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R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier /Solti, Crespin, Minton, Et Al

Strauss / Solti / Crespin
Release Date: 02/04/2008 
Label:  Decca   Catalog #: 4759988  
Composer:  Richard Strauss
Performer:  Luciano Pavarotti,  Yvonne Minton,  Manfred Jungwirth,  Régine Crespin
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Number of Discs: 3 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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Notes and Editorial Reviews

"...one of the truly great recordings. Solti's conducting is refreshing, more champagne than schmaltz, yet not unduly driven, and his singers are superb, not just Crespin, Minton and Jungwirth (as Ochs) but the entire ensemble."

- BBC Music Magazine, May 2008
 "...one of the truly great recordings. Solti's conducting is refreshing, more champagne than schmaltz, yet not unduly driven, and his singers are superb, not just Crespin, Minton and Jungwirth (as Ochs) but the entire ensemble."

- BBC Music Magazine, May 2008
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Works on This Recording

1. Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor), Yvonne Minton (Mezzo Soprano), Manfred Jungwirth (Bass),
Régine Crespin (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1909-1910; Germany 
 Date of Recording: November, 1968 

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