Otto Nicolai: Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor

1. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera
   Composed by Otto Nicolai
   Performed by Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
   with Ludwig Windisch, Lore Hoffmann, Hans Florian, Georg Hann, Edwin Heyer, Walther Ludwig, Wilhelm Strienz, Maria Luise Schilp, Irma Beilke
   Conducted by Artur Rother
   
   
2. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620 In diesen heil'gen Hallen
   Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
   Performed by Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
   with Wilhelm Strienz
   Conducted by Hans Steinkopf
   
   
3. Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera Die Verleumdung
   Composed by Gioachino Rossini
   Performed by Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
   with Wilhelm Strienz
   Conducted by Hans Steinkopf
   
   
4. Der Barbier von Bagdad, opera Salam aleikum
   Composed by Peter Cornelius
   Performed by Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
   with Hans-Heinz Nissen, Wilhelm Strienz
   Conducted by Hans Steinkopf
   
   
5. La bohème, opera Höre, du alter Mantel
   Composed by Giacomo Puccini
   Performed by Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
   with Wilhelm Strienz
   Conducted by Hans Steinkopf
   
   
6. Lieder und Gesänge (6): No. 4, Des Trinkers Wunsch
   Composed by Otto Nicolai
   Performed by Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
   with Wilhelm Strienz
   Conducted by Hans Steinkopf
   
   
7. Auf das Trinkglas eines verstorbenen Freundes ("Du herrlich Glas, nun stehst du leer"), song for voice & piano, Op. 35/6
   Composed by Robert Schumann
   Performed by Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
   with Wilhelm Strienz
   Conducted by Hans Steinkopf
   
   

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Average customer rating: A must have CD Arthur at his best. Fiedler's Finest what a collaboration of musical excellence, oh what style!

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Tracks:

1. 'Gayane' Ballet Suite: Sabre Dance
2. Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
3. The Flight Of The Bumblebee
4. Light Cavalry Overture
5. The Merry Wives Of Windsor: Overture
6. Jalousie
7. 'Mlada': Procession Of The Nobles
8. Serenade For Strings: Waltz
9. William Tell Overture
10. 'L'Arlesienne'-Suite No. 2: Farandole
11. The Syncopated Clock
12. 'Prince Igor': Polovetsian Dances
13. 'The Damnation Of Faust': Rakoczy March
14. The Stars And Stripes Forever

Customer Reviews:

A must have CD.......2007-01-14

For anyone who likes Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops, this CD is a must have.

Arthur at his best........2002-03-20

Arthur Fiedler made listening to classical music fun. Try a listen to 'Pomp and Circumstance', one of my favourite pieces of classical music. 'William Tell Overture' shines as does most of the material on this album. Well recorded for it's day. Fiedler is missed.

Fiedler's Finest.......2002-02-16

I had the opportunity of playing in an orchestra under Maestro Fiedler. He was a tough, no nonsense conductor who expected crisp, lyrical, and expressive. His musical interpretations of everything from Sabre Dance to Syncopated Clock; from Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 to his love for the Beatles, sets him as the ruler supreme in pop music. I only hope RCA will continue to reissue his LPs so a new generation knows the man and his music. Bravo!

what a collaboration of musical excellence, oh what style!.......1999-06-08

I bought this CD a little over a year ago and it is still among my favorites. "Polvetsian Dances" is excellent no matter what your interests. The full version of "Pomp and Circumstance" as well as "The William Tell Overature" are wonderful; The "Procession of the Nobles" is victorious and galliant; the lyrical complexity of "Farandole" is haunting. This is a brilliant compilation of musical excellence.

Average customer rating: Another stellar performance by Kleiber and the VPO The Finest Gypsy Baron Overture The Finest J. Strauss Recording - Ever?

1992 New Year's Concert Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Johann Strauss Sr. | Strauss Sr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Josef Strauss | Strauss, Josef | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Carlos Kleiber Conducts Strauss New Year's Concert 2003 New Year's Concert 2005 New Year's Concert (2002) Beethoven: Symphonien Nos. 5 & 7 / Kleiber, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ASIN: B0000027ZT Release Date: 1992-04-21

Tracks:

1. Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
2. Stadt und Land
3. Dorfschwalben aus Osterreich
4. Vergnugungszug
5. Der Zigeunerbaron
6. Tausend und eine Nacht
7. Neue Pizzicato-Polka
8. Persischer Marsch
9. Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
10. Spharenklange
11. Unter Donner und Blitz
12. An der schonen, blauen Donau
13. Radetzky-Marsch

Customer Reviews:

Another stellar performance by Kleiber and the VPO.......2002-06-03

Carlos Kleiber once said that he wanted to be "the next great Strauss conductor after Herbert von Karajan." He's achieved it. This is another amazing performance. The energy is his interpretations is palpable. I'm a huge Strauss fan, and a huge von Karajan fan, but this just might be one of those rare cases of the pupil outdoing the master.

The Finest Gypsy Baron Overture.......2000-05-23

I've heard that when Carlos Kleiber rehearses an orchestra, they get rehearsed thoroughly. Such is the case concerning this timeless recording of Strauss music. The Gypsy Baron Overture is given the best performance I have ever heard, live or on recordings. The opening string passage couldn't have been played any better, even by gypsys themselves. The finesse and clarity that the Vienna musicians play with is remarkable. And if one can unglue themselves enough from listening to the Gypsy Baron more than once, the Thunder and Lightening Polka can easily takes its place. Who else has attempted this polka at such a break-neck speed but has also kept the spirit of the music just as intense? Carlos Kleiber wins here!

The Finest J. Strauss Recording - Ever?.......1999-12-19

As I write (1999), this 1992 performance has become the stuff of legend, and with good reason. Carlos Kleiber, perhaps the premier conductor of his generation, achieved a stupendous feat in grafting his extraordinary musical intelligence to pure, unabashed glee to create what may be the finest single Strauss performance ever. There isn't a single note which doesn't communicate verve, wit, and joy, nor is there a better argument for the case that Johann Strauss, while not a profound composer, was, in his idiom, a GREAT one. (It's interesting to note that the strength of his abilities was perhaps the only thing upon which Wagner and Brahms agreed.)

The Vienna Philharmonic has never sounded better, and the occasion - the 1992 New Year's concert - brings the ultimate Strauss audience to the proceedings as a participant. In short, this is a stupendous recording, and it should serve as a cornerstone of any music lover's collection.

Average customer rating: Great musicianship from Beecham, but quite variable sound Excellent remasterings make this a cause of joy for Beecham fans!!

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Tracks:

1. Sym No.4 in A, Op.90 'Italian': I. Allegro Vivace - Sir Thomas Beecham/New York Phil
2. Sym No.4 in A, Op.90 'Italian': II. Andante Con Moto - Sir Thomas Beecham/New York Phil
3. Sym No.4 in A, Op.90 'Italian': III. Con Moto Moderato - Sir Thomas Beecham/New York Phil
4. Sym No.4 in A, Op.90 'Italian': IV. Saltarello - Sir Thomas Beecham/New York Phil
5. Capriccio Italien, Op.45 - Sir Thomas Beecham/New York Phil
6. Sym No.7 in C, Op.105: Adagio/Vivacissimo/Adagio/Allegro Molto Moderato/Vivace/Presto/Adagio - Sir Thomas Beecham/New York Phil
7. Pelleas Et Melisande, Op.46: Melisande (Act 1, Scene 2) - Sir Thomas Beecham/New York Phil
8. Merry Wives Of Windsor: Ov - Sir Thomas Beecham/Columbia SO

Tracks:

1. La Gioconda: Dance Of The Hours - Sir Thomas Beecham/Columbia SO
2. Carmen Ste: Prld (To Act I): Andante Moderato - Sir Thomas Beecham/Columbia SO
3. Carmen Ste: Entr'acte (Between Acts III & IV) 'Argonaise'. Allegro Vivo - Sir Thomas Beecham/Columbia SO
4. Carmen Ste: Entr'acte (Between Acts I & II) 'Les Dragons D'Alcala'. Allegro Moderato - Sir Thomas Beecham/Columbia SO
5. Carmen Ste: Prld (To Act I) 'Les Toreadors'. Allegro Giocoso - Sir Thomas Beecham/Columbia SO
6. Carmen Ste: Entr'acte (Between Acts II & III) 'Intermezzo'. Andantino Quasi Allegretto - Sir Thomas Beecham/Columbia SO
7. Carmen Ste: La Garde Montante. Allegro (Act I) - Sir Thomas Beecham/Columbia SO
8. Carmen Ste: Danse Boheme. Andante Quasi Allegretto (Act II) - Sir Thomas Beecham/Columbia SO
9. Capriccio Italien, Op.45 - Sir Thomas Beecham/Columbia SO
10. Le Coq D'Or Ste: I. Allegro - Sir Thomas Beecham/New York Phil
11. Le Coq D'Or Ste: III. Allegretto - Sir Thomas Beecham/New York Phil
12. Le Coq D'Or Ste: IV. Allegro Alla Marcia - Sir Thomas Beecham/New York Phil
13. Semiramide: Ov - Sir Thomas Beecham/Philadelphia Orch

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Sir Thomas Beecham spent much of the war in the U.S., and returned often. Sony's gathered some of his American recordings into this well-transferred Masterworks Heritage set. The two big works with the 1942 New Yorkers, the Mendelssohn Fourth and Sibelius Seventh, are OK, the Mendelssohn sprightly and bustling with wit, the Sibelius more matter-of-fact. But neither represents Beecham at his best; in fact, he sued Columbia to block their release and lost. They're still of interest and worth reissuing, but the real gems are the later recordings of lighter pieces with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the "Columbia Symphony," which Beecham, as always, made his own. The Carmen Suites have an irresistible swagger, Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italien, enormous atmosphere, and the overtures, bounce and dash. Dan Davis

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The critic who said that Beecham was at his best with second-rate music may have been right. But how delicious that best could be! Here are performances of Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italien and Bizet's Carmen Suites that accomplish the amazing feat of making the music sound fresh, new, and exciting. You'll never hear a more delicious version of Ponchielli's Dance of the Hours than this, and Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4 (the only recording with less than first-rate mono sound) is also as bouncy as can be. The only dark music in the set is Sibelius's Symphony No. 7. Little profundity here, but a good time for all. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

Great musicianship from Beecham, but quite variable sound.......2006-03-15

This 2-CD set comes from Sony's lavish but short-lived "Masterworks Heritage" series, and I notice that it's being offered used here at an absurdly low price. The earliest recordings, from 1942 (Mendelssohn Sym. #4, Sibelius Sym. #7, and Capricico italien), come from the same recording sessions. Though perfectly cleaned up by the remastering engineers, their basic sound is gritty and dry. You have to turn them up to extract detail and color, but luckily they can withstand loud volume levels and then acquire considerably more presence. The performances themselves are excellent, putting the lie to Beecham's sad time sitting the war out in the U.S. (for which he was bitterly criticized in England). The reviewer who comments that the Sibelius is inferior to the Mendelssohn seems off base to me; these are both great performances.

At the end of CD 1 we get a marvelous Merry Wives of Windsor Over. from 1949, in noticeably better sound, though far from the best to be heard from that era.

CD 2 conintues the 1949 sessions with the kind of light classical material that Beecham was famous for. We get infectious performances of Ponchielli, Bizet, and a second go at Capricico italien. Since both CDs are genersouly timed at 75 min. and 70 min., this last doesn't seem too wasteful. Then we jump back to 1942 for the Le Coq d'Or Suite, which is spoiled for me by the nasty sonics, despite Beecham's obvious relish for this colorful score. The final Rossini Semiradmide Over. dates from 1952 with the Philadelphia Orch., and the sound is about the same as from 1949. I found hte performance rather ordinary, however.

Since I am not a fan of light classics, much of this collection wouldn't top my list of Beecham greats, and the most appealing items, the two symphonies, are in the worst sonics. Even so, this is a valuable collection, particularly if you can get it used at a low price. BTW more of Beecham's American Columbia recordings have been newly reissued by Sony, although they are more readily available in the UK than here.

Excellent remasterings make this a cause of joy for Beecham fans!!.......2005-12-23

I bought this 2 disc set in 1997 largely for reasons of nostalgia. I recall fondly a CBS "Odyssey" mono LP which I bought in August 1973 from a Doubleday Record store in downtown Detroit, Michigan and had in my collection for over 10 years. The LP performances are in this CD set: Bizet's CARMEN Suite,
Ponchielli's DANCE OF THE HOURS (La Giaconda), and Tchaikovsky's CAPRICCIO ITALIEN, all by Beecham/Columbia Symphony. Needless to say, the CD remasterings and absence of hiss, pops and ticks make the performances spring to new life, and are much superior to the Odyssey LP.

Beecham's Mendelssohn ITALIAN Symphony and Rimsky COQ D'OR movements with the New York Philharmonic are no less excellent. Even the 1942 Mendelssohn is very fine, and quite evenly balanced in all registers/ranges.

All tracks in this collection are Mono, and the Columbia Symphony tracks date from 1949. The New York tracks are from 1942-43, and also include a Sibelius Symphony 7 which Beecham attempted (in court) to keep from being published, but lost the suit.

Note: Beecham's 1949 OVERTURE TO THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (Columbia Symphony)also in this collection - has one of the best played Allegro sections I've ever heard: spirit and brio which has to be heard to be believed; describing it in words doesn't do it justice.

Average customer rating: Another Testament to Great Reissues

Overtures Manufacturer: Testament ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Smetana | Smetana, Bedrich | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weber | Weber, Carl Maria von | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Czech | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006I4A0 Release Date: 2003-01-14

Customer Reviews:

Another Testament to Great Reissues.......2003-10-07

Testament is rapidly becoming one of my favorite classical labels, despite the fact that its CDs sell at full-price. This company prides itself on licensing classic recordings from the vaults of labels like EMI and Decca, performances that the big boys won't reissue not because of their musical quality, but because of their lack of profitability. They have also made it their mission to rescue the reputations of once great conductors no longer in the spotlight, including D.E. Inghelbrecht, Gunter Wand (see my reviews) and now Rudolf Kempe. Kempe would never have been totally forgotten as his Strauss recordings are a cornerstone of EMI's current series of CD box sets and budget-line titles. But he was more than a Strauss specialist as he was a first-rate conductor of everything from Beethoven to Wagner, and unfortunately too many of his outstanding recordings are no longer available. You only have to listen to this disc of Overtures to see the diversity of styles Kempe had mastered. He is equally comfortable with the romantic colorings of Mendelssohn and Schubert as he is the formal elegance of Suppe and J. Strauss. All of these recordings less two were recorded in 1958 and captured in brilliant golden-age stereo (the Strauss Polka is from 1960, and Rosamunde from 1961 -- annoyingly the very same performance included on an earlier Kempe Testament, "Vienna Philharmonic on Holiday" SBT 1127). In all, this title is yet another "Testament" to a great reissue program.

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Great Classical Overtures Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Operas | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Operas | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000000L85 Release Date: 1995-07-20

Tracks:

1. William Tell - The New PO Orch-London/Alfred Scholz
2. The Merry Wives Of Windsor - The New PO Orch-London/Alfred Scholz
3. Tannhauser - The New PO Orch-London/Alfred Scholz
4. The Magic Flute - LPO/Alfred Scholz
5. The Barber Of Seville - LPO/Alfred Scholz

Tracks:

1. Light Cavalry
2. Beautiful Galathee
3. (Die) Banditenstreiche
4. Poet And Peasant
5. La Gazza Ladra
6. L'Italiana In Algeri

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The Essential Coloratura Album.......2007-02-16

The artistry of Rita Streich presented in this multi-disc set represents an art that in all likelihood would not return: the Viennese school of coloratura and lyrical singing.
Together with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Rita Streich studied voice with Maria Ivogun, a great coloratura soprano of the German-Austro school. Together with her colleague, Streich excelled in the Viennese-style coloratura singing. This album presents her wide range of repertoire from Austro-German to French to Italian opera; from classical opera to romantic Strauss operetta; from lieder to folk songs.
What this album does NOT include is Streich's Russian repertoire, some thing that, owing to her maternal descent, she was most adept at.
Unlike Schwarzkopf, Streich owned a voice that is out-right lyrical. It is even lighter, even more agile, even more silvery, though not as forceful as Schwarzkopf's on demand. Listen to her delightful "Bastien und Bastienne", her Mozart concert arias and enjoy her highly articulated, musically refined delivery. It is the exemplary Viennese singing. Her soubrettes as well as lyrical heroines are nothing short of being superb.
Not being as internationalised a singer as Schwarzkopf, Streich nonetheless was a representative figure of Viennese coloratura singing. Some times I would even feel that her coloratura is even more superior to that of the great dramatic coloratura of the 20th century, Joan Sutherland, again a very much more internationalised singer than Streich.
If you are undergoing voice training, this box set is essential.

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1. Nabucco: Va, pensiero - (Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves)
2. Il Trovatore: Vedi! Le fosche - (Anvil Chorus)
3. Norma: Squilla il bronzo del dio!...Guerra, guerra!
4. Fidelio: O welche Lust (Prisoners' Chorus)
5. Lohengrin: Prelude (Act III)...Treulich gefuhrt ziehet dahin (Bridal Chorus)
6. Faust: Marthe!...Deposons les armes (Soldiers' Chorus)
7. Madama Butterfly: Humming Chorus
8. Pagliacci: I zampognari!...Don, din, don (Bell Chorus)
9. Tannhauser: Begluckt darf nun dich (Pilgrims' Chorus)
10. Carmen: Les voici, les voici (Toreador Chorus)
11. Der Freischutz: Was gleicht wohl auf Erden dem Jagervergnugen
12. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor: O susser Mond
13. Les Troyens: Dieux protecteurs de la ville eternelle
14. Boris Godunov: Coronation Scene

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Tracks:

1. A Midsummer Night's Dream: Ov - South German Phil/Alexander Von Pitamic
2. A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo - South German Phil/Alexander Von Pitamic
3. A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March - South German Phil/Alexander Von Pitamic
4. Coriolanus: Coriolan Ov - London Phil/Alfred Scholz
5. Merry Wives Of Windsor: Merry Wives Of Windsor Ov - New Philharmonia Orch London/Alfred Scholz
6. Romeo And Juliet/West Side Story: America - London Festival Orch/Alfred Scholz
7. Romeo And Juliet/West Side Story: Tonight - London Festival Orch/Alfred Scholz
8. Romeo And Juliet/West Side Story: Romeo & Juliet Fant Ov - Philharmonia Orch London/Laurenc Siegel

Meditation Music:

1. Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy: My Favorite Moments from Tosca
2. Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy: My Favorite Songs
3. Peter Heise: Drot og Marsk
4. Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges
5. Puccini: Gianni Schicchi / Fischer-Dieskau · Mödl · Ahnsjö · Thaw · Fahberg · Auer · Engen · Grumbach · Wewezow · Schary · Sawallisch
6. Puccini: Manon Lescaut
7. Puccini: Manon Lescaut
8. Purcell - Dido and Aeneas / Hunt-Lieberson · Saffer · P. Elliott · M. Dean · Brandes · PBO · McGegan
9. Richard Strauss: Arabella
10. Richard Wagner: Die Walküre (Act 2)

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