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Bernstein: Candide
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Candide - Jerry Hadley, Cunegonde - June Anderson, Dr.Pangloss/Martin - Adolph Green, Old Lady - Christa Ludwig, Govenor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski - Nicolai Gedda, Paquette - Della Jones & Maximilian/Captain - Kurt Ollmann
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
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Offer, Bernstein: Candide
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Jerry Hadley (Candide), June Anderson (Cunegonde), Adolph Green (Dr. Pangloss/Martin), Christa Ludwig (Old Lady), Nicolai Gedda (Governor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Leonard Bernstein
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2 CDs + DVD Video
($37.00) $29.75
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
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Das Rheingold
James Morris (Wotan), Siegfried Jerusalem (Loge), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Fasolt), Matti Salminen (Fafner), MariAnne Häggander (Freia), Alan Held (Donner), Jean-Mark Baker (Froh), Heinz Zednik (Mime), Birgitta...
None of the four video-recorded versions can be called ideal; but this Met cycle has plenty of strong points. It's the only one Wagner would have recognised – no small consideration. It's frequently... — More…
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Schubert - Winterreise
Christa Ludwig (mezzo soprano) & Charles Spencer (piano)
Directed by Enrique Sánchez Lansch, Directed by Claus Viller
Great Voices of the Golden Age
Christa Ludwig (soprano), Rita Streich (soprano), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Gré Brouwenstijn (soprano)
With Vishnevskaya the odd-Russian-out, these 1960s films preserve the art of female singers mostly in the German Lied repertoire. Visual and sonic quality is variable, platform manners quaint,... — More…
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…
Verdi: Falstaff
Giuseppe Taddei (Falstaff), Ronaldo Panerai (Ford), Francisco Araiza (Fenton), Piero De Palma (Dr Caius), Heinz Zednik (Bardolfo), Federico Davià (Pistola), Raina Kabaivanska (Alice Ford), Janet Perry (Nannetta), Trudeliese Schmidt (Meg Page), Christa Ludwig (Mistress Quickly)
Wiener Philharmoniker,...
Offer, Bernstein: The Complete Works
Leonard Bernstein
26 CDs + 3 DVD Videos
($112.25) $85.50
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
James Morris (Wotan), Siegfried Jerusalem (Loge), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Mari Anne Häggander (Freia), Birgitta Svendén (Erda), Heinz Zednik (Mime), Matti Salminen (Fafner), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Fasolt)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
None of the four video-recorded versions can be called ideal; but this Met cycle has plenty of strong points. It's the only one Wagner would have recognised – no small consideration. It's frequently... — More…
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde), Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried), Matti Salminen (Hagen), Christa Ludwig (Waltraute), Hanna Lisowska (Gutrune), Anthony Raffell (Gunther), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich), Kaaren Erickson (Woglinde), Diane Kesling (Wellgunde), Meredith Parsons (Flosshilde), Gweneth Bean...
None of the four video-recorded versions can be called ideal; but this Met cycle has plenty of strong points. It's the only one Wagner would have recognised – no small consideration. It's frequently... — More…