Strauss, R: Arabella

This page lists all recordings of Arabella, by Richard Strauss (1864-1949) on CD & DVD. Generally, more recent CDs and DVDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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Strauss, R: Arabella

Strauss, R: Arabella


Renee Fleming & Morten Frank Larsen

Zurich Opera, Franz Welser-Möst

matchless performance from Renée Fleming, the leading Strauss soprano of our time. High Definition filming from the Zurich Opera in 2007.

“to be among the most powerful creative influences on opera in recent times” (Telegraph, London).

“…Fleming looks fabulous, knows and can deliver good German, and can sing this role at least as well as anyone on the planet at the moment. But it's a shame that all concerned did not wait for a genuinely new production to preserve. This run-through of an old staging... is fluent and energetic... but it is not an evening pregnant with dramatic insight. In the pit Welser-Möst is an efficient, unemotional guide to the score...” Gramophone Magazine, 2008 Awards Issue

Released or re-released in last 6 months

DVD Video

Region: 0

Format: NTSC

Decca - 0743263

(DVD Video)

$26.49

In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day.

Strauss, R: Arabella

Strauss, R: Arabella


Gundula Janowitz, Edita Gruberova, Bernd Weikl and Rene Kollo

Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

The only film version available of this opera, the celebrated director Otto Schenk’s intimate film of Strauss’s comedy of manners, set in mid-19th century Vienna. Schenk’s beautiful staging uses traditional sets and costumes, making this a classic, historic and faithful account.

“Schenk's direction is stodgy, but authentic settings and a superb cast, with Janowitz in angelic voice and Solti at his Straussian finest make this the best Arabella in any medium. Michael Scott Rohan” BBC Music Magazine, June 2008 *****

DVD Video

Region: 0

Format: NTSC

Decca - 0743255

(DVD Video - 2 discs)

$26.49

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Strauss, R: Arabella

Strauss, R: Arabella


Eleanor Steber, George London, Hilde Güden, Brian Sullivan, Roberta Peters

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Rudolf Kempe

Recorded 1955. Sung in English.

Andromeda - ANDRCD5013

(CD - 2 discs)

$10.99

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Strauss, R: Arabella

Strauss, R: Arabella


Kiri Te Kanawa, Wolfgang Brendel, Marie McLaughlin, David Kuebler, Helga Dernesch, Donald McIntyre

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Christian Thielemann

DVD Video

Region: 0

Format: NTSC

DG - 0730059

(DVD Video)

$26.49

In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day.

Strauss, R: Arabella

Strauss, R: Arabella


Lisa della Casa, Hilde Gueden & George London

Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Decca Opera Sets - 4602302

(CD - 2 discs)

$33.99

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Strauss, R: Arabella

Strauss, R: Arabella


Christel Goltz (Arabella), Josef Metternich (Mandryka), Anny Schlemm (Zdenka), Erich Witte (Matteo), Carola Goerlich (Adelaide), Heinrich Pflanzl (Graf Waldner), Alfred Hülgert (Elemer)

Chorus & Orchestra Berlin State Opera, Joseph Keilberth

Recorded Berlin 19/12/1950

Walhall - WLCD0185

(CD - 2 discs)

$13.99

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Strauss, R: Arabella

Strauss, R: Arabella


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

Decca - Originals - 4757731

(CD - 2 discs)

$21.49

Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days.

Strauss, R: Arabella

Strauss, R: Arabella


Della Casa, Fischer-Dieskau, Rothenberger, Malaniuk, Paskuda & Kohn

Bayerischer Staatsopernchor & Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Joseph Keilberth

(now on 2 CDs for the first time)

“Caught live in Munich in 1963, Della Casa is still in shining, sensuous voice. Amid a gallery of overwrought characters, her Arabella is the poised centre of the opera: self-possessed yet always lovable. No soprano on disc has quite equalled her radiant serenity in the final apotheosis.” Richard Wigmore, The Telegraph, 13th September 2008

DG Opera House - 4775625

(CD - 2 discs)

$10.99

Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days.

Strauss, R: Arabella

Strauss, R: Arabella


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)

Testament - SBT21367

(CD - 2 discs)

$14.49

Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days.

Strauss, R: Arabella

Strauss, R: Arabella


Ashley Putnam, Regina Sarfaty, Gianna Rolandi

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus

Sub Titles: English, French, German, Spanish

DVD Video

Region: 2,3,4,5

Format: PAL

Warner Classics Warner Vision - 0630169122

(DVD Video)

$23.49

Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days.

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