Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: Romantic Opera Arias (Airs D'operas Romantiques)

Bedrich Smetana (Artist), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Artist), Richard Wagner (Artist), Carl Maria von Weber (Artist), Alceo Galliera (Artist), Heinrich Schmitz (Artist), Heinz Wallberg (Artist), Walter Süsskind (Artist), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Artist), London Symphony Orchestra (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 16, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000005GUN
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #562,061 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #70 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Ludwig, Christa

Track Listings

1. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70: Dich teuere halle

2. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70: Allmacht'ge Jungfrau

3. Der Freischütz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77): Wie nahte mir der Schlummer...Leise, leise, fromme Weise

4. Der Freischütz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77): Und ob die Wolke

5. Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75: Einsam in truben Tagen

6. Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75: Euch luftern, die mein Klagen

7. Prodaná nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100: Endlich allein...Wie fremd und tot

8. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Musst' ich zugrunde gehen

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Lohengrin excerpts are beyond compare, September 24, 2005

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This review is from: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: Romantic Opera Arias (Airs D'operas Romantiques) (Audio CD)

I love all of this recording, but it's the long excerpts from Lohengrin, especially the duet between Orturd and Elsa, that steals the show. Early on Schwarzkopf performed the role of Elsa on stage, I believe, but she never recorded the entire role. She would have bene incomparable, and Christa Ludwig, already a legendary Ortrud in the classic Kempe set, outdoes that performance by a mile in vehemence and vocal fireworks. I hope you get the chance to be as thrilled as I was when I first heard this great CD.

P.S. 2011 -It saddens me that in five years no one else has reviewed, or even paid attention to, this incomparable collection of romantic arias. Besides Elsa, Schwarzkopf never recorded (or performed?) the soprano leads in Freischutz or Eugene Onegin, but she is lovely in the big arias for Agathe and Tatiana. Also, I should note everything on this CD can be had more cheaply by buying the big "Icon" box set released by EMI; it contains all her recordings outside complete operas.