COMPOSERS: Strauss
LABELS: EMI Great Recordings of the Century
WORKS: Der Rosenkavalier
PERFORMER: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Otto Edelmann, Christa Ludwig, Eberhard Wächter, Teresa Stich-Randall; Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus/Herbert von Karajan
CATALOGUE NO: CMS 5 67605 2 ADD Reissue (1956)
Schwarzkopf’s rapturously tragic Marschallin may be the star of Karajan’s intensely emotional 1956 recording, but with Christa Ludwig’s fervent Octavian, Teresa Stich-Randall’s refulgent Sophie and singers of the calibre of Ljuba Welitsch as Marianne and Nicolai Gedda as the Italian tenor, this is luxurious in every sense. Claire Wrathall
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Schwarzkopf’s rapturously tragic Marschallin may be the star of Karajan’s intensely emotional 1956 recording, but with Christa Ludwig’s fervent Octavian, Teresa Stich-Randall’s refulgent Sophie and singers of the calibre of Ljuba Welitsch as Marianne and Nicolai Gedda as the Italian tenor, this is luxurious in every sense. Claire Wrathall
Our rating
5
Published: January 20, 2012 at 1:18 pm