Lucia di Lammermoor sextet Caballé Carreras (1976)

Caballé, Carreras, Ramey, Sardinero, Murray, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Jesus Lopez-Cobos. This 1976 recording is one of the most famous Lucia’s performance with Carreras is at his absolute peak - this is the most impassioned, vocally splendid Edgardo ever recorded. Caballe offers here a thoroughly compelling portrayal of the tragic and disturbed heroine, realizing some emotional nuances one does not hear in some of the other recordings. Ramey is in early powerful voice and is one of the sets biggest strengths.