German Opera Masterworks (14CD)

German Opera: Masterworks [Box Set]

1. Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384 [1:44:41]
ORF Vienna Radio Chorus, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Herbert Alsen, Anton Dermota, Peter Klein, Emmy Loose and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Conducted by Rudolf Moralt
Live 09/06/1945

2. Beethoven: Fidelio, opera, Op. 72 [2:14:55]
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus
Franz Crass, Donald Grobe, Klaus Hirte, Hans Hotter, James King, Christa Ludwig, Edith Mathis, Ingvar Wixell and Curt Malm
Conducted by Karl Bohm
Live 1969

3. Weber: Der Freischutz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77) [2:10:19]
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus
Kurt Bohme, Claus Clausen, Oskar Czerwenka, Karl Donch, Otto Edelmann, Elisabeth Grummer, Hans Hopf, Alfred Poell and Rita Streich
Conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler
Live 07/26/1954

4. Wagner: Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63 [2:06:24]
Bayreuther Festspiele Orchester & Chorus
Res Fischer, Josef Greindl, George London, Georg Paskuda, Leonie Rysanek and Fritz Uhl
Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch
Live 1959

5. Wagner: Tannhauser, opera, WWV 70 [2:48:05]
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Prague Philharmonic Choir
Rene Kollo, Wolfgang Brendel, Mignon Dunn, Martin Finke, Gundula Janowitz, Karl-Ernst Mercker, Manfred Schenk, Elke Schary, Jef Vermeesch, Mario Chiappi
Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch
Live 10/01/1972

6. Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227) [3:08:11]
RAI Orchestra and RAI Chorus, Naples
Dora Carral, Ileana Cotrubas, Brigitte Fassbaender, Carmen Gonzales, Thomas Hemsley, Gundula Janowitz, Veriano Luchetti, Karl Ridderbusch
Conducted by Georges Pretre
Live 10/16/1971