Description

Ludwig van Beethoven – Fidelio (Live Recording)

Overview

Captured immediately after the Vienna State Opera’s final performance in October 1953, this historic “His Master’s Voice” LP features Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting Martha Mödl, Wolfgang Windgassen, Otto Edelmann, Gottlob Frick, Sena Jurínac, Rudolf Schock and Alfred Pöell alongside the Vienna State Opera Chorus and Philharmonic Orchestra. Sung in German with a line‑by‑line libretto in English and German, the complete two‑act opera unfolds Beethoven’s only operatic masterpiece with dramatic intensity and orchestral grandeur.

Hungarian Translation – Áttekintés

1953 októberében, a Bécsi Állami Operaház utolsó előadása után készült ez a legendás “His Master’s Voice” LP, amelyen Wilhelm Furtwängler vezényli Martha Mödlt, Wolfgang Windgassent, Otto Edelmannt, Gottlob Fricket, Sena Jurínacct, Rudolf Schockot és Alfred Pöellt a Bécsi Állami Opera Kórusával és Filharmonikus Zenekarával. A teljes kétfelvonásos opera németül, részletes angol–német librettóval szólal meg, Beethoven egyetlen operai remekművének drámai erejét és zenekari gazdagságát megőrizve.

Product Features

Format: 12″ Vinyl LP, 33⅓ RPM (Long Play)
Label: His Master’s Voice – ALP 1130/1131/1132 (3‑LP set)
Country: Austria
Recorded: October 1953, Vienna State Opera (live)
Genre: Classical – Opera (Live)
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Principal Cast:
- Leonore (Fidelio) – Martha Mödl (soprano)
- Florestan – Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor)
- Don Pizarro – Otto Edelmann (bass)
- Rocco – Gottlob Frick (bass)
- Marzelline – Sena Jurínac (soprano)
- Jaquino – Rudolf Schock (tenor)
- Don Fernando – Alfred Pöell (baritone)
Chorus & Orchestra: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Libretto: German with English translation by Edward J. Dent

Track Listing

LP 1 – Act I, Part 1

Duet: “O namenlose Freude”
Aria (Pizarro): “Ha! welch ein Augenblick!”
Quartet & Trio: “Gut, Schätzchen, gut”

LP 2 – Act I, Part 2 & Finale

March (Leonora’s Rescue)
Recitative & Aria (Florestan): “In des Lebens Frühlingstag”
Act I Finale: “O welche Lust”

LP 3 – Act II

Aria (Leonora): “Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?”
Duet: “Nur hurtig fort”
Overture: Leonora No. 3 (as prelude to Act II conclusion)
Act II Finale: “Heil sei dem Tag”

Publishers and Artists

Label & Set: His Master’s Voice (ALP 1130–1132)
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Artist: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Recording: Live October 1953 at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna
Libretto Editors: J. F. Sonnleithner & F. Treitschke; English translation by Edward J. Dent

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