Beethoven: Fidelio – review

Nilsson/Vickers/Uhde/Czerwenka/New York Met Orchestra and Chorus/Böhm (Sony, 2 CDs)Another live Fidelio, this time from New York in 1960, and one of the latest releases in Sony's archive series from the Metropolitan Opera. As with the Decca set (see above), the focus of interest falls primarily on the conducting, giving us a much clearer idea of what Karl Böhm was capable of doing with the piece than we find in his undistinguished 1969 DG recording. It's a white-knuckle ride of a performance ...

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