STRAUSS: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS - Schwarzkopf, Streich, Schock, Prey, Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra (2 CDs)

Rudolf Schock (tenor), Lisa Otto (soprano), Hermann Prey (baritone), Otakar Kraus (baritone), Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erich Strauss (baritone), Rita Streich (soprano), Grace Hoffman (mezzo-soprano), Karl Dönch (baritone), Alfred Neugebauer (narrator), Anny Felbermayer (soprano), Fritz Ollendorff (bass), Helmut Krebs (tenor), Gerhard Unger (tenor), Hugues Cuénod (tenor), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan

The general impression is of a truly magnificent performance and recording in which all concerned have, under Karajan's superb direction, been inspired to give of their best. -GRAMOPHONE