 | Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri
Buy new: £25.99 / Used from: £12.99 This is such a witty performance. Agnes Baltsa is untouched as Isabella and Ruggero Raimondi really hams it up as Mustafa.
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 | Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Buy used from: £27.52 Worth every penny! Visceral excitement at its best. The sparks start flying from Agnes Baltsa's first entrance and never seem to stop!
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 | Verdi: Aida
Buy new: £11.99 / Used from: £18.18 There is no other recording to listen to.
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 | Beethoven: Fidelio
Buy new: £13.18 / Used from: £11.45 Simply the best
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 | Mozart: Così fan tutte
Buy new: £22.98 / Used from: £17.92 Christa Ludwig and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf are amazing as the two sisters and only to be outdone by Agnes Baltsa and Margaret Marshall on the long deleted Muti recording.
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 | Wagner: Die Walküre, Act I
Buy used from: £6.10 It's all worth the orgasmic scream of delight at the end of the first act
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 | Anne Sofie von Otter Sings Offenbach
Buy new: £13.99 / Used from: £3.99 Offenbach is fun and Anne Sofie von Otter brings her unique sense of wit to this charming program.
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 | Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Buy used from: £38.00 Solely for the unrivalled Queen of the Night. Cristina Deutekom has one of those rare dramatic coloratura voice which spans all the way up to the top F!
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 | Lehár: The Merry Widow
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £12.00 Elizabeth Harwood was the only Merry Widow worth listening to. Such a gorgeous voice.
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 | Wagner: Tannhäuser
Buy used from: £15.00 This is one to relieve the tension. Christa Ludwig is the most sensual singer and "Geliebter, komm" is so ethereal it's untrue.
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