Wagner: Arias & Scenes

Richard Wagner (Composer), Lorin Maazel (Conductor), Anton Guadagno (Conductor), Colin Davis (Conductor), Joseph Keilberth (Conductor), Charles Münch (Conductor), Eugene Ormandy (Conductor), Marek Janowski (Conductor), Edwin McArthur (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Lorin Maazel, Anton Guadagno, Colin Davis, Joseph Keilberth, Charles Münch, et al.
• Composer: Richard Wagner
• Audio CD (March 28, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000EHQ8DC
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,939 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tannhäuser; Dich, teure Halle, grüß ich wieder (Hallenarie)- Waltraud Meier

2. Wie Todesahnung Dämmerung deckt die Lande... O du, mein holder Abendstern- Sherrill Milnes

3. Lohengrin; Act III; Scene 3; In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten

4. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Oper in drei Aufzügen; 3. Aufzug; Die selige Morgentraum-Deutweise- Otto Wiener

5. Die Meistersinger von Nümberg- Oper in drei Aufzügen; Selig, wie die Sonne- Joseph Keilberth

6. Mild und leise, wie er lächelnd (Liebestod)- Eileen Farrell, Charles Munch

7. Die Walküre; Act I; Du bist der Lenz- Kirsten Flagstad, Eugene Ormandy

8. Die Walküre - Oper in drei Aufzügen; 3. Aufzug; Vorspiel und 1. Szene; Hojotoho! Hojotoho! Heiaha! Heiaha! (Ride of the Walkyries)- Marek Janowski

9. Die Walküre - Oper in drei Aufzügen; 3. Aufzug; 3. Szene; Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind!- Marek Janowski

10. Die Walküre - Oper in drei Aufzügen; 3. Aufzug; 3. Szene; Der Augen leuchtendes Paar- Marek Janowski

11. Die Walküre - Oper in drei Aufzügen; 3. Aufzug; 3. Szene; Loge, hör!- Marek Janowski

12. Siegfried; Hammer Song- Lauritz Melchior, Edwin McArthur

13. Götterdämmerung; Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort (Brünnhilde, Schlußszene 3. Aufzug)- Waltraud Meier, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Lorin Maazel

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful compilation from RCA's rich vaults, February 7, 2009

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This excellent compendium of Wagner singing draws from depth -- RCA has many archival treasures from Melchior, Flagstad, and even a "Mild und leise" from Eileen Farrell, who much to our loss made precious few Wagner recorings. Those older items are ssprinkled in with outstanding modern numbers from Waltraud Meier (in best voice doing the Immolation Scene and Elisabeth's greeting from Tannhauser), Ben Heppner (the big Lohengrin aria), and Sherill Milnes (a fantastically vocalized Ode to the Evening Star -- I never thought of Milnes as a German baritone, but this except shows what might have been). Another highlight is a Meistersinger Quintet under Keilberth that makes you want to hear the whole opera under him.

Amazon has listed the program, and all I can add is that the compilers have done a sterling job. At the ridiculously low price being asked at Amazon Marketplace, this is a great bargain for true Wagnerites and those just getting to know his music.