Wagner - Lohengrin, Prelude, Bridal Chorus / Synopsis + New Mastering (Cent. rec. : Rudolf Kempe)

Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813-1883) - Lohengrin Opera.
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Prelude (00:00)
Act 1
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Hört! Grafen, Edle, Freie Von Brabant! (08:28)
Dank, König Dir Dass Du Zu Richten Kannst! (13:17)
Seht Hin! Sie Naht, Die Hart Beklagte! (20:20)
Einsam In Trüben Tagen (23:58)
Des Ritters Will Ich Wahren (31:39)
Ohn! Antwort Ist Der Ruf Verhalt! (34:26)
Nun Sei Bedankt, Mein Lieber Schwan! (39:13)
Wenn Ich Im Kampfe Für Dich Siege (44:37)
Welch Holde Wunder Muss Ich Sehn (48:20)
Nun Höret Mich, Und Achtet Wohl! (52:12)
Durch Gottes Sieg Ist Jetzt Dein Leben Mein (59:44)
Erhebe Dich, Genossin Meiner Schmach! (1:04:13)

Act 2
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Was Macht Dich In So Wilder Klage Doch Vergehn (1:12:14)
Du Wilde Seherin!...Weisst Du, Wer Dieser Held (1:16:25)
Euch Lueften, Die Mein Klagen (1:24:14)
Elsa!...Wer Ruft (1:27:46) Ortrud, Wo Bist Du (1:33:45)
In Frueh Versammelt Uns Der Ruf (1:45:00)
Des Koenigs Wort Und Will' Tu' Ich Euch Kund (1:49:32)
Nun Hört, Dem Lande Will Er Uns Entfuehren! (1:55:42)
Gesegnet Soll Sie Schreiten (1:58:01)
Zurueck, Elsa! (2:03;16) Heil! Heil Dem Koenig! (2:12:08)
Welch Ein Geheimnis Muss Der Held Bewahren (2:17:49)
Mein Held, Entgegne Kuehn Dem Ungetreuen! (2:23:04)
In Deiner Hand (2:25:09)

Act 3
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Prelude (2:30:06) Treulich Geführt / Bridal Chorus (2:33:40)
Das Susse Lied Verhallt (2:38:30)
Wie Hehr Erkenn' Ich Unsrer Liebe Wesen! (2:42:29)
Hochstes Vertraun Hast Du Mir Schon Zu Danken (2:50:55)
Ach Nein! (2:56:56) Heil Konig Heinrich! (3:04:14)
Was Bringen Die_ Was Tun Sie Kund (3:09:19)
In Fernem Land (3:17:40) Mir Schwankt Der Boden! (3:23:56)
Mein Lieber Schwan! (3:29:44)

Lohengrin : Jess Thomas / Tenor
Elsa von Brabant : Elisabeth Grümmer / Sopran
Friedrich von Telramund : Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Bariton
Ortrud : Christa Ludwig / Mezzosopran
König Heinrich der Vogler : Gottlob Frick / Bass
Der Heerrufer des Königs : Otto Wiener / Bass

Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus Master : Dr. Richard Rossmayer
Wiener Philharmoniker
Rudolf Kempe
Recorded in 1964
New Mastering in 2020 by AB for CMRR
Find CMRR's recordings on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3016eVr

Lohengrin is the Romantic Opera at its most exhilarating. It is the son of the Parsifal Opera: a collected and contemplative atmosphere. Lohengrin is in the filiation of Weber's operas, giving a large place to the great periods of singing, to the plasticity of singing, but begins to unfold the orchestral fabric, with an increase in woodwinds and the assumptions of a space in which a symphonic colour, peculiar to Wagner, will gradually develop.

The Prelude, with its almost motionless dynamics and bewitching stretching of the sound is the initial image. Rudolf Kempe conducts with an incredible transparency of the orchestra, a softness of tone and a kind of warm tenderness. Throughout this magnificent Lohengrin, Rudolf Kempe gives the orchestra impulses, caressing or dramatic, violent even and finally soothed, shaping the choirs with the same science of balance and brightness, light and dark.

The stage is moreover one of the most beautiful one could have dreamed of: Jess Thomas, a voice with silvery reflections, is a Lohengrin with a clear and radiant timbre and a fiery voice; Elisabeth Grümmer is the ideal Elsa, at once pure and intensely touching, tortured and terribly human in her fragility; the evil couple, Ortrud-Telramund, consists of Christa Ludwig and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who, to the vocal discipline of the Lied, combine an impressive dramatic temperament, Christa Ludwig in particular, truly terrible in this dark role; and Gottlob Frick, a Wagnerian voice as one dreams of finding again, is a King before whom one bows. Noble and fiery, this Lohengrin is one of the monuments of Wagnerian recording history!

Richard Wagner PLAYLIST (reference recordings) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_EGNl2a6cU&list=PL3UZpQL9LIxMleWmzrxmYsjeUJ6MUdM3-&index=7

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