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| 1. Prelude (Act 2) |
| 2. Dich, Teure Halle, Grub Ich Wieder |
| 3. Dort Ist Sie; Nahe Dich Ihr Ungestort |
| 4. Den Gott Der Liebe Sollst Du Preisen |
| 5. Prelude (Act 3) |
| 6. Treulich Gefuhrt Ziehet Dahin (Wedding March) |
| 7. Das Sube Lied Verhallt |
| 8. Wie Hehr Erkenn' Ich Unsrer Liebe Wesen! |
| 9. Atmest Du Nicht Mit Mir Die suben Dutte? |
| 10. Ach, Konnt' Ich Deine Wert Erscheinen |
| 11. Hochtes Vertrau'n Hast Du Mir Schon Zu Danken |
| 12. Ein Schwert Verheib Mir Der Vater |
| 13. Schlafst Du, Gast? |
| 14. Wintersturme Wichen Dem Wonnemond |
| 15. Du Bist Der Lenz |
| 16. O Subeste Wonne! Seligstes Weib! |
| 17. Siegmund Heib Ich Und Siegmund Bin Ich! |
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent account of Wagner scenes,
By Matteo (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Wagner: Scenes from 'Lohengrin', 'Tannhauser' & 'Die Walkure' (Audio CD)
To cut to the chase (and be thoroughly un-Wagnerian) this disk is marvelous. For people like me who are used to the Italian and French operatic traditions, and who'd only ever given Wagner a cursory glance, this disk will make you reconsider a true master of the form.
The selections on the album were wisely chosen for those just getting into Wagner or even just beginning their opera listening. It helps that EMI selected some of the composer's more accessible music. It certainly eased my venturing from Italian to German opera. Qualifications aside, the music-making is first rate. Julia Varady and Peter Seiffert are each in excellent voice throughout and both bring loads of energy to these exciting pieces. The voices sound robust and bright and each has even a bit of Italianate warmth. No stereotypical Wagner shout-singing to be found here. Each finds the youth and romance in their characters and in the music. This is some of the most engrossing and exciting singing I've heard on disk in quite some time. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau does solid conducting work and elicits fine playing from the Bavarian State Orchestra and equally fine work from the Bavarian Opera Chorus. And the price is amazing considering the quality of the disk. Whether you're an opera afficianado or new to opera, you won't be disappointed. I found this album thoroughly satisfying and very memorable. Highly recommended!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good Choices for Limited Wagner Listening,
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This review is from: Wagner: Scenes from 'Lohengrin', 'Tannhauser' & 'Die Walkure' (Audio CD)
I recall when Dietrich Fischer-Diskau came out with one of his first, if not the first, recordings back in the 1970s. It was a long and somewhat dull presentation of the Schubert 9th Symphony chosen, I supposed, because the singer turned conductor had recorded virtually every vocal note the same composer ever penned. (I don't recall the orchestra.) He was at that time far from retiring from the concert stage as a lieder performer and opera singer so it seemed his recordings would have to wait and now there are a number of them, though all accompanying his wife, Julia Varady in a great deal of repertoire.
Happily, unlike the Schubert 9th, we have a wonderful treat with this Wagner album. The right repertoire for the voices at hand has been chosen and Fischer-Dieskau obtains some very lush accompaniments indeed from the Bavarian State Orchestra. Julia Varady is a spot on soprano, and she can make a good case for the lighter side of the Wagnerian soprano repertoire. Her "Dich Teure Halle" from "Tannhäuser" may not be in the class of Lotte Lehmann or Leonie Rysnanek, but instead reminds me of a Victoria de los Angeles kind of sound, although not quite that great. Varady has a voice that occasionally suggests say, Anna Tomowa-Sintow. Varady's is a big sound that is never pushed and only gets loud when required. The steady vibrato and crystalline production that Varady creates in softer moments fit perfectly in the German repertoire and is rarely if ever heard any longer. She also colors the text in the same fashion that her conductor did when he used to sing. Overall, I wish we had more of her on CD. She seems to have been almost unnoticed by the major labels during a time when her singing was well known and would have been welcome on record. That is especially true in light of the fact that this recording was made as late as 1996. Peter Siefert as Tannhäuser, Lohengrin and Siegmund is admirable indeed. His voice most closely resembles the sort of German tenor that seems to have disappeared from the lyric side of the Wagnerian repertoire altogether. Set Svanholm comes to mind although I think Siefert uses the microphones to better purpose and generally has a more beautiful sound. (I suspect it is not nearly as large as Svanholm's). There is no point in comparing him to a Vickers or even Domingo. But what he does he does very well. The 3rd Scene from Act One of "Die Walküre" reminds me of the pairing by Toscanini of Rose Bampton and Svanholm in 1947. The difference is the lack of whiplash that the Italian maestro introduces into every measure of that score. Siefert is not really up to the largest moments of Siegmund, but on CD that is compensated for by the studio as well as a von Karajan kind of lightness in the orchestra. I guess Fischer-Dieskau got some great tips on conducting this music after he recorded the "Rheingold" Wotan with Von Karajan in what was probably that conductor's most contentious bit of operatic casting. (I take that back. Janowitz as Sieglinde was just silly.) The best part of this recording of the "Walküre" except is that the sound outdoes almost all the competition in terms of richness. "Tannhäuser" opens the CD; it is interesting to note that the repeated wind chords at the beginning of "Dich Teure Halle" are for once not a staccato-fest. They are smooth yet distinct in a special way and that is on purpose. In fact Fischer-Dieskau uses this "full value note length" for everything on the CD. I can't think of anyone else who does this in quite the same way. The orchestral sound in general is always at the service of the singer. While Fischer-Dieskau is a wonderful leader, he stays well out of the way, and doesn't seem to impose any sort of "über-personality" on the ensemble other than to keep his signature ultra-legato going whenever necessary; he almost never "punches", a chord if you will. He even manages to scale down Siegmund's "Wälse, Wälse" moment far enough so that Siefert doesn't strain his very lyric instrument. The pairing of Varady and her husband/conductor is terrific and far more interesting than the same sort of thing from Bonynge/Sutherland. I would now like to hear Fischer-Dieskau do something on his own. His is the most legato playing of Wagner's scores I've ever come across. The balances are superb and ever shifting. The Schubert symphony from a now dim past may not have gone well, but it rarely does even for the best conductors, "heavenly length" or not. Of course Fischer-Dieskau is now 82, so my hopes may go unfulfilled at this late date. This CD is a rare, first class buy.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Flowing lyricism, warm intimacy, radiant beauty ...,
By Pater Ecstaticus (Norway) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Wagner: Scenes from 'Lohengrin', 'Tannhauser' & 'Die Walkure' (Audio CD)
From what I gather, this album is a wonderfully refreshing look on Wagner's music. The overall approach is rather lyrical, maybe even Italianate in style, in its flowing lyricism, but this is not necessarily a bad thing, on the contrary! It was Wagner himself who said that his music should be played and (especially) sung with Italian sense of flowing lines. So in that sense, this album is a complete success, and very especially when the singers are such wonderful artists as Julia Varady and Peter Seiffert. They both convey all the emotions with intelligence and with complete sincerity and conviction, and their fresh, clear and ringing voices blend wonderfully with the lyrically flowing conducting of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: true musicianship of the highest order everywhere. I believe that there has never been such an astutely sensible and intelligent Siegmund as that one here by Peter Seiffert (but all of the same goes for Julia Varady's Sieglinde!); his projection of text and musical lines must be one of the most astute and intelligent one ever heard. Together with his beautiful timbre, this makes it a winning combination. Again I must say that there have IMHO been few characterizations of Sieglinde which are as wonderful as that of Julia Varady here.
All in all, this recording - to this particular listener at least - works as balm to the ears. This album is for those people who like their Wagner most of all to sound, well, beautiful.
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