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Author/Creator:

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827

Contributors:

Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1835 , librettist

Breuning, Stephan von , librettist

Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842 , librettist

Martinpelto, Hillevi, 1958- , performer

Best, Matthew, 1957- , performer

Oelze, Christiane , performer

Schade, Michael , performer

Miles, Alastair , performer

Bantzer, Christoph , narrator

Gardiner, John Eliot , conductor

Janowitz, Gundula , performer

Kollo, René, 1937- , performer

Jungwirth, Manfred, 1919-1999 , performer

Sotin, Hans , performer

Popp, Lucia , performer

Dallapozza, Adolf , performer

Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 1925-2012 , performer

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 , conductor

Abbado, Claudio , conductor

Bouilly, J. N. (Jean Nicolas), 1763-1842

Monteverdi Choir , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Orchestre révolutionnaire et romantique , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Wiener Philharmoniker , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

German

Language Notes:

Item content: German

Main Work:

Fidelio [by Beethoven, L.v.] > (1805)

Included Works:

Leonore [by Beethoven, L.v.]

Fidelio [by Beethoven, L.v.] > (1814)

Ouverture zur Oper Leonore, no. 1 [by Beethoven, L.v.]

Related Works:

Léonore [by Bouilly, J.N.]

Related Series:

Works [of Beethoven, L.v.] (Complete); v. 4 (1997)

Subjects:

Operas

Overtures

Performers:

In the 1st work: Hillevi Martinpelto, Kim Begley, Franz Hawlata, Matthew Best, Christiane Oelze, Michael Schade, Alastair Miles, singers; Christoph Bantzer, narrator; Monteverdi Choir; Orchestre révolutionnaire et romantique; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor. 2nd work: Gundula Janowitz, René Kollo, Manfred Jungwirth, Hans Sotin, Lucia Popp, Adolf Dallapozza, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, singers; Wiener Staatsopernchor; Wiener Philharmoniker; Leonard Bernstein, conductor. 3rd work: Wiener Philharmoniker; Claudio Abbado, conductor.

General Notes:

Operas, the 1st recorded primarily using the 1805 version, with Leonore overture no. 2, the 2nd with "Fidelio" overture and Leonore overture no. 3; the 3rd work is an independent overture not used with the opera.
Recorded Sept. 1996, the Colosseum, Watford (1st work); and Feb. 1978 (2nd work) and Oct. 1989 (3rd work), in Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Vienna; previously released material.
Program notes by John Eliot Gardiner, David Cairns, and Hans Schmidt, in English and German with French, Italian and Spanish translations, synopsis, and librettos, by Joseph Sonnleithner, with Stephan von Breuning (1st work) and Georg Friedrich Treitschke (2nd work), after Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, in German with English and French translations (337, 32 p. : ill.) included.
Accompanying book cataloged as ML410.B4 L88 1997.

Physical Description:

4 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
no. 1

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 77500 v.4

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 2894537192
Publisher Number, Deutsche Grammophon: 453 719-2 (453 720-2--453 723-2)
Publisher Number, Deutsche Grammophon: 453 720-2--453 723-2

OCLC Numbers:

1041651887
37928305 [Invalid]