Wagner: Lohengrin

Wagner: Lohengrin

Wagner: Lohengrin
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Composer: Wagner
Conductor: Rudolf Kempe
Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker
Edition: Music CD
Audio: German (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2010-04-20
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Vorspiel (Orchester)
  2. Hört! Grafen, Edle, Freie von Brabant! (Heerrufer/Chor/König Heinrich)
  3. Dank, König, dir, da� du zu richten kamst! (Friedrich/Chor)
  4. Welch' fürchterliche Klage sprichst du aus! (König/Friedrich/Heerrufer/Chor)
  5. Seht hin! Sie naht, die hart Beklagte!
  6. Einsam in trüben Tagen (Chor/König/Elsa)
  7. Freidrich, du ehrenwerter Mann (König/Friedrich/Chor/Elsa)
  8. Des Ritters will ich wahren (Elsa/Chor/König)
  9. Wer hier im Gotteskampf zu streiten kam (Heerrufer/Chor/Friedrich/Elsa)...Gegrü�t, du gottgesandter Held! (Chor)
  10. Nun sei bedankt, mein lieber Schwan! (Lohengrin/Chor)
  11. Heil, König Heinrich! (Lohengrin/König/Elsa)
  12. Wenn ich im Kampfe für dich siege (Lohengrin/Elsa/Chor)
  13. Nun hört! Euch, Volk und Edlen, mach'ich kund (Lohengrin/Chor/Friedrich/König)
  14. Nun höret mich und achtet wohl (Heerrufer/Chor/Lohengrin/Friedrich)
  15. Mein Herr und Gott, nun ruf' ich dich (König/Elsa/Lohengrin/Ortrud/Friedrich/Chor/Heerrufer)
  16. Durch Gottes Sieg ist jetzt dein Leben mein (Lohengrin/Chor/König/Elsa/Ortrud/Friedrich)
  17. (Introduktion) (Orchester)
  18. Erhebe dich, Genossin meiner Schmach! (Friedrich/Ortrud)
Music CD 2
  1. Was macht dich in so wilder Klage doch vergeh'n?
  2. Du wilde Seherin, wie willst du doch
  3. Der Rache Werk sei nun beschworen (Orturd/Friedrich)
  4. Euch Lüften, die mein Klagen (Elsa/Ortrud/Friedrich)
  5. Elsa!...Wer ruft? (Ortrud/Elsa)
  6. Entweihte Götter! Helft jetzt meiner Rache! (Ortrud)
  7. Ortrud, wo bist du?
  8. Du Ã?rmste kannst wohl nie ermessen (Elsa/Ortrud)
  9. So zieht das Unheil in dies Haus! (Friedrich)
  10. (Morgenlied) (Orchester)...In Früh'n versammelt uns der Ruf (Chor)
  11. Des Königs Wort und Will' tu' ich euch kund (Heerrufer/Chor)
  12. Nun hört, dem Lande will er uns entführen! (Vier Edle/Friedrich/Edelknaben)
  13. (Prozession) (Orchester)...Gesegnet soll sie schreiten (Chor)
  14. Zurück, Elsa! Nicht länger will ich dulden (Ortrud/Chor/Elsa)
  15. Heil! Heil dem König! (Chor/König/Elsa/Lohengrin)
  16. O König! Trugbetörte Fürsten! (Friedrich/König/Chor/Lohengrin)
  17. Welch ein Geheimnis mu� der Held bewahren? (Chor/König/Ortrud/Friedrich/Lohengrin/Elsa)
  18. Mein Held, entgegne kühn dem Ungetreuen! (König/Chor/Lohengrin/Friedrich/Elsa)
  19. In deiner Hand, in deiner Treu' (Lohengrin/Elsa/Chor)
Music CD 3
  1. Vorspiel (Orchester)
  2. Treulich geführt ziehet dahin (Chor)
  3. Das sü�e Lied verhallt: wir sind allein
  4. Wie hehr erkenn' ich unsrer Liebe Wesen! (Lohengrin/Elsa)
  5. Atmest du nicht mit mir die sü�en Düfte? (Lohengrin)
  6. Ach, könnt' ich deiner wert erscheinen (Elsa/Lohengrin)
  7. Höchstes Vertrau'n hast du mir schon zu danken (Lohengrin)
  8. Hilf Gott, was mu� isch hören!
  9. Hörtest du nichts? (Elsa/Lohengrin)
  10. Tragt den Erschlagnen vor des Königs Gericht! (Lohengrin)
  11. (Morgenröte) (Orchester)...Heil! König Heinrich!
  12. Was bringen die? Was tun sie kund? (Chor/König)
  13. Mein Herr und König, la� dir melden
  14. In fernem Land (Lohengrin/König/Chor)
  15. Mir schwankt der Boden! (Elsa/Lohengrin/Chor/König)
  16. O bleib' und zieh' uns nicht von dannen! (König/Chor/Lohengrin)
  17. Mein leiber Schwan! (Lohengrin)
  18. Weh! Weh! Du edler, holder Mann! (König/Chor/Ortrud/Lohengrin/Elsa)
Music CD 4
  1. Lohengrin: Libretto
  2. Lohengrin: Synopsis

Music reviews of Wagner: Lohengrin

Music Review: A great Wagnerian cast and conductor in a great recording
Rating: 5 Stars

Rudolf Kempe was a great Wagner and Strauss conductor, and it is great to have his Lohengrin on remastered CD with this great cast. In fact, this recording represents the collaboration of an historic dream team of the 60s and early 70s.

Although there are some excellent newer digital recordings with stellar artists, such as Solti's with Placido Domingo and Jessye Norman, and Abbado's with Siegfried Jerusalem and Cheryl Studer, this recording has many unique strengths which make it very desirable. I am very familiar with the Solti and Kempe recordings, both. I am less familiar with Abbado's - having heard it only once.

The Evil Ortrud and Friedrich
In particular, under Kempe, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Christa Ludwig, as the evil Friedrich and Ortrud, are absolutely incomparably superb in their characterizations of the conniving, malevolent couple. Others are "good", but no one comes even close to their portrayals, they are definitive. This recording would be important for that reason alone, but there are many other delights.

Vulnerable Elsa
Elizabeth Grummer is ideal as the sweet and insecure Elsa. Jessye Norman, who is Elsa on Solti's excellent recording, sounds wonderful, but her voice and personification are too big for the character. Grummer wonderfully conveys Elsa's vulnerability and self-doubt. This is a definitive Elsa.

Heroic Lohengrin
Jess Thomas, the American heldentenor, as Lohengrin was in great demand in live performances of the 60s. He lives the part, and is very characterful in pointing his words and conveying heroic strength and emotion. But he was also known for a heldentenor tendency to "barking". Nonetheless, Thomas gives one of his more commanding performances under Kempe in this recording. His rendition of "In Fernem Land" is particularly exciting. His main competition comes from Placido Domingo on the Solti recording, or Siegfried Jerusalem under Abbado. To my ear, Jerusalem has the same "barking" issues as Thomas. Domingo, however, is a revelation on the Solti recording. Although his accent comes through the German, his Lohengrin soars heroically, no barking or strain. It is a beautiful performance above all others. Still, there are moments where Thomas is preferable, as in "in Fernam Land", where he may not sound as beautiful as Domingo, but he nails the heroism better.

Conductors & Orchestras
As far as conductor competition, Solti represents another conductor internationally known for decades of superior Wagner/Strauss interpretations. Abbado may not be as well known for that, but they both conduct the same orchestra as Kempe- the Vienna Philharmonic. Solti and Abbado have modern digital sound, which means we hear everything at every dynamic. The Vienna Philharmonic are excellent on all counts. The brass especially pull out the stops for Solti. That recording always quickens my pulse in the Act 3 scene change with the brass players double- and triple-tonguing. Kempe was known for his flexibility in shaping phrases and building climaxes. I think in many places (the second scene of Act 3 as I mentioned and in Act 2 particularly) Solti does him one better, but Kempe captures the human drama of Lohengrin, and it is very gripping in his hands.

I highly recommend this remastered Kempe recording of Lohengrin by a great team. Although the recording is nearly 40 years old, it has many special qualities and provides some incredible unique Wagnerian operatic moments.

I also think the Solti recording is very special. I couldn't make up my mind between them, so I bought them both!

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Description of Wagner: Lohengrin

"Thomas combines ardour and anguish as well as any, and with Fischer-Dieskau a formidable (but never over-emphatic) antagonist, and Gottlob Frick a majestic King Henry, the drama of the opera's central conflict remains supremely immediate and powerful."

Synopsis

Set in the Dark Ages, Lohengrin tells of Elsa von Brabant, whose younger brother, Duke Gottfried, has disappeared. His regent, Telramund, claims the throne, accusing Elsa of murdering Gottfried. A deciding duel must be fought, and a mysterious knight, arriving in a boat drawn by a swan, presents himself as Elsa's champion. This is Lohengrin, but Elsa must never ask his name, even though he will marry her if - as duly transpires - he wins the duel. Telramund's scheming sorceress wife, Ortrud, plants doubts in Elsa's mind. On their wedding night Elsa asks her husband's name. Distraught, he agrees to tell her in public. His narration `Im fernen Land' reveals him as Lohengrin, a Knight of the Grail. Preparing to leave, he addresses his swan (`Mein lieber Schwan'), which, it transpires, is Gottfried, bewitched by Ortrud. Lohengrin prays and the young duke is restored to human form. As Lohengrin departs, Elsa dies of grief. Further enthralling moments in the often luminous score are the serene prelude to Act 1 and the exhilarating prelude to Act III, Elsa's hopeful `Einsam in trüben Tagen' and blissful `Euch Lüften', and - in stark contrast - Ortrud's pagan invocation, `Entweihte Götter'; but most famous of all is the Bridal Chorus, the melody known as `Here comes the bride'.

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