Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Weikl, Studer, Heppner, Moll, Lorenz, van der Walt, Kallisch; Sawallisch [Import]

Richard Wagner (Artist), Wolfgang Sawallisch (Artist), Ben Heppner (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 13, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B000002RUB
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #288,988 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Vorspiel - Bavarian St Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch

2. Act I, Scene 1: Da zu dir der Heiland kam - Bavarian St Opera Chor/Udo Mahrpohl

3. Act I, Scene 1: Verweilt!-Ein Wort!-Ein einzig Wort! - Ben Heppner/Cheryl Studer/Cornelia Kallisch

4. Act I, Scene 1: Da bin ich! Wer ruft? - Deon Van Der Walt/Cornelia Kallisch/Ben Heppner/Cheryl Studer

5. Act I, Scene 2: David, was stehst? - Bavarian St Opr Chor/Udo Mehrpohl/Deon van der Walt/Ben Heppner

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Act I, Scene 3: Fanget an!-So rief der Lenz in den Wald - Ben Heppner

2. Act I, Scene 3: Seid ihr nun fertig? - Ben Heppner/Siegfried Lorenz/Kurt Moll/Hans-Joachim Ketelsen/Bavarian St Opr Chor/Udo Mehrpohl

3. Act I, Scene 3: Halt! Meister! Nicht so geeilt! - Bernd Weikl/Siegfried Lorenz/Hans Wilbrink/Hans-Joachim Ketelsen/Kurt Moll

4. Act I, Scene 3: Ihr mahnt mich da gar recht - Bernd Weikl/Siegfried Lorenz/Bavarian St Opr Chor/Udo Mehrpohl/Hans-Joachim Ketelsen...

5. Act II, Scene 1: Johannistag! Johannstag! - Bavarian St Opr Chor/Udo Mehrpohl/Deon van Der Walt/Cornelia Kallisch/Bernd Weikl

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Disc: 3

1. Act III: Vorspiel - Bavarian St Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch

2. Act III, Scene 1: Gleich, Meister! Hier! - Deon van der Walt/Bernd Weikl

3. Act III, Scene 1: Am Jordan Sankt Johannes stand - Deon van ver Walt/Bernd Weikl

4. Act III, Scene 1: Wahn! Wahn! Uberall Wahn! - Bernd Weikl

5. Act III, Scene 2: Gruß Gott, mein Junker! - Bernd Weikl/Ben Heppner

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Disc: 4

1. Act III, Scene 4: Die 'selige Morgentraum-Deutweise'...Selig, wie die Sonne - Bernd Weikl/Cheryl Studer/Ben Heppner/Deon van der Walt/Cornelia Kallisch

2. Act III, Scene 4: Nun, Junker! Kommt! Habt frohen Mut! - Bernd Weikl

3. Act III, Scene 5: Sankt Krispin, lobet ihn! - Augustin Moser/Hans-Joachim Ketelson/Bavarian St Opr Chor/Udo Mehrpohl

4. Act III, Scene 5: Ihr tanzt? Was werden die Meister sagen? - Deon van der Walt/Bavarian St Opr Chor/Udo Mehrpohl

5. Act III, Scene 5: Silentium! Silentium! - Bavarian St Opr Chor/Udo Mehrpohl

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Overall Best Meistersinger, December 22, 2003

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Bob "prog45be" (Mobile, Alabama United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Weikl, Studer, Heppner, Moll, Lorenz, van der Walt, Kallisch; Sawallisch (Audio CD)

It's too bad Amazon doesn't stock this one anymore, because it was a really excellent recording. Heppner is a fantastic Walther, which is not surprising since he's been fantastic in everything I've ever heard him in. Studer's Eva doesn't sing a single shrill or sour note throughout the entire four-disc set. Sawallisch is as able a Wagner conductor as any, and the orchestra plays the music clearly and with feeling. Also, the audio engineering of the CD was top-notch.

The rotten thing about such grand undertakings is that it only takes one weak link in the chain to ruin the whole thing. Luck spared this recording from weak links. If this one disappears from the shelves, it will be a sad day for Wagnerians everywhere.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First rate., April 3, 2004

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Good Stuff "noreasonableofferrefused" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Weikl, Studer, Heppner, Moll, Lorenz, van der Walt, Kallisch; Sawallisch (Audio CD)

This is the one that works best for me.

Heppner is fine. Freer of spirit than with Solti. I prefer Studer here. I'm not a huge fan of the lady, but here she does a wonderful job. Weikl has the role well in hand. He's in good voice. The rest of the cast falls into place nicely.

The recorded sound is very natural. The orchestra is, well, how many hundreds of times do you suppose they've played this music? They just simply know it.

And Sawallisch is joyous. No superstar conductor here. This is a man who clearly understands Wagner is the star. He understands the score.

I love this recording.

Until someone "discovers" the greatest young heldentenor of his generation, Robert Dean Smith, and puts him in front of a microphone with a great conductor and orchestra to immortalize the greatest Walther (and Lohengrin and Parsifal and Siegmund) alive, this will do quite nicely.

4.0 out of 5 stars The ol' Sachs Sucks syndrome strikes again..............., January 14, 2012

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Peter M. Rossetti - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Weikl, Studer, Heppner, Moll, Lorenz, van der Walt, Kallisch; Sawallisch (Audio CD)

Sorry for the blunt title. Just so tired of gruff, thin voiced Sachs's I could scream. What's with these conductors, sheesh.

Stick with Solti's first version or Barenboim for decent Sachs. Otherwise a fine set. sheeeesh

Barenboim's sound will floor you, get it.