0028948072026

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier

Karl Bohm, Schech, Seefried, Streich, Fischer Dieskau & Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

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Format: 3CD

Cat No: ELQ4807202

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Format Details: 3CD /

Release Date:  05 January 2015

Label:  Australian Eloquence

Packaging Type:  Fat Double (a 2.5cm thick jewel case, fits several CDs)

No of Units:  3

Barcode:  0028948072026

Genres:  Classical  Opera  

  • Description

    Karl Böhm's only studio version of the work was recorded in 1958. When Deutsche Grammophon originally planned to record the work, there were already two rival versions on the market: the Decca recording under Erich Kleiber and EMI's version under Herbert von Karajan. Karajan's recording was made in December 1956 and should have included Irmgard Seefried as Octavian and Rita Streich as Sophie, but in both cases cast changes became necessary: Seefried was replaced by the young Christa Ludwig, and pregnancy forced Rita Streich to withdraw. As a result, Deutsche Grammophon was able to use both these singers for its own recording exactly two years later. It boasts a wonderful cast, with the full-throated Marianne Schech as the Marschallin, Irmgard Seefried bringing a range of colour to the 'trouser' role of Octavian, Rita Streich light and exquisite as Sophie, and a rounded, lyrical portrait of Faninal from Fischer-Dieskau. The recording also reunited Böhm with his 'old' orchestra, the Dresden Staatskapelle, an orchestra often referred to as the 'Zauberharfe' or 'Magic Harp' for the fluent and airborne quality of its sound.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. RICHARD STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier