Singer: Beethoven
Title: Fidelio
Label: Decca ‎– MET 272/3, Decca ‎– MET 272-3
Type: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Mono Box Set
Country: UK
Date of released: Nov 1964
Category: Classical
Style: Classical, Romantic
Size MP3 zip: 1827 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1438 mb
Rating: 3.8✭
Format: MP3 MOD AHX WAV MP1 FLAC AC3 APE FLAC

Tracklist

A1	Overture
Act I
A2	Duet: Jetzt, Schätzchen, Jetzt
A3	Recitative: Der Arme Jaquino
A4	Aria: O Wär' Ich Schon Mit Dir Vereint
A5	Recitative: Marzelline, Ist Fidelio Noch Nicht Gekommen?
A6	Quartet: Mir Ist So Wunderbar
A7	Recitative: Höre Fidelio
A8	Aria: Hat Man Nicht Auch Gold Beineben
A9	Recitative: Ihr Könnt Das Leicht Sagen
A10	Trio: Gut, Sönnchen, Gut
B1	March
B2	Recitative: Die Depeschen
B3	Aria With Chorus: Ha! Welch Ein Augenblick
B4	Recitative: Hauptmann! Besteigen Sie Mit Einem Trompeter
B5	Duet: Jetzt, Alter, Jetzt
B6	Recitative And Aria: Abscheulicher! ...Komm, Hoffnung
B7	Recitative: Meister Rocco, Ich Ersuchte Euch
B8	Chorus: O Welche Lust
C1	Finale: Nun Sprecht, Wie Ging's?
Act II
C2	Introduction And Aria: Gott! Welch Dunkel Hier
C3	Recitative: Wie Kalt Ist Es
C4	Melodrama And Duet: Nur Hurtig Fort
D1	Recitative: Er Erwacht!
D2	Trio: Euch Werde Lohn
D3	Recitative: Alles Ist Bereit
D4	Quartet: Er Sterbe!
D5	Duet: O Namenlose Freude
D6	Chorus: Heil Sei Dem Tag
D7	Finale: Des Besten Königs Wink Und Wille

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Sofiensaal
• Mastered At – Decca Studios
• Pressed By – Decca Record Co. Ltd., Pressing Plant, UK.
• Printed By – MacNeill Press Ltd.
• Record Company – The Decca Record Company Limited
• Copyright (c) – The Decca Record Company Limited

Credits

• Baritone Vocals [Don Fernando] – Hermann Prey
• Baritone Vocals [Pizarro] – Tom Krause
• Bass Vocals [2nd Prisoner] – Günther Adam
• Bass Vocals [Rocco] – Kurt Böhme
• Chorus – Chorus Of The Vienna State Opera*
• Chorus Master – Wilhelm Pitz
• Composed By – Beethoven*
• Conductor – Lorin Maazel
• Engineer [Uncredited] – Gordon Parry
• Illustration [Booklet Cover Illustration] – V. R. Grüner
• Illustration [Box Cover Illustration] – Foto Fayer
• Illustration [Libretto Frontispiece] – Goya*
• Libretto By – Sonnleithner*
• Liner Notes [Libretto: Translated By] – G.M. Holland, Peggie Cochrane
• Liner Notes [Reprinted And Expanded From The Author's 1959 Article] – Christopher Raeburn
• Liner Notes [Synopsis] – Peggie Cochrane
• Mastered By – E
• Orchestra – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra*
• Photography By [Photograph Of Mr. Maazel] – Photo Ellinger
• Photography By [Photograph Of Mr. Prey] – Sedge LeBlang
• Photography By [Photographs Of Miss Sciutti & Mr McCracken] – Foto Fayer
• Producer [Uncredited] – Christopher Raeburn, Erik Smith
• Soprano Vocals [Leonore] – Birgit Nilsson
• Soprano Vocals [Marzelline] – Graziella Sciutti
• Tenor Vocals [1st Prisoner] – Kurt Equiluz
• Tenor Vocals [Florestan, A Political Prisoner] – James McCracken
• Tenor Vocals [Jaquino] – Donald Grobe

Notes

Purple grooved wideband label [EP1]

First UK mono edition with purple and silver printed labels and large, capital lettering unboxed company name-

(On labels:) "Original Recording By.." at 10 o'clock
(On labels:) Recording First Published 1964
(On labels:) Full Frequency Range Recording
(On labels:) Decca 'Musical Notes' logo
(On labels:) ffrrears logo
(On labels:) Made in England
(In booklet:) © 1964

First Category appears on spine, second Category 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 stereo version was released with catalog# SET 272-3

Recorded 2-5, 11-15 March and 17 June 1964

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout side 1, stamped): ARL-6353-1A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side 2, stamped): ARL-6354-2A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side 3, stamped): ARL-6355-4A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side 4, stamped): ARL-6356-4A
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side 1 [printed upside-down]): N ARL.6353
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side 2 [printed upside-down]): N ARL.6354
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side 3 [printed upside-down]): N ARL.6355
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side 4 [printed upside-down]): N ARL.6356
• Other (Individual Category record 1): MET.272
• Other (Individual Category record 2): MET.273
• Other (Tax code on labels): K/T

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SET 272/3, SET 272-3	Beethoven*, Nilsson* · McCracken*, Krause* · Prey*, Vienna Philharmonic*, Maazel*	Beethoven*, Nilsson* · McCracken*, Krause* · Prey*, Vienna Philharmonic*, Maazel* - Fidelio ‎(2xLP + Box)	Decca, Decca	SET 272/3, SET 272-3	UK	1964
9297, SGD 583/584	Beethoven*, Nilsson* · McCracken*, Krause* · Prey*, Vienna Philharmonic*, Maazel*	Beethoven*, Nilsson* · McCracken*, Krause* · Prey*, Vienna Philharmonic*, Maazel* - Fidelio ‎(2xLP, Mono, Gat)	Decca, Decca, Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft	9297, SGD 583/584	Germany	1964
72309	Beethoven*, Nilsson* · McCracken*, Krause* · Prey*, Vienna Philharmonic*, Maazel*	Beethoven*, Nilsson* · McCracken*, Krause* · Prey*, Vienna Philharmonic*, Maazel* - Fidelio ‎(2xLP, Album + Box)	Decca	72309	Germany	Unknown
OSA 1259	Beethoven*, Birgit Nilsson, James McCracken, Krause* · Prey* · Sciutti* · Boehme*, Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra*	Beethoven*, Birgit Nilsson, James McCracken, Krause* · Prey* · Sciutti* · Boehme*, Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra* - Fidelio ‎(2xLP + Box)	London Records	OSA 1259	US	1964
448 104-2	Ludwig van Beethoven, Birgit Nilsson, James McCracken, Tom Krause, Hermann Prey, Graziella Sciutti, Kurt Böhme, Lorin Maazel, Wiener Philharmoniker	Ludwig van Beethoven, Birgit Nilsson, James McCracken, Tom Krause, Hermann Prey, Graziella Sciutti, Kurt Böhme, Lorin Maazel, Wiener Philharmoniker - Fidelio ‎(2xCD, RE)	Decca	448 104-2	UK	1996