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Recorded in Naples on 5th February, 1955 | | | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. |
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| |  | 14/2/1959
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The brand new series celebrates EMI - The Home of Opera with Böhm's legendary recording of Così fan tutte with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Christa Ludwig. Includes complete libretto and synopsis on a bonus CD ROM. Studio recording, 1962 “Its glorious solo singing is headed by the incomparable Fiordiligi of Schwarzkopf and the Dorabella of Christa Ludwig; it remains a superb memento of Walter Legge's recording genius and remains unsurpassed by other recordings made before or since.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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This is a live performance, recorded in the Staatsoper Vienna in 1955. The opera is sung in German. The bonus tracks are of one of the soloists, Sena Jurinac, singing arias. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Festival of the Primadonnas - The Great Sopranos
Beethoven: | Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? (from Fidelio) | Bellini: | Casta Diva (from Norma) | Boito: | L'altra notte in fondo al mare (from Mefistofele) | Donizetti: | Ardon gli incensi (from Lucia di Lammermoor) | Fall: | Du mein Schonbrunn (from Die Kaiserin) | Gounod: | Ah! Je ris de me voir (from Faust) | Heuberger: | Gehen wir ins Chambre séparée) from The Opera Ball | Kalman: | Höre ich Zigeunergeigen (from Gräfin Mariza) | Lehár: | Viljalied (from Die lustige Witwe) Ballsirenen (on themes from `Die lustige Witwe`) Spiel' mir das Lied von Gluck und Treu (from Die ungarische Hochzeit) | Leoncavallo: | Qual fiamma avea nel guardo!.... Hui! Stridono lassù (from I Pagliacci) sung in German | Mozart: | E Susanna non vien! … Dove sono i bei momenti (from Le nozze di Figaro) Alma grande e nobil core K578 Don Ottavio, son morta!...Or sai chi l'onore (from Don Giovanni) Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (from Die Zauberflöte) O zittre nicht (from Die Zauberflöte) | Puccini: | Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) Tu che di gel sei cinta (from Turandot) O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) | Strauss, J, II: | Klänge der Heimat (from Die Fledermaus) Dieser Anstand, so manierlich (from Die Fledermaus) Wer uns getraut? (from Der Zigeunerbaron) O, habet Acht (Saffi) Wiener Blut: 'Das eines kann --- Ich war ein echtes Wiener Blut ...Wiener Blut!' Frühlingsstimmen Walzer Op. 410 O, wie ist dass Leben schon (from Der Karneval in Rom) | Strauss, R: | Herr Gott in Himmel! (from Der Rosenkavalier) Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund küssen lassen (from Salome) | Suppe: | Florenz hat schöne Frauen (from Boccaccio) | Thomas, Ambroise: | Connais-tu le pays (from Mignon) sung in German | Verdi: | Ah, fors'è lui che l'anima (from La Traviata) Ave Maria (from Otello) | Wagner: | Dich, teure Halle (from Tannhauser) Wie aus der Ferne längst (from Der Fliegende Holländer) |
This special priced 3 CD set entitled the Festival of the Primadonnas, features some of the greatest sopranos of our time singing arias from great operas such as Tosca, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Traviata, Aida, Don Giovanni and Fidelio to name a few. This wide selection is sung by sopranos including Maria Callas and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and they are accompanied by an impressive selection of orchestras and conductors. | | | (also available to download from $16.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | New York 1957
“Despite poor sound, there are attractions in the all-star cast, notably Siepi, the Don Giovanni of his day, but Böhm's Mozart style now seems outdated.” BBC Music Magazine, June 2008 *** | | | (also available to download from $18.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Taken from a performance from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York from 14.12.1957 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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The booklet in this specially priced 3-CD set includes a track-by-track synopsis “a drama of cruel appetites and damnation. Milnes takes charge of his fate as few other recorded Giovannis have… an outstanding release” (Met Opera Guide). “a mature and deeply satisfying reading, a veritable triumph for this distinguished veteran Mozartian. [Böhm] paces the work with an easy fluency, shaping it symphonically and never losing sight of the overall structure...As to the title-role, in Sherrill Milnes's pungent reading Giovanni is a violent, hot-tempered blade who will brook no delay in the satisfaction of his desires” Gramophone Magazine, October 1978 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Mozart - SymphoniesVolume I, II & III (also available individually)
Mozart: | Symphony No. 36 in C major, K425 'Linz' Symphony No. 1 in E flat major, K16 Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K183 Symphony No. 31 in D minor, K297 'Paris' Symphony No. 33 in B flat major, K319 Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504 'Prague' Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543 Symphony No. 28 in C major, K200 Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385 'Haffner' Symphony No. 34 in C major, K338 Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter' Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 Symphony No. 29 in A major, K201 |
Plus bonus Böhm documentary | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | Vienna Opera Festival 1955 Highlights
Beethoven: | Fidelio, Op. 72 (highlights) Mödl, Dermota, Schöffler, Weber, Seefried & Kmentt | Berg: | Wozzeck (highlights) Berry & Goltz | Mozart: | Don Giovanni, K527 (highlights) London, della Casa, Dermota, Jurinac, Seefried & Kunz | Strauss, R: | Der Rosenkavalier (highlights) Reining, Jurinac, Güden & Knapperstbusch Die Frau ohne Schatten (highlights) Rysanek, Höngen, Hopf, Goltz & Weber | Verdi: | Aida (highlights) Rysanek, Hopf, London, Madeira & Frick | Wagner: | Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: highlights Paul Schöffler (Hans Sachs), Hans Beirer (Walther von Stolzing), Irmgard Seefried (Eva), Erich Kunz (Beckmesser), Murray Dickie (David), Rosette Anday (Magdalene), Hans Braun (Kothner), Frederick Guthrie (Nachtwächter) |
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