mosè] by Gioacchino Rossini are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.743; PENGUIN p.367; Fanfare Vol.19 No.2 p.350, Vol.23 No.4 pp.305-307
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 2000 p.118 [RO]
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Fanfare - Vol.23 No.4 March/April 2000 pp.305-307 [HF]; No.6 July/August 2000 p.14
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Orpheus - Oktober 1999 S.54-55 [GH]
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Opéra International - novembre 2000 No.251 pp.66-67 [SS]
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International Record Review - March 2000 p.136 [AP] (incorrectly labeled as Mosé in Egitto)
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American Record Guide - March/April 2000 Vol.63 No.2 pp.173-174 [DA]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (26 February 1988)
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1988(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Sir Morosus - Kurt Moll
Haushälterin - Margarethe Bence
Der Barbier - Wolfgang Rauch
Henry Morosus - Francisco Araiza
Aminta - Julie Kaufmann
Isotta - Angela Maria Blasi
Carlotta - Birgit Calm
Morbio - Hans Günter Nöcker
Vanuzzi - Alfred Kuhn
Farfallo - Keith Engen
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Compact Disc; - *Audio Encyclopedia AE 004 - The Operas of Richard Strauss (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die schweigsame Frau by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.799; GIUDICI p.849 (2) p.1380
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (19 March 1988)
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1989(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Wotan - Robert Hale
Fricka - Marjana Lipovsek
Loge - Robert Tear
Mime - Helmut Pampuch
Alberich - Ekkehard Wlaschina
Freia - Nancy Gustafson
Froh - Josef Hopferwieser
Donner - Florian Cerny
Erda - Hanna Schwarz
Fasolt - Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Fafner - Kurt Moll
Woglinde - Julie Kaufmann
Wellgunde - Angela Maria Blasi
Floßhilde - Birgit Calm
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Compact Disc - EMI 5 72731-2 (cycle) {14CDS}
Laser Disc - EMI LDD 991276-1 (PAL/SECAM); EMI LDX 991275-1 (cycle) {11LDS} (PAL/SECAM)
VHS Video Cassette - EMI MVB 991276-3 (PAL)
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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 - May 1992 p.118 (video); August 1998 p.92 (audio) [AB]
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Opera Now - July/August 1998 p.101 (audio) [ST]
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Opéra International - mai 1998 No.224 p.63 (audio) [FL-2]
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Diapason - No.448 mai 1998 p.97 (audio) [AT]
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BBC Music Magazine - June 1998 p.69 (audio) (mention) [AB]
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American Record Guide - November/December 1998 Vol.61 No.6 p.239 (audio) [JPM]
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Répertoire - No.113 mai 1998 p.65 (audio) [PF]
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.221 mai 1998 p.92 (audio) [FL]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.111 junio 1998 p.45 (audio) (mention) [IO]
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Das Opernglas - Dezember 1999 S.69 (audio) (mention)
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Comments:- Recorded in the National Theater, Munich (November 1989)
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1989(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Siegfried - René Kollo
Mime - Helmut Pampuch
Wanderer - Robert Hale
Brünhilde - Hildegard Behrens
Alberich - Ekkehard Wlaschina
Erda - Hanna Schwarz
Fafner - Kurt Moll
Waldvogel - Julie Kaufmann
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Compact Disc - EMI 5 72731-2 (cycle) {14CDS}
Laser Disc - EMI LDE 991283-1 (PAL/SECAM); EMI LDX 991275-1 (cycle) {11LDS} (PAL/SECAM)
VHS Video Cassette - EMI MVB 991283-3 (PAL)
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Recordings of Siegfried 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.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; 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 - May 1992 p.118 (video); August 1998 p.92 (audio) [AB]
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Opera Now - July/August 1998 p.101 (audio) [ST]
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Opéra International - mai 1998 No.224 p.63 [FL-2]
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Diapason - No.448 mai 1998 p.97 (audio) [AT]
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BBC Music Magazine - June 1998 p.69 (audio) (mention) [AB]
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American Record Guide - November/December 1998 Vol.61 No.6 p.239 (audio) [JPM]
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Répertoire - No.113 mai 1998 p.65 (audio) [PF]
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.221 mai 1998 p.92 (audio) [FL]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.111 junio 1998 p.45 (audio) (mention) [IO]
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Das Opernglas - Dezember 1998 S.69 (audio) (mention)
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Comments:- Recorded in the National Theater, Munich (November 1989)
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Conductor James Levine - 1989(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Gary Lakes
Sieglinde - Jessye Norman
Hunding - Kurt Moll
Brünhilde - Hildegard Behrens
Wotan - James Morris
Fricka - Christa Ludwig
Gerhilde - Pyramid Sellars
Ortlinde - Martha Thigpen
Waltraute - Joyce Castle
Schwertleite - Sondra Kelly
Helmwige - Katerina Ikonomou
Siegrune - Diane Kesling
Grimgerde - Wendy Hillhouse
Roßweiße - Jacalyn Bower
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Laser Disc - DG 072 419-1(PAL)
DVD (Video) - DG POBG 1001/7 (cycle) (Japan) (1999)ª; DG 073 011-9 (2001)ª; DG 073 043-9GH7 (cycle) (2002)ª; DG 073 049-9GH2 (2002)ª
VHS Video Cassette - DG 072 419-2(PAL)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; 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 - May 1992 p.118; January 2003 p.87 [MSR]
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Fanfare - Vol.25 No.4 March/April 2002 pp.198-199 [CW]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.18 No.4 Autumn 2002 pp.625-630 [DM]
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Opéra International - November 1992 p.68; No.276 février 2003 pp.84-85 [SS]
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Diapason - No.486 novembre 2001 pp.142-143 [MP]; No.501 mars 2003 p.113 (mention) [MP]
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BBC Music Magazine - August 2001 p.105 (mention) [MR]
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International Record Review - September 2001 pp.88-89 [MVA]: March 2003 pp.57-58 [MVA]
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Répertoire - No.149 septembre 2001 p.39
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.121 [MG]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.107 (DVD) [PMH]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2003 No.161 p.66 (DVD) [JPS]
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1989(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Siegmund - Robert Schunk
Sieglinde - Julia Varady
Hunding - Kurt Moll
Brünhilde - Hildegard Behrens
Wotan - Robert Hale
Fricka - Marjana Lipovsek
Gerhilde - Andrea Trauboth
Ortlinde - Marianne Seibel
Waltraute - Cornelia Wulkopf
Schwertleite - Anne Pellekoorne
Helmwige - Nancy Gustafson
Siegrune - Christel Borchers
Grimgerde - Birgit Calm
Roßweiße - Gudrun Wewezow
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Compact Disc - EMI 5 72731-2 (cycle) {14CDS}
Laser Disc - EMI LDE 991279-1 (PAL/SECAM); EMI LDX 991275-1 (cycle) {11LDS} (PAL/SECAM)
VHS Video Cassette - EMI MVB 991279-3 (PAL)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; 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 - May 1992 p.118 (video); August 1998 p.92 (audio) [AB]
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Opera Now - July/August 1998 p.101 (audio) [ST]
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Opéra International - mai 1998 No.224 p.63 [FL-2]
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Diapason - No.448 mai 1998 p.97 (audio) [AT]
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BBC Music Magazine - June 1998 p.69 (audio) (mention) [AB]
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American Record Guide - November/December 1998 Vol.61 No.6 p.239 (audio) [JPM]
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Répertoire - No.113 mai 1998 p.65 (audio) [PF]
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.221 mai 1998 p.92 (audio) [FL]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.111 junio 1998 p.45 (audio) (mention) [IO]
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Das Opernglas - Dezember 1999 S.69 (audio) (mention)
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Comments:- Recorded in the National Theater, Munich (November 1989)
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1989(STU)
Orchestra - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Elektra - Éva Marton
Chrysothemis - Cheryl Studer
Clytemnestra - Marjana Lipovsek
Aegisth - Hermann Winkler
Orest - Bernd Weikl
Ein alter Diener - Alfred Kuhn
Ein junger Diener - Ulrich Reß
Die Schleppträgerin - Dorothea Geipel
Die Vertraute - Carmen Anhorn
Der Pfleger des Orest - Kurt Moll
Die Aufseherin - Victoria Wheeler
1. Magd - Daphne Evangelatos
2. Magd - Shirley Close
3. Magd - Birgit Calm
4. Magd - Julia Faulkner
5. Magd - Caroline Maria Petrig
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Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 754067-4 (1990)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 54067-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; EMI 5 09190 {2CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1990 p. [AB]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.8 No.2 Summer 1991 pp.156-157 [GJ]
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American Record Guide - July/August 2008 Vol.71 No.4 pp.181-182 [KM]
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Conductor Bernard Haitink - 1989(STU)
Orchestra - Dresdener Staatskapelle
Chorus - Dresdner Oper
Leonore - Jessye Norman
Florestan - Reiner Goldberg
Pizarro - Ekkehard Wlaschina
Rocco - Kurt Moll
Marzelline - Pamela Coburn
Jaquino - Hans Peter Blochwitz
Fernando - Andreas Schmidt
Erster Gefangene - Wolfgang Millgramm
Zweiter Gefangene - Egbert Junghaus
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Black Disc; - Philips 426 308-1 {3LPS} (1991)ª
Compact Cassette; - Philips 426 308-4 (1991)ª
Compact Disc; - *Philips 426 308-2 {2CDS} (1991)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; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1991 p. [EG]
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.45
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Conductor Christof Perick (Prick) - 198?(STU)
Orchestra - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin
Chorus - Chor der St.-Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin - RIAS Kammerchor
Esmeralda - Gwyneth Jones
Phoebus de Chateaupers - James King
Pierre Gringoire - Horst R Laubenthal
Archidiakonus - Hartmut Welker
Quasimodo - Kurt Moll
Ein Offizier - Hans Helm
Die alte Falourdel - Kaja Borris
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Black Disc; - Capriccio 10 248/9 {2CDS} (1989)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1989 p.1787 [MEO]
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Fanfare - Vol.12 No.5 May/June 1989 pp.299-302 [HF, JHN]
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Conductor James Levine - 1990(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Don Giovanni - Samuel Ramey
Donna Anna - Carol Vaness
Don Ottavio - Jerry Hadley
Donna Elvira - Karita Mattila
Leoporello - Ferruccio Furlanetto
Il Commendatore - Kurt Moll
Masetto - Philip Cokorinos
Zerlina - Dawn Upshaw
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DVD (Video) - The Opera Lovers DVDDONG 199001 (Canada) (2005)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
Comments:- Video recording of a performance at the MET (2 April 1990). The DVD-R issued by «The Opera Lovers» is listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Neeme Järvi - 1990(STU)
Orchestra - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Gothenberg Pro Musica Chamber Choir - Gösta Ohlin Vocal Ensemble
Ruprecht - Siegfried Lorenz
Renata - Nadine Secunde
Landlady - Rosemary Lang
Servant - Bryn Terfel
Fortune Teller - Ruthild Engert(-Ely)
Jakob Glock - Gösta Zachrisson
Agrippa von Nettesheim - Heinz Zednik
Mephistopheles - Heinz Zednik
Faust - Petteri Salomaa
Mother Superior - Ruthild Engert(-Ely)
Inquisitor - Kurt Moll
Mathias - Bryn Terfel
Doctor - Gösta Zachrisson
Innkeeper - Carl-Gustaf Holmgren
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Compact Disc; - DG 431 669-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; DG 477 5596 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of The Fiery Angel by Sergei Prokofieff are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.580; Opera on CD (1) p.134 (2) p.148 (3) p.167; PENGUIN p.291; GIUDICI p.573 (2) p.956; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.109; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1991 p. [DJF]
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Orpheus - September+Oktober 2006 S.59-S.60 (mention) [US]
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American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.176 [BK]
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Conductor Colin Davis - 1990(STU)
Orchestra - Staatskapelle Dresden
Chorus - Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Max - Francisco Araiza
Agathe - Karita Mattila
Kaspar - Ekkehard Wlaschina
Ottokar - Siegfried Lorenz
Kuno - Thomas Thomaschke
Kilian - Andreas Scheibner
Hermit - Kurt Moll
Zamiel - Will Quadflieg
Ännchen - Eva Lind
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Compact Cassette; - Philips 426 319-4 (1991)ª
Compact Disc; - Philips 426 319-2 {2CDS} (1991)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; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1991 p.14 p.114 [JW]
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.598
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Stereophile - May 1992 (Vol.15 No.5) p.203
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Opernwelt - 3/März 1992 S.49
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Comments:- Recorded in the Lukaskirche, Dresden (15-24 January 1990)
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Conductor Gerd Albrecht - 1990(STU)
Orchestra - Hamburger Philharmoniker
Chorus - Hamburger Staatschor
Jessonda - Julia Varady
Amazili - Renate Behle
Dandau - Kurt Moll
Nador - Thomas Moser
Tristan d'Acunha - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Pedro Lopes - Peter Haage
Indian Officer - Peter Galliard
A Bayadère - Corinna Meyer-Esche
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Compact Disc - Orfeo C 240912H {2CDS}
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This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1991 p. [JBS]
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Conductor James Levine - 1990(STU)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegfried - Reiner Goldberg
Mime - Heinz Zednik
Wanderer - James Morris
Brünhilde - Hildegard Behrens
Alberich - Ekkehard Wlaschina
Erda - Birgitta Svendén
Fafner - Kurt Moll
Waldvogel - Kathleen Battle
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Compact Disc; - DG 429 407-2 {4CDS} (1992)ª; DG 445 354-2 (Cycle) {14CDS} (1994)ª; DG 471 678-2 (Cycle) {14CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Siegfried 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.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; 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 - March 1992 p.118; July 1992 p.35; October 1994 p.204
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Fanfare - September-October 1992 p.384
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Diapason - No.498 décembre 2002 p.111 [ED]
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Stereophile - July 1992 (Vol.15 No.7) p.183
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International Record Review - March 2003 pp.57-58 [MVA]
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1990(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Tamino - Uwe Heilmann
Papageno - Michael Kraus
Königin der Nacht - Sumi Jo
Sprecher - Andreas Schmidt
Pamina - Ruth Ziesak
Sarastro - Kurt Moll
Monostatos - Heinz Zednik
Papagena - Lotte Leitner
1er Geharnischter - Wolfgang Schmidt
2er Geharnischter - Hans Franzen
Erste Dame - Adrianne Pieczonka
Zweite Dame - Annette Küttenbaum
Dritte Dame - Jard van Nes
Erster Knabe - Max Emanuel Cencic
Zweiter Knabe - Michael Rausch
Dritter Knabe - Markus Leitner
Erster Priester - Clemens Bieber
Zweiter Priester - Hans-Joachin Porcher
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Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 433 210-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - October 1991 p.188 [HF]
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Stereophile - August 1992 (Vol.15 No.8) p.187
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Conductor James Levine - 1991
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tamino - Francisco Araiza
Papageno - Manfred Hemm
Königin der Nacht - Luciana Serra
Sprecher - Andreas Schmidt
Pamina - Kathleen Battle
Sarastro - Kurt Moll
Monostatos - Heinz Zednik
Papagena - Barbara Kilduff
1er Geharnischter - Mark Baker
2er Geharnischter - Michael Devlin
Erste Dame - Juliana Gondek
Zweite Dame - Mimi Lerner
Dritte Dame - Judith Christin
Erster Knabe - Ted Huffman
Zweiter Knabe - Benjamin Schott
Dritter Knabe - Per-Christian Brevig
Erster Priester - James Courtney
Zweiter Priester - Bernard Fitch
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Laser Disc - DG 072 524-1(NTSC); DG O72 424-1(PAL)
DVD (Video) - DG 073 003-9 (2000)ª; DG UCBG 1005 (Japan) (2000)ª
VHS Video Cassette - DG 072 524-3(NTSC); DG 072 424-3(PAL)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - April 1993 p.124; February 2001 p.110 [MSR]
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Opera - December 1992 p.1448
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Opera Now - January 1993 p.49
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Fanfare - Vol.16 No.5 May/June 1993 p.436; Vol.25 No.1 September/October 2001 p.229 [JC]
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Opéra International - No.257 mai 2001 pp.64-65 (DVD) [SS]
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Diapason - No.482 juin 2001 p.119 [MP]
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BBC Music Magazine - February 1993 p.49
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International Record Review - March 2001 p.85 [MVA]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - febrero 2001 No.140 p.58, p.60 [PL]
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Comments:- Recorded at the MET (February 1991)
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Conductor Claudio Abbado - 1991-92(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Lohengrin - Siegfried Jerusalem
Elsa - Cheryl Studer
Ortrud - Waltraud Meier
Friedrich von Telramund - Hartmut Welker
König Heinrich - Kurt Moll
Der Heerrufer des Königs - Andreas Schmidt
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Compact Disc; - *DG 437 808-2 {3CDS} (1994)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1994 p.159; April 1995 p.34
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Opera - January 1995 p.120
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Opera Now - February 1995 p.54
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HiFi News & Record Review - March 1995 p.81
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Fanfare - Vol.19 No.3 January/February 1996 p.342
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Orpheus - Oktober 1994 S.63
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Opéra International - décembre 1994 No.186 p.65
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Diapason - No.410 décembre 1994 p.180
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.163 p.120
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BBC Music Magazine - November 1994 p.82
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Classic CD - November 1994 p.98
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Stereophile - April 1995 p.277
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American Record Guide - July/August 1995 Vol.58 No.4 p.220
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Répertoire - No.74 November 1994 p.97
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 marzo-mayo 1995 p.65
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.183 décembre 1994 p.112
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Comments:- See The Daily Telegraph Arts & Books Sat December 31st 1994 p.17. This recording was made in November 1991 and May and June 1992.
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Conductor James Levine - 1991-92(STU)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Amfortas - James Morris
Titurel - Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Gurnemanz - Kurt Moll
Parsifal - Plácido Domingo
Klingsor - Ekkehard Wlaschina
Kundry - Jessye Norman
Alto Stimme - Hitomi Katagari
Knappe 1 - Heidi Grant Murphy
Knappe 2 - Jane Bunnell
Knappe 3 - Paul Groves
Knappe 4 - Anthony Laciura
Blumenmädchen 1 - Heidi Grant Murphy
Blumenmädchen 2 - Kaaren Erickson
Blumenmädchen 3 - Jane Bunnell
Blumenmädchen 4 - Korliss Uecker
Blumenmädchen 5 - Joyce Guyer
Blumenmädchen 6 - Wendy White
Ritter 1 - Allan Glassman
Ritter 2 - Julien Robbins
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Compact Disc; - DG 437 501-2 {4CDS} (1994)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1994 p.156 [AB]; January 1995 p.31 [JBS]
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Opera - December 1994 p.1432
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Opera Now - December 1994 p.55
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HiFi News & Record Review - March 1995 p.81
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Opera News - December 24 1994 p.33
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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.3 January/February 1995 p.304
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Orpheus - August + September 1994 (Heft 8) p.39
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Opéra International - novembre 1994 No.185 p.69
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Diapason - No.407 septembre 1994 p.174
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.161 p.142
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BBC Music Magazine - October 1994 p.73
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Classic CD - November 1994 p.99
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Stereophile - January 1995 p.203
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.179 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.98
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Répertoire - No.72 septembre 1994 p.78
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Wagner News - Issue No.109 May 1995 p.18
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Conductor James Levine - 1992
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Amfortas - Bernd Weikl
Titurel - Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Gurnemanz - Kurt Moll
Parsifal - Siegfried Jerusalem
Klingsor - Franz Mazura
Kundry - Waltraud Meier
Alto Stimme - Gweneth Bean
Knappe 1 - Heidi Grant Murphy
Knappe 2 - Jane Bunnell
Knappe 3 - John Horton Murray
Knappe 4 - Bernard Fitch
Blumenmädchen 1 - Heidi Grant Murphy
Blumenmädchen 2 - Kaaren Erickson
Blumenmädchen 3 - Jane Bunnell
Blumenmädchen 4 - Korliss Uecker
Blumenmädchen 5 - Gwynne Geyer
Blumenmädchen 6 - Wendy White
Ritter 1 - Paul Groves
Ritter 2 - Jeffrey Wells
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Laser Disc - DG 072 535-1 (NTSC); DG 072 435-1 (PAL)
DVD (Video) - DG 073 032-9 (2002)ª
VHS Video Cassette - DG 46065 (NTSC); DG 072 435-3 (PAL)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1994 p.161 [AB]
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Opera Now - October 1994 p.50
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Opera News - April 15 1995 p.44
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Fanfare - Vol.26 No.6 July/August 2003 pp.225-226 [MM]
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Orpheus - August-September 1994 (Heft 8) p.46
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Opéra International - November 1994 No.185 p.52; No.276 février 2003 pp.64-65 [SS]
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Diapason - No.415 mai 1995 p.72; No.501 mars 2003 p.113 (mention) [MP]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.163 p.134
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BBC Music Magazine - November 1994 p.59: January 2003 p.85 [MA]
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Wagner News - No.109 May 1995 p.18
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Répertoire - No.74 novembre 1994 p.114
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.185 février 1995 p.101
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET
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Conductor Myung-Whun Chung - 1992(STU)
Orchestra - L'Opéra National de Paris
Chorus - L'Opéra National de Paris
Katerina Izmailova - Maria Ewing
Sergey - Sergei Larin
Boris Izmailov - Aage Haugland
Zinovi Izmailov - Philip Langridge
Shabby Peasant - Heinz Zednik
Aksinya - Kristine Ciesinski
Teacher - Ilya Levinsky
Priest - Romauld Tesarowicz
Police sergeant - Anatoly Kotcherga (Kocherga)
Sonyetka - Elena Zaremba
Old convict - Kurt Moll
Millhand - Grigory Gritziuk
Officer - Carlos Álvarez
Porter - Guillaume Petitot
Steward - Jean-Pierre Mazaloubaud
Coachman - Alan Woodrow
First Foreman - Jean-Claude Costa
Second Foreman - Jean Savignol
Third Foreman - José Ochagavia
Policeman - Philippe Duminy
Drunken Guest - Mario Agnetti
Sentry - Johann Tilli
Woman Convict - Margaret Jane Wray
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Compact Disc; - DG 437 511-2 {2CDS} (1993)ª; Decca 475 7441 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lady Macbeth of Mtensk [Katerina Izmailova] by Dmitry Shostakovich are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.772; GIUDICI p.777 (2) p.1281; PENGUIN p.306; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1993 p.119 [MEO]
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Opera - June 1994 p.764
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Opera Now - January 1994 p.53
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HiFi News & Record Review - June 1994 p.88
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Opera News - November 1994 p.46
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Fanfare - Vol. 17 No.4 July/August 1994 p.241
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Orpheus - Juli 1994 S.58
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Opéra International - No.175 décembre 1993 p.59
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Diapason - No.400 janvier 1994 p.94
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.158 p.136
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Classic CD - January 1994 p.66
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Stereophile - August 1994 p.175
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Répertoire - No.64 décembre 1993 p.42
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American Record Guide - July-August 1994 Vol. 57 No.4 p.171
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.102 julio-agosto 2007 p.88 [XC]
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Conductor Pinchas Steinberg - 1993(RA)
Orchestra - Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Sir Morosus - Kurt Moll
Haushälterin - Reinhild Runkel
Der Barbier - Eike Wilm Schulte
Henry Morosus - Deon Van Der Walt
Aminta - Cyndia Sieden
Isotta - Barbara Kilduff
Carlotta - Iris Vermillon
Morbio - Wolfgang Rauch
Vanuzzi - Alfred Kuhn
Farfallo - Cornelius Hauptmann
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Compact Disc; - Koch-Schwann 36591 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die schweigsame Frau by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.799; GIUDICI p.849 (2) p.1380
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.26 No.3 January/February 2003 pp.191-193 [JS]
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American Record Guide - November/December 2002 Vol.65 No.6 p.182 [KM]
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Comments:- Recorded in January 1993
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1993(STU)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Hans Sachs - Bernd Weikl
Veit Pogner - Kurt Moll
Sixtus Beckmesser - Siegfried Lorenz
Fritz Kothner - Hans-Joachim Ketelsen
Walther von Stolzing - Ben Heppner
David - Deon Van Der Walt
Eva - Cheryl Studer
Magdalena - Cornelia Kallisch
Nachtwächter - René Pape
Kunz Vogelgesang - Michael Schade
Konrad Nachtigall - Hans Wilbrink
Ulrich Eisslinger - Hermann Sapell
Balthasar Zorn - Ulrich Reß
Augustin Moser - Roland Wagenführer
Hermann Ortel - Rainer Büse
Hans Schwarz - Guido Götzen
Hans Foltz - Friedmann Kunder
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Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 5 55142-2 {4CDS} (1994)ª; EMI 5 09195 {4CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1994 p.107;October 1994 p.91
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Opera - November 1994 p.1351
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Opera Now - October 1994 p.55
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HiFi News & Record Review - December 1994 p.92
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Opera News - December 24 1994 p.32
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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.3 January/February 1995 p.301
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Orpheus - August-September (Heft 8) 1994 S.40
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Opéra International - No.184 octobre 1994 p.73
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Diapason - No.408 octobre 1994 p.196
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.162 p.166
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Classic CD - August 1994 p.41
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BBC Music Magazine - August 1994 p.77
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.181 octobre 1994 p.113
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American Record Guide - January/February 1995 Vol.58 No.1 p.200
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Répertoire - No.73 octobre 1994 p.76
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Stereophile - December 1994 p.225
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 marzo-mayo 1995 p.65
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Comments:- See The Times Weekend July 30 1994 p.7. This recording was made in April 1993.
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Conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt - 1993(STU)
Orchestra - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
Chorus - Netherlands Opera
Figaro - Anton Scharinger
Susanna - Barbara Bonney
Conte Almaviva - Thomas Hampson
Contessa Almaviva - Charlotte Margiano
Cherubino - Petra Lang
Marcellina - Ann Murray
Bartolo - Kurt Moll
Basilio - Philip Langridge
Curzio - Christoph Späth
Antonio - Kevin Langan
Barbarina - Isabel Rey
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Compact Disc - Teldec 4509-90861-2
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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 1994 p.192
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Opera Now - November 1994 p.53
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HiFi News & Record Review - January 1995 p.74
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Opera News - January 21 1995 p.38
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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.4 March/April 1995 p.239
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Orpheus - Dezember 1994 S.57
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.11 No.4 p.136 (1995)
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Opéra International - No.184 octobre 1994 p.69
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Diapason - No.408 octobre 1994 p.166
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.162 p.162
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BBC Music Magazine - October 1994 p.72
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Classic CD - November 1994 p.96
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Répertoire - No.73 octobre 1994 p.56
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.181 octobre 1994 p.106
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American Record Guide - March/April Vol.58 No.2 p.149
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1994(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Konstanze - Mariella Devia
Belmonte - Herbert Lippert
Blonde - Barbara Kilduff
Pedrillo - Uwe Peper
Osmin - Kurt Moll
Bassa Selim - Michael Heltau
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Compact Disc - Serenissima SER 360161 {2CDS}
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Recordings of Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.57, p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11pp.65-68; Opera on Record 2 p.79; CELLETTI p.488; MARINELLI p.41; Opera on CD (1) p.16 (2) p.20 (3) p.21; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.59 p.112, mise à jour janvier2002; MET p.278; MET(VID)p.159; PENGUIN p.238; Répertoire mai 1995 p.9; GUIDICI p.413 (2) p.719; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.54-55; Gramophone October 2002 p.38
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.16 No.4 Autumn 2000 p.556 [BB]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (June or July 1994)
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Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1994(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Marschallin - Felicity Lott
Octavian - Anne Sofie von Otter
Sophie - Barbara Bonney
Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Kurt Moll
Faninal - Gottfried Hornik
Valzacchi - Heinz Zednik
Annina - Anna Gonda
Ein Sänger - Keith Ikaia-Purdy
Marianne Leitmetzerin - Olivera Miljakovic
Polizeikommissar - Peter Wimberger
Der Wirt - Peter Jesolits
Ein Notar - Wolfgang Bankl
Der Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin - Waldemar Kmentt
Der Haufhofmeister bei Faninal - Franz Kasemann
Tierhändler - Ulrich Großrubatscher
Modistin - Lotte Leitner
Die drei Waisen - Felicitas Equiluz
- Marianne Sattmann
- Elisa Zurmann
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Laser Disc - DG 072 543-1 (NTSC); DG 072 443-1(PAL)
DVD (Video) - DG 073 008-9 (2001)ª
VHS Video Cassette - DG 072 543-3 (NTSC); DG 072 443-3(PAL)
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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 - April 1995 p.128; June 2001 p.104 [MSR]
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Opera Now - April 1995 p.42
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Opera News - September 1995 p.72
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Orpheus - Juni 1995 S.64
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Opéra International - No.257 mai 2001 pp.64-65 (DVD) [SS]
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Diapason - No.419 octobre 1995 p.82; No.486 novembre 2001 pp.142-143 [MP]
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International Record Review - November 2001 pp.90-91 [MVA]
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Répertoire - No.82 juillet/aoüt 1995 p.45: No.148 juillet/aoüt 2001 p.29
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.190 juillet-aoüt 1995 p.105
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.50 marzo-abril 2002 p.106 [FGR]
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Comments:- Video recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (23 March 1994). See also The Times Weekend, Saturday February 4 1995 p.6
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Conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt - 1995(LC)
Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker
Chorus - Rundfunkchor Berlin
Max - Endrik Wottrich
Agathe - Luba Orgonosova
Kaspar - Matti Salminen
Ottokar - Wolfgang Holzmair
Kuno - Gilles Cachemaille
Kilian - Wolfgang Holzmair
Hermit - Kurt Moll
Zamiel - Ekkehard Schall
Ännchen - Christine Schäfer
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Compact Disc; - Teldec 4509 97 758-2 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Teldec WPCS 4950-52 {2CDS} (Japan) (1996)ª
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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; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1996 p.173 [JW]; January 1997 p.37
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Opera - October 1996 p.1243 (see also November 1996 p.1269)
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HiFi News & Record Review - March 1997 p.85
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Opera News - December 28 1997 p.37
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Fanfare - Vol.21 No.1 September/October 1997 p.330 [JHN]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.15 No.1 Winter 1999 p.145 [ETG]
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Opéra International - octobre 1996 No.206 p.60
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Diapason - No.430 octobre 1996 p.150
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.174 p.93
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BBC Music Magazine - November 1996 p.130
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Classic CD - November 1996 p.96
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International Opera Collector - Winter 1996 No.2 p.96
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American Record Guide - January/February 1997 Vol.60 No.1 p.189
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Opernwelt - 10/Oktober 1996 S.51
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.93 noviembre 1996 p.78
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.22 diciembre 1996 - febrero 1997 p.81
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.104 gennaio 1997 p.93
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Musica (Milano) - No.102 Anno 21 febbraio-marzo 1997 p.138
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.203 octobre 1996 p.111
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Comments:- Recorded at the final rehearsal and 4 concert performances (September 1995, see DIAPASON No.420 novembre 1995 p.78)
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Conductor Alexander Anissimov - 1995(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra National de Paris
Chorus - L'Opéra National de Paris
Eugene Onegin - Anthony Michaels-Moore
Lenski - Franco Farina
Tatyana - Solveig Kringleborn
Olga - Randi Stene
Larina - Gerlinde Lorenz
Filipjewna - Rita Gorr
Gremin - Kurt Moll
Triquet - Alexander Oliver
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DVD (Video) - House of Opera 8915
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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
Comments:- Video recording of a performance in the Bastille Opera, Paris (November 1995; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL décembre 1995 No.197 pp.34-35). I thank Mr. Andrey Kovalev for drawing my attention to this recording.
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Conductor Ivor Bolton - 1997(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
La Fortuna - Silvia Fichtl
La Virtù - Jennifer Trost
Poppea - Anna Caterina Antonacci
Nerone - David Daniels
Ottavia - Nadja Michael
Ottone - Axel Köhler
Seneca - Kurt Moll
Drusilla - Dorothea Röschmann
Nutrice - Marita Knobels
Arnalta - Dominique Visse
Lucano - Claes H. Ahnsjö
Pallade - Jennifer Trost
Valletto - Christian Baumgärtel
Damigella - Caroline Maria Petrig
Amore - Klaus von Gleissenthal
Liberto - Hans Jörg Mammel
Littore - Gerhard Auer
Primo soldato - Hans Jörg Mammel
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Compact Disc; - Farao B 108 020 {3CDS} (1998)ª
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Recordings of L' incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.20; MARINELLI p.3; CELLETTI p.430; Opera on CD (1) p.2 (2) p.3 (3) p.3; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.115 p.154; MET p.264; PENGUIN p.218; Opera on Video p.3; GIUDICI p.392 (2) p.686; Opéra International No.297 janvier 2005 p.31; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.224 p.134
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 2000 p.118 [JBS]
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Opera News - November 1998 p.64 [PG]
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Opéra International - No.248 juillet-aoüt 2000 p.73 [FL-1]
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International Record Review - April 2000 p.100 [EW]
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American Record Guide - May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.134-135 [JWB]
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Répertoire - No.137 juillet/aoüt 2000 pp.50-51 [AG]
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.245 juillet/aoüt 2000 p.88 [FL]
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Comments:- Recorded at the Munich Festival in the Prinzregententheater (July 1997; see OPERA Festival Issue 1997 p.93; ORPHEUS November 1997 p.25)
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Conductor Zubin Mehta - 1998(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Tristan - John Frederick West
Isolde - Waltraud Meier
Brangaene - Marjana Lipovsek
Marke - Kurt Moll
Kurwenal - Bernd Weikl
Melot - Claes H. Ahnsjö
Hirt - Kevin Conners
Steuerman - Hans Wilbrink
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Ulrich Reß
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DVD (Video) - Arthaus Musik 100.056 (Europe) (2000)ª; Image ID 9277 RADVD (USA) (2004)ª
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 2000 p.140, p.142 (DVD) [AB]
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Opera - April 2001 pp.502-506 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.28 No.2 November/December 2004 pp.302-303 [HF]
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Diapason - No.486 novembre 2001 pp.142-143 [MP]
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Classical Express - Issue No.126 September 2000 p.5 (DVD) [SJT]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2001 No.139 p.68 [JPS]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 p.108 [PMH]
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Répertoire - No.149 septembre 2001 p.42 [GB]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (see OPERA September 1998 p.1091)
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Conductor Michael Halász - 1998(STU)
Orchestra - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
Chorus - Hungarian Radio Chorus
Leonore - Inga Nielsen
Florestan - Gosta Winbergh
Pizarro - Alan Titus
Rocco - Kurt Moll
Marzelline - Edith Lienbacher
Jaquino - Herwig Pecoraro
Fernando - Wolfgang Glashof
Erster Gefangene - Péter Pálinkás
Zweiter Gefangene - Józef Moldvay
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Compact Disc; - *Naxos 8.660070-71 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Naxos 8.660901-03 {2CDS +introductory CD} (2004)ª; Amado (Cascade-Medien) 02200 (in Beethoven Complete Edition) {87CDS} (2007)ª
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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; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1999 p.120 [AB]
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Opera - February 2000 p.197 [TA]
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HiFi News & Record Review - August 2000 p.86 [PB]
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Opera News - March 2000 p.73 [JAC]
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Fanfare - Vol.23 No.4 March/April 2000 pp.181-182 [JHN]
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Orpheus - Februar 2000 S.62-S.63 [ME]
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Opéra International - No.243 février 2000 p.68 [SS]
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BBC Music Magazine - January 2000 p.66 [AB]: November 2004 p.90 [RW]
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Classical Express - Issue No.117 December 1999 p.4 [MT]
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Classic CD - February 2000 p.80 [MT]
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American Record Guide - Vol.63 No.3 May/June 2000 pp.81-82 [KM]: Vol.70 No.6 November/December 2007 pp.85-86 [PLA]
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.240 janvier 2000 p.68 [FL]
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Répertoire - No.132 février 2000 p.38 [PB]
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Das Opernglas - November 1999 S.80 [ML]
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Conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt - 2002(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Don Giovanni - Thomas Hampson
Donna Anna - Anna Netrebko
Don Ottavio - Michael Schade
Donna Elvira - Melanie Diener
Leoporello - Ildebrando d' Arcangelo
Il Commendatore - Kurt Moll
Masetto - Luca Pisaroni
Zerlina - Magdalena Kozemá
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Compact Disc; - Sounds Supreme Production 2S 110 {3CDRS} (2002)ª
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (28 July 2002). The CDRs issued by Sounds Supreme Production were on sale in Ishimaru's shops in Tokyo in February 2003.
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Conductor Fabio Luisi - 2005(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Il Marchese di Calatrava - Steven Humes
Leonora di Vargas - Violeta Urmana
Don Carlo - Franco Farina
Don Alvaro - Mark Delavan
Preziosilla - Dagmar Pecková
Fra Melitone - Franz-Josef Kapellmann
Curra - Barbara Heising
Padre Guardiano - Kurt Moll
Mastro Trabuco - Kevin Conners
Un Chirurgo - Christian Rieger
Un Alcalde - Gerhard Auer
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1797-3 {3CDRS} (2005)ª
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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 Nationaltheater, Munich (28 June 2005). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their new releases dated 22 July 2005.
Abbreviations
(STU), "Studio" Recording
(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts
(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source
(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source
(LI), "Live" Recording
(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts
(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance
(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance
(RA), A Radio Performance
(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance
(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast
(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance
(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film
(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film
CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988
EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994
GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)
HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973
MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982
MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993
MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997
More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999
NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli
PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993
Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española