Decca Opera Verdi: Othello (2cd)

Carlos Cossutta (Otello), Margaret Price (Desdemona), Gabriel Bacquier (Iago), Peter Dvorsky (Cassio), Kurt Equiluz (Rodrigo), Kurt Moll (Lodovico), Stafford Dean (Montano), Jane Berbié (Emilia), Hans Helm (Un Araldo) Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper, Sir Georg Solti Studio recording, 1977

“It has [Solti's] particular flair for seizing upon the tensions of each scene and emphasizing them...Cossutta is a no-nonsense Otello. He sings the role as well if not better than anyone since del Monaco...[Price] is even more precise and sensitive in her singing...what a joy to hear the music done with such consistently clear, fresh and full tone....[Bacquier's] touch with the text—examples proliferate— constantly has one marvelling again at the wonderful marriage of Boito's words and Verdi's music.” Gramophone Magazine, September 1978

Price: $21.98