Tracklist

Fidelio
A1	Overture
Act I
A2.1	No. 1: Duet, Jetzt Schätzchen
A2.2	No. 2: Aria, O Wär' Ich Schon Mit Dir Vereint
B1.1	No. 3: Quartet, Mir Ist So Wunderbar
B1.2	No. 4: Aria, Hat Man Nicht Auch Gold
B1.3	No. 5: Trio, Gut, Söhnchen, Gut
C1.1	No. 6: March
C1.2	No. 7: Ha! Welch' Ein Augenblick!
C1.3	No. 8: Duet: Jetzt, Alter
C1.4	No. 9: Recit. And Aria, Abscheulicher!...
D	No. 10: Finale, O Welche Lust!
Act II
E1.1	No. 11: Introduction And Aria, Gott! Welch' Dunkel Hier!
E1.2	No. 12: Duet, Nur Hurtig Fort
E1.3	No. 13: Trio, Euch Werde Lohn In Bessern Welten
F1.1	No. 14: Quartet, Er Sterbe!
F1.2	No. 15: Duet, O Namenlose Freude
F1.3	No. 16: Finale, Heil Sei Dem Tag

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
• Recorded At – Kingsway Hall

Credits

• Baritone Vocals [Second Prisoner] – Raymond Wolansky
• Bass Vocals [Don Fernando] – Franz Crass
• Bass Vocals [Don Pizarro] – Walter Berry
• Bass Vocals [Rocco] – Gottlob Frick
• Chorus – Philharmonia Chorus
• Chorus Master – Wilhelm Pitz
• Composed By – Beethoven*
• Conductor – Otto Klemperer
• Libretto By – Friedrich Treitschke*, Joseph Sonnleithner
• Liner Notes – Harold Rosenthal, William Mann
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Leonore] – Christa Ludwig
• Orchestra – Philharmonia Orchestra
• Photography By [Cover] – Angus McBean
• Repetiteur – Heinrich Schmidt
• Soprano Vocals [Marzelline] – Ingeborg Hallstein
• Tenor Vocals [First Prisoner] – Kurt Wehofschitz
• Tenor Vocals [Florestan] – Jon Vickers
• Tenor Vocals [Jaquino] – Gerhard Unger

Notes

Second Edition red label, issued c1964-8
Labelography code: ER1

Recorded February-March 1962

Equivalent mono issue is Columbia MS 843 / 33CX 1804-6

includes 8-page booklet on blue paper

Recording first published 1962

On booklet P902/168 H & S

For an extra charge a 44-page libretto was available, with German text and English translation by William Mann

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (stamped side A): YAX 881
• Matrix / Runout (stamped side B): YAX 882
• Matrix / Runout (stamped side C): YAX 883
• Matrix / Runout (stamped side D): YAX 884
• Matrix / Runout (stamped side E): YAX 885
• Matrix / Runout (stamped side F): YAX 886

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
QCX. 10467/68/69	Ludwig van Beethoven	Fidelio ‎(Box, Album + 3xLP)	Columbia	QCX. 10467/68/69	Italy	1965
3625 C/L	Beethoven*, Otto Klemperer	Beethoven*, Otto Klemperer - Fidelio ‎(3xLP, Album, Mono, RE, Box)	Angel Records	3625 C/L	US	Unknown
TC SLS 5006	Ludwig van Beethoven, Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra And Chorus*, Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, Gottlob Frick, Walter Berry	Ludwig van Beethoven, Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra And Chorus*, Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, Gottlob Frick, Walter Berry - Fidelio ‎(2xCass, Album, RE)	EMI	TC SLS 5006	UK	Unknown
31-6451	Beethoven*, Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra And Chorus*, Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, Gottlob Frick, Walter Berry	Beethoven*, Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra And Chorus*, Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, Gottlob Frick, Walter Berry - Fidelio ‎(2xCass, Album, Club, Dol)	Angel Records	31-6451	US	Unknown
3625 C/L, 21-6450	Beethoven*, Otto Klemperer	Beethoven*, Otto Klemperer - Fidelio ‎(3xLP, Album, Club, RE, Box)	Angel Records, Book-Of-The-Month Records	3625 C/L, 21-6450	US	Unknown