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Genre(s):
Opera
Period(s):
Classical (1750-1830)
Label:
Orfeo
Catalogue No:
C200052
Barcode:
4011790200521
Release Date:
03/2021
Available Format(s):
CD
Beethoven: Leonore (1805 version)
This 1805 version of Beethoven’s three-act opera Leonore was
recorded during a concert performance in the Grand Hall of the
Vienna Musikverein on 14 December 1970. Gwyneth Jones and
James King starred respectively as Fidelio/Leonore and Florestan;
they were incomparable in these roles at the time. The cast also
includes other outstanding singers of the age, above all Theo
Adam as Pizarro, Gerd Nienstedt as Rocco, Rotraud Hansmann
as Marzelline, Werner Hollweg as Jaquino and Eberhard
Waechter as Don Fernando. The performance opens with the
Leonore Overture No. 2, thrillingly performed by the Vienna Radio
Symphony Orchestra under Carl Melles.
Leonore (1805 version)
Disc 2
1. Act II: Finale: O welche Lust, in freier Luft den Atem leicht zu heben!, "Prison Chorus" (Prisoners, First Prisoner, Second Prisoner)
08:47
12. Act III: Finale: Wie lange habt Ihr sie getragen? (Fernando, Florestan, Rocco, Chorus, Leonore)
02:26
14. Act III: Finale: Wer ein holdes Weib errungen (Marzelline, Jaquino, Rocco, Fernando, Chorus, Florestan, Leonore)
04:59
Total Playing Time: 02:23:02
