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Bernstein: Candide
RecommendedCandide - 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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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Music Theatre
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Classical Album of the Year
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Bernstein: Candide
RecommendedJerry 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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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Music Theatre
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Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Classical Album of the Year
2 CDs + DVD Video
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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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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
RecommendedJames Morris (Wotan/Der Wanderer), Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde), Siegfried Jerusalem (Loge/Siegfried), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich), Christa Ludwig (Fricka/Waltraute), Gary Lakes (Siegmund), Jessye Norman (Sieglinde), Kurt Moll (Hunding), Matti Salminen (Fafner/Hagen)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra...
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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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Richard Strauss and his Heroines A Film by Thomas von Steinaecker
featuring Brigitte Fassbaender, Renee Fleming, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Christa Ludwig, Christian Strauss, Rufus Wainwright
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Extraordinary DVD shows how much of the composer’s aesthetic was determined by his relationship with his wife, Pauline — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Winner - DVD Documentary
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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: Fidelio, Op. 72 Walter Berry (Don Pizarro), James King (Florestan), Christa Ludwig (Leonore), Josef Greindl (Rocco), William Dooley (Don Fernando), Lisa Otto (Marzelline) & Martin Vantin (Jaquino)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Artur Rother (director) & Gustav Rudolf Sellner (stage director)
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Christa Ludwig - Lieder Recital Directed by Enrique Sánchez Lansch
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) & Charles Spencer (piano), Directed by Claus Viller
Filmed in Athens in 1994, this is one of the great German mezzo's final Lieder recitals. With her voice still in fine fettle and her interpretative powers undiminished, it's an impressive token... — More…
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Christa Ludwig - The Birthday Edition Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) & Charles Spencer (piano)
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Schubert - Winterreise Christa Ludwig (mezzo soprano) & Charles Spencer (piano)
Directed by Enrique Sánchez Lansch, Directed by Claus Viller
