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Strauss / Beethoven

Title: Der Rosenkavalier/Fidelio Excerpts (2CD)

Label: Caprice

Cat No:CAP22052
Format:CD

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Excerpts recorded in 1959, from Der Rosenkavalier (Richard STRAUSS) & Fidelio (Ludwig van BEETHOVEN).

CD1: Der Rosenkavalier, excerpts from Acts I & II, from performances on 27 September & 17 October 1959.
Birgit Nilsson (Feldmarschallin), Kerstin Meyer (Octavian), Eva Pritz (Sophie), Arne Tyrén (Baron Ochs), Erik Sundquist (Faninal), with full cast.
CD2: Fidelio, excerpts from a complete performance on 3 March 1959.
Birgit Nilsson Leonore/Fidelio), Sigurd Björling (Don Pizarro), Ingeborg Kjellgren (Marzelline), Leon Björker (Rocco), with full cast.Royal Swedish Opera Chorus & Orchestra cond. Sixten Ehrling.

A feast for Birgit Nilsson fans, these 'house recordings' offer her performances, in prime voice, as the Marschallin and Leonore. The Rosenkavalier extracts are of particular interest: this is a work which Nilsson never 'officially' recorded, so that despite technical limitations, these generously-filled discs represent a unique historical document.

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Strauss / Beethoven

Der Rosenkavalier/Fidelio Excerpts (2CD)