Frida Leider in Wagner's Götterdämmerung

1. Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d Act 2: Scene 4
   Composed by Richard Wagner
   Performed by Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden
   with Wilhelm Schirp, Frida Leider, Herbert Janssen, Lauritz Melchior
   Conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler
   
   
2. Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d Act 2: Scene 5
   Composed by Richard Wagner
   Performed by Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden
   with Wilhelm Schirp, Frida Leider, Herbert Janssen, Lauritz Melchior
   Conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler
   
   
3. Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d Act 3: Schweigt eures jammers (immolation Scene)
   Composed by Richard Wagner
   Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
   with Frida Leider
   Conducted by Leo Blech
   
   
4. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 Act 1: Isolde's Narrative & Curse
   Composed by Richard Wagner
   Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
   with Frida Leider, Elfriede Marherr
   Conducted by Leo Blech
   
   
5. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 Act 3: Isoldes Liebestod
   Composed by Richard Wagner
   Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
   with Frida Leider
   Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli
   
   
6. Parsifal, opera, WWV 111 Act 2: Ich sah' sas Kind (Herzeleide)
   Composed by Richard Wagner
   Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
   with Frida Leider
   Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli
   
   

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Average customer rating: Frida/Lauritz

Frida Leider in Wagner's Götterdämmerung Manufacturer: Pearl 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 | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000WTD Release Date: 1992-12-23

Tracks:

1. Gotterdammerung, Act II: Scene 4
2. Gotterdammerung, Act II: Scene 5
3. Gotterdammerung, Act III: Schweigt Eures Jammers (Immolation Scene)
4. Tristan und Isolde: Act I: Isolde's Narrative And Curse With E
5. Tristan und Isolde: Act III: Isoldes Liebestod
6. Parsifal: Act II: Ich Sah' Das Kind

Customer Reviews:

Frida/Lauritz.......2007-06-24

Well, this IS one of the great recordings, of the Wagnerian (recorded) past. Leider is exceptional, and Melchior is even-MORE so. The excerpts (with Sir Thomas Beecham) show what the best (vocal/orchestral) could do with the best inspirations of the Wagnerian language, and Leider & Melchior are, simply UNsurpassed .. in any attempt .. past, present or (maybe) future. This is ONE of the examples of the "old days" of recordings, that IS indispensable. IMHO.

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The Art of Frida Leider Manufacturer: Preiser Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | 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 All Works by Weber | Weber, Carl Maria von | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000023QB Release Date: 1994-04-20

Average customer rating: Excitement regenerated. Great Conductors of 20th Century= Best Reissues of the 21st

Albert Coates Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Borodin | Borodin, Alexander | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Humperdinck, Engelbert | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weber | Weber, Carl Maria von | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | 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 Similar Items: Albert Coates Conducts LSO, vol. 2--Bach Fantasia & Fugue/Strauss Death & Transfiguration/Holst Planets/Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody/Ravel La Valse/Respighi Fountains of Rome/Dvorak Carnival/ Wagner/Weber Nikolai Golavanov Albert Coates Conducts Tchaikovsky ASIN: B00006I9K8 Release Date: 2003-02-11

Tracks:

1. Oberon: Overture - Albert Coates
2. Mephisto Waltz No.1, S110 No.2 - Albert Coates
3. I. Allegro - Animato Assai - Albert Coates
4. II. Scherzo. Prestissimo - Allegretto - Albert Coates
5. III. Andante - Albert Coates
6. IV. Finale. Allegro - Albert Coates
7. Mlada: Procession Of The Nobles - Albert Coates
8. Francesca Da Rimini, Op.32 - Albert Coates
9. Sorochintsy Fair: Gopak - London Symphony Orchestra
10. La Valse - London Symphony Orchestra

Tracks:

1. Tannhauser: Overture - London Symphony Orchestra
2. Das Rheingold: Einzug Der Gotter - London Symphony Orchestra
3. Die Walkure: Feuerzauber - London Symphony Orchestra
4. Gotterdammerung: Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt - London Symphony Orchestra
5. Tristan Und Isolde: Love Duet From Act II - Lauritz Melchior
6. Hansel Und Gretel: Prelude - Albert Coates
7. Tod Und Verklarung, Op.24 - London Symphony Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

Excitement regenerated........2004-01-20

The original producer of these recordings, Fred Gaisberg, wrote in his 1947 autobiography, "Albert Coates .....with whom I carried out hundreds of adventurous session when the amazing electrical process first came in".

This splendid double CD allows C21st listeners to hear some of these "adventurous sessions". There is certainly a sense of excitement here, possibly deriving from the realization that the amazing electrical process allowed orchestral sonorities to be heard as something like the real thing. Recent remastering and processing for this "Great Conductors" series makes them seem even more amazing than they sounded originally. Happily, the recordings were made in two of the world's best recording venues: London's Queen's Hall and Kingsway Hall.

Of course, the focus in this series is on the conductor. On the evidence of these recordings, he tended to favor fast speeds. Music from his native Russia is well represented on the first CD, including a robust performance of Borodin's Second Symphony. The "Francesca da Rimini" is slightly cut. From the dozens of Wagner recordings he directed, the famous "Tristan" duet with Leider and Melchior has been selected, partly recorded in Berlin.

Both CDs are filled to capacity.

Great Conductors of 20th Century= Best Reissues of the 21st.......2003-04-02

It's sad that the "Great Conductors of the 20th Century" reissue series has not gotten more notice on Amazon and in other places, because it has my vote for the best reissue program thus far of the 21st Century. Drawing from the archives of all the major classical labels (EMI, Sony, BMG, DG, Decca, Philips, Supraphon, etc.), EMI and IMG Artists have assembled a wonderful series of affordable two-disc sets by the leading conductors of the last century. And unlike its counterpart, "The Great Pianists of the 20th Century," which are basically compilations of material already available on other CDs, the "Great Conductors" features rare and, for the most part, previously unreleased performances!

This particular CD, Volume 17, features Albert Coates, one of the great pre-World War II conductors, and a figure who has been virtually forgotten, not to mention woefully underrepresented on CD. As the track information is not abundantly clear above, allow me to mention that these two discs feature all mono performances from 1926-30 with the London Symphony Orchestra made for HMV. They are among the earliest of electrical recordings, but the sound is remarkable considering their age. The performances of Borodin's Symphony No. 2, Tchaikovsky's "Francesca da Rimini," Ravel's "La Valse," Wagner's "Tannhauser" Overture, and Strauss' "Tod und Verklarung" are nothing short of magical. It is awful that Coates' association with HMV seemingly ended in 1932, and that others didn't ask him to record for them. According to the CD's liner notes, Coates stayed in the USA for most of WWII, then went to South Africa where he taught and made occasional appearances until his death in 1953.

Whether you are a serious collector of classical music or a beginner, the "Great Conductors of the 20th Century" has something for everyone. If the prized, rare performances previously unreleased on CD (or ever!) doesn't excite you, then use this as an opportunity to check out one of the greatest conductors ever recorded. Chances are, since stores are offering increasingly homogenized classical music sections, this conductor isn't even in your collection. And that would truly be a shame.

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.

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Opera Arias Manufacturer: Phonographe Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Leoncavallo | Leoncavallo, Ruggiero | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music 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: B00000DCRN Release Date: 1998-10-20

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Four Famous Wagnerian Sopranos: Selections 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 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music New York Philharmonic Orchestra | ( N ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | 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 Flagstad, Kirsten | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000023QP Release Date: 1997-07-15

Tracks:

1. Tristan Und Isolde: Doch Nun Von Tristan! - Frida Leider
2. Die Walkure: War Es So Schmahlich - Frida Leider
3. Parsifal: Ich Sah Das Kind An Seiner Mutter Brust - Frida Leider
4. Der Fliegende Hollander: Traft Ihr Das Schiff - Nanny Larsen-Todsen
5. Siegfried: Ewig War Ich - Nanny Larsen-Todsen
6. Gotterdammerung: Starke Scheite Schichtet Mir Dort - Nanny Larsen-Todsen
7. Tannhauser: Allmacht' Ge Jungfrau Hor Mein Fleh'n! - Kirsten Flagstad
8. Die Walkure: Hojotohoh! Hojotoho! Heiaha! - Kirsten Flagstad
9. Tristan Und Isolde: Mild Und Leise - Kirsten Flagstad
10. Tannhauser: Dich, Teure Halle - Helen Traubel
11. Lohengrin: Einsam In Truben Tagen - Helen Traubel
12. Die Walkure: Du Bist Der Lenz - Helen Traubel
13. Die Walkure: Fort Denn Eile - Helen Traubel

Average customer rating: Early and Very Rare Acoustic Leider

Her Rarest Recordings, 1921-1926 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Frida Leider , Giuseppe Verdi , Richard Wagner , Fritz Soot , and Richard Strauss Manufacturer: Preiser Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | 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 General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004SWMC Release Date: 2000-12-19

Tracks:

1. Figaros Hochzeit: Hor Mein Flehen, O Gott Der Liebe
2. Don Juan : Du Kennst Nun Den Frevler
3. Der Troubadour: Es Glanzte Schon Das Sternenheer
4. Der Troubadour: In Deines Kerkers Tiefe Nacht
5. Don Carlos: O Don Fatale
6. Der Fliegende Hollander: Traft Ihr Das Schiff
7. Tannhauser: Dich, Teure Halle, Gruss' Ich Wieder
8. Die Walkure: Siegmund! Sieh' Auf Mich! - Frida Lieder/Fritz Soot
9. Die Walkure: War Es So Schmahlich
10. Siegfried: Ewig War Ich
11. Gotterdammerung: Zu Neuen Taten, Teurer Helde - Frida Lieder/Fritz Soot
12. Parsifal: Ich Sah Das Kind An Seiner Mutter Brust
13. Der Engel
14. Im Treibhaus
15. Schmerzen
16. Traume
17. Ariadne Auf Naxos: Es Gibt Ein Reich

Customer Reviews:

Early and Very Rare Acoustic Leider.......2007-07-13

For many opera lovers of the early thirties Frida Leider was the sine qua non of Wagnerian sopranos. The appearance of Kirsten Fladstad offered Met-goers a once in a century opportunity - the chance to hear what were very likely the two greatest Wagnerian sopranos of a century back-to-back over the course of two decades. In hindsight we can understand how impossibly spoiled these opera-goers became, a situation that was certainly not improved in following decades when other great Wagnerians, such as Helen Trauble and later Brigit Nilsson, appeared at the Met. Today we have nothing like such singers, and there are no signs the dearth of great Wagner leads, either female or male, will be abating.
This particular CD offers recordings made during the first half of the 1920's at the beginning of Frida Leider's career. Presier's CD keeps up the companies reputation for excellent sources well processed. We're unlikely to hear better CD tracks from this time. Leider's quality of singing, projecting the emotion behind the words without inflicting the line with Verisimo effects, holding a nice cantabile when necessary, imparting nobility and dignity without a loss of spontaneity, and most importantly, reaching out to her audience with a unique and telling voice - all these traits are here already apparent in her singing. Later she would add in addition a greater scale and an urgent mesmerizing grasp of lyrics. But she is already at this point in the twenties a wonderful singer and redoubtable dramatist.
I believe she was the favorite singer of the noted opera critic and consummate connoissuer of early opera, Richard Bebb.
It's easy to understand why - few singers bring more to their art, or leave us with greater rewards in listening.

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Golden Years of the Bayreuth Festival (1907-39) Manufacturer: Iron Needle 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: B00005K9FN Release Date: 2001-06-05

Tracks:

1. Der Fliegende Hollander 'Johohoel Traft Ihr Das Schiff Im Meere An' - EMMY DESTINN/BRUNO SEIDLER-WINKLER
2. Der Fliegende Hollander 'Mogst Du, Mein, Kind, Den Fremden Mann Willkommen Heissen' - PAUL KNUPFER/BRUNO SEIDLER-WINKLER
3. Der Fliegende Hollander 'Wie Aus Der Ferne Langst Vergangner Zeiten' - WALTER SOOMER
4. Lohengrin 'Gott Gruss Euch, Liebe Manner Von Brabant' - Michael Bohnen
5. Lohengrin 'Einsam In Truben Tagen Had Ich Zu Gott Gefleht' - EMMY DESTINN/BRUNO SEIDLER-WINKLER
6. Lohengrin 'Mein Lieber Schwan!' - Heinrich Hensel
7. Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg: 'Gruss Gott, Mein Junkerl' - Ernest Kraus
8. Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg: 'Was Duften Doch Der Flieder' - Leopald Demuth
9. Parsifal: 'Ich Sah Das Kind An Seiner Mutter Brust' - Lilly Hafgren
10. Die Gottersdammerung 'Hier Sitz' Ich Zur Wacht, Wahre Den Hof' - Richard Mayr
11. Tannhauser 'Wie Todesahnung, Dammerung Deckt Die Lande/O Du, Mein Holder Abendstern' - Friedrich Schorr
12. Tristan Und Isolde 'Einsam Wachend In Der Nacht (Branganes Ruf)' - Emmy Keisner
13. Parsifal 'Ich Sah Das King An Seiner Mutter Brust' - Frida Leider
14. Parsifal 'Amfortasl Die Wundel' - Laurtiz Melchior

Average customer rating: As Good As It Gets Worth more than 5 stars!

Frida Leider: A Vocal Portrait Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gluck | Gluck, Christoph W. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | 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 All Works by Weber | Weber, Carl Maria von | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Very Best of Brigitte Fassbaender Wagner: Die Walküre (Acts 1 and 2) ASIN: B000088DTY Release Date: 2003-03-18

Customer Reviews:

As Good As It Gets.......2007-07-13

If you love opera and have yet to hear recordings made by Frida Leider you are in for a treat. As poignant a dramatic singer as ever graced the stage, she remains for many of us, myself included, the ultimate Wagnerian dramatic soprano. Without the mind-numbing pyrotechnic heights of such vocal titans as Nordica, Flagstad or more recently Brigit Nilsson, Leider remains the voice I hear when I think of Isolde - one of limitless compassion, and unequalled and unqualified love.
Leider made both acoustic and electrical recordings, the earlier are rare and difficult to locate as originals. This issue gives you a chance to hear her in her prime, and enjoy Wagner singing of the very highest order.

Worth more than 5 stars!.......2007-05-14

Not much need be said about this collection and the ravishing voice of Leider and her associates here. The sound is very good for its age, the singers come through very well. Find a copy if you can!

Average customer rating: Excellent Wagner performances

Wilhelm Furtwängler Conducts Richard Wagner Manufacturer: Iron Needle Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music | Baroque | Classical | General | Modern & 20th Century | Romantic | Sinfonia | Sinfonia Concertante General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | 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: B000056PFY Release Date: 2001-02-27

Tracks:

1. Tannhauser: Ov - Wilhelm Furtwangler/Orch Der Staatsoper Berlin
2. Lohengrin: Act III: Prld To Act III - Josef von Manowarda/Franz Volker/Maria Muller/Margarete Klose
3. Lohengrin: Act III: 'Treulich Gefuhrt' - Josef von Manowarda/Franz Volker/Maria Muller/Margarete Klose
4. Lohengrin: Act III: 'Das Susse Lied Verhallt' - Josef von Manowarda/Franz Volker/Maria Muller/Margarete Klose
5. Lohengrin: Act III: 'Heil, Konig Heinrich' - Josef von Manowarda/Franz Volker/Maria Muller/Margarete Klose
6. Lohengrin: Act III: 'In Fernem Land' - Josef von Manowarda/Franz Volker/Maria Muller/Margarete Klose
7. Lohengrin: Act III: 'Mein Lieber Land' - Josef von Manowarda/Franz Volker/Maria Muller/Margarete Klose
8. Tristan Und Isolde: Isoldes Liebestod - Wilhelm Furtwangler/Stockholm PO
9. Parsifal: Prld To Act I - Wilhelm Furtwangler/Staatskapelle Berlin

Tracks:

1. Gotterdammerung: Act II: 'Brunnhild' Die Hehrste Frau' - Frida Leider/Lauritz Melchoir/Herbert Janssen/Ludwig Weber/Maria Nezadal
2. Gotterdammerung: Act II: 'Heilige Gotter!' - Frida Leider/Lauritz Melchoir/Herbert Janssen/Ludwig Weber/Maria Nezadal
3. Gotterdammerung: Act II: 'Helle Wehr! Heilige Waffe!' - Frida Leider/Lauritz Melchoir/Herbert Janssen/Ludwig Weber/Maria Nezadal
4. Gotterdammerung: Act III: 'Her Den Ring' - Kirsten Flagstad/Ludwig Weber/Maria Nezadal
5. Gotterdammerung: Act III: 'Starke Scheite' - Kirsten Flagstad/Ludwig Weber/Maria Nezadal
6. Gotterdammerung: Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt - Wilhelm Furtwangler/Staatskapelle Berlin
7. Tristan Und Isolde: Prld To Act I - Wilhelm Furtwangler/Orch Der Beyreuther Festspiele
8. Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: 'Guten Abend, Meister' - Josef von Manowarda/Rudolf Bockelmann/Erich Burger/Georg Hann/Eugen Fuchs/Tiana Lemnitz...

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Wagner performances.......2001-08-08

This two-cd set presents very interesting Furtwangler's recordings of pre-war and war time. The first disk contains much more valueable recordings than the second one. These are Lohengrin act 3 extracts with fantasic singing of Volker and Muller and glorious conducting by Furtwangler, excellent Tannhauser ouverture and exciting Parsifal prelude act 1. Sound quality is very different from noisy to good enough as recordings cover 1931-1942 years. There is probably one error date - Lohengrin was recorded at 1936 Bayreuth (not 1931 as pointed in this set) .

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