- Performer: Christa Ludwig, Tatiana Troyanos, Theo Adam, Edith Mathis
- Orchestra: Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor: Karl Böhm
- Composer: Richard Strauss
- Audio CD (2 Aug 1994)
- SPARS Code: ADD
- Number of Discs: 3
- Format: Box set
- Label: Strauss Opera Edition
- ASIN: B000001GMT
- Other Editions: MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 24,400 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This "Rosenkavlier" is wonderfully cast performance. The rich voiced Christa Ludwig is superb as the Marschallin, giving her a depth that Schwarzkopf didn't, while still keeping her in the right character. She is not as mannered as Schwarzkopf, and that is overall a good thing. Tatiana Troyanos is a lush Octavian, easily reaching both high and low writing, and she is one of the best Octavians on disc. I would say that the only person to better this recording of Octavian (I haven't heard them all, so please excuse me if there is one beter) is Christa Ludwig. Edith Mathis is a perfect Sohpie. She has no trouble with the writing, while characterising Sophie's naiveness perfectly. Theo Adam is a sophisticated Ochs, while still keeping Ochs the picture of a blundering fool. While this is a live recording, it does not show it almost at all. Karl Böhm is one of the best Strauss conducters to live, if not the best. His conducting is superb, giving a lush, warm, sound, but not over-inflating anything. All in all, an amazing recording.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I must amend my above review. Eight months on from the review, I am, while not less enthusiastic about the set, of a different mind concerning different recordings of Der Rosenkavalier. I have acquired a few more recordings of the opera, and only one of them so far has bumped this one off the top of my list. It is the 1958 studio recording for DG under the same conducter, Karl Bohm, recently re-issued by DG. While I still feel Ludwig's Marshallin to be the best, I feel that Tatiana Troyanos' Octavian has gone down my list somewhat. She is below Christa Ludwig's Octavian, which is second only to Irmgard Seefried's, who is Bohm's Octavian in '58. Schech for Bohm in '58, however, is, while more than adequate, no competition for Schwarkof, Ludwig, or Reining (Kleiber, '54). Rita Streich for Bohm's first recording is the equal of Edith Mathis on his second. With Ochs is where we come to the real difference. Kurt Bohme, on Bohm's first recording, is far superior to Theo Adam, who, like Schech's Marshalliln, is excellent, can't compete with the outstanding Edelmann, Bohme, and Weber (Kleiber). The sound quality is of marginal difference, for while one was made 11 years prior to the other, the first was in the studio, and the second was live. Also, I find that, contrary to what I would have though without hearing the recordings, the Dresden Staatskapelle outplay the Vienna Philharmonic. Since both of the sets are at mid-price, you must choose between an excellent Marshallin, outstanding Octavian, outstanding Sophie, and outstanding Ochs (1958), or an outstanding Marshallin, excellent Octavian, outstanding Sophic, and excellent Ochs, but with the added frission of a live performance (1969). Really, it's up to you to decide. Also, of course, there is Karajan's 1956 EMI performance, with Schwarzkopf, Ludwig, Stitch-Randall, and Edelmann, but if you choose that, I reccoment the mono version, because of slightly hazy sound and more recessed voices on the stereo version. Myself, I wouldn't want to be without all three, nor without Kleiber's and Knappertsbusch's excellent versions (on Decca and RCA, respectively).
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Peaches and Cream Casting.
6 Feb 2004
Format:Audio CD
The magnificent Marschallin of Christa Ludwig and the Octavian of the shamefully underappreciated Tatiana Troyanos, both at the height of their powers, ably matched by the inigmatic Sophie of Edith Mathis.
The final trio alone is worth the price.
Theo Adam is, as always, rock solid, though perhaps not the final word in this role.
Bohm conducts with his accustomed authority.
The sound, a stereo air check, isn't the best, but it is serviceable. You'll need to crank up the volume a bit.
In all, a very representative live performance of Strauss' masterpiece. The individual parts may be a bit better than the whole, but the whole ain't bad!!
Four stars only because of the dated sound.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Boehm at his best
3 Oct 2007
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I have two other recordings of Der Rosenkavalier, Kleiber's (1954) and Karajan's (1957), both classics, and rightly so, but neither injects such spontaneity in the music, both warm and joyful, as Karl Boehm here. Some may be upset by the casting of Christa Ludwig (a mezzo) as the Feldmarshallin, but it works. This is an opera where female voices must work in ensembles, in duos and trios; and Ludwig, Troyanos (another mezzo) as Octavian, and Mathis as Sophie, produce melting combinations. Yet all three are vocally distinctive, their roles well-differentiated, unlike some other productions. Theo Adam, as Baron Ochs, is a characterfully and strongly sung sympathetic boor.
The immediacy that can only come from a live performance, this one from the 1969 Salzburger Festspiel, is well-caught in this recording.
This version is worth having, even if you already have others, if only for Boehm's magic wand.
One word of caution. My copy came with the libretto of Strauss' Capriccio ! Never mind. The plot is known (or obtainable on line). Just sit back, enjoy the gorgeous (but complicated) music, and transport yourself to an Austria that never was !
The immediacy that can only come from a live performance, this one from the 1969 Salzburger Festspiel, is well-caught in this recording.
This version is worth having, even if you already have others, if only for Boehm's magic wand.
One word of caution. My copy came with the libretto of Strauss' Capriccio ! Never mind. The plot is known (or obtainable on line). Just sit back, enjoy the gorgeous (but complicated) music, and transport yourself to an Austria that never was !
9 of 12 people found the following review helpful
excellent production
15 July 2002
Format:Audio CD
This release is taken from an Austrian Radio stereo taping of a 1969 Salzburg production. Bohm's conducting is masterly with a lithe, transparent quality, together with the idiomatic sound and phrasing of the Vienna Philharmonic (no other orchestra handles the waltz rhythms with the same kind of natural, effortless lilt). The singing of the four key roles (i.e. the Marschallin, Octavian, Sophie and Baron Ochs) is quite good, although without quite the same degree of distinctiveness as in the classic Karajan EMI recording. On the other hand, with Bohm and company, one feels more of the frisson of a superior live performance. Ideally, one should have them both. Definitely recommended!
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