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Composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven

Artist(s):
Gosta Winbergh
Wolfgang Glashof

Conductor:
Michael Halasz

Background: Beethoven wrote his only opera Fidelio in the full maturity of his creative powers. Based on a lofty and strongly dramatic theme of freedom, justice, and heroism, the composer's idealized image of womanhood is to be seen in the married love of the heroine Leonore.

This collection of highlights includes the Prisoner's Chorus, an ode to freedom sung by a chorus of political prisoners, Florestan's hallucinating vision of Leonore come as an angel to rescue him (Gott! Welch' Dunkel hier!), and the highly melodramatic Finale to Act II in which the rescue finally takes place.

CATALOGUE NR: 8557892
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 4.88 including VAT, or £ 4.15 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 31-Oct-2005

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TITLE: Fidelio - highlights
TRACKS: Overture. O war ist schon mit dir vereint. Mir ist so wunderbar. Hat man nicht auch. Gold beineben. March. Ha! Welch ein Augenblick. Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin. Prisoner's Chorus: O welche Lust. Gott! Welch' Dunkel hier! Er sterbe! O namenlose Freude! Heil! Heil sei dem Tag. Des besten Konigs. Wink und Wille. Wer ein holdes Weib.
ORCHESTRA: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
CONDUCTOR: Michael Halasz
ARTISTS: Gosta Winbergh   Wolfgang Glashof   Kurt Moll   Inga Nielsen

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