TCHAIKOVSKY: PIQUE DAME - VISHNEVSKAYA, RESNIK, ROSTROPOVICH, ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE (3 CDS)

Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame

Ewa Dobrowska (mezzo-soprano), Choeur Tchaikovsky (child), Heinz Kruse (tenor), Lucia Popp (soprano), Fausto Tenzi (tenor), Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Galina Gregorieva (concertmaster), Bernd Weikl (baritone), Hanna Schwarz (alto), Christine Mitlehner (soprano), Rudolf Alexander Sutey (bass), Peter Gougaloff (tenor), Dan Iordachescu (baritone), Dimiter Petkov (bass), Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano), Michel Piquemal (chorus master), Galina Gregorieva (chorus master)
Orchestre National de France, Tchaikovsky Choir, Choeur Tchaikovsky, R.T.F. Maitrise De Radio France
Mstislav Rostropovich

This DG version is the finest of the opera sets conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich...Vishnevskaya was still at her peak, here providing a strong and vibrant Lisa, not young-sounding but with plenty of temperament...As the Countess Regina Resnik gives an aptly over-the-top performance, biting and incisive - PENGUIN GUIDE