Friedrich Schorr Sings Wagner [IMPORT]

Friedrich Schorr (Performer), Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), Albert Coates (Conductor), Lawrance Collingwood (Conductor), Leo Blech (Conductor), Robert Heger (Conductor), Berlin State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra), London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Ben Davis (Performer), Elisabeth Schumann (Performer), Gladys Parr (Performer), Gota Ljungberg (Performer), Lauritz Melchior (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Friedrich Schorr, Ben Davis, Elisabeth Schumann, Gladys Parr, Gota Ljungberg, et al.
• Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Albert Coates, Lawrance Collingwood, Leo Blech, Robert Heger
• Composer: Richard [Classical] Wagner
• Audio CD (May 9, 2006)
• SPARS Code: ADD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hanssler Classics
• ASIN: B000EBDB1U
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #119,591 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Friedrich Schorr was the leading heroic baritone in Germany during the 1920s. His studio and live recordings reveal him to have been the perfect embodiment of a Wagner singer, highly sensitive and extremely subtle in his interpretations. These treasured historic recordings from 1927-1929 have been expertly remastered.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The best sound - but much missing, May 30, 2006

By	Nathaniel R. Brown (Edmonds, Washington) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have admired Schorr's Hans Sachs since I first heard these excerpts in the 60's. His was THE voice for the role, and both musically and interpretively, he remains the greatest Sachs on record - once you have heard it, it becomes part of you.

This is the best re-mastering of these excerpts that I have heard: clean, mellow, immediate. Unfortunately, much is missing from Schorr's Meistersinger legacy in order to make room for the Walkure and Dutchman excerpts. A great pity: two discs were really called for.

For the complete Schorr Sachs, go to Pearl; slightly harsh - but everything he did in the studio is there (there are at least two "complete" live Meistersingers to be found, with old-fashioned cuts, and a very distant "chunks" set from Berlin which is better avoided: go for the Guild Metropolitan set).

A good set then, for an intro to this wonderful singer, but more of a tour through his big roles than a spotlight on his warm, subtle and infinitely well-voiced Sachs.

If only Ward Marston and Naxos would give us a Schorr Meistersinger!