Giuseppe Verdi
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Requiem (1874)
Arthuro Toscanini (conductor), Zinka Milanov , Kerstin Thorborg (mezzo-soprano), Helge Rosvaenge
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Choir. Dir. A. Toscanini. Soprano - Z.Milanova, contralto - K.Torborg, tenor - X.Rozvenge, bass - Nikola Moscona. London, May 27, 1938 - This is the second recording of Verdi`s Requiem by Toscanini, the 1st was recorded on March 4 of the same year in New York.
Richard Wagner
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Tetralogy `Der Ring des Nibelungen.` Part IV: Opera `Götterdämmerung` (1848-74), WWV 86d
Frida Leider (soprano), Thomas Beecham (conductor), Lauritz Melchior , Kerstin Thorborg (mezzo-soprano)
Fragments of two performances: Covent Garden, May 14 and 29, 1936 (live). 2nd half of the 1st and 2nd act. Conductor Thomas Beecham. Frida Leider - Brunhilda, Lauritz Melchior - Siegfried, Herbert Janssen - Gunter, Kerstin Torborg - Waltrauta, Ludwig Weber (May 29) and Emmanuel List (May 14) - Hagen, Eduard Habig - Alberich, Maria Nezadal - Gutruna. – See comment!
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