Verdi - Otello - Vinay, Schöffler, Greindl - Furtwängler, Salzburg 19512CD - 149min.
Opera d'Or (SunnyMoon) 2005
with August Jaresch, Anton Dermota, Georg Monthy, Dragica Martinis, Sieglinde Wagner, Josef Greindl, Paul Schoffler, Ramon Vinay
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler
"With Vinay as Otello and Furtwangler at the helm, this was bound to be something magical. Vinay is in towering form, a powerhouse of a man, and he makes the final scene unutterably painful...Furtwangler’s perception of the work’s architecture has a magisterial finality to it, making this performance a unique fusion of passion and intellect." – Rough Guide to Opera
Chilean singer Ramón Vinay is little remembered today because of the rarity of his recordings, but he is considered by many to be the greatest Otello of the 20th century. Historic 1951 recording from the Salzburg Festival.
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