Birgit Nilsson Archive
Stokowski – Gala Night at the Opera = Works of WAGNER, MOZART, GOUNOD, BORODIN, VERDI & PUCCINI – Soloists/Philadelphia Orch./ Leopold Stokowski – Guild
Guild permits us to relive the spectacular gala event in Philadelphia, 1962, when Stokowski led an operatic tribute to the Academy of Music.
WAGNER: Der Ring des Nibelungen (complete) – Leading soloists/Vienna Philharmonic/Solti – Decca Pure Audio Blu-ray (14+ hours!)
What a New Year’s gift! Many believe this the greatest recording ever made. If you can believe it, it’s now in the best sound it has ever had, and on a single disc!
PUCCINI: Turandot – Birgit Nilsson, soprano/ Franco Corelli, tenor & others/MET/ Stokowski – Pristine (2 CDs)
Leopold Stokowski’s immortalized MET debut in Puccini’s last but flawed masterpiece returns to us in its spectacular triumph with a stellar cast.