West Hill Radio Archive
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Act 2
Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Eyvind Laholm (Tristan), Enid Szántho (Brangäne) John Gurney (King Marke), Daniel Harris (Kurwenal, Melot)
New York Philharmonic, John Barbirolli
Barbirolli and the NY Phil respond enthusiastically to the music’s erotic excitement. The other roles are decently sung — Tristan by the Swedish-American Eyvind Laholm — but the glory is Flagstad’s. — More…
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Arrau in Boston: Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5
Claudio Arrau (piano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch, Pierre Monteux
Arrau at his most direct and committed, with any hints of earthbound stolidity transfigured by the pianist's warm tone and the Boston Symphony's joyful playing. — More…
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Special offer. Mozart: Don Giovanni & Le Nozze di Figaro
Ezio Pinza (Don Giovanni), Rose Bampton (Donna Anna), Charles Kullman (Don Ottavio), Jarmila Novotná (Donna Elvira), Alexander Kipnis (Leporello), Norman Cordon (Il Commendatore), Mack Harrell (Masetto), Bidù Sayão (Zerlina), Ezio Pinza (Figaro), Bidù Sayão (Susanna), John Brownlee (Il Conte Almaviva),...
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Sviatoslav Richter’s Boston Debut
first release of the complete concert from the original broadcast tapes
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Richter and his accompanists are elegant and airy as well as noble, with the pianist offering a curtailed version of the longest cadenza option. The slow movement has a rapt, meditative quality... — More…
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Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana (Two Legendary Performances)
Elisabeth Rethberg (Santuzza), Sidney Rayner (Turiddu), Carlo Morelli (Alfio), Irra Petina (Lola) & Anna Kaskas (Mama Lucia), Zinka Milanov (Santuzza), Richard Tucker (Turiddu), Clifford Harvuot (Alfio), Martha Lipton (Lola) & Jean Madeira (Mama Lucia)
Gennaro Papi
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Richter plays Liszt
From 1958-61 live concerts in Moscow & Budapest
Sviatoslov Richter (piano)
Hungarian State Orchestra, János Ferencsik
Richter in his prime and at his best, excelling in music not central to his repertoire. Could even Liszt play better? It seems unlikely. Superb booklet notes. — More…
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
Laurel Hurley, Lucine Amara, Brian Sullivan, Theodor Uppman, Roberta Peters, Jerome Hines, George London, Paul Francke
Bruno Walter
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Puccini: La Bohème
Bidu Sayão (Mimì), Armand Tokatyan (Rodolfo), Annamary Diskey (Musetta)
Giuseppe de Luca (Marcello), George Cehanovsky (Schaunard), Ezio Pinza (Colline)
Louis d'Angelo (Benoit, Alcindoro), Lodovico Oliviero (Parpignol), Ferruccio Tagliavini (Rodolfo), Mimi Benzell (Musetta), John Brownlee...
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Special offer. Toscanini in London: The Legendary 1935 Recordings
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
This WHRA set is a splendid one. The sound quality is good while the documentation is fully up to the label’s usually high standards. As for the music-making, well the quality of that is quite... — More…
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Special offer. Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Two legendary performances from the New York Met, 1941 & 1951
February 22, 1941 broadcast: Kirsten Flagstad (Leonore), René Maison (Florestan), Julius Huehn (Don Pizarro), Alexander Kipnis (Rocco), Marita Farell (Marzelline), Karl Laufkoetter (Jaquino), Herbert Janssen (Don Fernando). March 10, 1951 matinee broadcast: Kirsten Flagstad (Leonore), Set Svanholm...
Two live Met versions (1941 and 1951) of Beethoven's opera show little diminution in the power of Flagstad's Leonore and Walter's conducting. Good sound. — More…
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