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Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Margaret Ritchie (soprano)
Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Eduard Van Beinum
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Grieg Favourites
Walter Gieseking (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Staatsoper Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, George Weldon, Karl Munchinger, Otto Dobrindt, Nikolai Malko
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Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado
Donald Adams, Thomas Round, Peter Pratt & Jean Hindmarsh
Pro Arte Orchestra, D’Oyly Carte Opera Company & The New Symphony Orchestra of London, Boston Promenade Orchestra, John Hollingsworth, Isidore Godfrey, Arthur Fiedler
The pleasure of hearing singers in this music who have both the voice and an understanding of the style is considerable...It is good to have these additional items. The synopsis is clear and... — More…
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Massenet: Operatic and Orchestral Favourites
Georges Thill, Germaine Cernay, Fanny Heldy, Dorothy Kirsten, Robert Merrill, Ninon Vallin, César Vezzani, Jeanne Guyla, Marcel Journet, Emma Luart, Gaston Micheletti, Bidú Sayão, Arthur Endrèze, Cesare Valletti, Rosa Ponselle (soprano), Alfred Lennartz (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre...
2 CDs
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Egk: Die Zaubergeige (The Magic Fiddle): highlights
Marcel Cordes (Kaspar), Erika Köth (Gretl), Elisabeth Lindermeier (Ninabella), Richard Holm (Amandus), Max Proebstl (Guldensack)
Bavarian State Chorus and Orchestra, Louis de Froment
The cast includes many of the best known German singers of the immediate post-war period, all giving what appear to be admirably well characterised performances. With the composer conducting... — More…
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Gounod: Faust
Eugene Conley (Faust), Cesare Siepi (Méphistophélès), Eleanor Steber (Marguerite), Frank Guarrera (Valentin), Margaret Roggero (Siébel), Thelma Votipka (Marthe) & Lawrence Davidson (Wagner)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Fausto Cleva
2 CDs
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Chabrier: Orchestral, Vocal and Piano Works
Thomas Beecham, John Barbirolli, Wilhelm Schuchter & Eduard von Lindenberg
this is a fascinating collection which will have you going back to other recordings of these works to compare and contrast their approaches to the music of this most fascinating and surprising... — More…
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Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
Rita Streich (Gretel), Gisela Litz (Hänsel), Marianne Schech (Gertrud), Horst Günter (Peter), Res Fischer (Die Knusperhexe), Elisabeth Lindermeier (Sandmännchen), Bruno Brückmann (Taumännchen), Hermann Prey (baritone), Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Bavarian Radio Choir & Munich Philharmonic...
Tempi are flexible and what we hear of the orchestra, well balanced within itself, is very characterful. The singers adopt a similar approach, especially Rita Streich, on top of her form...Res... — More…
2 CDs
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Verdi: Otello (highlights)
Mario del Monaco, Giovanni Martinelli, Jon Vickers, Giovanni Zenatello, Enrico Caruso, Ramon Vinay (Otello), Lawrence Tibbett, Tito Gobbi, Titta Ruffo (Iago), Renata Tebaldi, Eleanor Steber, Rosa Ponselle, Elisabeth Rethberg and Leonie Rysanek (Desdemona)
by the arrival of the conclusion of Niun Mi Tema, I was left nearly convinced that I had heard the work complete and had barely noticed any differences in the recorded sound...Inevitably the... — More…
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Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Ernesto Badini (Don Pasquale), Tito Schipa (Ernesto), Adelaide Saraceni (Norina), Afro Poli (Malatesta), Giordano Callegari (Un notaio), Rita Streich (Norina), Rita Streich (soprano), Josef Greindl (Pasquale)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Carlo Sabajno, Fritz Lehmann
2 CDs
$32.00
