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Great Wagner Voices

Wagner / Muenchner Rundfunkorchester / Adam
Release Date: 05/28/2013 
Label:  Br Klassik   Catalog #: 900310   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Richard Wagner
Performer:  Ingrid Bjoner,  Elisabeth Grümmer,  Martina Arroyo,  Rudolf Schock,   ... 
Number of Discs: 1 
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Notes and Editorial Reviews

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner’s birth, GREAT WAGNER VOICES brings together ten extremely diverse Wagnerian soloists in a collection of great Wagner arias. The recordings from the years 1963 to 1971 were drawn from the archives of Bavarian Broadcasting. To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner’s birth, GREAT WAGNER VOICES brings together ten extremely diverse Wagnerian soloists in a collection of great Wagner arias. The recordings from the years 1963 to 1971 were drawn from the archives of Bavarian Broadcasting. Read less

Works on This Recording

1.
Tannhäuser: Dich, teure Halle by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Ingrid Bjoner (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845/1861; Germany 
2.
Tannhäuser: Allmächt'ge Jungfrau "Elisabeth's Prayer" by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Elisabeth Grümmer (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845/1861; Germany 
3.
Lohengrin: Einsam in trüben Tagen "Elsa's dream" by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Martina Arroyo (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1847; Germany 
4.
Lohengrin: In fernem Land by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Rudolf Schock (Tenor)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1846-1847; Germany 
5.
Der fliegende Holländer: Jo-ho-joe! Traft ihr das Schiff by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Anja Silja (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1841/1852; Germany 
6.
Der fliegende Holländer: Mögst du, mein Kind by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Gottlob Frick (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1841/1852; Germany 
7.
Die Walküre: Leb' wohl..."Farewell and Magic Fire music" by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Theo Adam (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1856; Germany 
8.
Die Walküre: Loge, hör! by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Theo Adam (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1856; Germany 
9.
Götterdämmerung: Hier sitz' ich zur Wacht by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Josef Greindl (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1874; Germany 
10.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Was duftet doch der Flieder by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Franz Crass (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867; Germany 
11.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Wahn! Wahn! Überall Wahn! by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Franz Crass (Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867; Germany 
12.
Tristan und Isolde: Mild und leise "Liebestod" by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Catarina Ligendza (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1859; Germany 

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