Historical - up to 35% off selected lines
Until 24th April 2024, we're offering up to 35% off over 3,500 selected historical recordings across a wide range of labels. Whenever possible we have managed to include downloads in this offer, selling all download formats at MP3 prices (with no reduction on MP3).
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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588 RecommendedElisabeth Schwarzkopf (Fiordiligi), Christa Ludwig (Dorabella), Giuseppe Taddei (Guglielmo), Alfredo Kraus (Ferrando), Hanny Steffek (Despina), Walter Berry (Don Alfonso)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Karl Böhm
Ludwig’s in fuller voice (and more alive to Dorabella’s humour and sensuality) here in 1962 than on her earlier recording for Böhm; 'Smanie implacabili' packs a real dramatic mezzo punch (she... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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Christa Ludwig - Vienna State Opera Christa Ludwig (mezzo)
Choir and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Böhm, Krips, Erede, Karajan, Prêtre, Heger, Maazel, Bernstein, Stein, Albrecht, Mehta, Kitaenko, Abbado & Hollreiser
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Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier RecommendedElisabeth Schwarzkopf (Marschallin), Christa Ludwig (Octavian), Teresa Stich-Randall (Sophie), Otto Edelmann (Ochs), Eberhard Wächter (Faninal), Ljuba Welitsch (Marianne), Paul Kuen (Valzacchi/Tierhändler), Kerstin Meyer (Annina), Nicolai Gedda (Italian Singer)
Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra,...
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Remastered CD
3 CDs
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Verdi: Macbeth RecommendedSherrill Milnes (Macbeth), Christa Ludwig (Lady Macbeth), Karl Ridderbusch (Banquo), Carlo Cossutta (Macduff), Gildis Flossman (Dama) & Ewald Aichberger (Malcolm)
Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm
Lady Macbeth has rarely seemed more of a Lady than in Ludwig’s hands on this live 1970 recording from Vienna – her arch-manipulator is regal, elegant and icily pragmatic right up until the final... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
2 CDs
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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244 Fritz Wunderlich (Evangelist/tenor arias), Wilma Lipp (soprano), Christa Ludwig (alto), Walter Berry (Petrus/bass arias), Otto Wiener (Jesus), Peter Wimberger (Pilatus)
Wiener Symphoniker, Karl Bohm
2 CDs
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R. Strauss: Salzburg Lieder Evenings 1956-2010 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Lisa Della Casa, Irmgard Seefried, Nicolai Gedda, Christa Ludwig, Hermann Prey, Leontyne Price, Peter Schreier, Edita Gruberova, Jessye Norman, Edith Mathis, Marjana Lipovsek, Heinz Zednik, Frederica von Stade, Francisco Araiza, Thomas Hampson, Diana Damrau, Michael Volle, Deutsch...
Many favourites feature but there are also comparative rarities to experience and savour...a valuable collection, both artistically and historically. — More…
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Verdi: Requiem & Four Sacred Pieces RecommendedElisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor) & Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Carlo Maria Giulini
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Strauss, R: Capriccio Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Countess Madeleine), Eberhard Wächter (Count), Nicolai Gedda (Flamand), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Olivier), Hans Hotter (La Roche), Christa Ludwig (Clairon), Anna Moffo (Italian Singer)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch
In the role of the Countess in Strauss's last opera, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf has no equals on CD...a peerless performance from her, full of magical detail both in the pointing of words and in the... — More…
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Bizet: Carmen Christa Ludwig (Carmen), James King (Don José), Eberhard Waechter (Escamillo), Jeanette Pilou (Macaëla), Lucia Popp (Frasquita), Margarita Lilova (Mercédès), Oskar Czerwenka (Zuniga), Reid Bunger (Moralès), Murray Dickie (Remendado) & Erich Kunz (Dancaïre)
Lorin Maazel
In this 1966 live recording conductor Lorin Maazel adopts some rather extreme tempi, for instance rather stately in the introduction to the Toreador's song, but elsewhere seeming a bit rushed.... — More…
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Verdi: Requiem Stefania Woytowicz (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor) & Boris Carmeli (bass)
WDR & NDR Rundfunkchor & NDR Sinfonieorchester, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
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