Gobbi, Schwarzkopf, Merriman ● Herbert von Karajan - Falstaff ● 2 x CD, Album, Remastered Box Set

Verdi, Herbert von Karajan, Gobbi, Schwarzkopf, Merriman, Panerai, Barbieri, Moffo, Alva, Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus – Falstaff

Label:EMI Classics – 7243 5 67162 2 3Series:Great Recordings Of The CenturyFormat:2 x CD, Album, Remastered

Box Set

Country:USReleased:1999Genre:ClassicalStyle:Romantic

Tracklist

1.1-1.4Act I, Part I1.5-1.12Act I, Part II1.13-1.20Act II, Part I2.1-2.10Act II, Part II2.11-2.16Act III, Part I2.17-2.26Act III, Part II

Credits

• Baritone Vocals [Falstaff] – Tito Gobbi
• Baritone Vocals [Ford] – Rolando Panerai
• Bass Vocals [Pistola] – Nicola Zaccaria
• Chorus – Philharmonia Chorus
• Chorus Master – Roberto Benaglio
• Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi
• Conductor – Herbert von Karajan
• Illustration [Uncredited] – Jean Pierre Simon, Matthew William Peters
• Libretto By – Arrigo Boito
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Meg Page] – Nan Merriman
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Mistress Quickly] – Fedora Barbieri
• Orchestra – Philharmonia Orchestra
• Soprano Vocals [Alice Ford] – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
• Soprano Vocals [Nannetta] – Anna Moffo
• Tenor Vocals [Bardolfo] – Renato Ercolani
• Tenor Vocals [Dr Caius] – Tomaso Spataro
• Tenor Vocals [Fenton] – Luigi Alva

Notes

2 x CD box set with booklet

Remastered at Abbey Road Studios [art] and noise-shaped via the Prism SNS system for optimum sound quality