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Big Boxes: A Generally Fine Miscellany of Strauss’ “Great” Operas

Jed Distler

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In the movie “The Invention of Lying,” everything in the […]

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Album Title: Strauss: The Great Operas
Reference Recording: Der Rosenkavalier: Solti/Vienna Philharmonic (Decca), Salome: Schønwandt/Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Chandos), Elektra: Solti/Vienna Pilharmonic (Decca)

  • STRAUSS, RICHARD:
    Salome, Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Intermezzo, Die schweigsame Frau, Daphne, Friedenstag, Capriccio

    Soloists: Cheryl Studer (soprano); Lucia Popp (soprano); Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone); Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano); Reiner Goldberg (tenor); others

    Herbert von Karajan, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bernard Haitink, Rudolf Kempe, Marek Janowski; Various Orchestras

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