Thread: WAGNER on cd.

Anyone want a great live Lohengrin?



This is 1954 live Jochum from Bayreuth in amazingly good sound.....no kidding the sound is really very good. Cast is best of the best from that period with young Birgit Nilsson coming on the Wagner scence as Elsa, Astrid Varnay is a supremely evil Ortrud.....on and on great cast

Itullian are you listening, we can add this to the shelf right next to our other favorite live Lohengrin also with Astrid Varnay:

Originally Posted by DarkAngel

Anyone want a great live Lohengrin?



This is 1954 live Jochum from Bayreuth in amazingly good sound.....no kidding the sound is really very good. Cast is best of the best from that period with young Birgit Nilsson coming on the Wagner scence as Elsa, Astrid Varnay is a supremely evil Ortrud.....on and on great cast

Itullian are you listening, we can add this to the shelf right next to our other favorite live Lohengrin also with Astrid Varnay:

thank you.............

Anyone have the Keilberth Lohengrin with Windgassen, Varnay, Steber, etc...? Amazon is marketing the download for less than $3 US and the CD is currently below $20.

The disc is Available on a rather generic label I'm unfamiliar with... or on Naxos historic through Amazon.UK. Anyone familiar with shipping and handling charges from the UK? I also note that some US Amazon dealers in the US have the disc listed on the Amazon.UK site but not Amazon.com. Is there some legal nonsense behind the reason they can't sell these in the US?

Originally Posted by StlukesguildOhio

The disc is Available on a rather generic label I'm unfamiliar with... or on Naxos historic through Amazon.UK. Anyone familiar with shipping and handling charges from the UK? I also note that some US Amazon dealers in the US have the disc listed on the Amazon.UK site but not Amazon.com. Is there some legal nonsense behind the reason they can't sell these in the US?

EU countries recognize 50 years copyright for musicians before becoming public domain, USA has longer period so Naxos etc cannot sell some new historical CDs here, but we can buy used here or new from EU shipped over here.

EU just passed law to extend musician copyright to 70 years in process of being implemented......this was not done to protect classical artists most of whom are now dead, but early Beatles, Rolling Stones, Who etc albums were about to become public domain so they took action

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_958827.html

Meistersinger.............that is all

Going through a phase of listening/watching Wagners Der Flieglende Hollander. I watched/listened to it the first time about 15yrs ago and neglected it since. But since the new DVD from the Netherlands Opera -it has caught my interest again. The new DVD is stunning!

CD wise, i have only got the Naxos cd with Alfred Muff as a solid Dutchman and Peter Seiffert as Erik. The conductor is someone unknown to me Pinchas Steinberg. This set has very good reviews but the sound seems a bit backward and i want a bit more fire and drama...maybe colour from the orchestra. I think this is an issue with many of those Naxos opera recordings actually.

Anyone have a CD of this they recommend?

Actually i want the Chandos English version with John Tomlinson as the Dutchman, i bet he is terrific! Anyone care to comment about this set?

I've always preferred Nelsson's Bayreuth Dutchman. Good cast and lots of energy.

i love the 24bit version of Solti's Dutchman. a very exciting reading and the remaster is spectacular. it's hard to find and easily confused with the non remastered version.
i think arkivmusic has it.

Just watching the Valencia Walkure (I recorded it off Sky Arts HD)

Originally Posted by DarkAngel

Good guess.....combine these two sets in one big super deluxe boxset?




Danny has his own complete "cheap" boxset:

Looks like that's what is happening. Good price

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-The-O...158366&sr=8-14

Decca have also reissued Solti's Tristan with that horrible new artwork that they use for reissues these days

Originally Posted by AndyS

Looks like that's what is happening. Good price

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-The-O...158366&sr=8-14

Decca have also reissued Solti's Tristan with that horrible new artwork that they use for reissues these days

Is that... real? All 10?

Originally Posted by AndyS

Looks like that's what is happening. Good price

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wagner-The-O...158366&sr=8-14

Decca have also reissued Solti's Tristan with that horrible new artwork that they use for reissues these days

Omg that made me.........

I believe its the first Meistersinger Solti recorded and not the 90s recording so its not quite the same as the old box

Also no word yet as to the remastering that's being used in the box

Originally Posted by AndyS

I believe its the first Meistersinger Solti recorded and not the 90s recording so its not quite the same as the old box

Also no word yet as to the remastering that's being used in the box

Yes, Solti recorded Meistersinger in the 70s. I believe this new box set selected the newer 1990s recording, which is widely available in different re-issues.