Soprano Duets [Original recording remastered]

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Performer), Irmgard Seefried (Performer), Gerald Moore (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Irmgard Seefried, Gerald Moore
• Audio CD (September 18, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B000UZ4EEI
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #271,647 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Genre: Classical Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 18-SEP-2007

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intoxicating!, April 14, 2008

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David deJongh (Carrollton, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soprano Duets (Audio CD)

I'm ashamed to say that I had never heard of Irmgard Seefried until coming across this recording. I have, of course, known and loved the voice of Schwarzkopf since first hearing her as a teenager.
This is a glorious collection, featuring a most attractive selection of duet repertoire, although I have grown used to hearing Ardo e Scoprir sung by male voices (and can relate to the lyric from a male viewpoint). The remastering of the 1955 sessions is unbelievably clear and rich. As usual, Gerald Moore's accompaniment is encouraging, deeply felt, but unobtrusive.
The 1947 Hansel and Gretel excerpt is the one we remember from our schooldays. The voices come across well, and the orchestral sound is good for the age of the recording. Unfortunately, the Rosenkavalier excerpt, also from 1947, does not fare so well. What could have been an outstanding recording (it was recorded in the Musikvereinsaal, renowned for its fine acoutics) sounds like a bootleg recording made on somebody's portable cassette recorder. It's certainly a pleasure, though, to hear Schwarzkopf as Sophie.