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Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Fleming, Koch, Damrau, Munich Philharmonic


Release Date: 10/02/2012 
Label:  Decca   Catalog #: 001620102   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Richard Strauss
Performer:  Franz GrundheberJonas KaufmannJane HenschelDiana Damrau,   ... 
Conductor:  Christian Thielemann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Number of Discs: 3 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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From the January 2009 Baden-Baden Festival, Renée Fleming appears in one of her greatest roles—the Marschallin, in Richard Strauss’s magnificent comedy of ever-changing love, Der Rosenkavalier. Her peerless performance is supported by “a galactic cast” (conductor Christian Thielemann), which includes Diana Damrau, Sophie Koch, Franz Hawlata and Jonas Kaufmann as the Italian Tenor. From the January 2009 Baden-Baden Festival, Renée Fleming appears in one of her greatest roles—the Marschallin, in Richard Strauss’s magnificent comedy of ever-changing love, Der Rosenkavalier. Her peerless performance is supported by “a galactic cast” (conductor Christian Thielemann), which includes Diana Damrau, Sophie Koch, Franz Hawlata and Jonas Kaufmann as the Italian Tenor. Read less

Works on This Recording

1. Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Franz Grundheber (Baritone), Jonas Kaufmann (Tenor), Jane Henschel (Mezzo Soprano),
Diana Damrau (Soprano), Renée Fleming (Soprano), Sophie Koch (Mezzo Soprano),
Franz Hawlata (Bass)
Conductor:  Christian Thielemann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1909-1910; Germany 

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