Quartets

October 12, 2019, 4:30 pm

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Rigoletto, Act III - The Quartet by Giuseppe Verdi from The Victrola book of the opera.

Opera quartets from Don Giovanni, Fidelio, Faust, La bohème, and Rigoletto. Artists include Nina Stemme, Victoria de los Ángeles, Rita Gorr, Licia Albanese, Cesare Siepi, Carlo Bergonzi, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Nicolai Gedda, and Boris Christoff.

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“Quartet” from Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Leontyne Price, soprano; Birgit Nilsson, soprano; Cesare Valletti, tenor; Cesare Siepi, bass; Vienna Philharmonic; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor
(Vienna 1959)

“Quartet” from Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven
Nina Stemme, soprano; Rachel Harnisch, soprano; Christoph Strehl, tenor; Christof Fischesser, bass; Lucerne Festival Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
(Lucerne 2010. DECCA 478 2552)

“Quartet” from Faust by Charles Gounod
Victoria de los Ángeles, soprano; Rita Gorr, soprano; Nicolai Gedda, tenor; Boris Christoff, bass; National Opera Theatre Orchestra; André Cluytens, conductor
(Paris 1958. EMI 7 69985 2)

“Quartet” from La bohéme by Giacomo Puccini
Licia Albanese, soprano; Laurel Hurley, soprano; Carlo Bergonzi, tenor; Mario Sereni, baritone; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Thomas Schippers, conductor
(New York 1958. SONY 88697 80463 212)

“Quartet” from Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi
Nadine Sierra, soprano; Oksana Volkova, mezzo-soprano; Francesco Demuro, tenor; Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone; Kansas City Symphony Orchestra; Constantine Orbelian, conductor
(Kansas City 2016. DELOS DE 3522)