Special offer. Wagner: Lohengrin
Wolfgang Windgassen (Lohengrin), Eleanor Steber (Elsa), Hermann Uhde (Telramund), Astrid Varnay (Ortrud), Josef Greindl (King Heinrich), Hans Braun (Herald)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Joseph Keilberth
[The cast includes] Hermann Uhde's cleanly sung Telramund, Astrid Varnay's autocratic, beautifully studied Ortrud, and the interesting outsider casting of Eleanor Steber opposite a dynamically...
Special offer. Wagner: Lohengrin
Wolfgang Windgassen (Lohengrin), Eleanor Steber (Elsa), Hermann Uhde (Telramund), Astrid Varnay (Ortrud), Josef Greindl (King Heinrich), Hans Braun (Herald)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Joseph Keilberth
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[The cast includes] Hermann Uhde's cleanly sung Telramund, Astrid Varnay's autocratic, beautifully studied Ortrud, and the interesting outsider casting of Eleanor Steber opposite a dynamically...
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Contents and tracklist
- Recorded: July-August 1953
- Recording Venue: Bayreuth
Act I Scene 1: Hort! Grafen, Edle, Freie von Brabant! (Herald, Brabantines, The King, Saxons)
Track length4:39
Act I Scene 1: Dank, Konig, dir, dass du zu richten kamst! (Friedrich, All The Men, Herald)
Track length6:44
Act I Scene 2: Wer hier in Gotteskampfe zu streiten kam (Herald, All The Men, Friedrich, Elsa, Ladies, First and Second Chorus)
Track length5:32
Act I Scene 3: Nun sei bedankt, mein lieber Schwan! (Lohengrin, Men and Women, The King)
Track length4:13
Act I Scene 3: Nun hort! Euch, Volk und Edlen, mach' ich kund (Lohengrin, All The Men, Friedrich, The King)
Track length2:16
Act I Scene 3: Nun horet mich und achtet wohl (Herald, All The Men, Lohengrin, Friedrich, The King, Elsa, Ortrud, Ladies)
Track length7:45
Act I Scene 3: Durch Gottes Sieg ist jetzt dein Leben mein (Lohengrin, Chorus, The King, Elsa, Ortrud, Friedrich)
Track length3:53
Act II Scene 1: Was macht dich in so wilder Klage doch vergeh'n? (Ortrud, Friedrich)
Track length4:26
Act II Scene 3: Des Konigs Wort und Will' tu' ich euch kund (Herald, Chorus, Four Nobles, Friedrich, Four Pages)
Track length8:05
Act II Scene 4: Zuruck, Elsa! Nicht langer will ich dulden (Ortrud, Elsa, Pages, Men, Women, Ladies)
Track length6:03
Act II Scene 4: Heil! Heil dem Konig! (Brabantines, The King, Elsa, Lohengrin, The King's Train)
Track length3:14
Act II Scene 4: O Konig! Trugbetorte Fursten! Haltet ein! (Friedrich, The King and Men, Ladies, Boys)
Track length5:15
Act II Scene 4: Welch ein Geheimnis muss der Held Bewahren? (The King and Men, Ladies, Boys, Friedrich, Ortrud, Lohengrin, Elsa)
Track length4:07
Act II Scene 4: Mein Held entgeg'ne kuhn dem Ungetreuen! (The King, Saxon / Brabantine Nobles, Lohengrin, Friedrich, Elsa, Ladies, Boys, Men)
Track length6:46
Act III Scene 1: Treulich gefuhrt, ziehet dahin (Wedding March) (Ladies, Men, Women)
Track length5:58
Act III Scene 3: Macht Platz, macht Platz dem Helden von Brabant! (Chorus, The King, Lohengrin, The King's Men, Ladies)
Track length6:02
Act III Scene 3: In fernem Land, unnahbar eu'ren Schritten (Lohengrin, The King, Men, Women)
Track length6:17
Act III Scene 3: Mir schwankt der Boden! Welche Nacht! (Elsa, Lohengrin, The King, Men, Women, Ladies)
Track length5:11
Awards and reviews
July 2010
[The cast includes] Hermann Uhde's cleanly sung Telramund, Astrid Varnay's autocratic, beautifully studied Ortrud, and the interesting outsider casting of Eleanor Steber opposite a dynamically sensitive if uncharismatic Wolfgang Windgassen
