Strauss, R: Capriccio
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Countess), Eberhard Wächter (Count), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Olivier), Nicolai Gedda (Flamand), Hans Hotter (La Roche), Christa Ludwig (Clairon), Rudolf Christ (Taupe), Anna Moffo (Italian Soprano), Dermot Troy (Ein italienischer Tenor), Karl Schmitt-Walter (Haushofmeister)
Philharmonia...
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sings the role of the Countess in this charming recording of Strauss's final opera, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Nicolai Gedda play the...
Strauss, R: Capriccio
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Countess), Eberhard Wächter (Count), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Olivier), Nicolai Gedda (Flamand), Hans Hotter (La Roche), Christa Ludwig (Clairon), Rudolf Christ (Taupe), Anna Moffo (Italian Soprano), Dermot Troy (Ein italienischer Tenor), Karl Schmitt-Walter (Haushofmeister)
Philharmonia...
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sings the role of the Countess in this charming recording of Strauss's final opera, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Nicolai Gedda play the...
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Countess), Eberhard Wächter (Count), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Olivier), Nicolai Gedda (Flamand), Hans Hotter (La Roche), Christa Ludwig (Clairon), Rudolf Christ (Taupe), Anna Moffo (Italian Soprano), Dermot Troy (Ein italienischer Tenor), Karl Schmitt-Walter (Haushofmeister)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch
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- Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Christa Ludwig (contralto), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Anna Moffo (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (mezzo-soprano), Dermot Troy (tenor), Anna Moffo (tenor), Karl Schmitt-Walter (baritone), Rudolf Christ (tenor), Karl Schmitt-Walter (bass), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass-baritone), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone)
- Wolfgang Sawallisch
- Recorded: 1958-03-23
- Recording Venue: 2-7 & 9-11 September 1957 & 28 March 1958 / Kingsway Hall, London
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April 2014
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sings the role of the Countess in this charming recording of Strauss's final opera, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Nicolai Gedda play the parts of her competing suitors to perfection as they debate which is superior: words or music?