Naxos - 50% off Hi-Res
Until 11th September 2024, we are offering 50% off Naxos Hi-Res downloads - a great opportunity to build your digital library in the highest possible sound quality.
Naxos - 50% off Hi-Res, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
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Special offer. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sings Cornelius & Weber
Oskar Czerwenka, Gerhard Unger, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda & Hermann Prey, Erich Witte & Michael Bohnen
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf, Leopold Ludwig
2 CDs
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Special offer. Schwarzkopf sings Schubert Lieder
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) & Edwin Fischer (piano), Gerald Moore (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
These studio sessions don’t really compare well with recordings of Schwarzkopf's live recitals - the voice can, at times, sound tired and over-studied - but there's a magnificent 'Abscheulicher!'... — More…
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Special offer. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
RecommendedKirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eilidh McNab, Arda Mandikian, Sheila Rex, Anna Pollak, Thomas Hemsley & David Lloyd
The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra, Geraint Jones
[On the original release in January 1953] At last we have a really satisfactory recording of Dido. — More…
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Building a Library, November 2019, Also Recommended
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Strauss, R: Capriccio
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Countess Madeleine), Eberhard Wächter (Count), Nicolai Gedda (Flamand), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Olivier), Hans Hotter (La Roche), Christa Ludwig (Clairon), Anna Moffo (Italian Singer)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch
In the role of the Countess in Strauss's last opera, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf has no equals on CD...a peerless performance from her, full of magical detail both in the pointing of words and in... — More…
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Special offer. Strauss, J, II: Eine Nacht in Venedig
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nicolai Gedda, Erich Kunz, Karl Dönch, Peter Klein, Emmy Loose & Hanna Ludwig
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Otto Ackermann
[On the original 1955 release] A Night in Venice (1883), with the canals running with schmaltz and many a German joke about macaroni and La donna being mobile,may put off the ultra austere,... — More…
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Special offer. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Elisabeth Höngen (mezzo-soprano), Hans Hopf (tenor) & Otto Edelmann (bass)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler
Wilhelm Furtwängler's 1951 recording from the reopening of the Bayreuth Festival takes several minutes to reach full dramatic impetus, but after that it never flags for a moment. — More…
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Special offer. Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Helmut Krebs, Rita Streich, Karl Dönch, Erich Kunz, Rudolf Christ, Erich Majkut, Franz Böheim & Luise Martini
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Herbert von Karajan
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Special offer. Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nan Merriman, Lisa Otto, Léopold Simoneau, Rolando Panerai & Sesto Bruscantini
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
Schwarzkopf is in splendid voice as the sentimental Fiordiligi, Merriman equally good as the practical Dorabella, and Otto is a good Despina and very amusing in her assumed voices — More…
3 CDs
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Special offer. Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Otto Edelmann, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Hans Hopf, Erich Kunz
Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
4 CDs
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Special offer. Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Erich Kunz, Nicolai Gedda, Emmy Loose
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Otto Ackermann
The lovely unimpeachable tone, with its admixture of gravity, and the way she floats it, makes Schwarzkopf’s [performance] very special…Other things also impress as much as they ever did; the... — More…
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