- Performer: Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eberhard Wächter, Nicolai Gedda, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
- Composer: Richard Strauss
- Audio CD (4 Sep 2000)
- SPARS Code: DDD
- Number of Discs: 2
- Label: Great Recordings of the Century
- ASIN: B00004U0CA
- Other Editions: MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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- #56 in Music > Opera & Vocal > Song > Baritone
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Repeated evocation of the word "perfect" in descriptions of this recording convinced me to buy it, and even in the midst of such lofty praise, I was not disappointed. To the contrary; Capriccio is amongst the most incisive and beautiful operas ever crafted, combining the intelligence and perspicacity of a truly outstanding libretto with all the beauty and sublimity of which the mature Strauss was capable. It is an opera for opera lovers, a piece of musical virtuosity that not only delights the listener, but brings to light the question of the nature of art, the source of the profundity found in music and verse; it is an opera about the nature of opera, and art itself. Perhaps appropriately for an opera examining the ideals of the artistic form, the cast and production are here utterly flawless; Elizabeth Schwarzkopf gives as nuanced and breathtaking an interpretation of Strauss as only she could, and there isn't a single element in the performance that comes across as weak. Given the fact that in Capriccio, it is an intelligent and often hilariously mordant discourse on art that attains primacy rather than overarching drama or passion, it is admittedly not an opera for everyone. For those who truly love opera and art, those who are looking for something a bit different and more philosophic than typical operatic passion, despair, and suicide, those who are looking for the perfectly produced version of the perfectly crafted opera--one cannot do any better than this version of Capriccio. Buy it and enjoy the pinnacle of truly brilliant music.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Well, the performance is just fantastic, as you would expect based on the line-up. Perfect music, perfect performance. Well, the remastering is not perfect, but it's acceptable in car and on most home stereos.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I bought the recording because of the 1st Horn Player who flawlessly performs on it. The recording is outstanding anyway, but I often will buy a recording because of a particular artist who performs on it.
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