by Ludwig van Beethoven · EMI · CD · EAN 0077776449623
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«Fidelio» is the opera by Ludwig van Beethoven, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler, released by EMI Classics as a double CD (2 CD) in 1999.
Fidelio is Beethoven's only opera. Set in a Spanish prison, it tells how Leonore risks everything to free her husband Florestan, a political prisoner: love, heroism and liberation. This 1953 recording brings together Martha Mödl, Wolfgang Windgassen and Sena Jurinac with the Vienna Philharmonic, under the baton of Wilhelm Furtwängler.
Monaural recording at the Musikvereinssaal in Vienna (October 1953), remastered in 1992. Edition on 2 CDs (ref. CHS 7 64496 2); libretto by Joseph Sonnleithner, revised by Stephan von Breuning.
For opera lovers and admirers of Furtwängler's conducting; part of EMI's References series, dedicated to historical recordings.
