Credits:

Mozart / Bohm, Karl / Orchester Der Deutschen Oper

Description:

Karl Böhm's legendary recording of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" is now available in a 3 CD + BD Audio box set, the BD Audio being remastered for the first time from the original analog sources at 24bit/96kHz. The recording is still highly acclaimed, with the principal roles performed by such outstanding singers as Gundula Janowitz, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Edith Mathis, and Hermann Pley. The 28-page booklet (in German and English) includes a synopsis, essays by Alan Blythe, Peter Cose, and others, extensive illustrations, and the first public appearance of the recording. and many photos of the recording session at the Church of Jesus Christ in Berlin in 1968, which was the first time the album was recorded. Universal Music/IMS