Karl Ridderbusch
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Verdi: Macbeth
RecommendedSherrill Milnes (Macbeth), Christa Ludwig (Lady Macbeth), Karl Ridderbusch (Banquo), Carlo Cossutta (Macduff), Gildis Flossman (Dama) & Ewald Aichberger (Malcolm)
Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm
Lady Macbeth has rarely seemed more of a Lady than in Ludwig’s hands on this live 1970 recording from Vienna – her arch-manipulator is regal, elegant and icily pragmatic right up until the final... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
2 CDs
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Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier
Brigitte Fassbaender (Octavian), Claire Watson (Marschallin), Karl Ridderbusch (Ochs), Lucia Popp (Sophie), Benno Kusche (Faninal), Annelie Waas (Marianne), David Thaw (Valzacchi), Margarethe Bence (Annina) & Gerhard Unger (Italian singer)
Bavarian State Opera, Carlos Kleiber
This performance from 1973 is notable for its extraordinary textural clarity, in this densest of scores, and its rhythmic vitality. The vocal hero of the occasion is Brigitte Fassbaender as... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Archive
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2009, Editor's Choice
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Wagner: Parsifal
RecommendedJames King (Parsifal), Gwyneth Jones (Kundry), Thomas Stewart (Amfortas), Franz Crass (Gurnemanz), Donald McIntyre (Klingsor), Karl Ridderbusch (Titurel)
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Pierre Boulez
Boulez refuses to wallow, but there's no lack of depth or profundity. He is aided by some fine singers...A fabulous, luminous recording of Wagner's final opera. — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Wagner: Siegfried
RecommendedJess Thomas (Siegfried), Gerhard Stolze (Mime), Thomas Stewart (Wanderer), Helga Dernesch (Brünhilde), Zoltán Kéléman (Alberich), Oralia Domínguez (Erda), Karl Ridderbusch (Fafner), Catherine Gayer (Waldvogel)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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Grammy Awards, 12th Awards (1969), Best Opera Recording
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Wagner: Siegfried
RecommendedHelga Dernesch (Brünnhilde), Catherine Gayer (Waldvogel), Oralia Dominguez (Erda), Jess Thomas (Siegfried), Gerhard Stolze (Mime), Thomas Stewart (Der Wanderer), Zoltan Kelemen (Alberich), Karl Ridderbusch (Fafner)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Karajan provides the seamless playing which characterizes his cycle. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 12th Awards (1969), Best Opera Recording
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
RecommendedHelga Dernesch (Brünnhilde), Helge Brilioth (Siegfried), Karl Ridderbusch (Hagen), Gundula Janowitz (Gutrune), Christa Ludwig (Waltraute/Zweite Norn), Catarina Ligendza (Dritte Norn), Thomas Stewart (Gunther), Lili Chookasian (Erste Norn), Zoltán Kéléman (Alberich), Liselotte Rebmann (Woglinde),...
This is in no way intended as damning with faint praise when I say that the main draw of this set conducted by Herbert von Karajan is the majesty and opulence of the performance by the Berliner... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (excerpts) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Thomas Stewart, Josephine Veasey, Gundula Janowitz, Jon Vickers, Jess Thomas & Helga Dernesch
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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Wagner: Lohengrin
James King (Lohengrin), Heather Harper (Elsa), Donald McIntyre (Telramund), Grace Hoffman (Ortrud), Karl Ridderbusch (King Henry)
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Rudolf Kempe
the imaginative choice of Heather Harper pays off in spades in the Act 3 duet. She and the conductor, with James King's sincere co-operation, make a most subtle kind of chamber music together...Throughout... — More…
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Ultimate Wagner The Essential Masterpieces
Gustav Neidlinger (bass), Ruth Hesse (mezzo-soprano), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Dorothea Siebert (soprano), Gerd Nienstedt (bass), Annelies Burmeister (mezzo-soprano), Hermin Esser (tenor), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Theo Adam (bass), Leonie Rysanek (soprano), James King (tenor), Birgit Nilsson...
5 CDs
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