Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier is one of opera's most enduring masterpieces, a glittering comedy of manners set to some of the most gorgeous music ever written. This legendary 1959 Columbia recording features conductor Herbert von Karajan leading the Philharmonia Orchestra and an incomparable cast: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf in her prime as the Marschallin, with Christa Ludwig and Eberhard Wächter completing the famous trio. Recorded at the height of the golden age, this pressing captures the warmth and naturalism of that era's approach to opera recording. Strauss's orchestration is ravishingly beautiful throughout—waltzes, delicate chamber passages, and surging romantic outpourings. This is one of opera's essential recordings, historically significant and sonically gorgeous.

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