Tag: Hilde Gueden
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Twenty Gems of Viennese Operetta
re ALC1049 Golden Operetta) “for listeners wanting the lollipops sung by famous singers …With Schwarzkopf, Loose, Kunz and Gedda on top form they are self-recommending and so is Rita Streich … But there are many other tracks to treasure: Wunderlich, fresh & ardent; Rudolf Schock brilliant & heroic; Wilma Lipp, lively & charming; Jussi Björling…
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Die Fledermaus
“The performance has all the sparkle one could ask for. If anything Karajan is even more brilliant than before and the Decca recording scintillating. Hilde Gueden is a deliciously vivacious Rosalinde, a beautifully projected interpretation. The Karajan ‘gala performance’ featured Decca stars appearing in their turn at the cabaret -in the Orlovsky Ball sequence. This…
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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
A legendary cast of Vienna State Opera stars and the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Erich Kleiber at the peak of his career were the essential ingredients in the making of this 1955 recording of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro that is regarded as one of the greatest opera recordings ever made. Alto is…
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Golden Operetta Of Vienna
Alto presents eighteen essential operetta favorites performed by some of the twentieth century’s greatest singers.
