Lauritz Melchior Sings Wagner

1. Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen, opera, WWV 49 Allmächt' ger Vater, blick herab
   Composed by Richard Wagner
   Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
   with Lauritz Melchior
   Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli
   
   
2. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 Dir töne Lob
   Composed by Richard Wagner
   Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
   with Lauritz Melchior
   Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli
   
   
3. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 Inbrunst im Herzen
   Composed by Richard Wagner
   Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
   with Lauritz Melchior
   Conducted by Albert Coates
   
   
4. Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75 Höchstes Vertrau'n
   Composed by Richard Wagner
   Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
   with Lauritz Melchior
   Conducted by Leo Blech
   
   
5. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater
   Composed by Richard Wagner
   Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
   with Lauritz Melchior
   Conducted by Lawrance Collingwood
   
   
6. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond
   Composed by Richard Wagner
   Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
   with Lauritz Melchior
   Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli
   
   
7. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b Siegmund heiss' ich
   Composed by Richard Wagner
   Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
   with Lauritz Melchior
   Conducted by Leo Blech
   
   
8. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c Notung! Notung! Neidliches Schwert
   Composed by Richard Wagner
   Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
   with Albert Reiss, Lauritz Melchior
   Conducted by Albert Coates
   
   
9. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c Dass der mein Vater nicht ist
   Composed by Richard Wagner
   Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
   with Lauritz Melchior
   
   
10. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c Da lieg' auch du, dunkler Wurm
    Composed by Richard Wagner
    Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
    with Lauritz Melchior
    Conducted by Albert Coates
    
    
11. Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d Brünnhilde, heilige Braut
    Composed by Richard Wagner
    Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
    with Lauritz Melchior
    Conducted by Robert Heger
    
    
12. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 O König, das kann ich kir nicht sagen
    Composed by Richard Wagner
    Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
    with Lauritz Melchior
    Conducted by Robert Heger
    
    
13. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 Und drauf Isolde
    Composed by Richard Wagner
    Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
    with Lauritz Melchior
    Conducted by Robert Heger
    
    
14. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Am stillen Herd
    Composed by Richard Wagner
    Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
    with Lauritz Melchior
    Conducted by Lawrance Collingwood
    
    
15. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Morgenlich leuchtend
    Composed by Richard Wagner
    Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
    with Lauritz Melchior
    Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli
    
    

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Average customer rating: The lost art of the Wagnerian Heldenbariton

Friedrich Schorr Sings Wagner Manufacturer: Preiser Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000023PV Release Date: 1995-06-20

Tracks:

1. Der Fliegende Hollander: Die Frist Ist Um
2. Der Fliegende Hollander: Wie Aus Der Ferne
3. Tannhauser: Als Du In Kuhnem Sange Uns Bestrittest
4. Tannhauser: Blick' Ich Umher In Diesem Edlen Kreise
5. Tannhauser: O Due Mein Holder Abendstern
6. Das Rheingold: Abendlich Strahlt Der Sonne Auge - Friedrich Schorr/Genia Guszalewicz/Waldemar Henke
7. Die Walkure: Nun Zaume Dein Ross, Reisige Maid - Friedrich Schorr/Frida Leider
8. Die Walkure: O Heilige Schmach - Friedrich Schorr/Frida Leider
9. Die Walkure: Wo Ist Brunnhild', Wo Die Verbrecherin? - Friedrich Schorr/Frida Leider
10. Die Walkure: Du Zeugtest Ein Edles Geschlecht - Friedrich Schorr/Frida Leider
11. Die Walkure: Leb' Wohl, Du Kuhnes, Herrliches Kind

Tracks:

1. Gotterdammerung: Hast Du, Gunther, Ein Weib? - Friedrich Schorr/Lauritz Melchior/Liselotte Topas/Rudolf Watzke
2. Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg: Was Duftet Doch Der Flieder
3. Gut'n Abend, Meister - Friedrich Schorr/Gota Ljungberg
4. Jerum! Jerum!
5. Wahn! Wahn! Uberall Wahn!
6. Gruss' Gott, Mein Junker! - Friedrich Schorr/Rudolf Laubenthal
7. Abenlich Gluhend In Himmlischer Glut - Friedrich Schorr/Lauritz Melchior
8. Sieh', Ev'chen! Dacht' Ich Doch, Wo Sie Blieb'! - Friedrich Schorr/Elisabeth Rethberg
9. Hat Man Mit Dem Schuhwerk Nicht Seine Not! - Friedrich Schorr/Elisabeth Rethberg
10. Aha! Da Streicht Die Lene Schon Um's Haus
11. Selig Wie Die Sonne Meines Gluckes Lacht - Friedrich Schorr/Elisabeth Schumann/Lauritz Melchior/Gladys Parr/Ben Williams
12. Euch Macht Ihr's Leicht
13. Verachtet Mir Die Meister Nicht

Customer Reviews:

The lost art of the Wagnerian Heldenbariton.......2001-12-16

Friedrich Schorr (1888-1953) was the greatest Wagnerian bass-baritone of the "golden age" of Wagner singing in the inter-war years of the Twenties and Thirties which included Melchior, Leider, Lehmann, Rethberg, and Flagstad. Many good judges consider him the greatest Wagnerian bass-baritone of the twentieth century--his only competition comes from the much earlier Emil Fisher (1838-1914) and perhaps from his contemporary Rudolf Bockelmann (1892-1958). Born in Hungary, he studied in Vienna and Brno, made his debut in Graz as the Die Walkure Wotan in 1912 to great success, earning the novice singer a four-year contract. Then he sang in Prague (1916), Cologne (1918-1923), and the Berlin State Opera (1923-32). He visited New York in 1923 and was engaged by the Metropolitan (debut there in Tannhauser in 1924), where he sang for twenty seasons, most often the great Wagner roles, in which he had no peer; he was especially esteemed for his Dutchman, Hans Sachs, and Wotan. He also appeared frequently at Covent Garden (1924-1933), at Bayreuth (where he was the regular Wotan from 1925-1931), at the Vienna State Opera (1923 and 1929-1936), and in San Francisco (1931-1938). He moved to the U. S. permanently after the rise of the Nazis. Since he retired from the Met in 1943, there has been no one to take his place.

The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia, ed. David Hamilton, says of him: "Without question the greatest Wagnerian bass-baritone of his time, Schorr was equally impressive in Wotan's scornful rages and Sachs's tenderness; his noble, smooth, resonant voice functioned well at all dynamic levels, and his diction was precise, authoritative, and finely colored. Extensive passages from his major roles are well preserved on recordings."

Indeed they are, and we have the best of them here. This marvelous two-CD all-Wagner collection, released in 1994 and containing almost two and a half hours of music (over 73 minutes on each CD), is a feast of exemplary Wagner bass-baritone singing, probably the best ever put on record. The processing and annotation are first-rate, as is typical of the estimable Austrian label Preiser, which with its fine "Lebendige Vergangenheit" ("Living Past") series has done much to preserve and make available the legacy of great singers of the past. The recordings here (1927 to 1931) are all HMV and Victor studio electrical recordings and all represent Schorr in his prime; all are object lessons in how these Wagner roles should be sung. Schorr's Dutchman (Der fliegende Hollander), Wolfram (Tannhauser), and Gunther (Gotterdammerung) are all represented, but the lion's share of the space here goes appropriately to Wotan (Das Rheingold, DieWalkure) and Hans Sachs (Die Meistersinger), his two greatest roles.

Some think of Wagner singing as primarily loud, strenuous, and declamatory, and there have been Wagner singers who have fostered this impression. But the greatest Wagner singers give the lie to this notion, and this is nowhere better exemplified than in the singing of Schorr: he has the power for the climaxes and can declaim with authority, but what impresses most is the smoothness of his legato, the mellifluous ease and naturalness of his vocal production throughout his range and at varying dynamic levels, the absence of strain in his singing. He makes it sound as natural and easy as opening his mouth. His singing is wonderfully expressive, but he makes all his dramatic points by purely vocal means. "O du mein holder Abendstern" from Tannhauser is as close to a traditional Italian aria as Wagner's operas provide, and Schorr's caressing performance of it is as close as Wagnerian singing comes to bel canto. Collateral benefits in this set include some other superb Wagnerians: the great Frida Leider in several selections from Die Walkure (including her thrilling Brunnhilde's Battle Cry), Lauritz Melchior, Elisabeth Rethberg, and a stunningly beautiful Die Meistersinger quintet in which the hauntingly lovely singing of Elisabeth Schumann (she sings with instrumental precision and control) floats magically above the other voices.

If you are interested in the great Wagner singers, in the history of Wagnerian singing, or if you simply want to hear how these roles can sound in their optimum interpretations, this set is indispensable. No one sang these roles better than Schorr, and for the last sixty years no one has sung them as well.

Average customer rating: The best sound - but much missing

Friedrich Schorr Sings Wagner Manufacturer: Hanssler Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000EBDB1U Release Date: 2006-05-09

Album 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.

Customer Reviews:

The best sound - but much missing.......2006-05-31

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!

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Lauritz Melchior sings Arias from Rienzi, Die Walküre, Aida, etc. Manufacturer: Centurion Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Meyerbeer | Meyerbeer, Giacomo | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Melchior, Lauritz | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Meyerbeer, Giacomo | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Wagner, Richard | U to Z | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Vocal Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | U to Z | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0001D0G28 Release Date: 2003-01-01

Average customer rating: The Greatest Heldentenor of All Time

Lauritz Melchior Sings Wagner Manufacturer: EMI Records [All429] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Melchior, Lauritz | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Wagner, Richard | U to Z | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000DOJQ Release Date: 2001-05-01

Customer Reviews:

The Greatest Heldentenor of All Time.......2002-03-02

This CD contains some of the tracks of excerpts from Wagner operas that Lauritz Melchior recorded in the period between 1929 and 1931.

Melchior had a very long career (he made his debut in 1913, and his last performance was in 1960) and never suffered the vocal decline that so many long-lasting tenors do, but he is really in his prime here, and these performances are little short of electrifying. From the very first cut (Allmächt'ger Vater, blick herab from Wagner's little-performed third opera Rienzi) you know that you're listening to a legend. While some excerpts sound a little too propulsive, due to the time limitations of the 78 R.P.M. era (the tracks conducted by Sir John Barbirolli and Albert Coates in particular can be said to be just a tad too zippy), Melchior can always keep up, which is not something that could be said of a lot of Wagnerian tenors today.

The tracks range from the early Wagner of Rienzi, Tannhäuser and Lohengrin to Tristan, Die Meistersinger and the Ring Cycle. Although some might be familiar with some of Melchior's later performances of these roles (in particular the magnificent 1935 Act I of Die Walküre, conducted by Bruno Walter) these tracks won't disappoint. Melchior started out as a baritone, and worked his way up to tenor, which gives his voice a gravitas and heft that other tenors don't have, yet he can still hit those extended ringing high notes that make Wagner operas such a vocal obstacle course.

The sound is mostly good, although some tracks (in particular Höchstes Vertrau'n from Act III of Lohengrin) are a little fuzzier with surface noise than one might like. This CD was originally put out in 1989. If it was remastered today, they might try to clean it up more, which may or may not be a good thing.

Although Melchior's great contemporary Kirsten Flagstad does have a complete Ring Cycle on CD (the one she performed live at La Scala in 1950 with Furtwangler conducting, available from various sources), we don't have a complete Melchior Ring in the States, although some Metropolitan Opera broadcasts of individual Ring operas, unavailable in the U.S. for copyright reasons, might be available in Europe. But this CD is a great introduction to the greatest of all Wagnerian tenors. Try the tracks from Die Walküre first, and if you like what you hear, buy another copy of the CD and give it to that friend of yours who thinks Andrea Bocelli is a great singer. Trust me, they'll thank you for it.

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Lauritz Melchior sings Arias from Rienzi, Die Walküre, Aida, etc. Manufacturer: Centurion Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Meyerbeer | Meyerbeer, Giacomo | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Melchior, Lauritz | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Meyerbeer, Giacomo | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Wagner, Richard | U to Z | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Vocal Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | U to Z | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002JE94M Release Date: 2004-07-27

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