René Pape sings Wagner

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he remains more than capable of the spellbinding legato that Wolfram's Hymn to the Evening Star requires...purely musical values are of rare distinction. The Parsifal scene in particular benefits... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2011 More…

Release Date: 25th Apr 2011
Catalogue No: 4776617
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 62 minutes

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Wagner: Die Walküre / Dritter Aufzug

Work length15:20

$2.55

$3.45

René Pape (bass (vocal))
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim
Recorded: 2010-06-17
Recording Venue: Rundfunk-Zentrum Berlin KG

Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind!

Track length4:41

$0.85

$1.15

Der Augen leuchtendes Paar

Track length5:56

$0.85

$1.15

Loge, hör! Lausche hieher!

Track length4:43

$0.85

$1.15

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act 2

Work length9:19

$1.70

$2.30

René Pape (bass (vocal))
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim
Recorded: 2010-06-17
Recording Venue: Rundfunk-Zentrum Berlin KG

"Was duftet doch der Flieder"

Track length6:41

$0.85

$1.15

Hört, ihr Leut, und laßt euch sagen

Track length2:38

$0.85

$1.15

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act 3

Work length6:35

$0.85

$1.15

René Pape (bass (vocal)), Eberhard Friedrich (chorus master)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Chor Der Staatsoper Berlin
Daniel Barenboim
Recorded: 2010-06-17
Recording Venue: Rundfunk-Zentrum Berlin KG

"Verachtet mir die Meister nicht"

Track length6:35

$0.85

$1.15

Wagner: Lohengrin: Act 1

Work length2:58

$0.85

$1.15

René Pape (bass (vocal)), Eberhard Friedrich (chorus master)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Chor Der Staatsoper Berlin
Daniel Barenboim
Recorded: 2010-06-17
Recording Venue: Rundfunk-Zentrum Berlin KG

Gott grüß' euch, liebe Männer von Brabant!

Track length2:58

$0.85

$1.15

Wagner: Parsifal: Act 3

Work length23:34

$3.40

$4.60

René Pape (bass (vocal)), Plácido Domingo (tenor)
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim
Recorded: 2010-06-17
Recording Venue: Rundfunk-Zentrum Berlin KG

Oh Gnade! Höchstes Heil! - Oh Herr! War es ein Fluch

Track length6:13

$0.85

$1.15

Und ich, ich bin's - Nicht doch! Die heilge Quelle selbst

Track length5:28

$0.85

$1.15

Gesegnet sei, du Reiner, durch das Reine! (Gurnemanz, Parsifal)

Track length5:00

$0.85

$1.15

Wie dünkt mich doch die Aue

Track length6:53

$0.85

$1.15

Wagner: Tannhäuser / Act 3

Work length4:55

$0.85

$1.15

René Pape (bass (vocal))
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim
Recorded: 2010-06-17
Recording Venue: Rundfunk-Zentrum Berlin KG

Wie Todesahnung... O du mein holder Abendstern (Wolfram)

Track length4:55

$0.85

$1.15

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Favourites, Richard Wagner

James selects some of his favourite audio and video recordings of the music of Richard Wagner from amongst the many outstanding available accounts.

Dresden-born bass René Pape was recently honoured as a “Met Mastersinger”, a distinction shared only by Renée Fleming. Pape’s perfect diction, bel canto beauty of tone, and psychological penetration make him one of our day’s most capable − and celebrated – Wagnerians.

Assembled for this all-Wagner project, a matter of the heart to René Pape, is a prestigious team. Daniel Barenboim, renowned for the sensuality of his Wagner, conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin, the maestro’s long-time collaborators.

Excerpts from such Pape signature roles as Gurnemanz and the Rheingold Wotan are complemented by a terrific teaser of a part Pape has yet to reveal on stage − his eagerly anticipated Hans Sachs, the noble cobbler of Die Meistersinger.

In addition to scenes from Lohengrin, Tannhäuser, and Die Walküre, a special treat features tenor Plácido Domingo with Pape in a scene from Parsifal.

Reviews

July 2011

he remains more than capable of the spellbinding legato that Wolfram's Hymn to the Evening Star requires...purely musical values are of rare distinction. The Parsifal scene in particular benefits from Barenboim's characteristic blend of spontaneity and deliberation, while Placido Domingo easily matches Pape in his eloquent ardour...when it comes to sheer vocal refinement and the purest Wagnerian gravitas, René Pape is hard to beat.

July 2011

His approach is very much that of a Lieder singer: the text could be taken verbatim from his immaculate diction...His liquidity of tone is balm in higher-lying passages, most notably those of Sachs...Teutonic bass-barking is nowhere to be heard...Barenboim deserves equal praise for some of the most sensitive Wagner conducting heard in a long time...this remains Wagner singing of a rare beauty that will give much pleasure

15th May 2011

he gives his Farewell, from Die Walküre, quite gloriously, his high lyric bass sounding effortless and beautiful even in the most high-lying passages. Above all, he sings his native German with astonishing clarity and eloquence...yet maintains a perfect Italianate legato...In the Parsifal extracts, Placido Domingo, no less, makes his brief contributions with a still remarkable voice...Golden-age Wagner singing.

5th May 2011

he is unquestionably magnificent. This is very lyrical Wagner singing, sensual, even sexual in tone, noble in utterance, and shaped as much through the line as off the words...The Fliedermonolog, sounding unusually erotic...[is] one of the disc's high points...There's wonderful playing, too, from the Berlin Staatskapelle under Daniel Barenboim.

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