Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72 (1805 Version - Remastered) [Live] Dame Gwyneth Jones, James King, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Carl Melles

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Leonore, Op. 72 (1805 Version):
• 1 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72 (1805 Version): Overture [Live] 14:14
• Leonore, Op. 72, Act I (1805 Version):
• 2 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act I (1805 Version): O wär' ich schon mit dir vereint [Live] 04:12
• 3 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act I (1805 Version): Jetzt, Schätzchen, jetzt sind wir allein [Live] 05:03
• 4 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act I (1805 Version): Ein Mann ist bald genommen [Live] 03:57
• 5 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act I (1805 Version): Mir ist so wunderbar [Live] 04:33
• 6 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act I (1805 Version): Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben [Live] 02:48
• 7 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act I (1805 Version): Gut Söhnchen, gut [Live] 07:10
• Leonore, Op. 72, Act II (1805 Version):
• 8 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act II (1805 Version): March [Live] 02:13
• 9 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act II (1805 Version): Ha! Welch ein Augenblick! [Live] 02:55
• 10 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act II (1805 Version): Jetzt, Alter, jetzt hat es Eile! [Live] 04:51
• 11 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act II (1805 Version): Um in der Ehe froh zu leben [Live] 07:01
• 12 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act II (1805 Version): Ach, brich noch nicht [Live] 08:50
• 13 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act II (1805 Version): O welche Lust, in freier Luft [Live] 08:47
• 14 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act II (1805 Version): Entfernt euch jetzt [Live] 02:51
• 15 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act II (1805 Version): Wir müssen gleich zu Werke schreiten [Live] 03:35
• 16 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act II (1805 Version): Auf euch nur will ich bauen [Live] 03:47
• Leonore, Op. 72, Act III (1805 Version):
• 17 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act III (1805 Version): Gott! Welch Dunkel hier! [Live] 11:23
• 18 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act III (1805 Version): Wie kalt ist es [Live] 05:57
• 19 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act III (1805 Version): Euch werde Lohn in besser'n Welten [Live] 06:39
• 20 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act III (1805 Version): Er sterbe! [Live] 05:01
• 21 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act III (1805 Version): Ich kann mich noch nicht fassen [Live] 10:18
• 22 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act III (1805 Version): Zur Rache, zur Rache! [Live] 04:55
• 23 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act III (1805 Version): O Gott! Welch ein Augenblick! [Live] 03:54
• 24 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act III (1805 Version): Wie lange habt Ihr sie getragen? [Live] 02:26
• 25 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act III (1805 Version): Preist! Preist! Preist mit hoher Freude Glut [Live] 00:43
• 26 Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72, Act III (1805 Version): Wer ein holdes Weib errungen [Live] 04:59
• Total Runtime 02:23:02

Info for Beethoven: Leonore, Op. 72 (1805 Version - Remastered) [Live]

This version of the three act Leonore of 1805 was recorded during a concert performance in the Grand Hall of the Vienna Musikverein on 14 December 1970. Starring as Fidelio/Leonore and Florestan were Gwyneth Jones and James King, who were incomparable in these roles at the time. The rest of the cast also include outstanding singers of the age, above all Theo Adam as Pizarro, Gerd Nienstedt as Rocco, Rotraud Hansmann as Marzelline, Werner Hollweg as Jaquino and Eberhard Waechter as Don Fernando. At the beginning, there is the Leonore Overture No. 2, thrillingly performed by the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra under the Baton of Carl Melles.

Dame Gwyneth Jones, soprano
James King, tenor
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Carl Melles, conductor

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