Richard Strauss - Ariadne auf Naxos - Della Casa, Güden, Seefried - BöhmFranz Bierbach, Hilde Gueden, Hilde Rossel-Majdan, Irmgard Seefried, Lisa Ott, Lisa della Casa, Murray Dickie, Oskar Czerwenka, Paul Schöffler, Peter Klein, Rita Streich, Rudolf Schock, Walter Berry
Live Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria, 1954
Gueden is one of the main assets of the 1954 Ariadne, singing Zerbinetta with as much accuracy and a fuller tone than most of her rivals on CD in an attractively insouciant interpretation. As for Karajan (EMI, 4/88) a year or two later and for Bohm in 1944, Seefried is as winning a Composer as any. Schock, also Karajan's Bacchus, is equal to the stringent demands of the part and sings it with panache. Della Casa's Ariadne has inborn grace and musicality. --Arkivmusic
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