The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus; Bruno Walter
Release Date: 26 November 2021
Label: Urania Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 8051773573958
Description
After having recorded a whole series of stereophonic recordings from 1958 to 1961, in 1962, Bruno Walter intended to record two works: Die Zauberflote and Fidelio. Unfortunately the great director died that same year. In 1956, however, he had conducted a legendary performance at the Metropolitan Opera of Die Zauberflote. For the American public, he had chosen give the English version of Mozart's to last operatic masterpiece.
This version, excellently recorded by the MET technicians, has been published several times in very bad sound conditions. However, in recent times we have come into possession of a finally unaltered master that reproduces the original 1956 band: therefore, even being MONO, it is of excellent quality and perfectly reproduces both the orchestra conducted by Walter and the presence of the singers' voices. Urania issues a new version minimally restored with the certainty of contributing to an increase in a discography that is still fundamental today.
Cast:
Tamino: Brian Sullivan,
Pamina: Lucine Amara,
Queen of the Night: Roberta Peters,
Sarastro: Jerome Hines,
Papageno: Theodor Uppman,
Papagena: Laurel Hurley,
Monostatos: Paul Franke,
Tracklisting
Sviatoslav Richter, Philharmonia Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
Luigi Chiarizia
Claudio Ronco & Emanuel Vozza
Ensemble Mark Rothko
Furiosi Affetti Ensemble, Lorenzo Gugole, Giorgio Bottiglion
Elena Suliotis, Mario Del Monaco, Fiorenza Cossotto, Orchestra and Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia di Roma, Silvio Varviso
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Francesco Pasqualotto
Thomas Sanderling, Orchester des Nationaltheaters Mannheim
Malcolm Sargent, Mary Lewis, Tudor Davies, Maggie Teyte, Clive Carey, Marie Howes, Harry Plunket Greene, James Johnstone
Maria Callas
Soloists; Eroica Berlin; Jakob Lehmann
Luigi De Donato; Collegium 1704; Vaclav Luks
Anna Moffo; Cesare Valletti; Fernando Corena; Erich Leinsdorf
Soloists; Orchestre classique de Montreal; Alain Trudel
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi, Natalia Rubis, Pawel Konik, Krzysztof Baczyk, Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir
