These five Legendary Opera Recordings in their recent deluxe version (from 2016) are put together in a deluxe rigid slipcase.
Each of these releases offers optimum sound quality. The four releases originally recorded using analogue techniques (Carmen, Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni, Tosca) have all been remastered in 2016 in 24-bit/96kHz at Abbey Road Studios using the latest technology, while La traviata benefits from its stunning original digital recording.
Bizet: Carmen
- Victoria de los Angeles (Carmen), Nicolai Gedda (Don Jose), Ernest Blanc (Escamillo), Janine Micheau (Micaela), Denise Monteil (Frasquita), Jean-Christophe Benoit (Dancaire), Michel Hamel (Remendado), Bernard Plantey (Moralès), Xavier Depraz (Zuniga)
- Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Choeurs de la Radiodiffusion Française, Maîtrise de la Radiodiffusion Française, Petits Chanteurs de Versailles
- Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
- Nicolai Gedda (Tamino), Gundula Janowitz (Pamina), Walter Berry (Papageno), Lucia Popp (Königin der Nacht), Gottlob Frick (Sarastro), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Marga Höffgen (Drei Damen), Ruth-Margret Pütz (Papagena), Gerhard Unger (Monostatos), Karl Liebl, Franz Crass (Zwei Geharnischten),
- Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus
- Otto Klemperer
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
- Joan Sutherland (Donna Anna), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira), Eberhard Wächter (Don Giovanni), Giuseppe Taddei (Leporello), Gottlob Frick (Il Commendatore), Luigi Alva (Don Ottavio), Piero Cappuccilli (Masetto), Graziella Sciutti (Zerlina)
- Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus
- Carlo Maria Giulini
Puccini: Tosca
- Maria Callas (Tosca), Carlo Bergonzi (Cavaradossi), Tito Gobbi (Scarpia), Giorgio Tadeo (Il Sagristano), Leonardo Monreale (Angelotti), Renato Ercolani (Spoletta), Ugo Trama (Sciarrone), David Sellar (Un pastore), Leonardo Monreale (Un carceriere)
- Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Choeurs de l’Opéra National de Paris
- Georges Prêtre
Verdi: La Traviata
- Renata Scotto (Violetta), Sarah Walker (Flora), Cynthia Buchan (Annina), Alfredo Kraus (Alfredo), Renato Bruson (Germont), Suso Mariategui (Gastone), Henry Newman (Barone Douphol), Richard Van Allan (Marchese d’Obigny)
- Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus
- Riccardo Muti