Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

This 24Bit/96kHz audiophile remastered two-disc recording of Aida, captured in performance on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House, NYC in 1962 features a young, vibrant cast of future stars and Metropolitan Opera stalwarts. Opposite the great Italian tenor Franco Corelli as Radames is soprano Gabriella Tucci as Aida; mezzo-soprano Irene Dalis is Amneris and a young and future prominent American bass Cornell MacNeil portrays Aida’s father. George Schick, one-time President of the Manhattan School of Music, conducts the Met Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

This audiophile remastered, German-sung, Vienna, Austria production from 1960 of Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth features some highly accomplished and noted singers active in the middle years of the last century. Hans Braun (1912-97) stars in the title role, with Anton Dermota as Macduff and the powerful dramatic soprano Christel Goltz (1912-2008), the dominant Salome of her time and arguably one of the best ever to sing and act that role, as the Lady Macbeth. Argeo Quadri (1911-2004), long associated with opera performance in Vienna, conducts the Vienna Radio Orchestra and Chorus.

Despite a storyline that can, and has, confounded listeners and critics alike, La Forza del Destino, Verdi’s first opera following a multi-year hiatus, is also amongst his most compelling due to the unmitigated force of its telling and the sheer beauty of the score. This 1960 live performance from Argentina’s famed Teatro Colon features the wonderful Dutch soprano Gré Brouwenstijn as Donna Leonora, Aldo Protti, and American stars Richard Tucker and Mignon Dunn. For vocal connoisseurs, this is a must own. 24bit/96kHz re-mastered.

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music