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BEETHOVEN: FIDELIO - CHRISTA LUDWIG; JON VICKERS; KLEMPERER; PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA (2 CDS)
BEETHOVEN: FIDELIO - CHRISTA LUDWIG; JON VICKERS; KLEMPERER; PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA (2 CDS)
FORMAT (CD, LP, DVD?)
FORMAT (CD, LP, DVD?)
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Jon Vickers
Christa Ludwig
Gottlob Frick
Walter Berry
Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra
Otto Klemperer


“Klemperer’s great set of Fidelio… the unique incandescence and spiritual strength of the performance, superbly cast, leads to a final scene in which, more than in any other, the parallel with the finale of the Choral Symphony is underlined. It remains first choice” (Penguin Guide)

“Mme Ludwig not only sings the taxing music exactly as written, but doesn’t sound uncomfortably extended by the tessitura; …at all events, I have heard nothing of hers on the gramophone that I like so well as this. Her enunciation of words is outstanding; and the warmth and intensity of her singing bring Beethoven’s heroine before our eyes….Jon Vickers’s admirable Florestan, familiar to us at Covent Garden, is probably the best interpretation of the role now to be heard.” (from original Gramophone review by Alan Blyth)

CD One (76:02 )
1. Overture 6:54
Act One
2. Jetzt, Schätzchen, jetzt sind wir allein 4:52
3. Der arme Jaquino 0:14
4. O wär ich schon 4:03
5. Guten Tag, Marzelline 1:09
6. Mir ist so wunderbar 4:37
7. Höre, Fidelio, weisst du, was ich tue? 0:17
8. Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben 2:53
9. Ihr könnt das leicht sagen, Meister Rocco 2:21
10. Gut, Söhnchen, gut 7:06
11. March 2:18
12. Wo sind die Depeschen? 0:52
13. Ha! Welch’ ein Augenblick! 3:37
14. Hauptmann 0:34
15. Jetzt, Alter. Jetzt hat es Eile! 5:23
16. Abscheulicher!…Komm, Hoffnung 8:13
17. Rocco, ihr verspracht mir so oft 0:45
18. O welche Lust! 7:17
19. Nun sprecht, wie ging’s`? 8:10
20. Leb wohl, du warmes Sonnenlicht 4:17
CD Two (60:32)
Act Two
1. Gott! Welch’ Dunkel hier! 10:52
2. Wie kalt ist es…Nur hurtig fort 6:52
3. Er erwacht! 2:37
4. Euch werde Lohn 6:45
5. Alles ist bereit 0:47
6. Er sterbe! 5:27
7. O, meine Leonore…O namen-, namenlose Freude! 3:21
8. Heil sei dem Tag 7:26
9. O Gott! O welch’ ein Augenblick! 2:53
10. Wer ein solches Weib errungen 4:14
Bonus Track
11. Overture: Egmont 9:04
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Otto Klemperer (Rec. 1958)

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