The stunning 'Covent Garden Anniversary Album' released complete for the first time on CD, and coupled with Solti's firecracker accounts of Overtures and Preludes. Soloists include a range of 1960s Covent Garden stalwarts, including Carlyle, Sutherland, Veasey, Minton, Shuard, Collier, Gobbi, Evans, Pears and Ward, and conductors include Downes, Bonynge, Walton and Goodall. Nearly 160 minutes of inspirational operatic performances mined from the rich Decca archives.