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...round out its imposing operatic catalogue. London has also released The Marriage of Figaro (4 LPs), with Hilde Gueden, Danco and Siepi, and the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Erich Kleiber, and The Magic Flute (3 LPs), with Gueden, Wilma Lipp, Simoneau and Berry, conducted by Karl Bohm. Both are first-rate performances and, as a bonus, the albums contain the complete musical scores...
Famed Viennese Conductor Erich Kleiber, 64, again learned that totalitarians always prostitute art to political dogma, again quit his job as director of the (East) Berlin State Opera (he first resigned in 1935, in protest against the Nazis), fled with his California-born wife Ruth to West Germany. Immediate reason for his break with the Reds: the inscription across the facade of the opera building, "King Frederick [in dedication to] Apollo and the Muses," had arbitrarily been ordered removed...
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...
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Maria Reining, Sena Jurinac, Hilde Gueden, Ludwig Weber; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Erich Kleiber; London; 4 LPs). Strauss's most melodious score, in a stunning performance. It is dominated by the three brilliant sopranos, whose closing trio is the most affecting part of the opera, but the whole cast is in top form...
...most satisfying finale on records is in the London set; the vocal parts by Vienna's Friends of Music chorus are noble and distinct, and Basso Ludwig Weber's commanding entrance is something to hear. Conductor Erich Kleiber leads the Vienna Philharmonic in a fine performance, and the recorded sound is sumptuous...