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Beethoven: Fidelio

Claudio Abbado | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (20 Jun 2011)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Decca (UMO)
  • ASIN: B004OCCFFI
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 16,063 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Disc 1:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio - OvertureLucerne Festival Orchestra 6:20£0.79
Listen  2. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 1 - Jetzt, Schätchen, jetz sind wir alleinRachel Harnisch 4:52£0.79
Listen  3. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 1 - Seit Fidelio bei uns istRachel Harnisch0:11£0.39
Listen  4. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 1 - O wär' ich schon mit dir vereintRachel Harnisch 3:41£0.79
Listen  5. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 1 - Ich täusche die MenschenNina Stemme0:54£0.39
Listen  6. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 1 - Mir ist so wunderbarRachel Harnisch 4:31£0.79
Listen  7. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 1 - Marzelline und Fidelio haben sich offensichtlich recht liebJonas Kaufmann0:17£0.39
Listen  8. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 1 - Hat man nicht aud Gold beinebenChristof Fischesser 2:34£0.79
Listen  9. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 1 - In den finstersten Gewolben sitzt ein GefangenerChristof Fischesser0:30£0.39
Listen10. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 1 - Gut, Sohnchen, gutNina Stemme 6:38£0.79
Listen11. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 1 - MarschLucerne Festival Orchestra 2:08£0.79
Listen12. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 1 - Etwas Neues vorgefallen?Christof Fischesser0:48£0.39
Listen13. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 1 - Ha! Welch ein Augenblick!Falk Struckmann 3:30£0.79
Listen14. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 1 - Und nun zu dir mein lieber RoccoFalk Struckmann0:05£0.39
Listen15. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 1 - Jetzt, Alter, hat es Eile!Falk Struckmann 5:13£0.79
Listen16. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 1 - Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?Nina Stemme 7:22£0.79
Listen17. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 1 - Wie Fidelio das wieder geschafft hatte war mir ein RätselChristoph Strehl0:21£0.39
Listen18. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 1 - O welche LustJuan Sebastian Acosta 6:56£0.79
Listen19. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 1 - Nun sprecht, wie ging's?Nina Stemme 5:19£0.79
Listen20. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 1 - Ach, Vater, eilt!Nina Stemme0:41£0.39
Listen21. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 1 - Verwegener AlterChristof Fischesser 1:49£0.39
Listen22. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 1 - Leb wohl, du warmes SonnenlichtNina Stemme 3:44£0.79


Disc 2:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 2 - Gott! - Welch Dunkel hier!Jonas Kaufmann11:23£1.49
Listen  2. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 2 - Wie kalt es ist diesem unterirdischen...Nur hurtig fort, nur Frisch gebrabenNina Stemme 5:53£0.79
Listen  3. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 2 - Ihr habt wieder geruhtJonas Kaufmann0:33£0.39
Listen  4. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 2 - Euch werde Lohn in bessern WeltenJonas Kaufmann 6:31£0.79
Listen  5. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 2 - Ist alles bereit?Falk Struckmann0:08£0.39
Listen  6. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 2 - Er sterbe!Jonas Kaufmann 5:02£0.79
Listen  7. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 2 - O namenlose Freude!Jonas Kaufmann 3:04£0.79
Listen  8. Fidelio op.72 - Edited Helga Lühning & Robert Didio / Act 2 - Heil se idem Tag, Heil sei der StundeJonas Kaufmann13:46£1.89

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Marvellous in parts. 19 July 2011
Format:Audio CD
There are two very good reasons for hearing this performance. First is Abbado's masterly handling of the score, lean and lithe, but contemplative at the same time. Very different from, say, Klemperer, but valid in a different way. The orchestral playing is superb as is the chorus. Just listen to he beautifully sung Prisoners' Chorus - worth the price of these discs alone. The other huge plus is Kaufmann's superb Florestan - just listen and marvel as his first 'Gott!' This is the best since Vickers, no doubt. Reservations creep in, however, with Stemme's Leonora. Not only is she somewhat ungainly, she doesn't appear to be right inside the part in the same way as Ludwig or Jurinac (both Klemperer) or even Dernesch (Karajan). The rest of the cast is fine, with no-one letting the side down. However, why do some producers feel it necessary to play around with the dialogue? I can understand some cuts for a staged performance as this was, but why do we have to have a producer's half-baked replacement of what Beethoven intended? For those of us who love this opera it does nothing but distract from our over-all enjoyment of it.
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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I was lucky enough to be in Lucerne last summer where I saw one of the 2 performances of this Fidelio. This was one of the most memorable musical experience I ever had... which is saying much, since I attend concerts and go to the opera on a weekly basis. The cast was stellar and just pitch-perfect, from Jonas Kaufmann's jaw-dropping Florestan (his 'Gott!' at the beginning of Act II literally knocked us all off our feet) down to the absolute gem of Peter Mattei's cameo performance as Don Fernando. And Abbado's conducting was just a treasure of humanity - carrying the work to an almost unbearable level of pure emotion in the final chorus, which left me (and most of the audience) shaken and in tears. Even now, these final moments still ring in my ears and fill me with joy.

It is a tribute to Decca's sagacity and commitment that they are releasing a recording of these magical moments. Never more than in these difficult and exalting times have the message and music of Fidelio... and their embodiment of the values of hope, freedom and love been so relevant - and so needed. So don't hesitate - and snatch this wonderful flicker of light: if you bear any similarity to the Lucerne auidence of last year, you will cherish it for the years to come.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A modern classic 24 Aug 2011
By J. Goh
Format:Audio CD
There is no shortage of wonderful recordings of this opera - Can we live without the mighty characterisation and rock solid vocals of C Ludwig and J Norman? How about the sublime performance of the lead role by Gundula Janowitz? The unforgettable dungeon aria by Jon Vickers? The near-definitive conducting of the score by Klemperer? But how about a new recording with 21st century sound and recording quality? Well, we should not be looking for pale imitations of historical giants of the work. Indeed, this recording by Abbado is redolent of the golden age of new opera recordings in the 90's (accepting this is not a studio recording), which gives listeners the rare pleasure of re-discovering a known classic- forcing you to hear the opera anew. Stemme's Fidelio/leonora may not please everybody, but her dark and deep soprano is solid, dramatic, heroic and tender in turns. To me, Koffman's Florestan is so characterful and dramatised that his interpretation sets itself quite apart from others. The supporting roles are all very well done. The orchestral sound and the recording balance are first class and Abbado's conducting is probably the crowning glory of the disc. It is as if i am hearing this wonderful opera for the first time, again. This has to be a modern classic.
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