Wagner: Lohengrin

Name: Wagner: Lohengrin
Brand: ORFEO D'OR
SKU: C900153
Price: 24.99 EUR
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Artists: Bavarian State Orchestra · Bjoner, Ingrid · Böhme, Kurt · Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera · Ernst, Hans Bruno · Fassbaender, Brigitte · Georgi, Eberhard · Goll, Jutta · Hopf, Hans · Kienzl, Monika · Knappertsbusch, Hans · Meier, Martin · Metternich, Josef · Nöcker, Hans Günter · Skroblin, Gislinde · Varnay, Astrid · Vicari, Heidi · Weber, Heinrich

Description

Who would have guessed that the legendary Hans Knappertsbusch conducted Lohengrin in Munich 16 times after the war—and that a recording of one of those performances even exists!? There may be a touch of pride from Wagner’s city of Munich in the fact that the Elberfeld-born musician, who made Munich his home by choice, conducted Lohengrin here but never in Bayreuth. Until now, the catalogue had no recording of Knappertsbusch conducting Lohengrin, so Wagnerians are sure to rejoice at this sensational archival discovery. With Kurt Böhme, Astrid Varnay and many others, this also features a vocal cast that seems fantastic by today’s standards, with the then very young Brigitte Fassbaender among the three “noble pages” as a curiosity.

Number	Title	Playing time
1	Lohengrin (opera in 3 acts) (complete recording)
1 . 1	Prelude	00:07:03	listen
2 . 2	Hear! Counts, nobles, freemen of Brabant! (Act 1)	00:04:52	listen
3 . 3	Thanks, King, that you have come to judge!	00:06:37	listen
4 . 4	Look there! See, she approaches, the sorely aggrieved one!	00:02:58	listen
5 . 5	Alone on gloomy days	00:07:36	listen
6 . 6	I shall defend the knight	00:02:15	listen
7 . 7	Who came to fight here in God’s battle	00:06:03	listen
8 . 8	Now be thanked, my dear swan!	00:08:43	listen
9 . 9	What wondrous marvel do I see?	00:03:38	listen
10 . 10	Now hear me and heed me well	00:02:30	listen
11 . 11	My Lord and God, now I call upon you	00:05:30	listen
12 . 12	By God’s victory, your life is now mine	00:04:50	listen
1 . 13	Orchestral introduction (Act 2)	00:03:14	listen
2 . 14	Rise, partner in my shame!	00:03:49	listen
3 . 15	Why do you waste away in such wild lament?	00:04:07	listen
4 . 16	You wild seeress	00:07:32	listen
5 . 17	You breezes that carry my lament	00:03:05	listen
6 . 18	Elsa! - Who calls?	00:04:30	listen
7 . 19	Desecrated gods! Now aid my vengeance!	00:01:31	listen
8 . 20	Ortrud, where are you?	00:15:03	listen
9 . 21	At dawn the call gathers us	00:01:30	listen
10 . 22	The King’s word and will I now proclaim to you	00:10:45	listen
11 . 23	Blessed may she proceed	00:02:39	listen
12 . 24	Back, Elsa! I will suffer this no longer - Hail! Hail the King!	00:09:52	listen
13 . 25	O King! Princes deluded by deceit! Stop!	00:05:57	listen
14 . 26	What a secret - In wild brooding	00:04:26	listen
1 . 27	My hero, boldly confront the traitor!	00:07:11	listen
2 . 28	Prelude (Act 3)	00:03:25	listen
3 . 29	Faithfully escorted, go hence	00:04:25	listen
4 . 30	The sweet song dies away	00:03:49	listen
5 . 31	How sublime I see the nature of our love	00:08:40	listen
6 . 32	You have already earned my highest trust	00:06:24	listen
7 . 33	Ah no! But there - the swan!	00:05:36	listen
8 . 34	Transformation	00:03:33	listen
9 . 35	Hail, King Henry! - Thanks, dear people of Brabant!	00:02:04	listen
10 . 36	What do they bring? What do they proclaim?	00:07:34	listen
11 . 37	In a distant land, beyond your reach	00:05:14	listen
12 . 38	The ground is shaking!	00:00:55	listen
13 . 39	My dear swan!	00:08:36	listen