Beethoven: Fidelio

Beethoven: Fidelio

Beethoven: Fidelio
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Composer: Beethoven
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra: Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra
Performer: Christa Ludwig
Performer: Gundula Janowitz
Performer: Jon Vickers
Performer: Walter Berry
Performer: Walter Kreppel
Performer: Waldemar Kmentt
Performer: Eberhard Wächter
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); German (Published)
CD Release Date: 2008-06-10
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Overture
  2. "Jetzt, Schätzchen, jetzt sind wir allein"
  3. "Der arme Jaquino!" / "O wär ich schon mit dir vereint"
  4. "Marzelline, ist Fidelio noch nicht zurück?"
  5. "Mir ist so wunderbar"
  6. "Höre, Fidelio"
  7. "Gut Söhnchen, gut"
  8. Marsch
  9. "Die Depeschen!"
  10. "Ha! Welch ein Augenblick!"
  11. "Hauptmann! Besteigen Sie mit einem Trompeter..."
  12. "Jetzt, Alter, jetzt hat es Eile!"
  13. "Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?"
  14. "Vater Rocco, das Wetter ist heute so schön"
  15. "O welche Lust,in freier Luft den Atem leicht zu heben!"
  16. "Nun sprecht, wie ging's?"
  17. Ach! Vater, Vater, eilt!
  18. "Leb wohl, du warmes Sonnenlicht"
Music CD 2
  1. "Gott! Welch Dunkel hier! - In des Lebens Frühlingstagen"
  2. "Wie kalt ist es in diesem unterirdischen Gewölbe"
  3. "Er erwacht"
  4. "Euch werde Lohn in bessern Welten"
  5. "Alles ist bereit" - "Ich gehe das Signal zu geben"
  6. "Er sterbe! Doch er soll erst wissen" 4
  7. "Meine Leonore, was hast du" - O namenlose Freude!
  8. Ouvertüre "Leonore III" op. 72a
  9. "Heil sei dem Tag"
  10. "Des besten Königs Wink und Wille"
  11. "Wer ein holdes Weib errungen"

Music reviews of Beethoven: Fidelio

Music Review: Magnificent Historical Performance
Rating: 5 Stars

Up to now, there were two performances of Fidelio I would not do without: Furtwangler's from Salzburg with Flagstad and Patzak (1950) and Klemperer's commercial recording with Ludwig and Vickers (recorded in early 1962, already in stereo). To these, I will now add the present recording, a live performance from the Wiener Staatsoper, 25 May 1962 conducted by H.v.Karajan also with Christa Ludwig and Jon Vickers.

Karajan's tempos are brisker than Klemperer's but the performance is, if anything, more intense and dramatic, helped by the frisson of it being not only a single live performance, but the first undertaking by Ludwig of Leonore's role on any stage. And what a splendid performance it is! The amplitude of the voice is astounding, it is even, creamy, powerful all the way up through its treacherous scale; the projection is intense and theatrical in her inimitable way. In her memoirs Ludwig admits that she was never comfortable in the role, indeed she was afraid of it because it is a truly soprano part and she felt that it laid too high for her voice. Her reservations indeed were real for she hardly sang the role on stage (I think New York saw it only for one Met performance substituting for a cancelled Nilsson Elektra). Whatever the tessitura, she mastered the part and sang it with drama, musicality and bravura. This performance indeed is wonderful testimony to her artistry. Jon Vickers was capable of more light and shade, indeed suavity, than is evidenced here. Nonetheless he is always powerful, intense, and a magnificent presence. One of the joys of this performance is Gundula Janowitz's Marzelline, also her debut in the part. This role is usually assigned by opera houses to resident soubrettes so as a rule it is undersung, her wonderful lines in ensemble getting lost under everybody else's voices. Not here. Janowitz was probably about twenty-four at the time of this performance, but the voice, bright, silvery and shining, was already substantial and soars, all the beautiful qualities for which it would later become famous were already in place. Indeed we are listening here to a future Leonore! Walter Berry, Waldemar Kmentt, all others are superb.

The performance was recorded by Austrian radio in mono. The tapes have been cleaned, probably equalized, but the sound remains somewhat constricted. Nonetheless, this recording is strongly recommended, and is indispensible for all Christa Ludwig fans.
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Description of Beethoven: Fidelio

The first official release of a legendary performance that marked Christa Ludwig's debut in a signature role.

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