Richard Wagner: Faust Lieder

1. Faust lieder (7), for voice & piano, WWV 15 (Op. 5) Lied der Soldaten
Composed by Richard Wagner
with Bjorn Asker , Jorgen Ellegard Frederiksen , Lone Koppel

2. Faust lieder (7), for voice & piano, WWV 15 (Op. 5) Bauer unter der Linde
Composed by Richard Wagner
with Bjorn Asker , Jorgen Ellegard Frederiksen , Lone Koppel

3. Faust lieder (7), for voice & piano, WWV 15 (Op. 5) Branders Lied
Composed by Richard Wagner
with Bjorn Asker , Jorgen Ellegard Frederiksen , Lone Koppel

4. Faust lieder (7), for voice & piano, WWV 15 (Op. 5) Lied der Mephistoles
Composed by Richard Wagner
with Bjorn Asker , Jorgen Ellegard Frederiksen , Lone Koppel

5. Faust lieder (7), for voice & piano, WWV 15 (Op. 5) Lied der Mephistoles
Composed by Richard Wagner
with Bjorn Asker , Jorgen Ellegard Frederiksen , Lone Koppel

6. Faust lieder (7), for voice & piano, WWV 15 (Op. 5) Gretchen am Spinnrade
Composed by Richard Wagner
with Bjorn Asker , Jorgen Ellegard Frederiksen , Lone Koppel

7. Faust lieder (7), for voice & piano, WWV 15 (Op. 5) Melodram
Composed by Richard Wagner
with Bjorn Asker , Jorgen Ellegard Frederiksen , Lone Koppel

8. Der Tannenbaum ("Der Tannenbaum steht schweigend, einsam") song for voice & piano, WWV 50
Composed by Richard Wagner
with Bjorn Asker , Jorgen Ellegard Frederiksen , Lone Koppel

9. Siegfried Idyll, for small orchestra in E major, WWV 103
Composed by Richard Wagner
with Bjorn Asker , Jorgen Ellegard Frederiksen , Lone Koppel

10. Scherzlied für Louis Kraft ("Der Worte viele sind gemacht"), song for voice & piano (Kraft-Lied), WWV 105
Composed by Richard Wagner
with Bjorn Asker , Jorgen Ellegard Frederiksen , Lone Koppel

11. Adieux de Marie Stuart ("Adieu, charmant pays de France"), song for voice & piano, WWV 61
Composed by Richard Wagner
with Bjorn Asker , Jorgen Ellegard Frederiksen , Lone Koppel

12. Dors, mon enfant ("Entre mes bras, enfant plein de charmes"), song for voice & piano, WWV 53
Composed by Richard Wagner
with Bjorn Asker , Jorgen Ellegard Frederiksen , Lone Koppel

13. Attente ("Monte, écureuil, monte au grand chêne"), song for voice & piano, WWV 55
Composed by Richard Wagner
with Bjorn Asker , Jorgen Ellegard Frederiksen , Lone Koppel

14. Mignonne ("Mignonne, allons voir si la rose"), song for voice & piano, WWV 57
Composed by Richard Wagner
with Bjorn Asker , Jorgen Ellegard Frederiksen , Lone Koppel

15. Soupir ("Tout n'est qu'images fugitives"), song for voice & piano, WWV 58
Composed by Richard Wagner
with Bjorn Asker , Jorgen Ellegard Frederiksen , Lone Koppel

16. Les deux grenadiers ("Longtemps captifs chez le Russe"), song for voice & piano, WWV 60
Composed by Richard Wagner
with Bjorn Asker , Jorgen Ellegard Frederiksen , Lone Koppel

Tracks:

I. Der Engel
II. Stehe Still!
III. Im Treibhaus
IV. Schmerzen
V. Traume
Einsam In Truben Tagen
Euch Luften, Die Mein Klagen
Eine Waffe Lass Mich Dir Weisen
Ich Sah Das Kind
Dich, Teure Halle
Allmacht'ge Jungfrau
D'Amour L'Ardente Flamme
Nous Avons Vu Finir... Chers Tyriens
Ah, Je Vais Mourir... Adieu, Fiere Cite

Customer Reviews:

A Grand Lady, A Grand Collection.......2005-09-28

Few who have had the privilege of seeing and hearing Régine Crespin in person will be able to pass this fine album by. A beautiful voice, a beautiful presence, an intelligent and sensitive mind all informed her singing whether on the grand stages of opera or in recitals. Who could ever forget her inimitable Berlioz' 'Les Nuits d'été or Ravel's 'Shéhérazade'? Indeed, Crespin is a legend.

In this very fine album we hear a stunning 'Wesendonck Lieder' of Wagner with Georges Prêtre conducting the Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française. While some singers find these songs matronly Crespin infuses the poems with frail and tender love. Staying with Wagner (she was after all a reigning Sieglinde in her day) she offers arias from 'Lohengrin', 'Die Walküre', 'Parsifal', and 'Tannhäuser' (with Otto Ackermann
conducting the Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris)
demonstrating that this very French singer could produce a huge sound that easily sails over Wagner's orchestration. Finally she is heard in Berlioz' 'Les Troyens' and 'La Damnation de Faust' (again with Otto Ackermann). There is not a weak moment in these selections.

Included with this CD is a well-produced DVD of Crespin singing French art songs, showing the poise and involvement she brought to every performance. This is a treasureable package and certainly commands the respect of the title 'Legend. It is brilliant! Highly recommended. Grady Harp, September 05

Thomas Hampson - Romantic Songs by Berlioz, Wagner and Liszt / Geoffrey Parsons

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The American Fischer-Dieskau takes a risk, and wins
Truly, romantically worth it
romantic indeedý

Thomas Hampson - Romantic Songs by Berlioz, Wagner and Liszt / Geoffrey Parsons

Manufacturer: Angel Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

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Söderström sings Liszt, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, etc.

ASIN: B000002RU1
Release Date: 1994-03-15

Tracks:

'Irlande' , Op. 2: No. 4: La belle Voyageuse
'Irlande' , Op. 2: No. 8: Adieu, Bessy!
'Irlande' , Op. 2: No. 1: LeCoucher du soleil
'Irlande' , Op. 2: No. 7: L' Origine de la harpe
'Irlande' , Op. 2: No. 9: Elegie
Mignonne, WWV57
Tout n'est qu'images fugitives, WWV58
Les deux Grenadiers, WWV 60
Lied des Mephistopheles WWWV15 No. 4
Lied des Mephistopheles WWV15 No. 5
Der Tannenbaum WWV50
Die Vatergruft, G281 - G371
Go Not, Happy Day, G335
Es rauschen die Winde, G294
lhr Auge, G310
Wanderers Nachtlied, G306
Im Rhein, im schonen Strome, G272 - G531 - 2
Es muss ein Wunderbares sein, G314
Vergiftet sind meiner Lieder, G289
La Tombe et la rose, G285 - G539
'Comment,' disaient-ils, G276 - G535
Oh, quand je dors G282

Customer Reviews:

The American Fischer-Dieskau takes a risk, and wins.......2006-07-17

This CD is out of print, and that's no surprise: songs by Berlioz, Wanger, and Liszt are known only to conoissuers. Hampson happens to be that and more. His crusade to bring every variety of classic song to the public parallels Fischer-Dieskau's efforts a generation ago. Like his illustrious predecessor Hampson is a master of many styles, an impeccable technician, and an innatley intelligent artist. One can neer lose by buying his riskier recitals.

This is one of the most difficult to appreciate, I think, becasue except for a melodie or two by Verlioz, nothing here is familiar. The Wanger songs avoid the well-known Wessendonck lieder in favor of light and slight early songs, three of them in French (!) and all so charming the name of Wanger would never occur to an innocent listener.

The heart of the recital are te Liszt songs. Rarely heard in the concert hall (if ever), Liszt's lieder output is very impressive, which is why artists as diverse as Barbara Bonney and Thomas Quasthoff have given us collections like this one. Hampson ofers 12 from a broad span of the composer's long life, and they span many emotions, from the tender to the boldly declamatory. Only the last, "Oh, quand je dors," is likely to be familiar. There is such art in the singing, and in Geoffrey Parsons' accompaniments, that every song here, with the exception of the Berlioz, sounds completely masterful (I don't find that Hampson has the real chanson style).

Since this superb CD sells for pennies on the used market, it's very much worth anyone's time and attention. You'll hear a great singer at the peak of his powers.

Truly, romantically worth it.......2004-07-09

I love Romantic music, poetry and painting. The Lieder sung here by Thomas Hampson have all 3: obviously the music and the poetry, which are wonderful, and the painting is given by Mr Hampson's voice. A more romantic voice I cannot imagine. I listen to it constantly...

romantic indeedý.......1999-09-01

... are the selections presented here. Thomas Hampson's voice appears to have an ideal weight for these intimate delicate songs, his thoughtful detailed reading of them is delightful. Purchasing this CD, I expected a collection of lesser-known lieder, but found instead German and French alternatives to Italian "salon songs" of Bellini, late Rossini, or Donizetti, although written later and most carrying a strong sense of German romanticism, found in the poetry of Goethe, Heine, or Uhland, as well as in the fiction works of E.T.A. Hoffman and his contemporaries. Hugo's stirring verse found its way thrice to this CD.

Hampson's finely crafted presentations remind the listener of Fischer-Dieskau, if missing some the latter's celebrated smoothness of tone. It's hard to believe "Mignonne" was written by Wagner! Most likely, it was one of composer's controversial experiments with French style, and we are lucky to hear it survive the test of time and Wagner "purists". (I do prefer Rienzi to Siegfried, any day though, thus it's a biased opinion, right?) To my great surprise, Liszt's songs vary - some are exciting and melodic ("Go not Happy Day" or "a Tombe et la Rose"), others are more like recitatifs, sung very quietly, with recurring dreamy melancholic quality to them, but with none of Schubert's poignancy or Mahler's edginess.

There is a great deal of harmony between the singer and Geoffrey Parsons' piano. Like Jorg Demus or John Wustman, Parsons does not forcibly take the center stage, yet his accompaniment is always ideally timed and he often engages in sparkling dialogue with the singer (listen to Les deux Grenadiers!)

Tracks:

La Ran La Lera...Largo Al Factotum
O Sainte Medaille...Avant De Quitter Ces Lieux
Ce Breuvage...Vision Fugitive
C'est Toi...Au Fond Du Temple Saint - Placido Domingo
La Fatigue Alourdit Mes Pas...Comme Une Pale Fleur
Ecoute!...Dieu, Tu Semas Dans Nos Ames
C'est Mon Jour Supreme
Tout Est Desert...Son Regard
Ove Son Io?...Vada In Fiamme
Perfidi! All'Anglo Contro Me...Pieta, Rispetto Amore
Di Provenza Il Mar, Il Suol
E Sogno? O Realta?
Komm!
Der Garten Des Herzens
Lied Des Venezianischen Gondoliers
Le Lazzarone
L'Ultimo Ricordo

Tracks:

Mein Sehnen, Mein Wahnen
Wo Berg' Ich Mich?...So Weih' Ich Mich Den Rachgewalten
Wie Todesahnung...O Du Mein Holder Abendstern
Gruss Op.48 No.1
Im Wunderschonen Monat Mai
Aus Meinen Tranen Spriessen
Die Rose, Die Lilie
Ich Will Meine Seele Tauchen
Ich Grolle Nicht
Gute Nacht
Die Post
Blicke Mir Nicht In Die Lieder
Ich Atmet' Einen Linden Duft
Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen
Von Der Schonheit
O Vaterland, Du Machst Bei Tag
Als Flotter Geist
Komm, Zigany
An Old Song Re-Sung
At Dawning (I Love You) Op.29 No.1 - Armen Guzelimian
Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
Beautiful Dreamer

Album Description

Details TBA. EMI. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

SImply Untrue.......2006-08-16

The previous review is simply a gross falsification. I have been an obsessed opera fan for a long time, and Thomas Hampson is a truly special singer. He is not the possesor of the largest or most interesting voice, which he will tell you and indeed says so all the time. His commitment to text, his willingness to search out parts to fit his voice, and his dedication to art song make im invaluable to Americans as a ture Troubador. His light Baritone was ideally suited to Figaro and to Valentin and the art song he loves. He must stretch to sing Verdi, where his voice sounds dry and small but many singers have chanced Verdi at their peril, and his innate ablity to inhabit a song, here evidenced in Di Provenza overcomes fact that it is out of his fach. You misinformed opinion of Hampson is mean and strangly bitter. I love Opera, but I do not love every singer, which doesn't mean I debase their very artistic existance. I have seen Hampson live, and have loved him (in Thias) and somewhat disliked him (in Simon Boccanegra) As for him being pretentious, somwetimes I find him mannered, but always charming. SOmetimes Intellectualism can appear pretentious, but surely you wont hold an opera singer to the charge that he must be unintellectual. what a vitriolic review, please buy this Cd, it merits repeated listening to a true American SINGER,

an extra star for all the guest artists.......2006-05-08

The title of this album is an oxymoron. Or a sick joke. I can't decide. Sure he has made millions by luring the uninitiated listener into his web of deceit and conceit, but don't be fooled any longer. How fortunate Hampson has been to sing for and with great artists to shoulder his heavy load.

An Homage to a Great Artist.......2005-10-30

EMI is wisely creating a series of recordings to gather the moments of artists that showcase the very reasons they become so highly regarded. Usually these collections are produced late in careers or even posthumously, but in the case of THE VERY BEST OF THOMAS HAMPSON the artist is still one of the more active and premiere singers of our day. Yet while he doesn't still perform all of these inclusions, it is wonderful to have excerpts from various successful recordings to remind us of the artistry that Hampson represents.

The two disc set includes arias from operas: Rossini's 'Il barbière di Siviglia', von Weber's 'Euryanthe', Gounod's 'Faust', Massenet's 'Hérodiade', Bizet's 'Les Pêcheurs de perles' (in duet with Placido Domingo), Thomas' 'Hamlet', Verdi's 'Don Carlo', 'Il Travatore', 'Macbeth', 'La Traviata', and 'Falstaff', Korngold's 'Die Tote Stadt', and Wagner's 'Tannhäuser'.

But the rewards of a Hampson recording must include his impeccable career as a lieder stylist and on this recording are excerpts from Schumann's 'Dichterliebe', Schubert's 'Winterreise', Mahler's 'Rückert Lieder' and 'Das Lied von der Erde', as well as songs by Meyerbeer, Rossini, Grieg, Kalman, and Lehar. And very importantly there are examples of American songs that Hampson has always emphasized in his recitals. Works by Stephen Foster, and two extraordinary works with the brilliant accompanist Armen Guzelimian - 'An Old Song Re-sung' by Griffes and 'At Dawning' by Charles Wakefield Cadman - round out this fine survey.

Not usually a collector of such 'recombinations', for this listener this album is so very fine that it deserves the attention of all those who appreciate the artistry of Thomas Hampson - then and now. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, October 05

superb vocals.......2005-08-07

Mr.Hampson really gets the chance to showcase his wonderful baritone voice in this "Best of" collection which includes excellent selections from his various other CDs. I like the diversity of the selections featuring operatic arias,works from classical composers, and folk songs. For Thomas hampson fans, as well as fans of the baritone voice, this CD is for them.

Nelson Eddy: Operatic Arias and Concert Songs

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Nelson Eddy-Operatic Arias & Concert Songs
Eddy Sings Opera!...Mozart...Haydn...Wagner..and More!..Fabulous Find For Fans
Nelson Eddy's operatic recordings
Nelson Eddy : The Opera Years

Nelson Eddy: Operatic Arias and Concert Songs

Manufacturer: Pearl
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
Similar Items:

The Artistry of Nelson Eddy
The Old Refrain
Through the Years
Sweethearts:The Timeless Love Affair -- On-Screen and Off -- Between Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, updated edition
Ah Sweet Mystery of Life: Anthology (1931-1938)

ASIN: B00004WZTF
Release Date: 2000-11-28

Tracks:

The Marriage Of Figaro: Non Piu Andrai
The Marriage Of Figaro: Se Vuol Ballare
The Creation: Rolling In Foaming Billows
The Creation: Now Heaven In Fullest Glory Shone
Die Meistersinger: Jerum! Jerum! (Cobbler's Song)
Tannhauser: Evening Star
Allerseelen (All Souls' Day)
Zueignung (Devotion)
Schwannengesang No.4: Ser (Standchen)
Ave Maria, Op.52 No.6
Faust: Song Of The Flea
The Nursery, No.5: Child's Evening Prayer
Hopak
Legend: Christ Had A Garden, Op.54 No.5
Pilgrim's Song: O Bless You Forests, Op.47 No.5
None But The Lonely Heart, Op.6 No.6
Don Juan's Ser, Op.38 No.1
Danse Macabre
Herodiade: Vision Fugitive (Fleeting Vision)
Carmen: Chanson Du Toreador

Customer Reviews:

Nelson Eddy-Operatic Arias & Concert Songs.......2006-08-22

A very good sampling of Nelson Eddy's operatic and concert work.
DVD in good condition.

Eddy Sings Opera!...Mozart...Haydn...Wagner..and More!..Fabulous Find For Fans.......2006-07-20

Fans of Nelson Eddy's classic musical films, will be in heaven when they hear his golden tones on this collection of the Operatic Arias and Concert Songs recorded between 1939 and 1944.
Eddy was not what you would call a booming Baritone, but wow, what a voice. Sweet, smooth, breathtaking. Gorgeous!

His masterful rendition of the Arias, and Concert Songs in Italian, English, German and French are impeccable. Whatever the emotion, sadness, joy, etc, Eddy captures it. You will feel the story in the words.Some are very solemn and moving, others are upbeat and will leave you smiling. Enjoy 2 from Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro"(Non Piu Andrai/Se Vuol Ballare), Haydn's "The Creation",2 from Wagner("Jerum! Jerum"/"Evening Star") ,Moussorgsky, several from Tchaikovsky including "Don Juan's Serenade. You can see the complete list of 20 tracks in the buying info, but some of the other highlights, I thoroughly enjoyed are Schubert's "Serenade" and "Ave Maria", "Chanson Du Toreador", Bizet(from Carmen)and "Hopak"(Moussorgsky).

The original recordings are over 60 years old. This CD is a wonderful digital transfer. The album will give you over 70 minutes of enjoyment. It also come with a nice little bio booklet, detailing the singing career of Nelson Eddy, and the track listings, with the composer and the year Eddy first recorded it. The only thing it is missing, is the credits for the fine orchestras and musicians accompanying Eddy. I would have liked to have known who they were. None the less a fabulous and 5 star find for fans of Nelson Eddy, and a nice taste of some familiar Operatic pieces.

Enjoy....Laurie

Nelson Eddy's operatic recordings.......2004-01-07

This CD contains all of Nelson Eddy's recordings of classical music. However, given that he recorded over 200 songs, this is a small amount of his recorded legacy. Also note that, other than the Mozart (Italian), the Strauss (German), and the last 4 selections in French, the rest of these selections were recorded in English, although Eddy could and did sing them in the original languages. Despite what the previous reviewer said, these recordings are not from "the early years", when Nelson Eddy was an opera singer. These recordings are from the 1940's. Nelson Eddy had performed in his last operas in 1935, and he was almost never associated with actual opera on film. He performed yearly in concerts, solely of classical repertoire, from before his national fame, until the early 1950's. He was a very popular radio performer in the 1930's and 1940's. He sang many more operatic pieces/classical songs on radio (usually in their original language) which he never recorded. I, for one, regret that he did not record more from his classical repertoire, because that essential part of appreciating his art is mostly gone forever. My point is, that these songs do not give a full sense of the wide range of Eddy's work in the non-popular areas of song.
The liner notes are pretty good, although there are some errors in them.

Nelson Eddy : The Opera Years.......2001-10-01

Ah Sweet Mystery. A trip back in time. Is there any music medium Nelson Eddy did not excel in? First opera, concerts, movies, radio, tv, nightclubs. He was the master of them all. This is a great introduction to the early years when he was opera's leading and most exciting baritone.

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Historical enthusiasts only
Quick Silver! Forever, Germaine!

Germaine Lubin

Manufacturer: Preiser Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | 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: B00000IQHV
Release Date: 1999-10-26

Customer Reviews:

Historical enthusiasts only.......2007-07-15

Obviously, This was recorded many years ago. The sound is barely passable.
I've read about her and supposedly she was da "BANG" way back when. I've never ben a great fan of these old recordings since they often times tell little of the actual greatness of these singers. Her biography was more fascinating.

Quick Silver! Forever, Germaine!.......2006-09-24

Aha, I have found a soprano that had it all, everything: physical and vocal beauty, the softest and roundest pianissimi ever without being fake or narrow, a gigantic middle voice, power, passion! Germaine had enough of everything. Lubin is without question unbeatable. The timbre of her voice is interesting, but beautiful. She has enormous volume, yet the sound is very light, it moves fast, like mercury or quick silver. Her voice flows, but the metal in the sound, the depth of the sound, the height of the sound is just completely unique and utterly impressive.

The Siegfried aria "Ewig war" is so beautiful and delicate, with a high C that was plain too easy for any dramatic soprano to think about singing, but there it was. The trill? Perfection!!! I agree with Hitler that she probably was the best Isolde in the world. I don't think that there is or was anyone to touch La Lubin! Even the Faust aria is sublime. She was GREAT!

Her life was NOT easy and it is difficult to disassociate her musicality from the tragedy she was forced to live; imprisonment, the death of her son, a certain lack of acclaim from France, and a divine appreciation for platonic love "I fell in love with men spiritually, they fell in love with my body.", which she could not reciprocate. All that must have been dreadful to live with.

Ok, Madame Lubin -- no one ever surpassed you in my book! You remain a Goddess of Art and even old France had to eventually admit that. Brava!!!

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A fascinating selection, but poor performances

Richard Wagner: Faust Lieder

Manufacturer: Classico
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000044DH
Release Date: 1994-02-09

Customer Reviews:

A fascinating selection, but poor performances.......2003-03-30

This album contains many things of interest to people wanting to explore the remoter reaches of the Wagnerian repertoire, especially the songs he wrote in his starveling early days in Paris. Given its brave selection of these rarities, I had high hopes for this disk when I ordered it from Amazon, but with great regret I have to say I can't really recommend it.

Soprano Lone Koppel and baritone Björn Asker, with the Hymnia Chamber Choir, accommpanied by Jorgen Ellegard Frederiksen, sing a selection of Wagner rarities, several of which are not otherwise available. They offer:

All seven "Compositions for Goethe's Faust":
1 Lied der Soldaten
2 Bauer unter der Linde
3 Branders Lied
4 Lied des Mephistopheles ("Es war einmal ein König")
5 Lied des Mephistopheles ("Was machst du mir")
6 Gretchen am Spinnrade
7 Melodram

And:
Der Tannenbaum
Geburtsangrüss an Cosima
Adieux de Marie Stuart
Dors mon enfant
Attente
Mignonne
Tout n'est qu'images fugitives

Les deux grenadiers

The problem is that the two soloists have quite unattractive voices. The first time I listened to the disk the main pleasure it gave me was the pause after one or the other of them stopped singing.

Baritone Björn Asker is the worst offender, whose voice has a noticeably harsh, hard timbre, even when he is trying to sing tenderly; and it easily slips into a grating snarl, sometimes making some of the ugliest noises I've ever heard seriously offered as singing on a classical recording. Soprano Lone Koppel is merely adequate, in a rather old-fashioned way, which by contrast with Asker is almost a relief. The choral pieces, such as "Lied der Soldaten" are rather better.

I regret having to be so hard on a recording I very much wanted to like, but there it is.

So while it was a great idea to record all seven "Compositions for Goethes Faust", and it's good to have "Adieux de Marie Stuart", which so far as I'm aware isn't available on any other collection, it's hard to get a feel for the merit of these pieces when they are sung in performances that range from merely serviceable to actively ugly. I hope somebody else has a go, and soon.

By the way the liner notes claim that "Geburtsangrüss an Cosima" is a world premier recording of this piece. Actually, a far superior recording (admittedly in a different and much better arrangement) was released under the title "Kinderkatechismus" on the last side of Deryck Cook's lecture on the _Ring_; at least in the vinyl release. That recording seems to have gone missing in the CD era. In that version, though not in the one on this album, it's a lovely piece. I hope that earlier recording turns up again soon.

There are some very good early Wagner songs. If you are interesting in exploring this repertoire, I recommend the recital disk _Romantic songs_ by baritone Thomas Hampson, with pianist Geoffrey Parsons. He offers five of the songs from this disk, incomparably better sung, along with some wonderful early songs by Berlioz and Liszt.

I've given this disk three stars for Koppel and Asker's enterprise in seeking out and recording these rarities. The performances themselves merit two stars. It's one for Wagner completists only; and I hope a better recording of the otherwise unavailable pieces comes along soon.

Cheers!

Tracks:

Das Liebesverbot: Ov - The Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch
Sym in E: I. Allegro Con Spirito - The Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch
Eine Faust: Ov - The Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch
Wesendonck-Lieder: I. Der Engel - Marjana Lipovsek
Wesendonck-Lieder: II. Stehe Still! - Marjana Lipovsek
Wesendonck-Lieder: III. Im Treibhaus - Marjana Lipovsek
Wesendonck-Lieder: IV. Schmerzen - Marjana Lipovsek
Wesendonck-Lieder: V. Traume - Marjana Lipovsek
Rienzi: Ov - The Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch

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Goethes Faust in der Musik

Manufacturer: Fermate Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00003L211
Release Date: 2000-02-22

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Hans Hermann Nissen

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Lebendige Vergangenheit: Hans Hermann Nissen

Manufacturer: Preiser Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000023NZ
Release Date: 1995-07-18

Tracks:

Hans Heiling: An Jenem Tag - Berliner SO/Fritz Zweig
Faust: Da Ich Nun Verlassen Soll - Berliner SO/Fritz Zweig
Faust: Habt Dank! Ihr Weiber - Berliner SO/Fritz Zweig
Die Afrikanerin: Dir, O Konigin - Berliner SO/Fritz Zweig
Der Fliegende Hollander: Die Frist Ist Um - Berliner SO/Fritz Zweig
Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg: Was Duffet Doch Der Flieder - Berliner SO/Fritz Zweig
Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg: Wahn! Wahn! Uberall Wahn! - Berliner SO/Fritz Zweig
Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg: Verachtet Mir Die Meister Nicht - Berliner SO/Fritz Zweig
Die Walkure: Leb' Wohl, Du Kuhnes, Herrliches Kind - Berliner SO/Fritz Zweig
Parsifal: Wehe! Wehe Mir Der Qual! - Berliner SO/Fritz Zweig
Odins Meeresritt (Schreiber) - Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Fridericus Rex (Vogl) - Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Fruhlingsfahrt (Eichendorff) - Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Der Freund (Eichendorff) - Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Fussreise (Morike) - Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Der Gartner (Eichendorff) - Bruno Seidler-Winkler