VARIOUS ARTISTS: BEETHOVEN: FIDELIO, QUERSCHNITT - GERMAN IN SOUTH AFRICA

1969 Hard to find German CONCERT HALL pressing, release number SMS 2662, of BEETHOVEN: FIDELIO - Querschnitt (Auszüge) / Excerpts: HEINZ REHFUSS (Don Pizarro), GLADYS KUCHTA (Leonore), KARL KÜMMEL (Rocco), MELITA MUSZELY (Marzellline), HELMUT KRETSCHMAR (Jaquino), ROBERT BLAIS (1. Gefangener), HORST SELLENTIN (2. Gefangener), ERICH WENK (Don Fernando), JULIUS PATZAK (Florestan), NDR-Chor, NORD-DEUTSCHES SYMPHONIE-ORCHESTER, Leitung / Conductor: CARL BAMBERGER, Hamburg. The tracks are, SIDE ONE: 1. Ouvertüre / 2. Quartett “Mir ist so wunderbar” / 3. Arie “Ha, welch ein Augenblick!” / 4. Recitativ und Arie “Abscheulicher! Wo weilst du hin?” / 5. Chor “O welche Lust”. - SIDE TWO: 1. Introduction und Arie “Gott! Welch Dunkel hier” / 2. Terzett “Euch werde Lohn” / Quartett “Er sterbe! Doch er soll...” / 4. Duett “O namenslose Freude” / 5. Chor “Wer ein holdes Weib errungen”. The record is in a hardly played, near mint condition. The cover has a folded bottom right corner, a slightly bumped top left corner, and the signs of ring-wear, otherwise in very good shape. Please note: It is assumed to be a German pressing, even though the cover description and liner notes are in French and the German languages. However, the label text is in German. The back of the cover is of the flip-back type.