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This four-hour-and 25-minute Tristan was recorded over a period of several months (January, April, and November, 1981), one act at a time. It was released
Dutch soprano Elly Ameling is one of those artists who,
This is a knockout. There is so much heat generated
It’s often forgotten that Solti conducted the orchestra at Strauss’
DG reissues its late-1980s Levine/Met Ring cycle as a budget-priced, space-saving boxed set, providing serious competition for similarly packaged editions of Wagner’s Der Ring des
Volume 2 of EMI’s comprehensive Herbert von Karajan centenary edition gathers virtually all of the conductor’s operatic and vocal output for the label in one
Fans of soprano Hildegard Behrens should flock to this set if they don’t already own it–it is her finest recording. She ideally captures the girl/woman
This is a strange set. Taped lived and then fixed-up in the studio in 1988, it presents the opera as almost “pretty,” clearly a choice
This is a sincere, well-prepared performance with no surprises in tempi, interpretation or emphasis; just a thoroughly Beethovenian reading of this wonderful work. Böhm balances
This is a sonically handsome, beautifully and excitingly played Elektra, filled with genuine drama (it was taped live and benefits from the stage ambience), elegantly
