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Verdi: Requiem
Leontyne Price, Fiorenza Cossotto, Luciano Pavarotti & Nikolai Ghiaurov
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Herbert von Karajan
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Bizet: Carmen
Grace Bumbry (Carmen), Jon Vickers (Don José), Mirella Freni (Micaëla), Justino Diaz (Escamillo), Nadine Sautereau (Frasquita), Jane Berbié (Mercédès), Gérard Dunan (Le Dancaïre), Milen Paunov (Le Remendado)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Jess Thomas & Walter Berry
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Mirella Freni (Butterfly), Plácido Domingo (Pinkerton), Robert Kerns (Sharpless), Christa Ludwig (Suzuki), Michel Sénéchal (Goro), Giorgio Stendoro (Yamadori), Marius Rintzler (Bonzo)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
magical in its evocation of Puccini's most atmospheric score...Freni [is] as tenderly appealing to see as to hear...[Domingo sings] with similar fervour, responding to the inspired stage direction... — More…
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, René Kollo & José Van Dam
Berliner Philharmoniker & Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Herbert von Karajan
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Puccini: La Bohème
Mirella Freni, Gianni Raimondi, Rolando Panerai, Adriana Martino, Gianni Maffeo & Ivo Vinco
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Herbert von Karajan
Zeffirelli's is an old-fashioned Bohème populated by short fat Peter Pans - except for the young Mirella Freni, delectable and deeply touching, and Adriana Martino's up-front Musetta. But the... — More…
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Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker Tokyo, 1957
Recorded on 3rd November 1957 by NHK television at the NHK Concert Hall, Tokyo
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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Verdi: Il Trovatore
Raina Kabaivanska (Leonora), Piero Cappuccilli (Il Conte di Luna), Fiorenza Cossotto (Azucena), Plácido Domingo (Manrico), José van Dam (Ferrando)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Vienna State Oper, Herbert von Karajan (conductor and stage-director)
A truly glamorous cast and conductor for this Vienna production, directed by Karajan himself in the old-fashioned style. Fine music-making, though the dark-toned visuals are pure period-piece. — More…
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Karajan and Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Symphoniker, Herbert von Karajan
an electrifying performance by a rejuvenated Berlin Philharmonic at the peak of its powers; it is also a visually stunning record of a masterclass in virtuoso conducting...[The bonus-feature]... — More…
