VINYL RECORDS / 25 CLASSICAL OPERA 3- & 4-LP RECORD SETS

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25 EXCELLENT OPERA 3- & 4-DISC RECORD ALBUM SETS

(a few Symphonic or misc. sets)

         GRADES (disc only unless noted): LN = Like New,  EX = Excellent,  NM = Near Mint,  VG = Very Good,  G = Good

R. STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier (abridged) - Lotte Lehmann, Elisabeth Schumann / R.STRAUSS: Scenes from Ariadne and Arabella - Lotte Lehmann / R. STRAUSS: Songs - Elisabeth Schumann (3 discs) - Seraphim - EX

ALBAN BERG:  Lulu - Evelyn Lear, Patricia Johnson, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Donald Grobe; Karl Bohm, Orchestra of the German Opera Berlin -- DGG (w/ two libretto booklets) - LN

R. STRAUSS: Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera) - Schwarzkopf, Schock, Seefried, Streich; Von Karajan cond. The Philharmonia Orch. - Angel (3 discs) - LN

 WEBER - MAHLER: Die Drei Pintos (Mahler's completed version) - Lucia Popp, Werner Hollweg, Hermann Prey, Kurt Moll; Gary Bertini cond. Munich Phil. - RCA Red Seal (3 discs) - EX

WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman (complete opera) - George London, Leonie Rysanek, Giorgio Tozzi; Antal Dorati cond. the Orch. & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - London - (3 discs) - NM

R. STRAUSS: Arabella (complete opera) - Lisa Della Casa, Anneliese Rothenberger, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Joseph Keilberth conducts Bavarian State Opera Orch. at the Munich Opera Festival, 1963 - DGG (includes Metropolian opera libretto in English) - (3 discs) - NM

HANDEL: Rodelinda (complete opera) - Teresa Stich-Randall, Maureen Forrester, Alexander Young, Helen Watts, Hilde Roessl-Majdan; Brian Priestman cond. Vienna Radio Orch. - Westminster stereo - (3 discs) - EX

HANDEL: Xerxes (Serse) (Complete opera) - Lucia Popp, Maureen Forrester, Owen Brannigan, Martin Isepp, Maureen Lehane; Brian Priestman cond. Vienna Radio Orch. - Westminster Gold - (3 discs) - EX

NICOLAI: Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor - Complete Opera) - Gottlob Frick, Fritz Wunderlich, Edith Mathis, Ernst Gutstein, Kieth Engen; Robert Heger cond. Choir & Orch. of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich - Odeon import - (3 discs) - NM

MOZART: La Clemenza di Tito (complete opera) - Berganza, Krenn, Popp, Casula, Fassbaender, Franc; Istvan Kertesa cond. Vienna State Opera Orch. - London - (3 discs) - LN

R. STRAUSS: Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera) - Tatiana Troyanos, Hildegard Hillebrecht, Jess Thomas, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerhard Unger, Reri Grist; Karl Bohm cond. Sym. Orch. of the Bavarian Radio - DGG - (3 discs) - EX

R. STRAUSS:  TIME/LIFE COLLECTION ("Les Grands Maitres de la Musique") containing:  Don Juan (Mehta, Los Angeles Phil); Till Eulenspiegel (Boston Sym.); Lieder (Montserrat Caballe, Miguel Zanetti, piano); Salome: Dance & Final Scene (Inge Borkh, Fritz Reiner, Chicago Sym); Elektra: Monologue & Final Scene (Inge Borkh, Frances Yeend, Fritz Reiner, Chicago Sym); Der Rosenkavalier Suite (Andre Previn, Londres Sym. Orch.); Arias from Der Rosenkavalier, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Die Agyptische Helena (Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf, New Philharmonia Orch & Boston Sym.); Borugeois gentilhomme Suite (Anshel Brusilow, Chamber Sym. Orch.); Munchen: Commemorative Waltz (Andre Previn, London Sym.); Four Last Songs (Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf, New Philharmonia) -- TIME/LIFE (4 discs in a beautiful slipcase) - LN

MOZART: La Finita Giardiniera (complete opera) - Helen Donath, Jessye Norman, Tatiana Troyanos, Hermann Prey, Gerhard Unger, Ileana Cotrubas; Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt cond. Chor und Orch. des Norddeutschen Rundfunks - Philips - (3 discs) - NM

R. STRAUSS: Intermezzo (complete opera) - Lucia Popp, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Adolf Dallapozza, Kurt Moll; Wolfgang Sawallisch cond. Sym. Orch. of the Bavarian Radio - EMI import - (3 discs) - NM

MOZART: Idomeneo (complete opera) - Edith Mathis, Julia Varady, Wieslaw Ochman, Peter Schreier; Karl Bohm cond. Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden - DGG - (3 discs) - NM

MOZART: Don Giovanni (complete opera) - Sena Jurinac, Irmgard Seefried, Maria Stader, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ernst Haefliger; Ferenc Fricsay cond. Radio-Sym. Orch. of Berlin - DGG Privilege - (3 discs) - EX

IVES: Complete Works for Piano - Alan Mandel (piano) - Desto Records - (4 discs) - EX

R. STRAUSS: Die Schweigsame Frau (complete opera) - Theo Adam, Annelies Burgmeister, Jeanette Scovotti, Trudeliese Schmidt, Wernere Haseleu; Marek Janowski cond. Staatskapelle Dresden & Dresden State Opera Chorus - Angel - (3 discs) NM

HUMPERDINCK: Konigskinder (complete opera) - Helen Donath, Hanna Schwarz, Adolf Dallapozza, Hermann Prey, Karl Ridderbusch; Heinz Wallberg cond. Choir of Bavarian Radio & Munich Radio Orch. - Odeon - (3 discs) - LN

R. STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier (complete opera) - Marianne Scheck, Irmgard Seefried, Rita Streich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Kurt Bohme; Karl Bohm cond. Sachsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Chor des Staatsoper Dresden - DGG - (3 discs) - NM

WAGNER: An Introduction to Der Ring Des Nibelungen - Deryk Cooke discusses leitmotifs of Wagner's Ring (w/ George Solti, Vienna Philharmonic) - London (missing booklet) - EX

R. STRAUSS: Die Frau ohne Schatten (complete opera) - Inge Borkh, Ingrid Bjoner, Martha Modl, Jess Thomas, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Joseph Keilberth conducts Bavarian State Orch. & Choir (1963 from the Munich National Theater) - DGG - (3 discs) - EX

R. STRAUSS: Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera) - Gundula Janowitz, James King, Teresa Zylis-Gara, Sylvia Geszty, Theo Adam, Peter Schreier, Hermann Prey; Rudolf Kempe cond. Die Staatskapelle Dresden (1968) - Odeon - (3 discs) - EX

MOZART: La Clemenza di Tito (complete opera) - Teresa Berganza, Edith Mathis, Julia Varady, Marga Schiml, Peter Schreier, Theo Adam; Karl Bohm cond. Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden - DGG - (3 discs) - LN

ORFF: Die Kluge (complete) - Thomas Stewart, Lucia Popp, Gottlob Frick, Richard Kogel, Manfred Schmidt, Claudio Nicolai, Kurt Bohme; Kurt Eichhorn cond. Das Rudnfunkorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Munchen - Eurodisc - EX   (Included in case: ORFF: Lamenti - Rose Wagemann, Hermann Prey, Lucia Popp, Karl Ridderbusch, Hanna Schwarz; Kurt Eichhorn cond. Munchner Rundfunkorchester - BASF - EX)  (4 discs total)