Fidelio
Ludwig van Beethoven, Birgit Nilsson, James McCracken, Tom Krause, Hermann Prey, Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel
Artists
Album Info
Release Date: 1964-11Label: Decca
Purple grooved wideband label [EP1]First UK stereo edition
(On labels:) "Original Recording By.." at 10 o'clock
(On labels:) Recording First Published 1964
(On labels:) Full Frequency Stereophonic Sound logo
(On labels:) Decca 'Musical Notes' logo
(On labels:) Made in England
(In booklet:) © 1964
First cat# appears on spine, second cat# in booklet
Includes 30-page booklet with notes and the libretto
Booklet cover illustration: "The Dungeon Scene", from an engraving by V. R. Grüner 1815
Libretto Frontispiece: "A Prisoner", preparatory drawing by Goya
A mono version was released with catalog# MET 272-3
Recorded 2-5, 11-15 March and 17 June 1964