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Beethoven: Fidelio

Tom Krause (Don Fernando), Theo Adam (Pizarro), James King (Florestan), Eva Marton (Leonore), Aage Haugland (Rocco), Lilian Watson (Marzelline), Thomas Moser (Jaquino), Horst Hiestermann (Erster Gefangener) & Kurt Rydl (Zweiter Gefangener)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel

Beethoven: Fidelio
The musical performance is – of course – strictly organised, well played and unfailingly together on a nuts and bolts level…[James King] is a dependably moving Florestan, more nobly broken than...

Gramophone Magazine, April 2016

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Beethoven: Fidelio

Tom Krause (Don Fernando), Theo Adam (Pizarro), James King (Florestan), Eva Marton (Leonore), Aage Haugland (Rocco), Lilian Watson (Marzelline), Thomas Moser (Jaquino), Horst Hiestermann (Erster Gefangener) & Kurt Rydl (Zweiter Gefangener)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel

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The musical performance is – of course – strictly organised, well played and unfailingly together on a nuts and bolts level…[James King] is a dependably moving Florestan, more nobly broken than...

Gramophone Magazine, April 2016

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In this 1983 performance, Maazel conducts Beethoven’s liberation opera full of energy and precision, partnered by a highly dramatic Leonore, a Florestan in heroic voice and the Vienna Philharmonic in brilliant form.

Contents and tracklist

Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I
Work length1:13:23
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Overture (Live)
Track length6:15
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Jetzt, Schatzchen, jetzt sind wir allein (Live)
Track length4:38
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Wenn ich diese Tür nicht (Live)
Track length1:04
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: O war' ich schon mit dir vereint (Live)
Track length4:21
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Marzelline? Marzelline? (Live)
Track length1:22
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Mir ist so wunderbar (Live)
Track length4:37
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Höre Fidelio! (Live)
Track length0:43
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben (Live)
Track length2:31
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Ihr könnt das leicht sagen, Meister Rocco (Live)
Track length1:46
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Gut Söhnchen, gut (Live)
Track length6:14
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: March (Live)
Track length1:16
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Ist etwas neues vorgefallen (Live)
Track length0:49
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Ha! Welch ein Augenblick! (Live)
Track length3:20
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Drei Mann auf den Wall - Hauptmann! (Live)
Track length0:59
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Jetzt, Alter, jetzt hat es Eile! (Live)
Track length5:10
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? (Live)
Track length8:16
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Rocco, ich ersuchte euch schon (Live)
Track length1:00
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: O welche Lust (Live)
Track length6:30
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Nun sprecht, wie ging's? (Live)
Track length5:09
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Ach Vater, Vater, eilt - Verweg'ner Alter! (Live)
Track length2:18
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Leb wohl, du warmes Sonnenlicht (Live)
Track length5:05
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act II
Work length35:28
  • James King (tenor)
  • Recorded: 5 August 1983
  • Recording Venue: Live recoridng, Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act II: Gott! Welch' Dunkel hier! (Live)
Track length10:56
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act II: Wie kalt ist es in diesem unterirdischen Gewölbe - Nur hurtig fort, nur frisch gegraben (Live)
Track length6:03
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act II: Er erwacht! (Live)
Track length2:06
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act II: Euch werde Lohn in bessern Welten (Live)
Track length6:43
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act II: Alles ist bereit - Ich gehe das Signal zu geben (Live)
Track length1:15
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act II: Er sterbe! (Live)
Track length5:15
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act II: O namenlose Freude! (Live)
Track length3:10
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Work length14:32
Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b (Live)
Track length14:32
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act II
Work length14:39
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act II: Heil! Heil sei dem Tag! (Live)
Track length2:18
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act II: Des besten Königs Wink und Wille (Live)
Track length7:41
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act II: Wer ein holdes Weib errungen (Live)
Track length4:40

Awards and reviews

April 2016

The musical performance is – of course – strictly organised, well played and unfailingly together on a nuts and bolts level…[James King] is a dependably moving Florestan, more nobly broken than defiant, still able to effect the role’s tricky turns. Eva Marton can be a thrilling Leonore when she opens up…Theo Adam delivers a thoroughly professional ‘bad guy’ Pizarro [and] Watson a superb, tinglingly fresh Marzelline

6th March 2017

A fascinating release if not one that will dislodge those treasured studio recordings.
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