Subtitle on container: Four last songs ; Arias & duets, Ariadne & Arabella. 1st work is a setting of poems by Eichendorff and Hesse; the 2nd and 3rd works are based on librettos by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Lisa della Casa, soprano, (1st-3rd works) ; Rudolf Schock, tenor (2nd work) ; Lisa Otto, soprano (2nd work) ; Nada Puttar, mezzo-soprano (2nd work) ; Leonore Kirchstein, soprano (2nd work) ; Hilde Gueden, soprano (3rd work) ; George London, bass-baritone (3rd work) ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (1st and 3rd works) ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (2nd work) ; Karl Böhm, conductor (1st work) ; Alberto Erede, conductor (2nd work) ; Georg Solti, conductor (3rd work). Recorded 1953 (1st work), 1959 (2nd work), and 1958 (3rd work). Compact disc. Booklet with program notes by James Murray in English (6 pages) inserted in container. Previously issued as: Decca LW 5056 (1953) (1st work), Odeon E 80 503 (approximately 1964) (2nd work) and Decca LXT.5403--LXT.5406 (1958) (3rd work).
Contents:
Four last songs (Vier letzte Lieder): Beim Schlafengehen ; September ; Frühling ; Im Abendrot -- Opera scenes and arias. Ariadne auf Naxos: Ein Schönes war ; Es gibt ein Reich ; Circe, ich konnte fliehen! / with Rudolf Schock, Lisa Otto, Nada Puttar-Gold and Leonore Kirschstein -- Arabella: Aber der Richtige / with Hilde Gueden ; Mein Elemer ; Das war sehr gut, Mandryka / with George London.
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