Tag: Hermann Prey
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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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Orff: Carmina Burana; Die Kluge (Highlights)
“Ormandy & his Philadelphians have just the right panache to bring off this wildly exuberant picture of the Middle Ages…and there is no more enjoyable analogue version… tremendous vigour, warmth, and colour and a genial spontaneous enthusiasm from the Rutgers University choristers…is irresistible. Soloists are excellent…Choir and Orchestra steal the show.. Quite splendid…one of Ormandy’s…