Mozart: Marriage of Figaro V.P.O. /Karajan

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"Over 77 minutes, including all the famous arias and duets, but also ensembles too, of the great Viennese cast. What opera company now could afford to assmble so many great singers under one roof?"

James Murray - The Marriage of Figaro - Erich Kunz, (Figaro), Irmgard Seefried (Susanna), Sena Jurinac (Cherubino), George London (Count Almaviva), Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (Countess Almaviva), Elizabeth Hongen (Marcellina)

Mozart: Marriage of Figaro V.P.O. /Karajan, Music, Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro, Herbert von Karajan, Vienna State Opera Chorus-Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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An All-Star Cast Indeed

Mozart: Marriage of Figaro V.P.O. /Karajan

Manufacturer: Regis Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000AMK9Z
Release Date: 2003-07-09

Album Description

"Over 77 minutes, including all the famous arias and duets, but also ensembles too, of the great Viennese cast. What opera company now could afford to assmble so many great singers under one roof?"

Customer Reviews:

An All-Star Cast Indeed.......2007-06-27

This is a digitally re-mastered disc of a very old recording. How old? 1950. The cover and the booklet do not bother to mention whether it is an AAD or ADD disc. Surprisingly, the sound quality is quite good (I mean, much better than expected). It is clean, no noise, what so ever. It is surely an all-star cast recording, with each of the five principals perfectly fitting his or her role. Another surprise is that Karajan even let all the singers "to sing!" There are other Figaro recordings consist all stars in the casting. Some even filled the sixth major role (Dr. Bartoro) with someone also a star. However, very seldom you can find a recording that assembles a group of singers like this one. Just listening to these singers in their top form is really worth it. For five stars? Sure. Besides, I don't know how else to rate it.

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