Eberhard Wächter
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
RecommendedJoan Sutherland (Donna Anna), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira), Eberhard Wächter (Don Giovanni), Giuseppe Taddei (Leporello), Gottlob Frick (Il Commendatore), Luigi Alva (Don Ottavio), Piero Cappuccilli (Masetto), Graziella Sciutti (Zerlina), Heinrich Schmidt (harpsichord)
Philharmonia Orchestra...
On CD the classic Giulini EMI set, lovingly remastered, sets the standard by which all other recordings have come to be judged. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, as Elvira, emerges as a dominant figure... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, July 2018, Also recommended
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Wagner: Das Rheingold George London (Wotan), Kirsten Flagstad (Fricka), Claire Watson (Freia), Set Svanholm (Loge), Waldemar Kmentt (Froh), Eberhard Wächter (Donner), Paul Kuen (Mime), Jean Madeira (Erda), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Walter Kreppel (Fasolt), Kurt Böhme (Fafner)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg...
I’m in no doubt that the sound quality is significantly better than Decca have been able to achieve on previous issues of this recording. There’s only one word for it: stunning. You really have... — More…
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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
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen RecommendedDas Rheingold
George London (Wotan), Kirsten Flagstad (Fricka), Claire Watson (Freia), Set Svanholm (Loge), Waldemar Kmentt (Froh), Eberhard Wächter (Donner), Paul Kuen (Mime), Jean Madeira (Erda), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Walter Kreppel (Fasolt), Kurt Böhme (Fafner), Oda...
a living, convincing, whole, holistic and vibrant experience is just what this edition delivers...it faithfully reflects the spaciousness and appropriate aura that would have been experienced... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 9th Awards (1966), Best Opera Recording
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Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe
RecommendedElisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eberhard Wachter, Josef Knapp, Nicolai Gedda, Hanny Steffek
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, Lovro von Matacic
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Building A Library, October 2021, Recommended Recording
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Strauss, R: Capriccio
RecommendedElisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eberhard Wächter, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Nicolai Gedda, Hans Hotter, Christa Ludwig
Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch
Not only is Capriccio a source of constant and none-too-demanding delight but its performance and recording, especially in this CD reincarnation, are wellnigh faultless. Walter Legge assembled... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
RecommendedEberhard Wächter, Joan Sutherland, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Gabriella Sciutti, Luigi Alva, Gottlob Frick
Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
Although this set is over 40 years old, none of its successors is as skilled in capturing the piece's drama so unerringly. It has always been most recommendable and Giulini captures all the work's... — More…
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Building a Library, July 2018, Also recommended
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Wagner: Lohengrin
RecommendedMartti Talvela (King Henry), Jess Thomas (Lohengrin), Claire Watson (Elsa), Walter Berry (Telramund), Christa Ludwig (Ortrud), Eberhard Waechter (Herald), Kurt Equiluz, Fritz Sperlbauer, Herbert Lackner & Ljubomir Pantscheff
Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm
Claire Watson excels her studio performances, singing Elsa with floods of pure tone that rarely falters...[Ludwig's] 'Entweihte Götter!' literally stops the show...Waechter makes a keen Herald,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2013, Re-issue of the Month
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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R. Strauss: Salome Birgit Nilsson (Salome), Eberhard Wächter (Jokanaan), Gerhard Stolze (Herod), Grace Hoffman (Herodias)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Forty-four years after its initial release, Decca’s Salome holds a leading position in the discography due to Solti’s visceral conducting, and a strong cast centred on Nilsson’s commanding necrophiliac... — More…
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