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STRAUSS: DER ROSENKAVALIER (London). In this historic 1954 performance of an endlessly ravishing opera, a master conductor (Erich Kleiber), superb singers (Maria Reining, Sena Jurinac and Hilde Gueden) and an outstanding orchestra (the Vienna Philharmonic) blend color, vitality and balance with intelligence and resonant beauty...
STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf as the Marschallin, Sena Jurinac as Octavian, Anneliese Rothenberger as Sophie, Otto Edelmann as Baron Ochs. Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. Video Arts International; $79.95; hi-fi mono. Pride of place belongs to this classic, filmed at the Salzburg Festival and released in 1962. The cast is the cream of central Europe at the time: Schwarzkopf, regal but warm in what was her greatest role; Jurinac, an ardent youthful swain; Rothenberger, silvery voiced and breathtakingly beautiful; and Edelmann, a bumptious hick from the sticks. Karajan's mastery of the score so gloriously displayed...
...great mezzo, Giulietta Simionato, rank with her in the grand tradition. Below the leaders there is a substantial reservoir of fine veteran singers, all of them capable of turning in consistently competent and often inspired performances. They include Victoria de los Angeles, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Antonietta Stella, Eleanor Steber, Sena Jurinac, Lisa Delia Casa, Irmgard Seefried, Leonie Rysanek, Risë Stevens. Backing them up is a promising and fast-rising crop of newer stars: Lucine Amara, Anna Moffo, Gloria Davy, Leontyne Price, Birgit Nilsson, Anita Cerquetti, Aase Nordmo-Lovberg, Rosalind Elias, Irene Dalis...
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro (Gra-ziella Sciutti, Sena Jurinac, Rise Stevens, Sesto Bruscantini; Glyndebourne Festival Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Vittorio Gui; Victor, 3 LPs). A sturdy performance of the Mozart masterpiece, sometimes on the slow side, but bubbling with enthusiasm and style...
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Vienna Philharmonic, chorus and soloists conducted by Erich Kleiber; London). Familiar music given an uncommon glow as sung by the beautiful voices of Maria Reining, Sena Jurinac, Hilde Gueden...