[A]nother of the classics of the gramophone, beautifully played by the VPO, conducted with poise and vitality and a real sense of the drama unfolding through the music. It's very much a Viennese performance...warm, sensuous and alive to the interplay of character.
— Gramophone
Highlights from a landmark Mozart opera recording — newly remastered and available at value price
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro — Highlights
Hilde Gueden / Wiener Philharmoniker / Fernando Corena / Cesare Siepi / Alfred Poell / Lisa Della Casa / Hilde Rössl-Majdan / Suzanne Danco / Wiener Staatsoperchor / Erich Kleiber
Alto ALC-1097
Number of Units: 1
EAN: 5055354410970
Available outside USA only.
A legendary cast of Vienna State Opera stars and the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Erich Kleiber at the peak of his career were the essential ingredients in the making of this 1955 recording of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro that is regarded as one of the greatest opera recordings ever made. Alto is pleased to make highlights from this essential recording available in a newly remastered edition at super-value price.
Hilde Gueden / Wiener Philharmoniker / Fernando Corena / Cesare Siepi / Alfred Poell / Lisa Della Casa / Hilde Rössl-Majdan / Suzanne Danco / Wiener Staatsoperchor / Erich Kleiber
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