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Karl Elmendorff and Kurt Striegler were two of many composers responsible for splendid interpretations of Wagner's operas in Dresden in the first half of the twentieth century. At their disposal was the incomparable Staatskapelle, a high quality opera chorus and many outstanding singers, some of which appear on this recording. Featured are works from a selection of Wagner’s most famous operas.
Richard Wagner: Die Walkure
Act I Scene 1: Prelude
Act I Scene 1: Wes Herd dies auch sei, hier muss ich rasten
Act I Scene 1: Kuhlende labung gab mir die Quell
Act I Scene 1: Einen Unseligen labtest du
Act I Scene 2: Mud am Herd fand ich den Mann
Act I Scene 2: Friedmund darf ich nicht heissen
Act I Scene 2: Ein starkes Jagen auf uns
Act I Scene 2: Ich weiss ein wildes Geschlecht
Act I Scene 3: Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater
Act I Scene 3: Schlafst du, Gast?
Act I Scene 3: Der Manner Sippe sass hier im Saal
Act I Scene 3: Wintersturme wichen dem Wonnemond
Act I Scene 3: Du bist der Lenz
Act I Scene 3: O susseste Wonnel! Seligstes Weib!
Act I Scene 3: Siegmund heiss ich und Siegmund bin ich!
Die Walkure, Act III: Leb' wohl, du kuhnes, herrliches Kind!, "Wotan's Farewell"
Richard Wagner: Tannhauser
Act II: Dich, teure Halle, gruss' ich wieder
Act III: Allmacht'ge Jungfrau! Hor mein Flehen!
Richard Wagner: Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman)
Act I: Durch Sturm und bosen Wind verschlagen
Act II: Wie aus der Ferne langst vergang 'ner Zeiten
Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg)
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act II: Was duftet doch der Flieder
Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Siegfried, Act I: Auf wolkigen Hohen
Richard Wagner: Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods)
Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods), Act I: Bluhenden Lebens labende Glut
May 2009
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“The whole of Act I and the last scent of Act III of Die Walküre, and snippets from the other operas recorded late in 1944 show what the great German Wagner tradition was like.”
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Act I Scene 1: Prelude