3 CD / Testament /
2012-02-14
Works: Edouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21; Niccolò Paganini: Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Caprice for solo violin in E flat major (Sostenuto-Andante), Op. 1/17, MS 25/17; Camille Sain...
Performers:
Johannesen, Grant; Rabin, Jeanne; Rabin, Michael; Smith, Brooks
Conductors:
Rozsnyai, Zoltán
Michael Rabin's musical voice may have been quiet the past forty years, but to violin aficionados his star still shines brightly. His discography is small,...continue...
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TES 1470
4 CD / Testament /
2010-04-13
Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Conductors:
Kempe, Rudolf
First premiered in 1882, Wagner's last music-drama, Parsifal, was performed at Covent Garden for the first time in 1951. The opera still had a reputation,...continue...
Recording information: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, England (06/16/1959)....continue...
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TES 1455
1 CD / Testament /
2010-04-13
Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 4 in C minor, D 417 "Tragic"; César Franck: Psyché; Claude Debussy: La mer
Conductors:
Giulini, Carlo Maria
Recording information: Philharmonie, Berlin (02/1969)....continue...
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TES 1438
2 CD / Testament /
2010-02-09
Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 7 in D minor, Op. 70/B 141
Performers:
Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]
Conductors:
Giulini, Carlo Maria
This live concert recording dates from 1973. Carlo Maria Giulini led the Berlin Philharmonic in performances of the Tchaikovsky concerto with the Korean violinist Kyung-Wha...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie, Berlin (05/11/1973)....continue...
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TES 1439
4 CD / Testament /
2009-10-13
Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Tannhäuser
Performers:
Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Graf, Maria [Mezzo-soprano]; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Lammers, Gerda; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Modl, Martha; Schartel, Elisabeth; Scheppan, Hilde;...
Conductors:
Keilberth, Joseph
The release of Joseph Keilberth’s legendary stereo recordings of the first cycle of the 1955 Ring at Bayreuth brought Testament worldwide acclaim. Partly for recording...continue...
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TES 1432
4 CD / Testament /
2009-08-11
Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Spoken Word: Jon Vickers in conversation with Jon Tolansky
Performers:
Allman, Robert; Carlyle, Joan; Davies, Rhoderick; Elms, Lauris; Evans, Edgar; Kelly, David C. [Bass Vocal]; Langdon, Michael; Lewis, Ronald; Robinson, Forbes; Rouleau, Joseph; Shuard, Amy; Thebom, Bl...
Conductors:
Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
From our privileged position, half a century on, there may be a temptation to feel superior and to undervalue the 1957 Covent Garden Trojans and...continue...
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TES 1443
4 CD / Testament /
2009-02-10
Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers:
Brouwenstijn, Gre; Graf, Maria [Mezzo-soprano]; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Modl, Martha; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Schartel, Elisabeth; Va...
Conductors:
Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble:
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Testament's highly acclaimed release of the legendary 1955 stereo recordings of the Ring made by Decca at Bayreuth featured the first of two cycles of...continue...
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TES 1433
1 CD / Testament /
2008-10-14
Works: Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Siegfried
Performers:
Farrell, Eileen [Soprano Vocals]; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors:
Stokowski, Leopold; Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble:
Leopold Stokowski Orchestra; Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
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TES 1415
1 CD / Testament /
2008-10-14
Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Wolfgang Amadeus M...
Performers:
Albanese, Licia; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors:
Weissmann, Frieder; Marzollo, Dick; Morel, Jean Paul; Trucco, Victor; Stokowski, Leopold
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TES 1414
1 CD / Testament /
2008-10-14
Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide, opera in 3 acts, Wq. 40; Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107
Conductors:
Walter, Bruno
Ensemble:
New York Philharmonic
"For those who know only the commercial recordings of Bruckner by Bruno Walter (1876-1962), especially the inscriptions made in Los Angeles after his heart attack...continue...
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TES 1424
2 CD / Testament /
2008-10-14
Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers:
Bergonzi, Carlo; di Stasio, Anna; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Labo, Flaviano; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Rinaudo, Mari...
Conductors:
Leibowitz, René; Previtali, Fernando; Leinsdorf, Erich; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble:
; Rome Opera House Orchestra
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TES 1420
2 CD / Testament /
2008-10-14
Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers:
Adam, Theo; Burmeister, Annelies; King, James [Vocals]; MacDonald, Kenneth; Silja, Anja; Talvela, Martti
Conductors:
Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble:
BBC Chorus
The great conductor Otto Klemperer was known for his 'deliberate' tempos. The Observer's review of the live performance heard here said, "From the opening bars...continue...
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TES 1423
1 CD / Testament /
2008-09-09
Works: Henry Geehl: For you alone; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Emil Sjögren: I drömmen di är mig nära; August Körling: Vita rosor; Gerald A...
Performers:
Bjorling, Jussi; Schauwecker, Frederick
Conductors:
Grevillius, Nils
Ensemble:
Orchestra
Historic Masters Ltd., a company formed to continue historic reissues of vocal recordings initiated by the British Institute of Recorded Sound, contributed to this release...continue...
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TES 1427
2 CD / Testament /
2008-08-12
Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers:
Callas, Maria; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Mantovani, Dino; Martelli, Edith; Monti, Nicola; Ricciardi, Franco; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors:
Votto, Antonino
Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
As Rene Seghers notes in his essay, at her 1955 debut in the role of Amina, Maria Callas "dominated the ensembles and, at certain moments,...continue...
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TES 1417
13 CD / Testament /
2008-08-12
Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers:
Allman, Robert; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Coates, Edith; Dalberg, Frederick; Evans, Edgar; Fisher, Sylvia; Grant, June; Hale, Una; Hotter, Hans; Howitt, Barbara; Ilosvay, Maria von; Klein, Peter; Kra...
Conductors:
Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Richard Wagner's complete 'Ring' cycle led by Rudolf Kempe, recorded live at the Royal Opera House in 1957 is now available from Testament in new...continue...
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TES 1426
2 CD / Testament /
2008-06-10
Works: Giuseppe Sarti: Giulio Sabino; Alessandro Stradella: Le gare dell'amor eroico; Alessandro Scarlatti: Work(s); Il Pirro e Demetrio; Il Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme; Il Flavio; George Frederick Handel: M...
Performers:
Taubman, Leo; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals]
The leading operatic 'tenore di grazia' of the 1950s and '60s, Cesare Valletti (1922-2000) was also an incomparable interpreter of songs. A few years after...continue...
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TES 1413
14 CD / Testament /
2008-02-12
Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Performers:
Blankenheim, Toni; Bolotine, Mina; Brouwenstijn, Gre; Graf, Maria [Mezzo-soprano]; Greindl, Josef; Hollweg, Ilse; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kuen, Paul; Lammers, Gerda; Lustig, Rudolf; Milinko...
Conductors:
Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble:
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Testament is proud to present the first-ever stereo recording of the 'Ring' cycle featuring definitive performances by Wolfgang Windgassen as Siegfried, Hans Hotter as Wotan,...continue...
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TES 1412
2 CD / Testament /
2008-01-08
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani
Performers:
Bardi, Giorgio Kokolios; Callas, Maria; Carmassi, Bruno; Christoff, Boris; Frosini, Mario; Mascherini, Enzo; Masini, Mafalda; Paoli, Aldo de; Pettini, Lido; Ristori, Brenno; Sarri, Gino
Conductors:
Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble:
Florence Teatro Comunale Orchestra
Testament scores a major coup with this seminal recording by Maria Callas in its first-ever release made from newly-discovered masters. The high-quality tapes which were...continue...
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TES 1416
2 CD / Testament /
2007-07-10
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; I vespri siciliani; Giovanna d'Arco; Nabucco; I lombardi; Ernani; Il Trovatore; Otello
Performers:
Christoff, Boris; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Fernandi, Eugenio; Modesti, Giuseppe
Conductors:
Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra
"hearing this 1959 set after many years, it stands up beautifully and can be highly recommended. The hushed opening mesmerizes and the "Dies irae" and...continue...
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TES 2140
2 CD / Testament /
2007-07-10
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers:
Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie, William; Forti, Carlo; Galassi, Elvira; Gobbi, Tito; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Mandelli, Luisa; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal];...
Conductors:
Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Testament's La Traviata presents the first CD release of EMI's original 1956 recording. Walter Legge would have preferred Maria Callas for Violetta, but she was...continue...
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TES 2211
1 CD / Testament /
2007-06-12
Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Götterdämmerung
Performers:
Flagstad, Kirsten
Conductors:
Furtwängler, Wilhelm
"As Michael Tanner opines in an interesting booklet-note, these two formidable artists had several collaborations in these Wagnerian excerpts, but caught live in very reasonable...continue...
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TES 1410
3 CD / Testament /
2007-04-10
Works: Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Performers:
Collard, Jeanine; de los Angeles, Victoria; Froumenty, Pierre; Jansen, Jacques; Souzay, Gerard; Vieuille, Jean
Conductors:
Cluytens, André
Gramophone says of Andre Cluytens' Pelleas et Melisande, "Reactions to this recording will not be lukewarm." Many opera lovers prefer a more symphonic approach to...continue...
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TES 3051
4 CD / Testament /
2007-02-13
Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers:
Bolotine, Mina; Brouwenstijn, Gré; Graf, Maria [Mezzo-soprano]; Greindl, Josef; Ilosvay, Maria von; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Schartel, Elisabeth; Uhde, H...
Conductors:
Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble:
Bayreuth Festival Chorus
"So the great project reaches its glorious close, as magnificently conducted, played, and sung as the rest of this revelatory Ring. One wonders anew at...continue...
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TES 1393
2 CD / Testament /
2007-02-13
Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"; Karl Goldmark: Rustic Wedding, symphonic poem in E flat major, Op. 26; Georges Bizet: La Jolie Fille de Perth, orchestral suite; Jules Massene...
Performers:
Cooley, Carlton; koff, Mischa
Conductors:
Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
"Mono sound, surprisingly clear and luminous, is what we have on an unmissable two-CD Testament set of live NBC recordings conducted by Toscanini... these are...continue...
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TES 1404
1 CD / Testament /
2006-12-12
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Don Carlos; Il Trovatore
Performers:
Frank, Ernst; Grandi, Margherita; McKinley, Andrew; Midgeley, Walter; Tajo, Italo; Terry, Vera; Thomas, Edward; Valentino, Francesco; Vivian, Robert
Conductors:
Goldschmidt, Berthold; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Erede, Alberto; Goehr, Walter
Ensemble:
; Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
"Margherita Grandi, Australian by birth, Italian by musical upbringing, was something of a hit-and-miss meteor in her stuttering career, badly affected by two world wars....continue...
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TES 1402
2 CD / Testament /
2006-12-12
Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers:
Blankenheim, Toni; Graf, Maria [Mezzo-soprano]; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kuen, Paul; Lustig, Rudolf; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Schartel,...
Conductors:
Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble:
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
"It turns out that the landmark account of Wagner's "Ring" with Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic, begun in 1958, was not the first stereo...continue...
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TES 1390
2 CD / Testament /
2006-11-14
Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Das Veilchen,...
Performers:
Feasey, Norman; Hudez, Karl; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Pougnet, Jean; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors:
Susskind, Walter; Krips, Josef; Braithwaite, Warwick; Dobroven, Issay
"A glimpse into the singer's workshop" - a phrase from Schwarzkopf's spoken introduction to her excerpts from 'The Magic Flute' - aptly describes this collection...continue...
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TES 2172
2 CD / Testament /
2006-11-14
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Pietro Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz
Performers:
Gobbi, Tito; Lelio, Loretta Di; Luise, Melchiorre; Monti, Nicola; Vocals], Margherita Carosio [Soprano
Conductors:
Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble:
Rome Opera House Orchestra
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TES 2150
1 CD / Testament /
2006-11-14
Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Adolphe Adam: Le postillon de Lonjumeau; Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Fra Diavolo; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Puccin...
Performers:
Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Gigli, Beniamino; Kreisler, Fritz; Martinelli, Giovanni; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Melchior, Lauritz; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]; Schneider, Ed...
Conductors:
Rogers, Walter B.; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Ghione, Franco; Szell, George; Paulik, Anton; Gaubert, Philippe; Heurteur, Fernand; Grevillius, Nils; Ormandy, Eugene; Collingwood, L...
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TES 1005
1 CD / Testament /
2006-10-10
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Albert Lortzing: Der Waffenschmied; Zar und Zimmerma...
Performers:
Kunz, Erich; Seefried, Irmgard
Conductors:
Karajan, Herbert von; Ackermann, Otto; Moralt, Rudolf; Paulik, Anton;
Ensemble:
Kemmeter-Faltl Schrammel Ensemble; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Volksoper Orchestra
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TES 1059
1 CD / Testament /
2006-10-10
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Ch'io mi scordi di te...Non temer, amato bene, K 505; Ave verum corpus; Laudate Dominum; George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments H...
Performers:
de los Angeles, Victoria; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Menuhin, Yehudi; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Rothwell, Evelyn; Thalben-Ball, George, Sir [Composer/Organ]
Conductors:
Boult, Adrian; Goldsborough, Arnold; Menuhin, Yehudi
Ensemble:
; Bath Festival Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra
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TES 1088
2 CD / Testament /
2006-10-10
Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers:
Lustig, Rudolf; Schartel, Elisabeth; Traxel, Josef; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astrid; Weber, Ludwig [Bass Vocal]
Conductors:
Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble:
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
At Bayreuth, Decca and their German subsidiary Teldec had already recorded 'Parsifal' and an unreleased 'Ring' cycle in 1951, and 'Lohengrin' in 1953. During the...continue...
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TES 1384
1 CD / Testament /
2006-10-10
Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried; Siegfried Idyll; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Performers:
Brain, Dennis [French Horn]
Conductors:
Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
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TES 1012
1 CD / Testament /
2006-07-11
Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Parsifal
Conductors:
Toscanini, Arturo
"Although I cannot ascertain if Testament's restorations were effected from the best extant sources, they've never sounded cleaner or better defined... Lastly, the original, extended...continue...
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TES 1382
4 CD / Testament /
2006-06-13
Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers:
Brouwenstijn, Gre; Graf, Maria [Mezzo-soprano]; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Lammers, Gerda; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Schartel, Elisabeth; Scheppan, Hilde; Varnay, Astrid; Vinay...
Conductors:
Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble:
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
"This is the second release in the much-awaited, almost legendary "missing" Ring from 1955 that was professionally recorded live at Bayreuth and then dumped because...continue...
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TES 1391
4 CD / Testament /
2006-04-11
Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers:
Greindl, Josef; Hollweg, Ilse; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kuen, Paul; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Varnay, Astrid; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors:
Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble:
Bayreuth Festival Chorus
"Magnificent is the only word for it and the stereo definition is more vivid than one dared to expect. This is team-work on an exalted...continue...
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TES 1392
2 CD / Testament /
2006-03-14
Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella
Performers:
Casa, Lisa della; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Malaniuk, Ira; Nentwig, Kathe; Peter, Albrecht; Proebstl, Max; Trötschel, Elfriede; Uhde, Hermann
Conductors:
Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble:
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra
This set features a live performance of 'Arabella' given by the Bayerischen Staatsoper at the Royal Opera House during their visit to London since the...continue...
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TES 1367
1 CD / Testament /
2005-08-09
Works: Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Don Juan, Op. 20; Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Conductors:
Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
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TES 1383
2 CD / Testament /
2005-07-12
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il Trovatore; Simon Boccanegra; La forza del destino
Performers:
Carteri, Rosanna; Caselli, Dario; Keast, Raymond; La Porta, Arturo [Baritone Vocal]; Maccagnani, Rina Allesandri; Marimpietri, Lidia; Monreale, Leonardo; Scarlini, Glauco; Tommaso, Salvatore De; Vall...
Conductors:
Monteux, Pierre; Morel, Jean Paul; Cellini, Renato
Ensemble:
; Rome Opera House Orchestra
This 1956 'Traviata' departed from the usual formula in that the conductor chosen was Pierre Monteux, an eminent figure in the field of French music...continue...
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TES 1369
2 CD / Testament /
2005-04-12
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers:
Baum, Kurt; Callas, Maria; Langdon, Michael; Neri, Giulio; Simionato, Giulietta; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Thomas, Hector; Walters, Jesse
Conductors:
Barbirolli, John
When Sir John Barbirolli first heard that he was to be working with Maria Callas, he wondered what he was in for as the myth...continue...
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TES 1355
1 CD / Testament /
2004-12-14
Works: Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Charles Gounod: Mireille; Roméo et Juliette; Emma...
Performers:
Gianotti, Pierre; Luca, Libero de; Micheau, Janine; Mollien, Jean
Conductors:
Desormiere, Roger; Erede, Alberto; Fournet, Jean
In all her roles, Micheau was admired for the care, skill and taste with which she used her decidedly French vocal timbre. Her light voice...continue...
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TES 1347
1 CD / Testament /
2004-07-01
Works: Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24; Don Juan, Op. 20; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Parsifal
Performers:
Treptow, Gunther
Conductors:
Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble:
Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Hans Knappertsbusch's posthumous reputation rests mainly on his association with the music of Wagner, Bruckner, Brahms and Strauss. The performances on this disc clearly demonstrate...continue...
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TES 1338
4 CD / Testament /
2004-07-01
Works: Gioachino Rossini: Le siège de Corinthe (The Siege of Corinth), opera; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 2 in B flat major, D 125; Giorgio ...
Performers:
Balsam, Artur; Hollander, Max; koff, Mischa; Miller, Frank
Conductors:
Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble:
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Perhaps the best way to sum up the significance of the performance in Testament's 3 boxed sets of Cantelli's 1949-50 NBC Symphony broadcast recordings is...continue...
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TES 1336
1 CD / Testament /
2004-04-01
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Nabucco; Alzira; Charles Mackerras: The Lady and the Fool, romantic ballet suite (after Verdi)
Conductors:
Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
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TES 1326
1 CD / Testament /
2004-04-01
Works: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Il segreto di Susanna; I quattro rusteghi, opera; I gioielli della Madonna; Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; Il Trovatore; I vespri siciliani; Otello; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioco...
Conductors:
Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
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TES 1327
1 CD / Testament /
2004-02-01
Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Work(s); Claudio Monteverdi: L'Incirinazione Di Poppea; Alessandro Scarlatti: Non sò qual più m'ingombra, chamber cantata for soprano, 2 violins & continuo ("Cantata...
Performers:
Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Malcolm, George
Conductors:
Leppard, Raymond
Ensemble:
English Chamber Orchestra
The Monteverdi and Scarlatti recital reissued here was made in the summer of 1969 and published the following year. Though well-established as one of England's...continue...
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TES 1321
1 CD / Testament /
2004-02-01
Works: Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien, Op. 45; Eugen Onegin; The Storm, overture for orchestra, Op. 76
Conductors:
Matacic, Lovro von
Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra
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TES 1330
2 CD / Testament /
2004-02-01
Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001; Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Joseph Joachim: Romance for vio...
Performers:
Barcewicz, Stanislaw; Burmester, Willy; Creus, Camille de; Dessau, Bernhard; Gregorowicz, Karol; Hall, Marie; Joachim, Joseph; Kreisler, Fritz; Kubelík, Jan; Marteau, Henri; Rosé, Arnol...
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TES 1323
2 CD / Testament /
2004-01-01
Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers:
Dobson, John; Frick, Gottlob; Godfrey, Victor; Hotter, Hans; Howarth, Elgar; Jurinac, Sena; Morison, Elsie; Robinson, Forbes; Vickers, Jon; Ward, Joseph
Conductors:
Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
"No opera was closer to Klemperer's heart than 'Fidelio', and his famous 1962 EMI recording has remained the benchmark by which all others are judged....continue...
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TES 1328
1 CD / Testament /
2004-01-01
Works: Leos Janácek: Sinfonietta; The Makropulos Case (Vec Makropulos), opera, JW 1/10; Káta Kabanová, opera, JW 1/8; From the House of the Dead (Z mrtvého domu), opera, JW 1/11;...
Performers:
Cohen, Raymond
Conductors:
Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra; Pro Arte Orchestra
"This was Mackerras's first recording of the 'Sinfonietta', as well as my introduction to the piece. It's still the rawest, most earthy rendition on record...continue...
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TES 1325
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