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Lisa Della Casa, Hilde Rössel-Majdan,Waldemar Kmentt & Otto Edelmann, Wiener Singverein & Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan Live Recording 1955 “Karajan live, his Vienna forces on top form, goes for lean, lithe Beethoven.” Gramophone Magazine, October 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Cesare Siepi, Deszö Ernster, Elisabeth Grümmer, Anton Dermota, Lisa Della Casa, Otto Edelmann, Erna Berger, Walter Berry Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic, Wilhelm Furtwängler | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Lisa della Casa, Hilde Gueden & George London Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Lisa Della Casa (Countess), Robert Kerns (Count), Waldemar Kmentt (Flamand), Walter Berry (Olivier), Otto Wiener (La Roche), Christa Ludwig (Clairon), Peter Klein (Monsieur Taupe), Lucia Popp (Italian singer), Fritz Wunderlich (Italian tenor) & Alois Pernerstorfer Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Georges Prêtre With its new production on 7th June 2008, the
Vienna State Opera revived a long-standing tradition
of having the finest representatives of the profession
singing Capriccio.
The work was first staged in Salzburg in 1950 in a
production subsequently seen in Vienna. Both there
and in Salzburg, the Countess was for many years
sung by Lisa Della Casa in one of the Strauss roles
with which she was most closely associated.
The present live recording is the first official record
of this ideal interpretation, with Georges Prêtre in
the pit, vividly demonstrating his Strauss credentials.
It virtually goes without saying that the singers who
were engaged to appear with Lisa Della Casa were in
every way her equals.The difficulty in choosing
between poetry and music becomes all the more
understandable when the representatives of these
two art forms are artists of the stature of Waldemar
Kmentt and Walter Berry. Both men were among the
company's leading singing actors, bringing to their
parts both striking vocalism and an impassioned
wooing of the woman on whom they have set their
hearts. No less impressive is the American baritone
Robert Kerns, whom Herbert von Karajan had
invited to join the Vienna State Opera ensemble two
years previously and who remained with the
company until his premature death at the age of 55
in 1989.As the Count he displays natural charm in
his attempts to win the hand of Christa Ludwig's
imposing Clairon. Otto Wiener was more of a heroic
baritone than either Berry or Kerns, allowing him to
bring all the necessary authority to the role of the
theatre manager La Roche and to his great address.
Last, but not least, are the two 'Italian' singers, whom
it would be difficult to imagine better cast today: the
young Lucia Popp and Fritz Wunderlich turn Strauss’
witty parody of Italian bel canto singing into a serious
highlight. “The sound on the Capriccio release is…lacking in air, although not enough to disturb the memory of Lisa della Casa's assumption of the Countess. To the adjectives attached to her Strauss singing ("creamy", "sumptuous") add the comment that she creates a really broad and passionate character.” Gramophone Magazine, 2008 Awards Issue | 
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Lisa della Casa & Karl Ridderbusch | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 6 working days. |
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Graf Waldner Otto Edelmann, Adelaide Ira Malaniuk, Arabella Lisa della Casa, Zdenka Hilde Gueden, Mandryka George London & Matteo Anton Dermota Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti Recorded: May/June 1957 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Waldemar Kmentt, Walter Krenn, Lisa della Casa & Sena Jurinac Orchestra and Choir of the Vienna State Orchestra, Jaroslav Krombholc. Recorded in Vienna in 1971 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Erna Schlüter (Leonore); Julius Patzak (Florestan); Herbert Alsen (Rocco); Ferdinand Frantz (Don Pizarro); Otto Edelmann (Don Fernando); Lisa della Casa, (Marzelline) & Rudolf Schock (Jaquino) VPO, Wilhelm Furtwängler | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Lisa Della Casa, Max Proebstl, Ira Malaniuk, Elfride Trötschel, Hermann Uhde, Lorenz Fehenberger, Franz Klarwein, Karl Hoppe, Albrecht Peter & Käthe Nentwig Chor und Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Rudolf Kempe (2 CDs for the price of 1) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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