Fidelio

by Ludwig van Beethoven

Fidelio cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1962
  • Label: EMI
  • Country: Germany
  • Community rating: 3.37/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This monumental interpretation of the composer's sole opera captures immense dramatic weight and heroic struggle. The authoritative orchestral execution elevates the narrative's central themes of political liberty and steadfast devotion.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, complex

Tracklist

  1. Overture
  2. Act I: No. 1: Duet, Jetzt Sch盲tzchen
  3. Act I: No. 2: Aria, O W盲r' Ich Schon Mit Dir Vereint
  4. Act I: No. 3: Quartet, Mir Ist So Wunderbar
  5. Act I: No. 4: Aria, Hat Man Nicht Auch Gold
  6. Act I: No. 5: Trio, Gut, S枚hnchen, Gut
  7. Act I: No. 6: March
  8. Act I: No. 7: Ha! Welch' Ein Augenblick!
  9. Act I: No. 8: Duet: Jetzt, Alter
  10. Act I: No. 9: Recit. And Aria, Abscheulicher!...
  11. Act I: No. 10: Finale, O Welche Lust!
  12. Act II: No. 11: Introduction And Aria, Gott! Welch' Dunkel Hier!
  13. Act II: No. 12: Duet, Nur Hurtig Fort
  14. Act II: No. 13: Trio, Euch Werde Lohn In Bessern Welten
  15. Act II: No. 14: Quartet, Er Sterbe!
  16. Act II: No. 15: Duet, O Namenlose Freude
  17. Act II: No. 16: Finale, Heil Sei Dem Tag

Credits

  • Ludwig van Beethoven - primary artist, composed by
  • Otto Klemperer - primary artist, conductor
  • Raymond Wolansky - baritone vocals [second prisoner]
  • Franz Crass - bass vocals [don fernando]
  • Walter Berry - bass vocals [don pizarro]
  • Gottlob Frick - bass vocals [rocco]
  • Philharmonia Chorus - chorus
  • Georg Friedrich Treitschke - libretto by

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