Wagner: Siegfried (Excerpts)
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Performer: Dr. Emil SchipperPerformer: Eduard Habich
Composer: Richard [Classical] Wagner
Conductor: Albert Coates
Conductor: Carl Alwin
Conductor: Robert Heger
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Orchestra: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Performer: Florence Easton
Performer: Nora Gruhn
Performer: Albert Reiss
Performer: Heinrich Tessmer
Performer: Lauritz Melchior
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-08-17
Music Label: Naxos
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 1. Prelude
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 1. Zwangvolle Plage!
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 1. Hoiho! Hoiho! Hau' ein! Hau' ein!
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 1. Als zullendes Kind zog ich dich auf
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 1. Soll ich der Kunde glauben
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 2. Heil dir, weiser Schmied
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 2. Dein Haupt pf?nd ich
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 3. F?hltest du nie im finstren Wald
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 3. Nothung! Nothung! Neidliches Schwert!
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 3. Hoho! Hoho! Hahei!... Schmiede, mein Hammer
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 1. In Wald und Nacht
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 1. Deine Hand hieltest du vom Hort?
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 2. Dass der mein Vater nicht ist
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 2. Du holdes V?glein!
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 2. Haha! Da h?tte mein Lied
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 3. Wohin schleichst du eilig und schlau
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 3. Da lieg auch du, dunkler Wurm!
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 3. Heil! Siegfried erschlug nun den schlimmen Zwerg
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Prelude
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 1. Wache, Wala
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 1. Stark ruft das Lied
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 1. Dir Unweisen ruf ich ins Ohr
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 2. Kenntest du mich, k?hner Spross
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 2. Zich hin!
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 3. Selige ?de auf sonniger H?h'!
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 3. Das ist kein Mann!
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 3. Heil dir, Sonne!
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 3. O Siegfried! Siegfried!
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 3. Ewig war ich
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 3. Dich lieb ich
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 3. Ob jetzt ich dein?
Music reviews of Wagner: Siegfried (Excerpts)
Music Review: "Hail, Siegfried!"
Rating: 5 Stars
I have little to add to the enthusiastic review by John Austin dated 7 September 2004. Like him, I find this an outstanding release. It should tell us something that these excerpts from 'Siegfried,' recorded between 1928 and 1932, with varying forces, have rarely if ever been out of print. They were initially released on numerous 78 sides, issued in four separate albums. I owned many of those old 78s more than fifty years ago. They have been released on CD before as well, but never in such resplendent sound as that provided by Ward Marston. At the risk of repeating myself ad nauseam, Marston's way with restoring ancient recorded sound is nothing short of miraculous. He even got rid of a persistent hum that bedeviled part of Act III, and without substantially reducing the fidelity of the music recorded thereon.
This is not, of course, a complete 'Siegfried.' But it is almost certainly the most thrilling recorded performance by Lauritz Melchior of the young hero. He is in simply amazing voice here. Was there ever anyone, anywhere who took this role as excitingly as Melchior? I don't think so. His baritonal tenor reeks of testosterone, surely a prerequisite for the part. Friedrich Schorr is also unmatchable as Wotan. Slightly less exciting is the Br?nnhilde of Florence Easton. The tiny role of the Forest Bird is sung beautifully by Nora Gruhn. And for those of you who know and admire Maria Olszewska only from her 1931 'Rosenkavalier' Octavian, here she is as the Earth Mother, Erda, in all her glory. What a splendid contralto she was!
I suspect this would be a wonderful purchase for someone coming to 'Siegfried' (and to Wagner) without prior experience. The abridgement does get rid of lots of what could feel like padding to the neophyte, and Naxos's price cannot be beat. Add to that the marvelous sound and you have a very attractive package.
Strong recommendation.
TT=2:31:30
Scott Morrison
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