R Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier
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Label: Brilliant Classics - Opera Collection
Cat No: 9085
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 3
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 23rd March 2009
Contents
Artists
Elisabeth SchwarzkopfOtto Edelmann
Christa Ludwig
Eberhard Wachter
Teresa Stich-Randall
Nicolai Gedda
Ljuba Welitsch
Philharmonia Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor
Herbert von KarajanWorks
Der Rosenkavalier, op.59Artists
Elisabeth SchwarzkopfOtto Edelmann
Christa Ludwig
Eberhard Wachter
Teresa Stich-Randall
Nicolai Gedda
Ljuba Welitsch
Philharmonia Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor
Herbert von KarajanAbout
One of a series called the 'Opera Collection' – an extensive new collection of operas, ranging from baroque to the twentieth century, many of which are award winners.
From day one of release this has consistently been the recommended recording of Der Rosenkavalier. When, nearly 30 years since its release, a review of a reissue of Karajan’s recording of Der Rosenkavalier opens with the words ‘It really does triumph over them all – even the outstanding 1969 Solti/Decca…’ (Gramophone, 1988) you know that you are about to listen to something extraordinary.
Central to this recording’s enduring success is Elisabeth Schwarzkopf as the Marschallin. Stefan Zweig wrote of the Marschallin that she is the incarnation of ‘the holiest exuberance of life’ and Schwarzkopf captures the vitality, charisma, sensuality and sexuality of the Marschallin to perfection. She is supported by a first-class cast including a young Christa Ludwig as the dashing Octavian.
Karajan conducts the score with a sensitivity many claim he never matched again – bringing out the bubbling hedonism and sexual tensions of Strauss’s wonderfully ‘Mozartian’ opera. The Philharmonia rises to the challenge and the result is a recording that is unrivalled in the catalogue to this day.
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