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Verdi-DON CARLO: Gundula Janowitz, Shirley Verrett, Edita Gruberova, Judith Blegen; Franco Corelli, Eberhard Waechter, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Martti Talvela, Tugomir Franc/Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra/Horst Stein, cond. (October 25, 1970); Orfeo C230163 This all-star performance has rarely been out of the catalogue. It enjoyed a stereo-LP release from Legendary Records, popped on mono CDs from Pantheon and has been legitimized by Orfeo. Last year, Naxos Deutschland renewe

Wagner-PARSIFAL: Kirsten Flagstad; Lauritz Melchior, Friedrich Schorr, Emanuel List, Arnold Gabor, Norman Cordon/Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra/Artur Bodanzky & Erich Leinsdorf, cond. (April 15, 1938) Marston Records 54008-2 (4 CDs ) Hands down, this Parsifal is the most important operatic release of 2025. It doesn't even qualify as a reissue, for the simple fact that this 1938 Metropolitan Opera broadcast has never been heard in its entirety since that illustrious G

Walker-FOLKSONGS FOR ORCHESTRA; Dvorak-VIOLIN CONCERTO in A minor*; Smetana-MA VLAST: Tabor; Janacek-SINFONIETTA: James Ehnes*/Minnesota...

Wagner-SIEGFRIED: Lise Lindstrom (Brünnhilde), Lindsay Ammann (Erda), Amber Norelai (Forest Bird); Stefan Vinke (Siegfried), Rodell Rosel...

Verdi-LUISA MILLER: Lilian Sukis, Christa Ludwig; Franco Bonisolli, Giuseppe Taddei, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Malcolm Smith/Vienna State Opera...