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There are several good recordings of Beethoven's only opera--most notably, perhaps, those of Otto Klemperer and Wilhelm Furtwangler, both intensely dedicated--in their different ways--to bringing out the music's nobility and idealism. I would not want to be without either one, but they do not exhaust possible approaches to this masterpiece. Mackerras offers an exciting alternative from the crackling first chords of the overture: high energy, dramatic tension, and strong narrative flow in this story of a political prisoner, persecuted and condemned to death, whose wife disguises herself as a man to gain access to his dungeon. The singing and playing are first-class, and vivid recording heightens the excitement. --Joe McLellan
Beethoven - Fidelio / Benacková ˇ Rolfe Johnson ˇ Vogel ˇ I. Raimondi ˇ Ainsley ˇ Wilson-Johnson ˇ Sir Charles Mackerras, Music, Ludwig van Beethoven, Charles Mackerras, Gabriela Benacková, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Siegfried Vogel, Franz-Josef Kapellmann, Ildikó Raimondi, John Mark Ainsley, David Wilson-Johnson, Elaine Martone, Erica Brenner, Martin Atkinson, Classical, Classical Music, German/Austrian Classical Period Opera, Opera, Opera/Operetta, Orchestral, Romantic Overture for Orchestra
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