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001) Martha, 1969
002) Hoffmann 1960
003) Rigoletto, 1967
004) Faust, Colon 1971
005) Evening bells, 1963
006) Prophete, live 1970
007) Grafin Mariza, 1973
008) Wiener Blut, 1970
009) Rahmaninov, 1970
010) Cellini, live 1966
011) Russian arias, 1969
012) Sonnambula, Met 1963
013) Elisir, 1966
014) I vespri, Met 1974
015) Prodana nevesta, Met1978
016) Recital Salzburg, 1961
017) Swedish duets 1983
018) Recital Leningrad, 1980
018) Recital Moscow 1, 1980
020) Les pecheurs, 1960
021) Faust, Paris 1975
022) Liederabend Hannover 1964
023)Entfuhrung, Aix-en-Provence
024) Fra Diavolo, 1984
025) La Boheme 1962
026) Graf von Luxemburg 1968
027) Boris Godunov 1976
028) Carmen 1959
029) Orphee... Aix 1955
030) Manon 1970
031) Huguenots, Vienna 1970
032) Guillaume Tell 1972
033) Early arias
034) Great moments
035) Donizetti, Bellini duets
036) First 10 years
037) I Capuleti e i Montecchi 19
038) Dame blanche, Hilversum 196
039) Gedda sings Lehar
040) Zigeunerbaron 1969
041) Don Giovanni 1965
042) Lady Macbeth from..., 1978
043) Werther Carnegie Hall 1965
044) Barbier von Bagdad 1956
045) Carmen 1964
046) Favorite encores 1964
047) Palestrina 1973
048) Oedipus Rex, Rome 1952
049) Pikovaja dama, Met 1972
050) Capriccio 1957
051) Idomeneo 1971
052) Turco in Italia 1954
053) Don Giovanni, Met 1967
054) Der Zarewitsch 1968
055) Land das Lachelns 1952
056) Barbiere di Siviglia 1974
057) Messiah 1964
058) Tosca, Boston 1971
059) Pelleas et. Mel. Met 1962
060) Cosi fan tutte 1974
061) Verdi Requiem 1963
062) Lakme Carnegie Hall 1981
063) I puritani 1971
064) Puritani Philadelphia 1963
065) Puritani Florence 1970
066) Vanessa 1958
067) Die Fledermaus 1955
068) Carmen 1964
069) Don Giovanni, Aix 1956
070) Faure 1982
071) Life for the Tsar 1957
072) Zauberflote 1964
073) Lucia, Met 1977
074) Iphigenie en Tauride 1961
075) Alceste 1982
076) Paganini 1977
077) Csardasfurstin 1973
078) Szenen aus Faust 1981
079) Boris Godunov 1953
080) Cendrillon 1978
081) North.&Russ. songs 1971
082) Platee Aix-en-P. 1956
083) Bettelstudent 1973
084) Giuditta 1984
085) Bach Mass 1967
086) Betrogene Kadi 1975
087) First recital 1953
088) Zar & Zimmermann 1966
089) La damnation, Rome 1969
090) Rosenkavalier 1956
091) Wunder der Heliane 1992
092) La traviata 1971
093) Padmavati 1983
094) Ballo, Vienna 1975
095) Thais 1976
096) Oedipe 1989
097) Devin du village 1956
098) Lohengrin Stockholm 1966
099) Gustav Wasa 1992
100) Satie 1969
101) Kalanus 1986
102) Undine 1966
103) Traviata Covent Garden 1972
104) Traviata, Vienna 1971
105) Christus am Olberge 1970
106) Tell, Florence 1972
107) Carmen, La Scala 1974
108) Orfeo ed E., Edinburgh 1067
109) Sonnambula, Met 1972
110) Gedda&Slovenski oktet
111) Onegin, Met 1977
112) Entfuhrung 1966
113) Euryanthe 1974
114) Gerontius 1975
115) Lustige Witwe 1967
116) Lustige Witwe 1962
117) Lustige Witwe 1952
118) Louise 1977
119) Iolanta, Paris 1984
120) Faust 1958
121) Recital Zurich 1998
122) Nacht in Venedig 1854
123) Candide 1989
124) Opernprobe 1975
125) Elisir, Met 1965
126) La damnation 1973
127) Werther 1968
128) Mireille, Aix 1954
129) Verdi Requiem Vienna 1954
130) Verdi Requiem, NY 1972
131) Benvenuto Cellini 1972
132) Recital Vienna 1984
133) Last savage Met 1964
134) Cantata BWV Rome 1969
135) Recital Leningrad 1980
136) Zauberflote video 1970
137) Elijah 1968
138) Recital 1970
139) Zauberflote, Rome 1953
140) Ballo video Stockholm 1985
141) Les introuvables
142) War and Peace 1986
143) Don Giovanni, Met 1971
144) Lady Macbeth video 1992
145) La damnation 1969
146) Rigoletto, Stockholm 1959
147) Onegin, Met 1979
148) Onegin, Florence 1980
149) Moscow 1980 video
150) Budapest 1984 video
151) Faust 1953
152) Monte Carlo 1984 video
153) Les Troyens, Rome 1971
154) Recital with Moore video
155) Ballo, Covent Garden 1977
156) Manon San Francisco 1971
157) Oeduipus Rex Stockholm 1991
158) Elisir, Vienna 1973
159) Manon, Met 1959
160) Recital Amsterdam 1982
161) Beethoven's songs 1969
161a) Beethoven's songs
162) Arias and songs
163) Ciboulette 1982
164) Zigeunerbaron, Met 1959
165) Interview Da capo 1989
166) Matthaus Passion 1961
167) Pecheurs Carnegie Hall 1974
168) Documentary video 1968
169) Persephone 1955
170) Lelio 1974
171) Lehar and Kalman
172) Oberon Carnegie Hall 1978
173) Met 25. anniversary 1982
174) Pushkin's poems 1987
175) Wiener Blut 1954
176) La Boheme Munich 1975
177) Alceste, Met 1961
178) Faust, Met 1969
179) Zauberflote, Met 1970
180) Rosenkavalier Met 1969
181) Cellini Carnegie Hall 1983
182) Orfeo ed. E., Aix 1955
183) Manon, Met 1963
184) Boris Godunov Met 1963
185) Lucia, Met1969
186) Hoffmann, Met 1959
187) Traviata, Met 1964
188) Man who disappeared 1984
189) Forza del destino 1964
190) Postillon 1965
191) Don Carlos 1973
192) Freischutz 1969
193) Matthaus Passion 1969
194) Dalibor Carnegie Hall 1977
195) Gedda Icon-85th bithday
196) Rinaldo, Milan 1983
197) P. m. solenelle 1984
198) Schule Salzburg 1957
199) Lakme 1961
200) Evocations 1986
201) Missa solemnis 1958
202) Recital Vienna 2001
203) Concert Munich 1969
204) Fra Diavolo, SF 1968
205) La clemenza di Tito 1955
206) La damnation 1959
207) Alceste 1962
208) Champagner operette
209) Budapest concert 1984
210) Liszt's songs 1986
211) Faust, Met 1966
212) Paradies und Peri 1973
213) Tosca 1988
214) Cosi fan tutte Aix 1955
215) Recital 1999
216) Idomeneo, Rome 1971
217) Romeo et Juliette 1964
218) La damnation Montreux 1959
219) Abu Hassan 1973
220) Romeo&Juliette Met 1968
221) Carmen, Vienna 1954
222) Tosca, Stockholm 1975
223) Ein Walzertraum 1970
224) Puritani Naples 1971
225) Faust Met 1958
226) Puritani Carnegie Hall 63
227) Mozart Requiem 1971
228) Faust Met 72
229) Berlioz Grande messe
230) Recit. Salzburg 1959
231) Recit. Memphis 1972
231) The very best
232) The very best
233) Rigoletto Met 1967
234) Onegin Boston 1976
235) Three Requiems
236) Die Schone Helena
237) Onegin English 1992
238) Russian lith. chant
239) Orthodox chants
240) Russian songs 1980
241) Candide video 1989
242) Gala concert Munich
243) Butterfly 1955
244) Zigeunerbaron 1954
245) Onegin 1988
246) Swedish songs 1980
247) Fledermaus 1972
248) Beethoven's 9. Symph
249) B. Godunov 87 audio
250) B. Godunov 87 video
251) Hoffmann Met 1970
252) Recital London 1973
253) Bach Magnificat
254) Land des Lächeln 67
255) Schauspieldirector
256) Mesplé& Gedda duos
257) Hugo Wolf
258) Robert Stolz
259) Zwillingsbrüder 1975
260) French connection
261) Beethoven 9th, 1973
262) Kienzl Evangelimann
263) Berlioz Romeo et J.
264) Strauss Venedig 1967
265) Cellini live 1964
266) Salzburg 1971
267) Onegin Met 1978 live
268) Operetta duets 1972
269) Hoffmann live 1971
270) Russian romances '60
271) Mozart Krönungsmesse
272) Bach B minor Mass
273) Entführung Met 1979
274) Beethoven Missa 1959
275) Mozart Requiem live
276) Poulenc Melodies
277) Pelléas et Mélis. 71
278) Don Giovanni live 62
279) Schubert rec. Rome74
280) Russian hymns&chants
281) Arias&songs
284) Manon, Colon 1970
285) Viennese delights
286) Orphée Gluck live 75
287) L'enfance du Christ
288) Zauberflöte Met 1958
289) Iphigenie Taur. 1956
290) Cosi fan tutte 1959
291) Zauberflote Scala55
292) Butterfly German
293) Bruckner 9th symph.
293) G. Tell highlights
294) Sjögren songs
295) Verdi Requiem 1979
296) Entführung 1968
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Tuesday, 14 July 2009
109) Vincenzo Bellini La Sonnambula - live performance from MET, 1972
Mood:  accident prone
Topic: 109) Sonnambula, Met 1972

 

Live performance from MET, October 17, 1972

 

Amina - Renata Scotto

Elvino - Nicolai Gedda

Il Conte Rodolfo - Bonaldo Giaiotti

Lisa - Colette Boky

Alessio - Giorgio Tozzi

 

Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario

 

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108) Franz Joseph Haydn Orfeo ed Euridice - live performance, Edinburgh 1967
Mood:  lyrical
Topic: 108) Orfeo ed E., Edinburgh 1067


 

 


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107) Georges Bizet Carmen - live performance from La Scala, 1974
Mood:  on fire
Topic: 107) Carmen, La Scala 1974

 

Live performance from La Scala, Milan, May 13, 1974

 

Carmen - Fiorenza Cossotto

Don José  - Nicolai Gedda

Micaela - Adriana Maliponte

Escamillo -  José Van Dam

Conductor -  Georges  Prêtre

 

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Monday, 13 July 2009
106) Gioachino Rossini Guglielmo Tell - live performancefrom Florence
Mood:  energetic
Topic: 106) Tell, Florence 1972

 

Live performance from Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.


Eva Marton - Matilde
Norman Mittelmann - Guglielmo Tell
Nicolai Gedda - Arnoldo
Agostino Ferrin - Gualtiero Furst
Mario Rinaudo - Melchthal
Maria Casula - Jemmy
Flora Rafanelli - Edwige
Vittorio Terranova - Un pescatore

Orchestra and chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
Riccardo Muti, conductor.

Florence, May 1972.

 


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105) Ludwig Van Beethoven Christus am Olberge
Mood:  crushed out
Topic: 105) Christus am Olberge 1970


 

 


Recorded in Bonn, March1970.

 

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104) Giuseppe Verdi La Traviata - live performance from Vienna
Mood:  d'oh
Topic: 104) Traviata, Vienna 1971


 

Violetta - Ileana Cotrubas

Alfredo - Nicolai Gedda

Germont - Cornell MacNeil

 

Conductor Josef Krips 

Live performance from Vienna, December 1971.

 

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Sunday, 12 July 2009
103) Giuseppe Verdi La Traviata - live performance from Covent Garden, 1972
Mood:  d'oh
Topic: 103) Traviata Covent Garden 1972

 

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor  Carlo Felice Cillario
28th June 1972

Violetta: Montserrat Caballe
Alfredo Germont: Nicolai Gedda
Giorgio Germont: Victor Braun
Flora: Heather Begg
Dr. Grenvil: Richard van Allen
Annina: Elizabeth Bainbridge
Duphol: George MacPherson
D'Obigny: Eric Garrett
Gastone: John Dobson
Giuseppe: Handel Owen
Messenger: Keith Raggett
Servant: William Clothier

 

 

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102) Albert Lortzing Undine
Mood:  lyrical
Topic: 102) Undine 1966


 

 

Recorded in Berlin, September 1966

 

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Friday, 10 July 2009
101) Niels Wilhelm Gade Kalanus, dramatic poem for solo, chorus and orchestra op. 48
Mood:  energetic
Topic: 101) Kalanus 1986


 

 

 

Recorded in Copenhage, May 1986 

 

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Thursday, 9 July 2009
100) Erik Satie Le piege de Meduse et plusieurs melodies
Topic: 100) Satie 1969

 

1 Le piege de Meduse, Comedie lyrique en un Acte
avec 7 petites danses pour 8 instruments
Baron Meduse Pierre Bertin
Polycarpe Hubert Deschamps
Astolpho Joseph Maria Falucci
Frisette Marie Laurence
Solistes de l'Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Aldo Ciccolini
==

2 Les Pantins Dansent
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Aldo Ciccolini
Tendrement
Nicolai Gedda, tenor

Ludions:
Air du rat – Spleen -
La grenouille ameri
caine -
Air du poete - Chanson du chat
Mady Mesple, s
oprano

Trois poems d'amour:
Ne su que grain d sable
Suis chauve de naissance
Ta parure est secrete
Gabriel Bacquier, ba
ss
Choses vues a droite et a gauche
Yan-Pascal Tortelier, violin
Quatre petites melodies:
Elegie – Danseuse – Chanson – Adieu
Nicolai Gedda
Prelude de la porte heroique du ciel
Aldo Ciccolini, piano

Recorded in Paris, October 1969


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99) Johann Gottlieb Naumann Gustaf Wasa
Mood:  rushed
Topic: 099) Gustav Wasa 1992


 

Performed by Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra
Conducted by Philip Brunelle

Recorded in Stockholm, January 1992

Gustaf Wasa - Anders Aandersson
Christjern II - Nicolai Gedda
Severin Norrby - Tord Wallstroem
Christina Gyllenstierna - Lena Nordin
Cecilia af Eka -  Dorrit Kleimert
Margareta Wasa -  Eva Pilat
Anna Bielke -  Inger Blom
Lars Parre -  Staffan Sandlund
Danish Herald -  Henrik Westberg
Sweden's Guardian Angel - Marie Dimpker

 

 

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Wednesday, 8 July 2009
98) Richard Wagner Lohengrin - live performance
Mood:  chillin'
Topic: 098) Lohengrin Stockholm 1966


 

Lohengrin - Nicolai Gedda
Elsa von Brabant - Aase Nordmo-Lövberg
Friedrich von Telramund - Rolf Jupither
Ortrud - Barbro Ericson
König Heinrich der Vogler - Bengt Rundgren
Der Heerrufer des Königs - Ingvar Wixell
Pagen - Busk Margit Jonsson, Dorrit Kleinert, Maj-Lie Tollbo, Unni Rugtvedt
Brabantische Edle - John-Erik Jacobsson, Gunnar Lundberg, Lars Carlsson, Bo Lundborg

Kungliga Teaterns Kör und Hovkapellet
Conductor: Silvio Varviso

Recorded live, Stockholm, January 29, 1966

 

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Monday, 6 July 2009
97) Jean Jacques Rousseau Le Devin du Village
Topic: 097) Devin du village 1956

 

Colette - Janine Micheau

Colin - Nicolai Gedda

Soothsayer - Michel Roux

 

Conductor  Louis de Froment

Recorded in Paris, April 1956

 

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96) George Enescu Oedipe
Mood:  accident prone
Topic: 096) Oedipe 1989


 

 

 

Recorded in Monte Carlo, June 1989

 

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Saturday, 4 July 2009
95) Jules Massenet Thais
Mood:  crushed out
Topic: 095) Thais 1976


 

 

 

Recorded in London, June 1976


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Friday, 3 July 2009
94) Giuseppe Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera - live performance from 1975
Mood:  accident prone
Topic: 094) Ballo, Vienna 1975

 

Riccardo - Nicolai Gedda

Amelia - Liljana Molnar-Talajiæ

Renato - Sherrill Milnes

Ulrica - Stefania Toczynska

Oscar - Sally Arneson

Silvano - Peter Weber

 

Vienna State Opera chorus and orchestra

Conductor Miguel Gomez Martinez

Recorded on 2 December 1975 in Vienna

 


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93) Albert Roussel Padmavati
Topic: 093) Padmavati 1983

 

Synopsis

 Chitoor, a city in 13th Century India, is ruled by the noble and just Prince Ratan-Sen, who is married to the beautiful Padmavati.
Disaster looms on the horizon of their peaceful life, however, because the Mogul ruler of Delhi, Alauddin, is approaching Chitoor with an army.
Act I
The opera opens with Alauddin and his envoys coming to Ratan-Sen's court to discuss peace or war. After dances of welcome by the Hindu palace  dancers, Alauddin asks to see Padmavati, of whose beauty he has heard. When Ratan-Sen bids his wife to lower her veil, Alauddin seems overcome  by her beauty and makes an excuse to leave.

Then Alauddin sends an ultimatum to Ratan-Sen: hand over the beautiful Padmavati, or the city of Chitoor will be sacked. Ratan-Sen refuses. The  people of Chitoor lynch Alauddin's cruel messenger, who dies prophesying death for Ratan-Sen and Padmavati and the destruction of Chitoor.

In the final scene of the act, with calls to arms echoing in the distance, Padmavati sings a lament that she should, innocently, be the cause of disaster and prays that she die rather than be separated from Ratan-Sen.

Act II
In the Temple of the god Shiva, Padmavati awaits the return of her husband, who is leading his troops in a desperate sortie against the Moguls. The priests of Shiva tell her that a supreme sacrifice at dawn is necessary to save Chitoor, and that there must be more than one victim.

Ratan-Sen returns, wounded. His army has been routed; a truce is in place until dawn, the deadline to hand over Padmavati. He pictures the horrors  that will befall the people of Chitoor. And then Padmavati stabs her beloved husband - the first sacrificial victim - knowing that tradition dictates she commit suttee, or suicide on her  husband's funeral pyre. The preparations for her sacrificial death are a solemn ritual that Padmavati handles with dignity and honor. As she is carried, with a final song of terror, to her immolation, Alauddin bursts through the Temple door - too late.

Padmâvâtî, epouse de Ratan-Sen -  Marilyn Horne, contralto
Ratan-Sen, roi de Tchitor  -  Nicolai Gedda, ténor
Alouddin, sultan des Mongols -  José Van Dam, bayton
Nakamti, jeune fille de Tchitor  -  Jane Berbié, mezzo-soprano
Le Brahmane, attaché à Alaouddin  -  Charles Burles, ténor
Gora, intendant du Palais  -  Marc Vento, baryton
Badal, envoyé de Ratan-Sen  -  Laurence Dale, ténor
Le veilleur  -  Thierry Dran, ténor
Un prêtre  -  Jean-Jacques Cubaynes, basse
Première femme du Palais  -  Martine Mahé, mezzo-soprano
Deuxième femme du Palais  -  Elena Perez, contralto
Un guerrier  -  Henri Amiel, baryton
Un marchand  -  Hugues Brambilla, ténor
Un artisan  -  Gérars Blatt, baryton
Femmes du peuple  -  Isabel Alvarez, soprano
                                -  Marian Etxeberria, soprano
                                - Hermina Laborde, soprano

Orfèon Donostiarra
Chef des choeurs: Antxon Ayestarán

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
MICHEL PLASSON

Recorded in the  Halle-aux-Grains de Toulouse from 17 till 19 November 1982 and from 1 till 3 Jule 1983


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Wednesday, 1 July 2009
92) Giuseppe Verdi La Traviata - recording from 1971
Mood:  sad
Topic: 092) La traviata 1971


Conductor

Ensembles

Recorded in London, July 1971

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91) Erich Wolfgang Korngold Das Wunder der Heliane
Mood:  lyrical
Topic: 091) Wunder der Heliane 1992


Synopsis

Das Wunder der Heliane is set an unnamed totalitarian state in an unknown era.

 Act One

The cruel ruler exercises his power the over the land. The Ruler suffers because he is unable to win the love of his wife Heliane. Since he is unhappy, he will not tolerate his subjects living in happiness. A young Stranger has recently arrived in the land and was bringing the people joy; as a result he was arrested and sentenced to death. He will be executed at sunrise. The ruler visits him in order to learn the reason for his actions. The Stranger pleads for mercy but the Ruler is intent on his death. However, he agrees to allow the Stranger to remain unchained this last night of his life. When her husband has left, Heliane comes to the cell to comfort the Stranger. As she speaks to the Stranger and realizes his goodness, her feelings of pity and sadness turn to love. The Stranger tells Heliane how beautiful she is and she reveals to him her long golden hair. She then exposes her bare feet and then, finally, stands completely naked before him. The stranger asks Heliane to give herself to him on his last night of life, but she refuses and goes to the chapel to pray for the Stranger. The ruler returns to the cell, proposing that if the Stranger can teach Heliane to love the Ruler then he will offer him his life and Heliane. Heliane returns, still naked. She is shocked to meet her husband in the cell. In anger, he orders the Stranger's death and Heliane's trial.

Act Two

The ruler and his messenger (also his former lover whom he has rejected) await the coming of the executioner and the members of the high court. Heliane will be tried when the six judges and the blind Chief Justice arrive. The Ruler accuses her of adultery with the Stranger. Heliane cannot deny that she stood naked before the Stranger , but she insists that she gave herself to him in thought only. The Ruler presses his dagger into her breast telling her she should kill herself. The Stranger is brought in to testify but he will not speak, wanting to be left alone for a few moments with Heliane. He kisses her and then takes the dagger and kills himself, making it impossible for the Ruler to prove that Heliane is lying. The Ruler dismisses the court and tells Heliane that she will be on trial before God: if she is innocent, as she claims, she must bring the Stranger back to life. In shock she agrees to undergo the trial.

Act Three

A crowd has assembled outside out side of the Ruler's palace. The Judges together with the Chief Justice arrive to witness Heliane's attempt to bring the Stranger back to life. The messenger stirs up the crowd against Heliane as the test begins. She cries, she will not lie, admitting that she did love the young Stranger. When the ruler sees her cry he wants to save her, but only on the condition that she will be his. Heliane resents her husband more than ever and she refuses this last offer for life. The crowd drags her away to the stake where she will die. Suddenly all are shocked as thunder crashes. Just as suddenly, stars begin to appear in the sky and everyone is amazed to see the young Stranger's corpse rise, transfigured from the funeral bier. By some miracle he is alive. Heliane breaks away from the shocked crowd and runs into the arms of this Stranger whom she loves. In a fit of rage the Ruler plunges his sword into her breast. The Stranger offers a blessing to the people and banishes the ruler whose power is broken. The Stranger takes Heliane in his arms. United in their love they rise to heaven.


Performers:  Nicolai Gedda (Tenor), Hartmut Welker (Tenor), Martin Petzold (Tenor),
Anna Tomowa-Sintow (Soprano), René Pape (Bass), Ralph Eschrig (Tenor),
Reinhart Gröschel (Tenor), Gotthold Schwarz (Baritone), John David De Haan (Tenor),
Julian Metzger (Baritone), Andreas Scholz (Bass), Josef Becker (Bass),
Regine Gebhardt (Soprano), Regina Schudel (Soprano), Reinhild Runkel (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  John Mauceri
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Berlin Radio Chorus
Date of Recording: 02/1992 
Venue:  Jesus Christus Kirche, Dahlem, Berlin 

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90) Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier - recording from 1957
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Topic: 090) Rosenkavalier 1956


 


Recorded in London, December 1956

 

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