MOZART: OPERAS - KLEMPERER (11 CDS)

This 11-CD collection showcases four of Mozart's most celebrated operas, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte and Die Zauberflöte, with the inimitable Otto Klemperer at the helm. Featuring a host of star performers, including Lucia Popp as Despina, Elisabeth Söderström as Countess Almaviva and Nicolai Gedda as Tamino, these classic recordings demonstrate Klemperer's supreme understanding of Mozart's operas.

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
recorded January 1970
Gabriel Bacquier (Count Almaviva), Elisabeth Söderström (Countess Almaviva), Reri Grist (Susanna), Geraint Evans (Figaro), Teresa Berganza (Cherubino), Annelies Burmeister (Marcellina), Werner Hollweg (Don Basilio), Willi Brokmeier (Don Curzio), Michael Langdon (Bartolo), Clifford Grant (Antonio), Margaret Price (Barbarina), Teresa Cahill, Kiri Te Kanawa (Two Girls)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Alldis Choir
Otto Klemperer

Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
recroded June/July 1966
Nicolai Ghiaurov (Don Giovanni), Franz Crass (Commendatore), Claire Watson (Donna Anna), Nicolai Gedda (Don Ottavio), Christa Ludwig (Donna Elvira), Walter Berry (Leporello), Mirella Freni (Zerlina), Paolo Montarsolo (Masetto)"
New Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
Otto Klemperer

Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
recorded February 1971
Margaret Price (Fiordiligi), Yvonne Minton (Dorabella), Luigi Alva (Ferrando), Geraint Evans (Guglielmo), Lucia Popp (Despina), Hans Sotin (Don Alfonso)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Alldis Choir
Otto Klemperer

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
recorded March/April 1964
Nicolai Gedda (Tamino), Gundula Janowitz (Pamina), Walter Berry (Papageno), Lucia Popp (Queen Of Night), Gottlob Frick (Sarastro), Franz Crass (Speaker), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (First Lady), Christa Ludwig (Second Lady), Marga Höffgen (Third Lady), Ruth-Margret Pütz (Papagena), Gerhard Unger (Monostatos), Karl Liebl (First Armed Man), Franz Crass (Second Armed Man), Gerhard Unger (First Priest), Franz Crass (Second Priest), Agnes Giebel (First Boy), Anna Reynolds (Second Boy), Josephine Veasey (Third Boy)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus
Otto Klemperer