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Beethoven: Leonore - Zadek, Dermota, von Rohr, Schöffler; Leitner. Bregenz, 1960
$16.95
Description:
Pros:
- Hearing the original version of Fidelio is a fascinating glimpse into Beethoven's compositional technique as well as a lesson in dramatic pacing. Although there are some beautiful numbers that Beethoven deleted for the final version, you can see how they distort the flow of the drama.
- Hilde Zadek is radiant as Leonore.
- Despite being on the lighter end of the vocal spectrum, Anton Dermota delivers a poised Florestan (and benefits from the kinder tessitura of Beethoven's earlier version.)
- Paul Schöffler is a formidable Pizzaro.
Cons:
- Nothing to mention
In Mono
OD 11551-2
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05/12/2023
Mark
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06/09/2018
Richard I.
Mainly magnificent...
...but I am disappointed that this performance (or is it the recording) excludes the spoken dialogue. This is so crucial to the drama and without it one loses some of the dramatic thrust of the narrative and the opera becomes a series of "numbers". Beethoven really DID know what he was doing, even in this early form of what was to become a masterpiece!
