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Tristan und Isolde - FURTWÄNGLER 1952
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Philharmonia Orchestra conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler Pristine Classical PACO 067, [P] 2012Recorded 10-21 & 23 June 1952, Kingsway Hall, London Digitally downloaded FLAC files, scansCAST Tristan Ludwig SuthausIsolde Kirsten FlagstadBrangäne Blanche ThebomKönig Marke Josef GreindlKurwenal Dietrich Fischer-DieskauMelot Edgar EvansSeemann Rudolf SchockHirt Rudolf SchockSteuermann Rhoderick Davies Fanfare Review The orchestral colors are richer, the voices bloom more, and the whole is more satisfying than it has ever been In Fanfare 28:1 I reviewed two reissues of this 1952 HMV recording, one on EMI, the other on Naxos. I noted that like the Callas Tosca, since it was first issued this has been defined as a classic of the recording industry by just about every commentator who has written about it. It is, quite simply, one of […]
2016-12-23 18:13:39
Evergreen
Happy 70th birthday soprano Edita Gruberova (with music for the holidays.) //www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbXSdYuMmk0 Born on this day in 1714 librettist Ranieri de’Calzabigi. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQRI21v5CxQ Born on this day in 1874 composer Rafael Calleja. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggGZ9S-j6Lo On this day in 1893 Humperdinck’s Hansel und Gretel premiered in Weimar. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz-zQBvTbiU Born on this day in 1900 baritone Karl Schmitt-Walter. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jnfyr8Hntw Born on this day in 1912 bass Josef Greindl. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRJcWQXPGq8 Happy 89th birthday bass Alexander Vedernikov. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_sdKxK4opI Happy 82nd birthday conductor Claudio Scimone //www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PG4N1CQc44 Happy 59th birthday tenor Frank Lopardo. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r3oUpuUnXc Happy 58th birthday soprano Tiziana Fabbricini. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoNRfRzwncA
2016-07-25 19:21:37
Festive days
[…] the following year when Inge Borkh, a radiant young German soprano heard only in a handful of Met performances between 1958 and 1971 including a 10-year break, took over the role. Returning to the production were the 34-year-old Astrid Varnay, in blazing vocal form as Brünnhilde, and Günther Treptow, an at-best-adequate Siegmund and the weak link in this performance. Also featured are the intense, noble Wotan of Hans Hotter, Ruth Siewert as Fricka, and Josef Greindl as Hunding. Joseph Keilberth’s conducting is red-hot, knocking off almost a half-hour from Hans Knappertsbusch’s performance the year before. Although Treptow is occasionally a chore, do hang in there for Act Three, especially if you are not familiar with Borkh: her “O hehrstes Wunder” is simply ravishing, and we don’t get to revel in that glorious “redemption through love” Leitmotiv again until the final pages of Götterdämmerung. Richard Wagner: Die Walküre Bayreuther Festspiele […]
2016-02-01 15:30:17
The hill is greener
[…] du, mein holder Abendstern,” even though softer notes sound thin, possibly due to the microphone placement. De los Angeles is a fresh-voice Elisabeth, with a wide column of tone that works a bit better for “Dich, teure Halle” than for the solemn Act III prayer “Allmacht’ge Jungfrau.” Windgassen struggles mightily with the title role’s punishing tessitura, overshooting notes and sounding winded in the opening scene before recovering to deliver a laudable, emotional Rome Narrative. Josef Greindl’s nicely etched take on the Landgrave is marred by a noticeable wobble while Franz Crass stands out among the rest of the cast as Biterolf. The Bayreuth chorus is radiant in the pilgrims’ choruses. The unevenness of the cast makes the release more of a yardstick to measure the 1962 Philips recording and others that came after than an essential purchase. Bumbry fans will love it for the signs of what was to come; […]
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